Intelligent Leisure Solutions and the Discover Travel Group Nominated in Three Categories for the World Travel Awards 2007

Salvador, Brazil, September 07, 2007 --(PR.com)-- Intelligent Leisure Solutions and the Discover Travel Group is pleased to announce that they have been nominated in three categories for the 2007 World Travel Awards sponsored by the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA). The World Travel Awards is in its fourteenth year of acknowledging and celebrating organizations that make great contributions to the global tourism and travel industry. It especially recognizes organizations that are making innovative advancements in the field of international travel and tourism. The Wall Street Journal has referred to the World Travel Awards as “The Oscars of the Travel Industry.” In the tourism trade, being nominated and winning a World Travel Award means a personal and reliable endorsement from thousands of travel professionals around the world.

Intelligent Leisure Solutions and the Discover Travel Group has been nominated in the categories of South America’s Leading Travel Management Company, Central America’s Leading Travel Agent, and South America’s Leading Travel Agent. Based in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Intelligent Leisure Solutions and the Discover Travel Group is an internet-based travel solutions company that strives to create sophisticated travel experiences for the person who, besides wanting the best in security and comfort, also desires to have a unique travel experience that reaches beyond the conventional facets of travel and tourism. They offer personalized and non-personalized luxury, full-service, partial-service, and online-only travel vacation packages for individuals and groups in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, The Galapagos Islands, and Peru in South America, and Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama in Central America, primarily through their main websites. They also have a toll-free telephone number in North America, and local numbers in Brazil, China, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Sydney, Spain, and in the United Kingdom. The company’s professional travel specialists, all native speakers fluent in English, help discerning travelers select unique vacations, packages, adventure travel excursions, honeymoon destinations, holidays, tours, hotels, lodges, resorts and flights.

“Being nominated for a prestigious award like the World Travel Awards, much less being nominated in three different categories, gives all our hard work and dedication greater meaning. By having other travel professionals give us this recognition, it helps us know that we are on the right track and offering the best services possible,” says Intelligent Leisure Solutions and the Discover Travel Group’s Managing Partner, Robert Phillips. The voting for the World Travel Awards takes place entirely online by 165,000 travel agencies and professionals worldwide in a comprehensive survey. The American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) is the world's largest association of travel professionals. Its mission is “to facilitate the business of selling travel through effective representation, shared knowledge and the enhancement of professionalism.” The winners of the World Travel Awards for the Americas will be announced at the Awards Gala on September 17th, 2007 in New York City.

To begin personalized vacation planning, fill out a Travel Inquiry Form for any destination on any of the websites, or to speak directly with a travel expert, call 1-888-ILS-COM (457-3266) in North America, (55)(71)3113-4203 in South America, (86)(755)3332-9412 in China, (33)(1)7061-0367 in France, (852)3051-9866 in Hong Kong, (39)(06) 9926-8176 in Italy, (81)(3) 4580-2196 in Japan, (351) (211) 451-486 in Portugal, (61)(2) 9037-2988 in Sydney, (34)(912) 918-755 in Spain, and (44)(207) 100-9296 in the United Kingdom.

Intelligent Leisure Solutions and the Discover Travel Group is a web-based Destination Management Company (DMC) for Latin America that offers luxury, custom-made trips from pre-selected destinations, accommodations, packages and tours to travelers and MICE (Meeting, Incentives, Conventions and Events) clients seeking differentiated travel experiences. Intelligent Leisure Solutions and the Discover Travel Group has been selected by the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism as an Affiliate Member of the United Nations World Tourism Organization. They are also Authenticated by the Tralliance Corporation and the .Travel Registry.

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