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April 2008 - Eco-savvy travelers can now enjoy luxury, style and a commitment to sustainability when they visit two premier hotels. Fairmont Hotels & Resorts and Lexus are partnering to unveil two "Lexus Hybrid Living Suites" geared for eco-conscious visitors, with the first to launch at The Fairmont San Francisco, followed by The Fairmont Washington, D.C. in conjunction with Earth Day 2008.

Guests can sleep, eat and drink sustainably in these unique suites, with every aspect of the room meticulously planned for the eco-minded traveler, incorporating ideas and products from Lexus Hybrid Living partners (lexus.com/hybridliving). Complimentary use of a Lexus LS 600h L awaits the Lexus Hybrid Living Suite visitor who wishes to explore the area in the comfort of a low-emission luxury car that spoils the driver, not the environment. Read more

April 22, 2008 – With women-only vacations still a popular trend among female friends and family looking to bond and share experiences “among the girls,” the Sheraton Cable Beach Resort is offering a special Girlfriend Getaway Package for mothers, daughters, sisters and girlfriends seeking a female-friendly trip to relax, have fun, and reconnect along the beautiful beaches of Nassau, Bahamas.

Girls can have fun when they book Sheraton Cable Beach Resort’s special Girlfriend Getaway Package*, which offers a variety of “girl-bonding” inspired upgrades and amenities such as:

• Ocean View Room
• Breakfast daily at the Bimini Market Restaurant
• One welcome cocktail at the Telegraph Bar (per person)
• One snorkeling trip at Stuart Cove (per person)
• Amenity of wine and cheese delivered to room day of arrival
  

The Girlfriend Getaway Package starts at $309 per night based on double occupancy and requires a minimum three-night stay. Read more

April 2008 – Park City Mountain Resort, in partnership with its parent company Powdr Corporation, today announced that it will offset 100 percent of its power from renewable energy sources beginning in June 2008.

Park City Mountain Resort's purchase of 13.9 million kWh of renewable energy credits (RECs) will avoid nearly 19 million pounds of CO2 emissions annually, which is equal to removing 1,853 passenger vehicles from the road or powering 1,100 average American homes for a year.

"Our decision to offset 100 percent is another positive step towards our commitment to environmental sustainability," said Peter Curtis, president and general manager of Park City Mountain Resort. "Our team works to identify ways that we can reduce our carbon footprint to ensure the continuation of our mountain lifestyle and the quality of life it provides us." Read more

March 31, 2008 -- Think you can’t take a month-long holiday and still keep your business or family finances from taking a permanent vacation? Think again. This summer, Home Office Highway: A Digital Adventure – will hit the road to prove vacation and vocation can travel hand in hand.

Setting off July 4th weekend in a recreational vehicle packed with the latest small office technology, Jeff Zbar and his family will showcase just how productive the modern family can be when traveling the nation’s highways. Wife, Robbie, will manage the family’s home finances. Their kids will stay connected with friends. And Zbar, a widely published technology columnist and author, will chronicle the adventure each day in blogs and videologues as the RV travels from up the Eastern Seaboard – and back again. Read more

March 26, 2008 --Wayfinder, the leading supplier of innovative location and navigation services for mobile phones, today announced that it is introducing its Wayfinder Active™ application in the U.S. and Canada. Wayfinder Active is a free GPS application for mobile phones with a unique combination of maps, GPS recording and statistics that is designed for people who enjoy running, hiking, skiing, biking or other outdoor activities.

Wayfinder Active is a simple, fun, safe and social way to stay connected to others with similar outdoor interests. Once the application is installed on a mobile phone, each user will have access to a world wide map and the ability to record and share routes with a single keystroke. Users can follow in the footsteps of friends’ adventures and training routes by importing routes and tracks directly from and to their mobile phone. Wayfinder Active’s integrated online community, ActiveOutdoor, takes outdoor activities to the Internet, with an innovative, user-friendly and measurable way of sharing outdoor activities. Each activity is recorded in a standard GPX format, and the route is then uploaded to the Internet. If needed, users can preload a specific route onto the phone’s caching memory so they can enjoy their activity without thinking about where they are going. Once a route or training trail is completed, the activity is automatically uploaded to the online community. Read more

March 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- After more than 80 years of bringing people together through the air, American Airlines is now bringing people together through cyberspace on Facebook Platform.

American Airlines has launched Travel Bag, an exciting new application on Facebook Platform that makes it easy for users to share travel experiences with friends in their network; to offer and read reviews and comments on things such as restaurants and shops; and even to create countdowns for upcoming events or trips to let friends know what they're doing to. Read more

March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hilton Los Cabos Beach & Golf Resort announces its Summer Family Fun Promotion, perfect for family travelers seeking a unique and fun filled vacation.

Available June 29 - October 19, 2008 the Summer Family Fun Promotion offers hotel amenities for all guests of the property including a welcome 'Cabo Cooler,' and surprises for children, daily 'Vacation Station' activities, family 'Dive-In' movie and Mexican cooking classes twice a week, kids spa treatments discounted 50% with purchase of a 50-minute treatment, and 10-minute poolside massages. Additional amenities include complimentary use of the Hilton shuttle and wireless Internet access. Starting room rate for June - October 2008 is $229, excluding tax. Read more

March 12, 2008- Today Vumber (www.Vumber.com) announces their top 5 phone number related scenarios that college students want to avoid this Spring Break. The majority of college students look forward to Spring Break as it gives them time off from school and an opportunity to travel, meet new people and have fun. However, sometimes a little too much fun leads to giving phone numbers out to the wrong people, which you may regret when Spring Break is over. Vumber addresses this concern with their secure, disposable, two–way phone numbers that link to any current phone line.

Now you can meet new people and feel okay with giving them your number. Just give them your Vumber instead. If it ends up being a mistake, you can quickly and easily change the Vumber, block a specific caller or choose another convenient option from the web site. Read more

February 19, 2008--LastMinuteTravel.com, the online authority for late breaking travel deals, announces the launch of a new discount travel club that offers exclusive access to behind-the-scenes rates on nearly 13,000 A-list hotels worldwide. The Last Minute Travel Club, found at Club.LastMinuteTravel.com, will save members an average of 23 to 66 percent on every booking to the world’s most popular travel destinations.

“What our members will find is a simple, no-frills, deals-oriented site whose only purpose is to save them more money,” states Bryon Sheffield, Executive Vice President of Global Business-to-Consumer Development for Travel Holdings, Inc., the parent company for LastMinuteTravel.com. “There are no bells, and no whistles, and we don’t think there should be. Our goal is to focus on what’s most important to our customers - the rates,” explains Sheffield. Read more

February 2008– Winter’s thaw is still months away, but when spring has finally sprung in mid March, RVers will be on the move, searching for places to land for the spring and summer travel season. Thousands of RV families, and “snowbirds” alike, will flock to Perry, Ga. to meet up at the nation’s largest recreation vehicle (RV) gathering, The Rally 2008, convening at Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter, March 14-17.

More than nine million people in the U.S. now own RVs. For tens of thousands of RVers, The Rally is the event and vacation destination of the year. RV newbies and veterans alike will gather to celebrate and explore the wildly popular recreation lifestyle through seminars, exhibits, entertainment, games and meetings with industry experts from around the world. Read more