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County Country Homes Welcomes The Gryphon to Prince Edward County
An 1840 house is rebuilt in Prince Edward County Ontario. This architectural gem has been disassembled and rebuilt in a spectacular location. The historic property is soon to be open for vacation rental by County Country Homes. - June 30, 2013 - County Country Homes
Butterfly on Victoria Received "Most Outstanding Design Hotel" in Golden Pearl Awards 2013
Butterfly Hotels Group is honored to announce that Butterfly on Victoria is a recipient of the Golden Pearl Awards 2013 for the "Most Outstanding Design Hotel" presented by the GHM Hotel General Managers Society. The Golden Pearl Awards, established by the GHM (Guangdong, Hong Kong, and... - June 30, 2013 - Butterfly Hospitality Group
Cruise Lines Offered Through CruiseAlert Allow for Auto Updates and Special Offers
WorldWinger announces the release of the CruiseAlert app. Released for both Windows 8 and the iPhone, Cruise Alert notifies users of upcoming deals from cruise lines based on a users preset criteria. Bookings for many cruise lines are available through the app. CruiseAlert provides regularly updated access to the best deals which fit perfectly in with a a users desired plans. - June 29, 2013 - WorldWinger Travel LLC
Uniastrum Teams Up with iGlobe.ru and VISA to Launch VISA Travel Card
The Bank is marking the start of the summer holiday season with its new universal VISA Travel Card. - June 29, 2013 - Uniastrum Bank
Singing Sands Inn Launches July 2013 Facebook Contest for Pet Owners
Singing Sands Inn, the Belize Tourism Board's 2012 "Small Hotel of the Year" winner in Maya Beach, Belize, continues its series of contests for its fans on Facebook with a contest for pet owners for the month of July. The resort also aims to connect this latest contest with the work of the Placencia Humane Society, a charitable organization dedicated to the welfare of household pets, by asking participants to pledge a small donation of supplies to the Humane Society should their entry win. - June 28, 2013 - Singing Sands Inn
LRA Worldwide Makes Inaugural Appearance on Honomichl Top 50 List of Research Firms
LRA Worldwide, Inc., a leading research, audit and consulting company specializing in Customer Experience Management was named to the American Marketing Association's Honomichl Top 50 earlier this month. LRA made its debut at the 49th spot, one of seven newcomers to the list in 2013. - June 28, 2013 - LRA Worldwide, Inc.
Brick House Bed & Breakfast in Top 10% Globally
Brick House Bed & Breakfast, a 5-room historic 1840 home in Westfield, NY, receives "Award of Excellence" from Trip Advisor. This award is given only to the top 10% of the 700,000 hotel listings of the largest travel site in the world. - June 28, 2013 - Brickhouse of NY, Inc
Reservation Services International Partners with Christian City Children's Village
Reservation Services International announces they've reached their primary goal of $50,000 in contributions and the continuation of its partnership with the Christian City Children's Village. - June 28, 2013 - Reservation Services International
Spanish Hotel Chain Increases Online Revenue with eRevMax
RateTiger Channel Management solution helps 10 Ola Hotels to optimize RevPAR & occupancy. - June 28, 2013 - eRevMax Inc.
