5 Airline Travel Trends For 2011

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Travel planning for 2011?  If you’re looking at 2011 travel trends, we’ve blogged about Kiwi Collection’s Top 100 Destinations.

Recently, we found the Top 5 Airline Travel Trends for 2011 from flight comparison website Cheapflights.

Here are Cheapflights’ Top 5 Airline Travel Trends For 2011:

1. Solo travel / literary travel. “The world is more open to solo travel and soul searching than ever before.”
2. Travel hot spots. “The hotspots for 2011 will include Brazil, Morocco, Tunisia and China. Emerging destinations in Eastern Europe and that don’t use the Euro, include Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.”
3. Techno-travel 2011. “Smart phones and applications add an extra element of fun on the go. The fact that the Internet is accessible at any time through smart phones could spur an increase in last-minute travel bookings from phones.”
4. Air fares will rise. “We believe that air fares will tend to move upwards in 2011.”
5. Insurance means assurance. “Given the volcanoes, strikes and most recent snowy disruptions of the past year, the increased need for assurance when traveling is set to continue in 2011.”

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