Travolution Index - first six months of 2009

So with the first half of 2009 now a semi-distant memory, how did the travel and hospitality firms listed on the Travolution Index performed during the six months to the end of June?

The Index as a whole was down 2.34% between 2 January and 30 June.

The aggregated unit value of the 20 leading shares on the London Stock Exchange reached its lowest point of 1107.338 on 2 February (15% lower than the end of June figure) and a high of 1610,547 on 5 May (23% higher).

The performance of individual companies are listed as follows:

All Leisure Group - down 33.8%

Anite - up 7.2%

Avis Europe -  up 445.1%

British Airways - down 31%

Carnival - up 0.9%

Daily Mail and General Trust - up 2.2%

Dart Group - up 75.8%

EasyJet -  down 5.5%

Holidaybreak - up 41.9%

InterContinental Hotels Group  - up 0.4%

Moneysupermarket.com - down 9.3%

National Express Group - down 37%

Park Plaza Hotels Limited - up 18%

Peel Hotels - down 5.2%

Stagecoach Group - down 0.7%

Thomas Cook Group - up 12.6%

Travelzest - down 37.3%

TUI Travel - no change [remarkable!]

Western & Oriental - down 27.6%

Whitbread - down 12.1%