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Fed up of paying extra for your taxi over the festive season?

December 28, 2011 / admin / One comment

Fed up of paying extra for your taxi over the festive season?










(PRWEB UK) 24 December 2011

Minicabs in London, a leading taxi and airport transfer company, has announced that it will be holding prices for all its journeys over the festive season. Most of its competitors will be charging a much higher rate, to cover extra staffing costs as well as recent increases in fuel. However, with Minicabs in London there will be no increase – rates will stay low regardless of the time of year.

Minicabs in London’s operations director Bhavesh Mahtani confirms: “Unlike most cab companies, we do not charge extra during the Christmas period. Our customers will enjoy the same great rates on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, throughout the entire festive season, we are actually fully booked for Christmas day already!”

Established through its parent company for over 40 years, Minicabs in London believes that great customer service is key to its continued success. Bhavesh Mahtani continues: “We believe that as most of our passengers are regular travellers using our service on a very regular basis, we should be fair and keep our fares consistent. We have no hidden prices, no credit card fees, and a twenty-four hour office, so customers can be certain of a high quality service.”

This announcement will come as a relief to the company’s many customers, who rely on it for cost-effective airport transfer and private minicabs throughout London. We’re all struggling to cope with rising costs, especially at such an expensive time of year, and we all have increasingly busy lifestyles. Bhavesh Mahtani continues: “The core objective of our service is to take the hassle out of travel. We focus on punctuality, reliability and competitive fares, whatever the time of year. Our fares are quoted at the time of booking and are charged per mile.”

So, if you’re wondering how you’ll get to and from your work Christmas party, if you’re going on holiday and need a minicab to Gatwick or Heathrow or any London airport, if you need a reliable airport transfer company for your employees or clients, or if you simply want to stay safe while travelling, you can do so without paying extra over Christmas and New Year.

Find out more at http://www.minicabsinlondon.com

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Innovator Tripware Touts Business Travel Tool of the Year

October 15, 2011 / admin / One comment

Innovator Tripware Touts Business Travel Tool of the Year














Phoenix, Arizona (PRWEB) July 27, 2009

Tripware OutBook, a new travel tool for business travelers, is a plug-in that handles the entire business trip process directly in Microsoft Outlook 2007. Tripware has been selected as one of the companies to demonstrate their innovative product at The Travel Innovation Summit@The PhoCusWright Conference in November. The plug-in connects to a traveler’s online profile that stores flight, hotel, car, scheduling, notification, and membership preferences. Using the time, date and location information already entered into Microsoft Outlook for scheduling a business meeting, Tripware OutBook books the trip for the meeting and embeds the itinerary in the Microsoft Outlook appointment entry.

Tripware’s VP of Marketing, Dean M. Wright, states, “Tripware’s uniqueness stems from its ability to book travel at the same time as and in the same tool for scheduling a business appointment. Yet, Tripware offers an end-to-end travel tool for business travelers. You only set up one travel profile. You allow or block any number of airline carriers, hotel chains, and rental car companies to show up in your own booking window. You don’t surf to multiple travel websites. You don’t forward all your confirmation emails to an itinerary consolidator. Your complete trip itinerary rests in your Outlook appointment.” Mr. Wright concludes, “We are honored to be selected to showcase our company and product at PhoCusWright’s Travel Innovation Summit. We believe Tripware could end up being the PhoCusWright Travel Innovation Summit Winner.”

Tripware accesses flight, hotel, and car information via a global distribution system. As such, Tripware receives the same rates and inventory as online travel websites, traditional travel agencies, and travel search engines. Tripware adds more value to the business traveler with the inclusion of planning, booking, and managing travel from one tool, Microsoft Outlook.

The CEO and President of Tripware, Clark C. Rines, declares “It is indeed an honor to be selected to demonstrate Tripware at the PhoCusWright Conference. OutBook is certainly an innovation that delivers time savings, stress reduction, and a far better travel experience. Our customers spend less time worrying about travel arrangements and more time concentrating on what’s most important, their business.”

