WhereDaily News: Phocuswright Inc.: Canada's Travel Industry Fails to Keep Pace as Travelers' Mobile Expectations Accelerate
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Jan 15, 2015) - Home to one of the first leaders in the global smartphone revolution, the storied maker of the BlackBerry messenger and smartphones, Canada has been somewhat sleepy when it comes to the mobile travel revolution. According to Canadian Online Travel Overview Third Edition: 2012-2016, a new publication by travel industry research authority Phocuswright, gross bookings via mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) remain well below that of the U.S., Europe and even Asia, with mobile as a share of all online bookings still in the low single digits.