Apartment Barcelona Offers Discounts of Up to 40% on Last Minute Rentals for Summer 2013
The company boasts the largest portfolio of holiday apartments by the beach in Barcelona, with a wide variety of rental styles, sizes and prices. - June 27, 2013 - Apartment Barcelona
Holiday Planning Start-Up WeAreHolidays Raises First Round of Funding
MakeMyTrip alumni founded and New Delhi-based WeAreHolidays has raised a first round of funding led by Mumbai Angels with participation from Blume Venture Capital, Sachin Bhatia (Co-Founder, MakeMyTrip) and Rajesh Sawhney led GSF Superangels. The exact amount raised in this round has not been disclosed. - June 27, 2013 - WeAreHolidays
Hotels with Villa Suites – The Best of Both Worlds Exclusive Escapes Unveils New Pool Suites on the Turkish Mediterranean
The trend for boutique hotels with "villas" within their grounds just got hotter, with the opening of two, brand new pool suites at Deniz Feneri Lighthouse. - June 27, 2013 - Exclusive Escapes
Brett/Robinson Sponsors the 2013 Alabama Coastal Triathlon and “Tri-It-On” Triathlon
Athletes and beach-lovers may want to start training, as the 2013 Brett/Robinson Alabama Coastal Triathlon is scheduled for Saturday, September 7th, at Gulf Shores Public Beach. The triathlon, sponsored by Brett/Robinson, will begin with a 1.5k swim in the Gulf of Mexico, followed by a 40k bike... - June 27, 2013 - Brett Robinson
Interest in Last-Minute Travel is on the Rise
11thHourVacation.com launches to fill demand. - June 27, 2013 - 11th Hour Vacation, LLC
Metropolis Announces Request Hospitality Line: i-Guest to be Demonstrated at HITEC
As part of the Request hospitality line, Metropolis has announced that i-Guest is available for demonstration at the HITEC hospitality convention at booth 1025. As the ultimate mobile application platform, I-Guest allows hoteliers to interact with guests in real time and to improve the connection between staff and their property management and point-of-sale systems. - June 27, 2013 - Metropolis Technologies, Inc.
WhereverTV Offers Paula Deen Her Own 24/7 Television Channel
Paula Deen Offered Opportunity to Champion Exponentially Growing Internet TV Market. - June 26, 2013 - WhereverTV
Grand Caribe Resort & Condominiums Launches Facebook Contest for Families
Its first Facebook Contest having been a hit among couples wishing to win a weekend getaway to Ambergris Caye, Grand Caribe Resort & Condominiums has decided to follow up with a series of monthly, themed contests for its Fans on Facebook. This month's contest for families contains a highly-coveted prize that includes a 4-night stay for a family of four at their award-winning resort. - June 26, 2013 - Grand Caribe Belize Resort and Condominiums
River Expeditions Announces Their 21st Annual Volleyball Championship and Weekend Package Deals
In the 237 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, America has celebrated its freedom every year. For the last 21 years, River Expeditions has hosted an annual Volleyball tournament to celebrate this important date in American history. Guests have the opportunity to raft, camp, BBQ, and of course, play Volleyball. - June 26, 2013 - River Expeditions
Haunted Gettysburg Ghost Tours and Paranormal Investigation Offers Gettysburg's Premiere 5 Star Ghost Tours
Local business Haunted Gettysburg Ghost Tours and Paranormal Investigation is pleased to offer the only tour in town based on the eyewitness accounts of the Haunted Gettysburg Series of books, for all ages from May 2013. - June 26, 2013 - Haunted Gettysburg Ghost Tours
Fitness Holiday Asia Announces Special Discount Promotion on Their Popular 7-Day Weight Loss Holiday Boot Camp
Fitness Holidays give people a good jump on a healthy lifestyle. - June 26, 2013 - Fitness Holiday Asia
Extreme Engineering Provides Westgate Resorts with High Action Adventures
Extreme Engineering outfits Westgate Resorts with a high-action adventure™ area with zip lines, a climbing wall and other adventure products. - June 25, 2013 - Extreme Engineering
XCom Global Shares International Traveler Survey Results
Results show most travelers connect to the Internet while traveling and over 35% have incurred expensive roaming fees. - June 24, 2013 - XCom Global, Inc.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines Launches TV Advertising Campaign to Support Summer Cruises
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines recently launched a dedicated brochure detailing some great offers on cruises for summer 2013 to destinations worldwide. Now, the cruise line is supporting these special offer cruises with a comprehensive advertising campaign across a selection of TV channels carefully... - June 23, 2013 - Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines
Singing Sands Inn Announces Results of Its May-June Facebook Contest for Couples
Singing Sands Inn, a private, intimate beachfront resort in Maya Beach, Belize, takes great pleasure in announcing the results of its recent photo competition for couples on Facebook. Jenelle McGoldrick, of Oakland, Tennessee, has emerged as the undisputed winner of a 3-night vacation for two. Singing Sands Inn takes this time to congratulate her and her wonderful husband and to say that they are immensely looking forward to welcoming them to their world-class resort. - June 22, 2013 - Singing Sands Inn
New Jamaica Tour Packages Added by TropicLink
TropicLink offers a wide range of hotel and resort packages that provide a variety of services, including, hotel stay, internal transfers, food, sight-seeing, adventure sports, and many more activities to make Caribbean destination tour a complete and fun-filled experience. - June 22, 2013 - Tropiclink.net
YieldPlanet Partners with Exclusive Hotel Booking Website Escapio
YieldPlanet, one of the leading providers of price and channel management software for hotels around the world, announced a recent partnership with hotel reservation portal Escapio. Escapio is one of the leading German booking websites for exclusive hotels. Through the partnership Escapio will... - June 22, 2013 - YieldPlanet
Channel Islands Harbor Celebrates 4th of July with Full Day of Food and Fun
Fireworks by the Sea is a full day of family activities, including a farmer’s market and old fashioned family BBQ, live music, petting zoo, inflatable fun zone, a rock climbing wall and food booths. - June 22, 2013 - Channel Islands Harbor
Cypress Bend Resort Presents Louisiana July 4 Getaways
Money-saving Louisiana July 4 getaway deals are available at Cypress Bend Resort, 70 miles south of Shreveport on the peaceful shores of Toledo Bend Lake, where families can enjoy a free night of family fun or a three-night package with complimentary golf and breakfast. Choose from two great July... - June 21, 2013 - Cypress Bend Resort
Newton Group Transfers Applauds Florida Legislation Aimed at Ridding the Timeshare Disposal Industry of Viking Ship Schemes
The Florida Vacation Plan and Timesharing Act (HB 7025) was passed in the Florida Senate on May 3rd and will go into effect on July 1st of this year. Although it will likely result in some processing delays, this new bill is a smart and sensible move for everyone involved, as it should eliminate fraudulent Viking Ship transfer companies to the benefit of resort developers, while also protecting the owners from being led into a potentially dangerous transfer arrangement. - June 20, 2013 - Newton Group Transfers
Mexico Timeshare Leaders Set to Meet in Mexico City for AMDETUR
Online timeshare advertiser BuyaTimeshare.com will be represented at Mexico’s national resort development conference. - June 20, 2013 - BuyaTimeshare.com
Get the Best Views of the Total Solar Eclipse in March 2015 with Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines
A total solar eclipse is one of the most awe-inspiring natural spectacles in the world, and one of the most difficult to view; it occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, entirely obscuring the Sun and blocking all direct sunlight, turning daylight into complete darkness. A... - June 20, 2013 - Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines
Travel Mexico with Me Site Gives the Scoop on Passport Travel to Mexico
When traveling to Cancun, Mexico, vacationers have pointed questions about passport rules and regulations. They can find the answers at the Travel Mexico with Me website. - June 20, 2013 - Travel Mexico with me
Down Under Answers Announces a New Vacation Package to Experience Australian Wildlife, Wine and Wonders
Sensational vacation offer including airfare, touring and accommodation to Sydney, Adelaide and Kangaroo Island. - June 19, 2013 - Down Under Answers
Join Terra Cotta Inn with Their Dare to Go Bare Summertime Nude Sunbathing Room Sale in Sunny Palm Springs, California
Naked skin is in. The media like Huffington Post, NBC, the Today Show and many more are all reporting on a hot new vacation trend...vacationing at topless and nude sunbathing nudist resorts. So join in the fun and see for yourselves why everyone else loves to go skinny dipping on their summer vacations. - June 19, 2013 - The Terra Cotta Inn Clothing Optional Resort and Spa
Georgia City Takes Welcome Wagon to the Web at GatewayMacon.org
Macon Georgia Web Portal Expanded. - June 19, 2013 - Third Wave Digital
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ Balmoral Makes Maiden Call at Haugesund, Norway