For the business traveler that wants to save time, reduce stress, and use an innovative travel tool, Tripware OutBook can be downloaded at http://www.tripware.com . Tripware helps travelers leave faster, travel better, and return sooner.

Tripware is a trademark of Remotian Systems, Inc. Microsoft ® and Microsoft Outlook ® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. PhoCusWright ® is a registered trademark with PhoCusWright, Inc.

About Tripware

Tripware is a travel service for people who plan, book, and manage their own business trips. The novel aspect of Tripware is that the entire trip process can be done right from Microsoft Outlook. By automating business travel as much as possible, Tripware enables the traveler to schedule appointments and book travel for that appointment all at the same time and in the same business tool. Tripware has value-added features such as complete itineraries, notifications/alerts, rewards program tracking, and expense reporting. By implementing its patent pending technology, Behavioral Travel Management, Tripware allows business travelers to leave the office faster, travel better, and come home sooner. Founded in 2007, Tripware is headquartered in Mesa, AZ, a suburb of Phoenix. Tripware is owned by Remotian Systems, Inc.

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Direct Travel All-round Winners at Lovemoney.com?s Annual Awards

September 19, 2011 / admin / One comment

Direct Travel All-round Winners at Lovemoney.com’s Annual Awards











Lovemoney.com


(PRWEB) July 22, 2011

Travel Insurance Company, Direct Travel has taken first place for all possible travel insurance categories at Lovemoney.com’s annual awards.

The competition, which takes place in May of each year, highlights the best in the business across different sectors of the finance, property and insurance industry.

The awards have a unique authenticity and are a reflection of real-life financial experiences. Voted for by those who have sampled the products, the awards have a reassuring perspective that distinguishes them from ceremonies led by a panel of judges on a board.

This year’s voters – composed entirely of readers – gave verdicts on a range of credits cards, bank accounts and insurance policies.

Lovemoney.com is a website specialising in offering well informed advice for the property, finance and insurance markets. They offer a variety of helpful guides and articles, researched and written by industry experts and real-life readers.

The award-winning company, Direct Travel are thrilled to have been winners for all five of the awards. They picked up Best Value for Money, Most Straightforward, Good Service, Friend and Family and, Most Loved.

The company provide a wide range of travel insurance policies, from backpacker travel insurance to budget holiday insurance, in addition to standard annual and single travel insurance.

Direct Travel, whose aim it is to maintain consistently award-winning customer service, with premiums as low as possible, are delighted to have won with such a landslide.

A spokesperson from Direct Travel said;

“The Lovemoney.com awards are especially significant to us because of the nature of the ceremony itself. We continually aim to reassure and look after our customers, with travel insurance packages that cater for specific needs and requirements. Therefore, to be voted for by readers who have actually sampled our travel insurance packages – particularly in the case of Most Loved category – and feel we have treated them with excellent customer care, is incredibly rewarding for us as a company. It is also an insight into our approach to business: our customers come first. “

Editors notes

Established in late 1992 and commenced trading in 1993, Direct Travel Insurance specialises in travel insurance for individual travellers, couples and families up to the age of 75. Direct Travel Insurance offers a range of cover options and added benefits including cover for over 100 sports and activities enabling customers to tailor their policies for single trip, annual multi trip, backpacking and winter sports.

All travel insurance policies are underwritten by Chartis Insurance UK Limited. Direct Travel Insurance is a trading name of UNAT Direct Insurance Management Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA Number 312350). Chartis Insurance UK Limited is also authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA Number 202628).

