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2007: The Best Hotel Gyms in the U.S.
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Dec. 13 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Athletic-Minded Traveler LLC, a San Diego-based active lifestyle media company that operates the largest healthy travel site on the web, released today its 2007 ranking of ‘The Best Hotel Gyms in the U.S.’ The Top 10 hotel gyms received the company’s recommendation after ongoing research of over 3,500 hotels and anonymous personal tours by the editorial staff…
The Roaming Gnome Won’t Spend Thanksgiving Alone, says CruiseJungle
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Nov. 19 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — CruiseJungle’s loveable monkey mascots, Lucy and Ethel are reaching out this holiday season and have invited Travelocity’s Roaming Gnome to have Thanksgiving dinner with them on a cruise. They feel bad that the Gnome has to spend his holidays tramping through airports and is always at risk for being kidnapped as part of a prank….
Innovative Hawaii Hotel Construction Database Helps Consumers
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: HONOLULU, Hawaii – Nov. 9 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Travel Hawaii LLC, a Hawaii-based Internet travel agency, has developed a database of Hawaii hotel construction and renovation projects designed to help consumers ‘know before they go.’ Customers can view all current construction projects and choose when it’s best to schedule a Hawaii vacation and which hotels will be ‘construction free.’…
Vacation Research and Planning Enhanced with Video
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: ST. PAUL, Minn. – Oct. 31 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — This was a bond that was just meant to happen. ResortsandLodges.com, a niche portal Web site that provides advertising for the hospitality and travel industry, recently completed a successful pilot program that brings high-quality, full-motion video to Internet users exploring their options in travel. The Web site is now the first and only one in its niche….
CSA Travel Protection and Cheapoair.com to Deliver New Insurance Options
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Oct. 17 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — CSA Travel Protection, a leading provider of travel insurance, has teamed up with Cheapoair.com, a top budget travel website to provide Cheapoair consumers with affordable travel insurance. This partnership gives travelers immediate access to purchase travel protection at time of booking flight arrangements with Cheapoair.
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CheapoAir Unveils 24/7 Customer Support
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: NEW YORK, N.Y. – Sept. 17 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — CheapoAir.com, a leading budget travel website catering to customers in cheap travel, has announced a sweeping overhaul to its customer service department, a spokesman from the company said yesterday. ‘Our customers spoke and we heard! We discovered that our customers were genuinely pleased with our products, but preferred reduced hold times.’…
TripMama Expands Travel Search with the Launch of Hotel Comparison and Car Comparison
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: NEW YORK, N.Y. – Sept. 17 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — TripMama, a rising star in the airfare comparison arena continues to expand. TripMama launched August 7, 2007 to rave reviews and with some of the most notable travel sites online. TripMama has provided an optimum flight comparison shopping experience to our swelling consumer base….
Resort Fees at Hawaii Hotels Cause ‘Checkout Sticker Shock’
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: HONOLULU, Hawaii – June 11 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — According to Travel Hawaii LLC, a leading Hawaii Internet booking service, over 16 of Hawaii’s leading hotels – mainly high end resorts – charge mandatory ‘Resort Fees’ of up to $26 per day that are automatically added to guests’ bills upon checkout. These fees can cause ‘checkout sticker shock’ if guests don’t include them in their pre-trip cost calculations….
Hawaii Tourism Slumps on Heels of Smoking Ban
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: HONOLULU, Hawaii – Mar. 12 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — According to Travel Hawaii LLC, Hawaii’s tourism industry is in a slump, with overall January arrivals down nearly 6 percent from January 2006 and the lucrative Japanese market down over 12 percent. The decline comes on the heels of Hawaii’s strict new smoking ban, which went into effect in November….
CheapoAir Upgrades and Introduces Auto-Airline Ticketing Technology from Fareportal
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: NEW YORK, N.Y. – Jan. 17 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Today, CheapoAir.com announced in partnership with Fareportal, a complex Multi-Airline Auto Ticketing Technology that integrates a three tier fraud detection checkpoint system that issues e-ticket confirmation to customers within a fraction of a second. CheapoAir.com is also announcing Auto-Airline Paper Tickets to be integrated into FedEx Shipping Software….