BALTIMORE, Md. -- The Inn at Peralynna Manor of Rose Hill in Columbia, MD, was recently named the number one Inn in North America by Arrington's Inn Traveler Magazine - a magazine for the sophisticated bed and breakfast and country Inn traveler. This honor has been bestowed not once, but twice, and local media recognized the accomplishment in a recent article that appeared in the Baltimore Sun.

TRIPOLI, Libya -- According to Phoenicia Group, the leading U.S.-Libyan diversified business and consultancy group, tourism infrastructure development is being given national priority by the Libyan government, with the Libyan Economic Development Board, a policy result of the National Economic Strategy, tasked with steering the far ranging initiative.

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. -- Perillo Tours, America's leader in tourism to Italy since 1945 and Hawaii since 1985, today announced that three winning agency owner-managers and their guests will join Steve Perillo for an all-expense paid trip to Rome in April. The winning agencies are: Ruth Bravo Tours of Richardson, Texas, Bob Stolfi of Liberty Travel in Nanuet, New York, and Rita Cornelio of Mystic Valley Travel in Medford, Massachusetts.

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- According to Travel Hawaii LLC, Hawaii's tourism industry is in a slump, with overall January arrivals down nearly 6 percent from January 2006 and the lucrative Japanese market down over 12 percent. The decline comes on the heels of Hawaii's strict new smoking ban, which went into effect in November, and some in the tourism industry wonder whether the smoking ban is chasing away a good portion of Hawaii's traditional clientele.

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- CheapoAir.com, a budget travel website, dedicated to selling cheap airline tickets, responds to customer complaints about service, lengthy hold times and 800-number customer support. CheapoAir is growing exponentially. They are committed to consistently upgrading their airline ticket search and search results technology to deliver the cheapest fares in one-click.

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- In a never ending quest to simplify online hotel reservations, Hotel Magician, a New York-based online travel reservations website, has launched a new hotel searching method on its website HotelMagician.com.

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- AgentFactor, a travel-veteran venture, announces the new offering of Travel eFulfillment and Ticketing Services to online and offline travel businesses. This turn-key service enables travel businesses to partially, or fully, outsource their backend operation and to focus more on sales and marketing initiatives.

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Today, CheapoAir announced in partnership with Fareportal, a complex Multi-Airline Auto Ticketing Technology that integrates a three tier fraud detection checkpoint system that issues e-ticket confirmation to customers within a fraction of a second. In addition, CheapoAir.com is also announcing Auto-Airline Paper Tickets to be integrated into FedEx Shipping Software, making transactions seamless and more efficient while still providing a rigorously secure environment.

CHICAGO, Ill. -- iExplore (iExplore.com) announced today the list of Top Ten World Travel Destinations as determined by the vacation purchases of its adventure and experiential travelers. Egypt held on to its top position, despite the increased turmoil in the Middle East in 2006. Antarctica and Argentina made their first appearance in iExplore's top ten.

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- On Wall Street, some of the world's most-respected business people can throw their car keys over their shoulder when it comes to getting to their holiday party safely and in style; The Platinum Car Corporation, the luxury division of the Corporate Transportation Group, Ltd. (CTG) has been hired to make sure it happens.