This information can be checked by visiting the FSA website

For further information, please contact:

Anna Whitwham – Anna(dot)Whitwham(at)direct-travel(dot)co(dot)uk

+44 (0) 208 774 5605 Telephone

Chartis Direct

96 George Street

Croydon

Surrey

CR9 1BU

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Travelers Booking Their Own Trips Now Get ‘Fair Fare Prices,’ Save Money at TopTravelSites.com

July 13, 2011 / admin / One comment

Travelers Booking Their Own Trips Now Get ‘Fair Fare Prices,’ Save Money at TopTravelSites.com











Ferndale, WA (PRWEB) August 1, 2007

Unique travel site TopTravelSites.com (http://www.TopTravelSites.com) is now offering savings on every featured selection – as long as the customer does his or her own bookings. The site has recently launched a “Fair Fare Prices” program, enabling customers to save money and get a “fair” price by receiving “TopTravelVouchers.”

“Fair Fare Prices means that if travelers handle their own arrangements with travel operators without the use of an agent, it is only fair that they do not have to pay the commission element built into the travel pricing,” says TopTravelSites.com founder Tony Humphrey. “So as not to dismiss the agent and agency system, the site promotes travel agents with true knowledge, experience and expertise and encourages travelers who want such skills to only deal with experts, wherever they may be situated, via the Internet.”

How it Works

Based on the premise that most travel prices are set to allow the payment of a commission to a seller of travel from 10 to 25 percent or more, this site gives most of that back to travelers who handle their own arrangements directly with the travel provider. In effect, direct-booking travelers save most of the commission that would have been paid out by the travel operator. These savings are achieved using a “TopTravelVoucher.”

Any travel operator may join the program by simply supplying their own travel vouchers, which is done online. The site suggests that the values be attractive to travelers but no less than the commission that would have been paid out. The program encourages and rewards travelers who are comfortable with direct bookings by Internet, telephone, fax or at the place of business of the travel provider. The vouchers are offered for sale at price levels of $ 30, $ 50 or $ 100 USD (or equivalent in the country of purchase). One voucher, valued at 1,500 euros sells for $ 100 USD.

This program is open to all travel businesses, from small B&B’s and Day-Tours to Luxury Lodges and Extended Tour Operators. “There are many travel operators around the world who deserve better representation,” Humphrey says. “And now TopTravelVouchers and gift certificates will be able to achieve this for them.”

Travel providers may offer as many vouchers as they wish for any travel products or services available on their Web sites, and travelers are invited to buy vouchers when they have checked for quality and availability of the travel product. All vouchers come with a 100 percent money-back guarantee, and if the traveler is unhappy with the product even after the travel has been completed, they are able to get reimbursement of the cost of the vouchers.

“There are thousands of travel Web sites available, including only a few prominent Web travel giants,” says Humphrey. “I think it is refreshing to find an original concept that offers real incentives and savings for travelers while giving valuable exposure and new sales opportunities to travel operators and expert travel agents, both large and small, around the world.”

Humphrey adds that with no charge for joining, no risk to travel providers and excellent savings for travelers, the site’s Fair Fare Prices program may be seen as a way to offset some of the increasing costs of travel from pump prices to fuel surcharges.

About TopTravelSites.com and TopTravelVouchers

TopTravelSites.com is a simple-to-use, uncluttered directory of travel operators and specialist travel agents from around the world. Users can browse to the destination they’re looking for and click on the image or title of the travel listing to go directly to a travel site for more information and to book travel.

TopTravelSites.com questions the way we choose experts and professionals for travel advice compared to how we choose those for accounting, legal, medical, mechanical or technical advice. It suggests that in a normal lifetime we spend more on travel than on all of the other services combined, but that we rarely confirm that our travel advisors are experts. “Travelers should be concerned about whether their travel specialist is an expert (as in, ‘been there, done that, got the t-shirt’) or if they have just taken a simple test run by a tourism office or tour operator,” says the site’s founder, Tony Humphrey.

The TopTravelVouchers program was developed by Humphrey, a Chartered Accountant (UK) with over 40 years of international travel, editor of TheTravelInsider.net and operator of the TopTravelSites group of Web sites.

