[2] eTravelplan.com Launches Major New Web Site for Travelers.ORINDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 1999-- Extensive Local Information on Major Travel Destination Areas Eases The Hassle Hassle () is a location in Närke, Sweden, where a Celtic treasure was found in 1936. It comprises a large bronze cauldron which contained two Bronze Age swords of the Hallstatt type, a pommel of bronze, two bronze buckets with For Vacationers and Business Travelers By Helping Them To "Know Before They Go" Heather heather: see heath, in botany. heather or Scotch heather Low evergreen shrub (Calluna vulgaris) of the heath family, widespread in western Europe and Asia, North America, and Greenland. O'Neil, Publisher of eTravelplan.com announced the formal launch of this new travel Web site earlier in the week. Born out of the need by travelers for in-depth in-depth adj. Detailed; thorough: an in-depth study. in-depth Adjective detailed or thorough: an in-depth analysis , localized Translated into the spoken language of the country. See localization. information on accommodations, dining, sightseeing and transportation, O'Neil has created an Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the tool for the world that is easy to access, fun to use and offers the most extensive localized content of any travel site on the Web. eTravelplan.com (www.etravelplan.com) launches this free travel information resource with the top fifty (50) destination areas in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Additional areas, both domestic and international, will be added weekly. Dozens are currently in development by the site's team of researchers and writers. Whereas in the past, travelers have had to purchase and carry expensive and bulky bulk·y adj. bulk·i·er, bulk·i·est 1. Having considerable bulk; massive. 2. Of large size for its weight: a bulky knit. 3. Clumsy to manage; unwieldy. travel guides of an entire region, visitors to eTravelplan.com will be able to view and collect information on the specific destination areas they plan to visit, saving only the information they want into their "trip file." They may revisit re·vis·it tr.v. re·vis·it·ed, re·vis·it·ing, re·vis·its To visit again. n. A second or repeated visit. re their file for review or update as often as they wish. When completed, they simply print out their customized trip file to take along as their personal travel guide. The site features comprehensive area information on each destination city, including recommended day and weekend trips. All listings for hotels, restaurants and local sites offer complete information on location, hours, pricing and a highlighted description of the particular establishment or service -- many with expanded pages offering more detailed information such as maps, menus, photos of the facilities, etc. -0-
Other key site features available on launch date include:
-- A special "Feedback Forum" tool is provided for visitors to add
their comments and personal experiences for others to read. The
feedback will be used in the rating system for each destination
or establishment. Visitors may also recommend their favorite
venues for the eTravelplan editorial team to research and add to
the growing database.
-- The only dual currency conversion tool on the Internet--allowing
a user to view the pricing of any venue in the local currency as
well as their preferred currency from any of 64 different
countries, making this site global-ready and easy to use by those
around the world.
-- The most extensive collection of links to other travel-related
Web sites of any site currently on the Internet.
-- Coupons for discounts and free services at each destination area
are added to the customized travel guides site users print out.
When asked about how eTravelplan.com differs from other travel-oriented Web sites, O'Neil commented, "Other travel sites focus on things like cheap airline tickets or hotel room discounts, but don't don't 1. Contraction of do not. 2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not. n. A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts. offer much in the way of information on the area, the range of properties or what to do when you get there. Of the few sites that give some level of destination information, they've they've Contraction of they have. they've have basically purchased it from a couple of published travel guides and offer it up the same way to everyone. We create our own compilations and the people who frequent the hotels and restaurants provide the reviews. We stay current by publishing the reviews and featuring the destinations our visitors highlight -- as we receive them." Headquartered in Orinda, California “Orinda” redirects here. For other uses, see Orinda (disambiguation). Orinda is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The population was 17,599 at the 2000 census. Orinda is a well-known community in the San Francisco Bay Area. , eTravelplan.com was founded by Heather O'Neil and her father Patrick O'Neil in early 1999. The self-funded company is already generating revenues and is currently in negotiations with several venture capital groups to raise money for the second phase of marketing and traffic generation. Pre-launch, the site was receiving thousands of page views each week. The company estimates that the site will be receiving several million page views monthly by the end of the first year. |
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