Research and Markets: Insight into the Top 10 Companies in the US Travel and Hospitality Industry in Terms of their Estimated IT Spend

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/2c928d/top_10_companies_i) has announced the addition of the "Top 10 Companies in the US Travel and Hospitality Industry: IT Spending Predictor 2009" report to their offering.

This databook provides insight into the top 10 companies in the US travel and hospitality industry in terms of their estimated IT spend.

Scope

Datamonitor's view of the top 10 companies in this sector and geography in terms of IT spending
Datamonitor's view of the top 10 companies in this sector and geography in terms of IT spending
A breakdown of the estimated IT budget by channel for each of the top 10 companies

Highlights of this title

The top 10 companies in the US travel and hospitality industry in terms of estimated IT spending spent the largest portion of their IT budgets on hardware, a segment that accounted for about 29% of the IT budgets among these firms. This was followed by spending on software and services.

Among the top 10 companies, a major portion of IT spending is allocated to internal IT. External services include product vendors, local resellers, telcos, systems integrators and specialist outsourcers. Internal IT alone accounted for approximately 37% of the total estimated IT spending by these companies.

Key reasons to purchase this title

Understand the IT budget breakdown in various organization types and identify notable areas of allocation
Build lists of organizations with top IT expenditure in your target markets
Leverage IT spending pattern information to tailor account targeting based on company demographics

Key Topics Covered:

OVERVIEW

INTRODUCTION

US TRAVEL AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY: ESTIMATED SPENDING ON IT

CARLSON COMPANIES INC

NEW YORK STATE LOTTERY

NIKE INC

CARNIVAL CORP

MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL INC

CARNIVAL

HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT INC

YUM! BRANDS INC