The site, although in its infancy, offers some creative and unique options not found on other sites and some interesting travel deals for self-bookers. To learn more and see the current selection of travel savings, visit http://www.toptravelsites.com

Contact:

Tony Humphrey

760-840-1181

skype: nidalap14

http://www.toptravelsites.com

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Major Fashion Retailer Commissions Business Flights Specialist

June 17, 2011 / admin / One comment

Major Fashion Retailer Commissions Business Flights Specialist










Tunbridge Wells, Kent (PRWEB) May 25, 2011

UNIGLOBE member CT Business Travel, an award winning corporate travel agency has secured a new client account; a major UK fashion retailer will use CT Business Travel for its expertise in domestic rail travel.

The decision to enlist the help of a travel management specialist has been driven by the company wishing to gain tighter control of its domestic rail travel costs.

There are several benefits in using a business travel agency to manage rail travel bookings, and for this new client it is all about ensuring each rail ticket purchased is not only at the best possible price, but that every single purchase is made through their head office. This allows the head office to approve all transactions and as all tickets are dispatched by CT Business Travel, they get sent directly to the right person at the right retail branch.

Whilst the internet has made it very easy for anyone to search and purchase rail travel tickets, there is still a great level of complexity given there are many different UK train operators who have various different pricing structures.

Using a specialist agency such as CT Business Travel removes the painful process of trying to work out what are the best and cheapest tickets available to book on a given route. CT Business Travel can access superior technology that is not available to the public, therefore they are able to research all UK train operators in one simple search that identifies and recommends the best operator to use on a certain route, at the time specified by the client, but most importantly at the cheapest price.

Not only will CT Business Travel’s new client significantly reduce its outlay in staff travel costs, but they are going to be in total control of all reservations being made. In addition, through its own advanced systems, CT Business Travel can provide detailed reports to the client; which detail precisely what tickets have been purchased, the cost of each ticket, over a specified time period. These reports can also be provided in multiple formats and as frequently as the client prefers.

Based in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, CT Business Travel has been trading for over 21 years and is now one of the UK’s leading business travel agents providing its corporate travel services to a wide range of national and international companies throughout the UK and overseas.

For more information about the services CT Business Travel provide, call 01892 673 427.

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ShermansTravel Media Appoints Former Dow Jones VP Alfred Payton as Vice President of Business Development

May 22, 2011 / admin / One comment

ShermansTravel Media Appoints Former Dow Jones VP Alfred Payton as Vice President of Business Development










New York, NY (PRWEB) April 16, 2007

ShermansTravel Media, one of the fastest-growing travel media companies, today announced the appointment of Alfred Payton, 41, a former Vice President at Dow Jones, as its new Vice President of Business Development.

Founded in 2002, ShermansTravel Media publishes several travel product and services, including ShermansTravel.com, the web’s leading source for editor-screened travel deals and destination advice, travel e-newsletters and bulletins, QuickSearch (a rate comparison tool for airfare, hotels and packages), and Sherman’s Travel magazine.

The appointment of Payton comes at a time of major growth for ShermansTravel Media.

In February, ShermansTravel.com’s flagship e-newsletter, “Sherman’s Top 25″ (http://www.shermanstravel.com/top25), surpassed 4 million subscribers and, last fall, the company expanded its brand offline with the successful launch of Sherman’s Travel, the first magazine geared for sophisticated travelers who are value-conscious.

Payton comes to ShermansTravel Media with 20 years of business development, marketing, and consulting experience in the media and technology industry.

Most recently he served as Vice President of Business Development – Dow Jones Licensing, where he helped expand the company’s $ 40 million licensing operation, which includes content from The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Dow Jones Newswires, and its other top-tier business publications.

In his new position, Payton will spearhead ShermansTravel Media’s business development initiatives, with a focus on developing new content partnerships and building on the company’s existing relationships with leading media companies such as MSNBC.com, MSN.com, Yahoo!, and USAToday.com.

“With the successful launch of our magazine and the continued growth of ShermansTravel.com, this is an exciting time for the company,” said Sherman. “We’re thrilled to be working with a seasoned executive like Alfred who shares our vision for taking ShermansTravel Media to the next level.”

