Travel Climbs to Third in Brazil Black Friday Purchase Intent

Travel ranked third in Brazil's 2025 Black Friday purchase intent, with 18.6% sales growth. Year-end hotel demand now forms in October, hoteliers say.

Wire notes

  • Travel and tourism rose to 3rd place in Brazil's 2025 Black Friday purchase-intent ranking, per Letsbook/Opinion Box
  • Tourism and Transport sales grew 18.6% in Black Friday 2025, the largest gain in services, per the Cielo ICVA index
  • 59% of consumers decide their Black Friday purchases weeks or months in advance
  • 22% of Brazilians say they will only travel if there is a Black Friday promotion, per Brasilturis
  • Year-end demand for destinations like Natal begins forming in October, shifting hotel commercial calendars
Viagem sobe no ranking da Black Friday e antecipa reservas
PhotoViagem sobe no ranking da Black Friday e antecipa reservas — tianya1223 / pixabay

Travel and tourism rose to third place in Brazil's Black Friday purchase-intent ranking in 2025, up from the top five a year earlier, according to a study by Letsbook based on Opinion Box data and published by Panrotas. The stated preference converted into real revenue: the Tourism and Transport sector grew 18.6% in sales during Black Friday 2025, the strongest gain within services, according to the Cielo Expanded Retail Index (ICVA), reported by CNN Brasil.

The decision, however, happens long before the last Friday of November. The Letsbook survey found that 59% of consumers decide what they will buy on Black Friday weeks or even months in advance, pushing flight and accommodation searches into October or early November. A survey released by Brasilturis adds another signal: 22% of Brazilians say they will only travel if there is a Black Friday promotion, making the date a genuine purchase trigger for a significant share of the public.

For beach destinations such as Natal, where demand concentrates at year-end, the effect is practical. December and January demand begins to take shape in October, when travelers compare dates and accommodations before booking. For hoteliers, this shifts the commercial calendar: the year-end conversation with guests now starts before Black Friday itself.

What does this change for hotel marketing?

For Ruan Henrique, marketing supervisor at the Esmeralda Praia Hotel in Ponta Negra, tourism's Black Friday bears little resemblance to a flash-discount sprint. "O hóspede começa a pesquisar destino, datas e tipo de quarto semanas antes e chega na data principal já sabendo ou, pelo menos, com uma visão mais clara do que quer. E o mercado já entendeu isso. Então, é possível ver publicações sobre o tema já em meados de outubro e nas primeiras semanas de novembro," he said.

Henrique reads the ranking shift as a change in consumer priorities. "O brasileiro passou a tratar a viagem como algo que vale a pena planejar e garantir com uma antecedência maior, no mesmo nível de um bem de consumo, por exemplo. E, quando a gente vê a experiência entrando nessa lista de compras de Black Friday, é porque o lazer virou realmente uma prioridade para a família," he said.

How early planning shows up in bookings

Amanda Correia, commercial manager at the Esmeralda Praia Hotel, sees year-end demand move well before December. "Em outubro e novembro já chegam perguntas sobre disponibilidade de Réveillon e de janeiro. Quem pesquisa cedo tem mais chance de encontrar a categoria de quarto e as datas que quer, porque as melhores combinações de acomodação e período saem primeiro," she said.

In high season, availability outweighs every other factor, according to Correia. "O hóspede que decide em cima da data muitas vezes não acha mais o quarto que tinha em mente. Por isso, a antecedência se torna uma boa garantia de escolha, porque quem se planeja assegura a categoria e as datas que quer, algo que não se resolve na última hora," she said.

The market read

Gianluca D'alessandro, CEO of the Esmeralda Praia Hotel, treats Black Friday as a demand thermometer for the year-end season. "Se a viagem sobe no ranking de intenção de compra, é um claro sinal de que o consumidor está disposto a gastar com experiência mesmo num cenário econômico apertado, e isso orienta como o hotel planeja a alta estação," he said.

D'alessandro warns against treating the date as a single-day event. "Para um hotel de destino, a Black Friday é o começo da conversa sobre o fim de ano, uma janela para se posicionar na frente de quem ainda vai decidir onde passar as férias. Quem acaba decidindo só aparecer na última sexta-feira do mês está chegando atrasado nessa conversa," he said.

For hotel and destination marketers, the implication is direct: October content, not November discounts, now opens the high-season booking window.

via oglobo.com (Source)

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