Travel statistics: 19-25 November 2007

Top 10 flight destinations to the US

• New York
  
• Florida
  
• Las Vegas
  
• Miami
  
• Los Angeles
  
• San Francisco
  
• Boston
  
• Chicago
  
• Colorado
  
• Washington

Source: Travelsupermarket.com searches for w/c November 19

Top 10 destinations south of the equator

• Sydney, Australia
  
• Johannesburg, South Africa
  
• Cape Town, South Africa
  
• Auckland, Australia
  
• Manila, Philippines
  
• Perth, Australia
  
• Melbourne, Australia
  
• Brisbane, Australia
  
• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  
• Accra, Ghana

Source: Cheapflights.co.uk searches for w/c November 19

Top 10 ski destinations in Europe

• La Plagne, France
  
• Obertauern, Austria
  
• Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
  
• Ortisei, Italy
  
• Kiruna, Sweden
  
• Canazei, Italy
  
• St Wolfgang, Austria
  
• Champery, Switzerland
  
• Zermatt, Switzerland
  
• Les Deux Alpes, France

Source: TripAdvisor 

Top 10 destinations

• Spain
  
• Egypt
  
• United States
  
• Greece
  
• Cyprus
  
• Turkey
  
• Italy
  
• Mexico
  
• Portugal
  
• France

Source: Gazetteers.com  

Sofitel in statistics

• 1964 – the year the first Sofitel opened in Strasbourg, France
  
  
• 166,000 – the number of staff employed by parent company Accor Hotels
  
  
• 139 – the number of hotels Sofitel aims to rebrand by 2010
  
  
• 90 – number of countries covered in Accor Hotels’ network of six brands
  
  
• 417 – the number of rooms in Sofitel Wanda Beijing, the furst Sofitel luxury branded hotel

Source: Sofitel (owned by Accor Hotels)