Prior to joining Dow Jones in 2005, Payton served as vice president of sales & business development for three years at Interdimensions, an interactive media and technology firm with clients including Time Warner, WebMD, and JP MorganChase. Earlier in his career, Payton held management and consulting positions at leading companies, including C-ATS Software, SunGard Capital Markets, and Devon System.

A graduate of Harvard University, Payton lives in New York City.

About ShermansTravel Media

ShermansTravel Media is a leading travel media company which publishes ShermansTravel.com, Sherman’s Top 25 e-newsletter, QuickSearch, and Sherman’s Travel magazine. Founded by James Sherman in 2002 to help travelers makes sense of the overwhelming number of online travel specials, ShermansTravel.com is now the web’s most trusted source for editor-screened travel deals and destination advice. Sherman’s Top 25, a free weekly e-newsletter published every Wednesday, recently surpassed 4 million subscribers. The company also has syndication partnerships with leading web sites, including MSNBC.com, MSN.com, USAToday.com, and Yahoo!. Building on its trusted online brand, ShermansTravel Media launched Sherman’s Travel, the first magazine for sophisticated travelers who are value-conscious, in October 2006.

Contact:

Gita Chandra

Patrick Kowalczyk

MKPR, 212-627-8098

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Travel Channel Media Unveils Free Mobile Guide With More Than 10 Million Points Of Interest For Travelers In The U.S.

May 16, 2011 / admin / One comment

Travel Channel Media Unveils Free Mobile Guide With More Than 10 Million Points Of Interest For Travelers In The U.S.











Travel Channel GO


Chevy Chase, MD (PRWEB) June 24, 2008

Travel Channel Media today announced the beta launch of Travel Channel GO, a free mobile travel application providing access to Travel Channel-exclusive destination content through any web-enabled mobile device. Through text, photos and audio, Travel Channel GO (downloadable at go.travelchannel.com/travel) offers consumers over 10 million points of interest and more than 2,000 Travel Channel-exclusive content references including destination guides, maps, directions, proximity alerts, click-to-call, and narratives from Travel Channel personalities like Samantha Brown.

“With the incredible growth of data-enabled mobile devices, more and more consumers are seeking out local content while on the move. As a business, Travel Channel Media is uniquely positioned to engage consumers in the mobile space,” said Patrick Younge, president and general manager of Travel Channel Media. “With the launch of Travel Channel GO, we can now offer consumers localized travel content on everything from shopping and restaurants, to museums and cultural attractions — all in a format that offers a healthy balance of utility and entertainment.”

Powered by patented personalization and search technology from Earthcomber LLC, Travel Channel GO is available for any mobile web-enabled device with an active data plan, with richer experiences tailored for more advanced devices such as Apple’s iPhone and Research In Motion’s BlackBerry products. This unique free mobile application serves as a personal radar that delivers customized travel information based upon a consumer’s tastes and interests – travelers specify their interests and Travel Channel GO handles the searching, highlighting locations nearby that match their preferences as they travel from place to place. Travel Channel GO simplifies mobile local search through its highly categorized approach, helping travelers quickly find the information that they need while on-the-go, without burdensome amounts of typing on small mobile keyboards.

Visit: http://go.travelchannel.com/travel/

Travel Channel GO blog: http://goblog.travelchannel.com/

About Travel Channel Media:

Travel Channel Media is an integrated travel media business, and is wholly owned by Cox Communications, Inc., a leading multi-service broadband communications and entertainment company. Travel Channel Media includes: the Travel Channel television network, available in more than 91 million U.S. cable homes; Travel Channel HD™, the network’s high-definition simulcast; travelchannel.com, the network’s broadband travel hub; Travel Channel’s video-on-demand (VOD) and HD VOD offerings; its mobile content platform, Travel Channel GO™; and World Hum (worldhum.com), a leading online travel blog.

