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Online Cruise Ship Travel Agency Announces Giveaway with News Talk 1470 AM KUTY in Palmdale, Calif: The 1470 News Cruise

icruise online cruise agency LONG ISLAND, N.Y. -- Icruise.com announces that twice each day KUTY listeners will be given a cue to call to qualify for the cruise giveaway. This will happen each weekday between June 4th and June 22nd. icruise.com, The World's #1 Cruise Specialist, is a Lynbrook, New York-based on-line cruise travel agency.

Resort Fees at Hawaii Hotels Cause 'Checkout Sticker Shock'

Travel Hawaii LLCHONOLULU, Hawaii -- 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. And often the hotels' own web sites don't make such fees apparent.

Maine-based Bar Harbor Camping Resorts' $4.5 Million Renovation Responds to Growing RV Population

BAR HARBOR, Maine -- Bar Harbor Camping Resorts owner Patty Rae Stanley is at the forefront of responding to the growth in RV owners and campground use. Stanley, along with Chicago-based investment partner Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE: ELS), owns three resorts in Downeast Maine, and she just spent ten months and $4.5 million dollars completely reconstructing one of them - Narrows Too.

Historic Natchez on the Mississippi River: 30th Annual Fall Pilgrimage Tour, Sept. 29 – Oct. 13, 2007

Natchez Fall PilgrimageNATCHEZ, Miss. -- Natchez Pilgrimage Tours' 30th annual Natchez Fall Pilgrimage showcases eighteen of the most splendid historic houses to be found anywhere in America from September 29 through October 13, 2007. For thirty years, Natchez has opened it arms to lovers of history, architecture and decorative arts during Natchez Fall Pilgrimage.

Austrian Airlines Presents Award to Travelong

TravelongNEW YORK, N.Y. -- Austrian Airlines presented its annual sales achievement award for 2006 to Travelong. Travelong.com is a regional mega agency dedicated to providing travel services to corporate and home based agents. Travelong is the recipient of the "Outstanding Sales Achievement Award for Austrian Airlines NYC District 2006."

Athletic-Minded Traveler Fitness Portal Announces Its Annual Best Hotel Lap Pool List

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Athletic-Minded Traveler LLC, a Southern California-based active lifestyle media company that operates the largest healthy travel site on the web, www.athleticmindedtraveler.com, released today its 2007 ranking of "The Top 10 Hotel Lap Pools in North America." The 10 best hotel lap pools received the company's recommendation after in-depth research on over 3,000 hotels and anonymous personal tours.

CheapoAir Budget Travel Website is a Hitwise Top 10 Award Winner

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- CheapoAir.com, a top budget travel website dedicated to leveraging the latest technology to deliver cheap airline tickets, is proud to announce that it has won the Hitwise Top 10 Award by Visitors among all U.S. Websites in the Travel Agencies Category for the Quarter Ending March - January 2007.

CheapoAir Travel Portal Hires Werner Kunz as New Chief Strategy Officer

CheapoAirNEW YORK, N.Y. -- CheapoAir.com, a top budget travel website dedicated to leveraging the latest technology to deliver cheap airline tickets, is proud to announce Werner Kunz as their new Chief Strategy Officer. CheapoAir.com is growing at an accelerated pace.

Solution to Public Nausea, Patented Red E Bag, Receives Inventor's Award

Red E BagFORT MYERS, Fla. -- Anxiety. Panic. Embarrassment. No more! Inventors Jodi and Jim Carr, of As We Grow LLC, both suffered from morning sickness. Jodi was getting sick from morning sickness, but they both suffered the consequences. They patented their solution to public nausea, a discreet durable bag with plastic disposable liners, an extra large opening and a zippered pocket for clean up supplies.

GroupAbout.com Premiers with Host of Collaboration and Social Networking Tools for Small, Leisure Groups

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. -- Group Travel Planet, LLC, the pioneer and leader of online group travel booking, today announced the launch of GroupAbout.com, a new community site for groups on the go that combines the power of the company's advanced group-booking engine with new collaboration and social networking tools that make it easier for groups to plan and share information.

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