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines' 1,350-guest Balmoral has made her inaugural call at Haugesund, Norway, as part of a ten-night L1303 "Norwegian Experience" cruise. The town of Haugesund celebrated the opening of its new Cruise Terminal with the arrival of Fred. Olsen’s flagship. With its... - June 19, 2013 - Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines
Mountain Sleep Recognized as One of Nation's Best Sleep Facilities
Mountain Sleep has earned "Honorable Mention" as one of the Best Facilities in the 2013 National Sleep Achievement Awards, presented by Advance Magazine. Entries were submitted for months from a national field of nominees, and then judged by a panel of fellow sleep medicine professionals. - June 17, 2013 - Mountain Sleep
Folly Farm Opens Its New £500,000 Penguin Enclosure
Folly Farm unveils its brand new £500,000 saltwater penguin area – a first of its kind in Wales. - June 17, 2013 - Folly Farm
Money-Saving Hotel Deals at Sheraton Tampa East Heat Up Summer Schedule at Florida State Fair
Money-saving deals at the Sheraton Tampa East, just minutes from the Florida State Fair, are heating up at the summer schedule at the popular Florida venue, where the region’s largest outdoor hunting and fishing show, America’s favorite traveling train show and the concert sounds from... - June 16, 2013 - Sheraton Tampa East Hotel
Le Meridien Phuket Beach Resort Awarded with Fourth Consecutive TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence
Le Meridien Phuket Beach Resort amongst the top 10 percent of all businesses listed on the world’s largest travel site. - June 16, 2013 - Le Meridien Phuket Beach Resort
Announcing the Famous Five on ixigo
ixigo releases list of its five most searched destinations. - June 16, 2013 - ixigo
Radisson Orlando Resort – Celebration Offers Money-Saving Deals on Walt Disney World Resort® Summer Stays
The Radisson Orlando Resort – Celebration, a Disney Good Neighbor Hotel, is offering some of the lowest rates for summer vacations to Walt Disney World Resort® along with complimentary transportation to the Epcot Transportation Center which services all the parks. Families can book... - June 16, 2013 - Radisson Orlando Celebration Resort
Classic Holidays Staff Exceeds Expectations According to Guest Satisfaction Surveys
Classic Holidays, Australia’s most customer service driven resort management company’s Resort staff exceeded guest expectations according to May Guest Satisfaction surveys. Three days after checking out, resort guests are sent a customer satisfaction survey via email asking them to... - June 16, 2013 - Classic Holidays
Timeshare Resale Advertiser BuyaTimeshare.com Supports FTC Initiative
The federal crackdown of rouge timeshare resale operators has the full backing of 14-year industry leader BuyaTimeshare.com. - June 15, 2013 - BuyaTimeshare.com
Syndicated Travel Columnist, Sandy Zimmerman Reviews the Latest Developments in Downtown Los Angeles
Sandy Zimmerman described upbeat the latest developments in downtown Los Angeles, "Known as the financial district for many years, downtown Los Angeles is now bustling with even more activities." - June 14, 2013 - Sandy Zimmerman
Best Buy OBX team Joins Outer Banks Blue Sales
Outer Banks Blue Realty Services is pleased to announce the addition of Pete Salitore and Ken Baittinger with their assistant Kristen Salitore (Best Buy OBX). Pete Salitore has been working in Real Estate for many years and Ken Baittinger is new as of 2013. Tim Cafferty welcomes Best Buy OBX... - June 14, 2013 - Outer Banks Blue Realty Services
Team Fenyak team Joins Outer Banks Blue Sales
Outer Banks Blue Realty Services is pleased to announce the addition of Danny Fenyak, Grace McNaughton, and assistant Denise Peters as “Team Fenyak.” The addition of the team at “Blue” is a part of the Sales Department doubling in size in less than one month. Danny Fenyak... - June 14, 2013 - Outer Banks Blue Realty Services
Lushtrip Upgrades to Online Air-Ticket Booking
Lushtrip, A Specialist in Providing Discounts on Travel Deals and Vacation Packages Now Also Books Domestic & International Air-Tickets - June 14, 2013 - Lushtrip
Following Successful Spacefest, Geoff Notkin Heads to Challenger Space Center, Lowell Observatory
Geoff Notkin, star of TV’s Meteorite Men, is following up a stellar appearance at Spacefest V over Memorial Day weekend with two special events in Arizona during the month of June. Notkin was one of the most in-demand celebrities at Spacefest V, an annual gathering of renowned astronauts,... - June 13, 2013 - Aerolite Meteorites, LLC
Iconic Adoba Hotel Dearborn, Michigan Doubles Up on Sustainability
The 773 Guestroom Hotel Awarded TripAdvisor Gold Level GreenLeaders™ Status and Achieves Green Key Certification - June 13, 2013 - Adoba Eco Hotel & Suites