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TravelPost.com Announces Seed Round Funding

May 12, 2011 / admin / One comment

TravelPost.com Announces Seed Round Funding










(PRWEB) July 27, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – July 27, 2005 – TravelPost.com (http://www.travelpost.com), the premier independent source for unbiased hotel reviews and travel journals, today announced it has raised a seed round of funding totaling more than $ 1 million.

Lead investors include seed stage venture capital fund Amicus Capital, and Arba Seed Investment Group.

TravelPost.com provides personalized unbiased hotel reviews and ratings, as well as a simplified way to post travel journals, travel photos and travel itineraries to help people plan, record and share their travel experiences.

A “must guide” for spontaneous travelers who need on-the-spot recommendations after reaching their destinations, TravelPost.com also offers general geographical information and a forum for travelloggers to give advice and recommendations.

“The travel industry is incredibly attractive, particularly in the area of user-generated travel content,” said Bob Zipp, managing partner of Amicus Capital. “This market opportunity, coupled with the strength of TravelPost.com’s high-margin business model, makes the company a very appealing investment.”

“TravelPost.com brings together two of the most exciting and rewarding segments of the internet business – personal publishing and the travel industry,” said Dave Pell, managing partner of Arba Seed Investment Group. “The big opportunity on the web today is in providing the best and most viral tools and applying them to vertical topic areas. TravelPost.com is perfectly positioned to take advantage of this trend by building an excellent suite of social tools to create community around what has always been one of the hottest vertical segments on the Web.”

According to Sam Shank, CEO of TravelPost.com, the seed funding will go toward infrastructure to handle traffic growth, expanding the team to continue to build the product and feature set, and marketing efforts.

About TravelPost.com:

TravelPost.com – the premier source for unbiased hotel reviews and travel journals. The site develops and markets online applications that collect and organize user-generated travel information in order to fundamentally improve the way people research and shop for travel. Founded in January of 2004, TravelPost.com provides journaling, mapping tools and a next generation hotel reviews tool to help people plan, record and share their travels. The TravelPost.com mission is to build the leading travel shopping directory and research destination. The company is based in San Francisco.

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Travel Web Site TravellersConnected.com’s Travel Companions Feel Mobile Phones Should Not Be Cleared for Take-off

May 6, 2011 / admin / One comment

Travel Web Site TravellersConnected.com’s Travel Companions Feel Mobile Phones Should Not Be Cleared for Take-off











(PRWEB) April 11, 2007

TravellersConnected.com, a [travel Web site designed to provide [travel companions with an online community, asked 1,300 regular international travellers how they felt about the imminent reality of mobile phone usage on planes and over 78% were opposed to the prospect.

As early as mid-Summer airlines including Ryanair and Emirates will be exploiting cutting edge technology from British company AeroMobile to offer passengers the option of making calls and sending text messages on flights. Further airlines including BA and Virgin Atlantic are also considering implementing the new system on their planes.

However, whilst some airlines believe this service will enhance the passenger experience, http://www.travellersconnected.com has discovered that it could well be a move that spectacularly backfires on the airlines choosing to pursue it.

TravellersConnected.com spokesman Alastair Banks gave his view on the findings of the survey:

“We have had numerous members and [travel companions writing to us expressing their dismay at the prospect of mobile phone usage on planes. The majority believe this scheme is pandering to the business traveller at the expense of the holiday maker.”

Website member Lucy Nicholls put forward her view:

“It’s bad enough when you are forced to listen to other peoples’ conversations, ring tones and message alerts on trains. The thought of the same problem on a long distance flight when you are in a cramped chair and possibly trying to sleep is just a nightmare.”

Fellow TravellersConnected.com travel companion Paul Cranley said:

“My wife is scared of flying and finds the whole experience very traumatic. The idea of her having to listen to someone else on the phone as well as coping with the other stresses of the flight is too much — I can categorically say that we would not fly with any airline that goes ahead with this scheme.”

Alastair continues:

“It’s clear from our survey that airlines need to carefully consider the social impact of this new technology. Designated mobile free periods would help; however they would by no means negate the issue as many people are clearly opposed to any mobile activity whatsoever.”

