"booking trend" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to refer to the general pattern of bookings that a particular business or industry sees over a certain period of time. For example, "According to the booking trends, the hotel is expecting more business in the summer months."
"While trading remains difficult in some markets, it is pleasing to see that trading in continental Europe and northern Europe has continued to improve since the first quarter statement, confirming later booking trends for this year".
The company said although cumulative average selling prices are 3% ahead of last year in the UK, that is not up as much as previously anticipated due to weaker booking trends in May and June.
Given the weaker early booking trends we currently assume Northern European margins fall from 8.9%to8.0%0% in 2009.
Management has certainly performed well in this region and the recent booking trends indicate that 2009 will deliver another good performance.
His counterpart at Orient-Express, David Williams, chief marketing officer, echoed that assessment".At this point in time, revenue is about 14 to 15 percent up from last year," Mr. Williams said, "and our booking trends are still very positive".
While positive booking trends have washed up in June, he still considers both stocks high risk due to "macro uncertainty in the U.S".
(See "Technically, Airline Stocks Look Good").. Southwest said booking trends looked positive through the current quarter, and Continental said business travel is starting to pick up.
While he sees strong revenue and booking trends continuing in 2010, he added that "the economic recovery is tepid and there is no doubt 2010 will be another challenging year".
Following the industry's "enormous" challenges in 2009, Continental"s Chief Executive Jeffery A. Smisek Jeffery A. Smisek said "while we are seeing some business traffic increasing, we likely have a long and slow road to recovery". Southwest said booking trends looked positive through the current quarter, and Continental said business travel is starting to pick up.
