AAA Auto Club South Announces Aggressive Initiative to Protect America's ``Freedom to Travel''.Business Editors/Automotive Writers TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 2001 AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. Auto Club South announced today an aggressive initiative to protect and promote America's freedom of mobility. Called, "Freedom to Travel," this initiative has five primary goals: 1. To protect Americans' freedom of mobility. This longstanding Adj. 1. longstanding - having existed for a long time; "a longstanding friendship"; "the longstanding conflict" long - primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; AAA mission has taken on even greater importance since September 11, 2001. 2. To promote freedom of travel choice. This includes freedom of destination, mode of transportation, lodging Lodging or holiday accommodation is a type of accommodation. People who travel and stay away from home for more than a day need lodging mainly for sleeping. Other purposes are safety, shelter from cold and rain, having a place to store luggage and being able to take a options, and timing. 3. To restore travelers' confidence. We will do this by presenting the facts about travel, safety and security, while offering an array of travel options. 4. To provide an information clearinghouse clearinghouse Institution established by firms engaged in similar activities to enable them to offset transactions with one another in order to limit payment settlements to net balances. for travel planning. We will provide relevant and timely updates, advisories and information about travel. 5. To improve the travel and tourism business climate. We will work with our partners to develop and/or promote a variety of local, domestic and international travel opportunities that meet customer wants and needs. "Following the national tragedies of September 11, we immediately recognized the need for timely, effective and cooperative action to address public opinion about travel," said Tom O'Brien Tom O’Brien or Thomas O’Brien may refer to:
Georgia (jôr`jə), Georgian Sakartvelo, Rus. Gruziya, officially Republic of Georgia, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,677,000), c.26,900 sq mi (69,700 sq km), in W Transcaucasia. and Tennessee Tennessee, state, United States Tennessee (tĕn`əsē', tĕn'əsē`), state in the south-central United States. . "We will work with our vendor partners and other travel and tourism organizations to support the call delivered by the President, Florida Governor Bush and other leaders to promote `Freedom to Travel.'" AAA Auto Club South has committed a team of experts to move this initiative forward, providing dedicated work space for the "Freedom to Travel Task Team" at its Tampa Westshore headquarters. AAA is currently surveying all of its vendor partners in the airline, cruise, tour, attractions, hotel and other segments of the travel industry asking several questions to assess the immediate needs in each segment. This research will be used to quickly develop and deploy an action plan that is focused on meeting the needs of travelers and tourism-dependent businesses. AAA is also developing a "travel barometer" which will enable the reporting of timely comparisons to year 2000 travel activity in a number of travel service areas. This information will be first reported within the next week. "AAA is uniquely qualified to provide leadership in this regard, given the myriad Myriad is a classical Greek name for the number 104 = 10 000. In modern English the word refers to an unspecified large quantity. The term myriad is a progression in the commonly used system of describing numbers using tens and hundreds. travel-related services provided through our more than 70 branch offices in Florida, Georgia and Tennessee," said Mr. O'Brien. AAA Auto Club South is the largest travel agency in the Southeast United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , and one of the top ten leisure travel agencies in the nation. Auto Club South is the third largest affiliate in the AAA organization. AAA is the largest membership travel organization in the world with 44 million members in the United States and Canada. |
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