Editor’s Notes:

    http://www.TravellersConnected.com is rapidly becoming the travel Web site of choice for Gap Year Travellers, Career Breakers and Adventure Travellers.
    The ethos behind the creation of TC is that travellers and those thinking of travelling can get real time information from one another without the need to rely on guidebooks which quickly become out of date, can be biased, and also cost money.
    Each member has a profile page enabling members to find other like-minded individuals to contact, and potentially with which to travel.
    As members travel, the travel Web site will track their progress, using global IP recognising system to monitor which country they are in.
    Members can contact fellow travellers in future destinations to get up to the minute, unbiased advice on where to go, what to see and what to avoid when they get there.
    The site not only allows individuals to contact one another for advice but also allows them to create a free online travel blog (journal) with which to diarise their travels. Each time the travel blog is updated friends and family are sent an update email so that they can keep abreast of the latest adventure.
    When they return from their travels members, can chose to have their [travel blog professionally printed and bound as a unique souvenir.
    Affiliated with some of the biggest names in travel including Lonely Planet, Hostel World & STA Travel.
    As featured in numerous international publications.

For more information about finding travel companions and travel Web site, please visit http://www.TravellersConnected.com. For further details please contact TravellersConnected.com at 0845 029 16 16, or Andrew Kings: 07939 256313.

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RealTravel Awarded Best Online Travel Community of 2007 by Association of Travel Marketing Executives

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RealTravel Awarded Best Online Travel Community of 2007 by Association of Travel Marketing Executives











Los Altos, CA (PRWEB) June 20, 2007

RealTravel (http://realtravel.com ), a travel blogging and travel guide site that helps more than half a million people every month plan trips with advice from other travelers, was awarded the Atlas Award for the Best Online Travel Community of 2007 by the Association of Travel Marketing Executives (ATME) at their recent annual conference.

Travel blogs, written by real travelers, have proven to be a valuable source of trusted and detailed information for people researching a vacation, while also enabling marketers to appeal to people who are in the process of planning a trip. Unlike other user-contributed sites, RealTravel ensures the quality of its information with an in-house editorial team that rates all of the content contributed to the site.

“RealTravel was selected as this year’s Best Online Community Atlas winner because of the company’s expanding online community that attracts real people and is highly rated by consumers and travel service providers alike,” said Joel Chusid, Chairman, ATME.

“RealTravel has done an excellent job over the past year to prove the importance of online communities in effectively putting a message across to people on a highly personal level.”

In his keynote presentation at the ATME conference, Henry Harteveldt, VP of Travel at Forrester Research, pointed out that people are relying more on fellow travelers for guidance when planning a trip and that marketers must recognize the new environment in which they are operating.

The ATME Atlas Awards recognize executives and companies for innovative tactics, results-oriented programs and broad marketing vision. Work is judged on innovation, relevance to marketing needs and demonstrated results.

“We are extremely honored to be acknowledged by such a prestigious group from the travel industry,” said Ken Leeder, CEO of RealTravel. “RealTravel strives to be a leader in quality user-generated content for people planning trips, and to make it easy for our advertisers to work with us and generate effective results.”

ATME, founded in 1980, is a professional organization comprised of senior-level marketing executives from high profile travel companies that represent a wide variety of segments including: airlines, hotels and resorts, cruise lines, tour operators, online travel, international tourist offices, CVBs, state and local tourism offices, car rental companies and technology providers.

The award was presented to RealTravel on June 7 during a ceremony at the annual ATME conference in Las Vegas.

About RealTravel

Named “One of the Twelve Essential Travel Websites” and “Best of the Web” by Forbes and BusinessWeek, RealTravel is a travel blogging and information site that helps more than half a million people every month plan trips with advice from other travelers. Visit us at http://realtravel.com.

Media Contacts:

Christina Brzica

RealTravel.com

christina @ realtravel.com

650-694-4970

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