{"id":22489,"date":"2012-05-11T10:14:01","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T15:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=22489"},"modified":"2018-03-06T14:05:50","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T20:05:50","slug":"mac-users-spend-more-money-on-hotels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/mac-users-spend-more-money-on-hotels\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac users spend more money on hotels"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_22499\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/b\/marketing\/mobile\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22499\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22499\" title=\"iPadiPhone_500x330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/iPadiPhone_500x330.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/iPadiPhone_500x330.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/iPadiPhone_500x330-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mac users are 40 percent more likely to book four- or five-star hotels, according to our research.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>By Valerie Moloney<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In an effort to understand the way our consumers plan their trips, we uncovered this fun fact: Mac users are 40 percent more likely to book four- or five-star hotels than PC users. Does this surprise you? iPad junkies follow similar behavior. The findings, shared in the third <a title=\"Orbitz: Mac users book fancier hotels than PC users\" href=\"http:\/\/travel.usatoday.com\/hotels\/post\/2012\/05\/orbitz-hotel-booking-mac-pc-\/690633\/1\">blog post<\/a> by Orbitz CEO Barney Harford in USA Today, highlight our efforts to analyze a mountain of data for a more personalized booking experience.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Mac and PC users, we\u2019re curious: Do our findings about hotel bookings ring true for you? Tell us on Twitter @orbitz.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Download the Hotels by Orbitz app for <a title=\"Orbitz Hotels app for iPad\" href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/orbitz-hotels\/id445927435\" target=\"_self\">iPad<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Get the free Orbitz app for <a title=\"Orbitz app for Android\" href=\"https:\/\/market.android.com\/details?id=com.orbitz\" target=\"_self\">Android<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Orbitz Flights, Hotels, Cars for iPhone\" href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/orbitz-flights-hotels-cars\/id403546234\" target=\"_self\">Orbitz\u00a0 Flights, Hotels, Cars for iPhone<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Orbitz Mobile\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/b\/marketing\/mobile\" target=\"_self\">Orbitz Mobile products<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nc_pixel\" src=\"https:\/\/pixel.newscred.com\/px.gif?key=YXJ0aWNsZT0xMWM3YTI1NzIwNTMyNmFiZDA1OTM0N2Q2Mzc2MmRiNw==\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an effort to understand the way our consumers plan their trips, we uncovered this fun fact: Mac users are 40 percent more likely to book four- or five-star hotels than PC users. 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