Sales soared 300%! The popularity of the hotel category has soared, and another blue ocean market worth hundreds of billions of yuan has emerged

Recently, the tourism industry in North America, Europe and other places has shown signs of a major recovery, hotel bookings have also seen a substantial increase, and related search volume has skyrocketed by 4,350%.

According to CNBC, the tourism industry in the United States has almost fully recovered, and hotel bookings are close to the same period in 2019. The UK has also seen a large-scale recovery, and the government has introduced a number of measures to encourage the recovery of the tourism industry . It is expected that its tourism industry will return to pre-pandemic levels by 2022. It is reported that the number of domestic overnight tourists in the UK reached 100 million in 2020 .

This phenomenon also indicates that hotels have ushered in a booking boom, and hotels around the world have begun to purchase hotel supplies online in large quantities . Foreign media data show that the market size of hotel supplies is expected to reach nearly US$589.1 billion in 2022. The market size of hundreds of billions is undoubtedly a new opportunity for sellers.

Amazon's global store opening data shows that the hotel category has been very popular on Amazon Business Procurement recently. For example, sales of outdoor awnings commonly used in hotel gardens have soared, and sales on the European site have increased three times compared with the same period in previous years, which can be said to be a flood of orders.

Moreover, after searching Google search trends, the editor found that the search volume of outdoor awnings has a good growth trend . It seems that this product can be regarded as a recent hot item.

In addition, bed frames, electric blankets, simple frame swimming pools, storage boxes, wearable blankets, kitchen food and tableware storage rooms, etc. are also popular products and are the major hotel products that Amazon recommends for global store openings.

When selecting products, sellers should pay attention to the fact that the cost-effectiveness, sustainability and environmental protection of products have become the main directions of hotel procurement. At the same time, in addition to corporate purchases, sellers can also consider consumer preferences when selecting products. The demand for some daily necessities, portable tools, and epidemic prevention supplies for travel and overnight stays in hotels is also high . Of course , people's hobbies are different in different countries and different sites. Sellers must do a good job of refined operations when selecting products.

Hotel Category

Hundred-billion-dollar market

The popularity is rising