Travolution Index - a third of the year gone

With exactly four months of trading in 2009 now behind the 20 travel companies included on the Travolution Index, we thought it would be useful to take a look at the numbers and performance.

The overall Travolution Index has increased by almost 15% over the four months since we started the programme on the first day of trading in 2009.

Listed below are the companies on the Index and the percentage change in market capitalisation from 2 January 2009 to 30 April 2009.

All Leisure Group - down 49%

Anite - down 13%

Avis Europe - up 314%

British Airways - down 18%

Carnival - up 61%

Daily Mail and General Trust - up 19%

Dart Group - up 61%

EasyJet - up 11%

Holidaybreak - up 27%

InterContinental Hotels Group - up 8%

Moneysupermarket.com - down 1%

National Express Group - down 47%

Park Plaza Hotels Limited - up 43%

Peel Hotels - up 1%

Stagecoach Group -down 4%

Thomas Cook Group - up 44%

Travelzest - down 6%

TUI Travel - up 9%

Western & Oriental - down 32%

Whitbread - up 1%


NB:

* Four of the top five companies in terms of market capitalisation (Carnival, TUI Travel, Thomas Cook Group and Intercontinental Hotels Group) saw increases - British Airways did not.