Office workers flocked online to make Memorial Day travel plans according to Nielsen//NetRatings. More than 19 million unique visitors, or 41 percent of active online office workers, visited an online travel site at work last week. Hotel site Marriott jumped 76 percent to more than 1.2 million unique visitors, as compared to 698,000 visitors during the previous week. Hilton surged 56 percent to 718,000 visitors. Yahoo! Travel drew 1.1 million office workers, growing 50 percent. Travelocity spiked 49 percent, attracting three million visitors. AOL Travel rose 41 percent to 911,000 visitors. Nearly 2.8 million visitors visited Orbitz.com, increasing 39 percent. TripAdvisor saw 798,000 unique visitors, rising 24 percent week-over-week. Rounding out the top ten fastest growing travel sites last week were American Airlines, MSN Maps & Directions, and Expedia.
