ADVISORY/Yahoo!'s ``Free Ride, Compaq Inside'' Shuttles Roll Onto the Streets of Las Vegas.News/Assignment Editors Networld+Interop 2001 ADVISORY...for Monday (May 7) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Yahoo! and Compaq Offer Trade Show Attendees Free Transportation From Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. to Las Vegas-Area Hotels in Co-Branded Shuttles There's no doubt about it -- trade shows mean tons of walking and tired feet. But attendees of next week's Networld+Interop (N+I) Trade Show in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. will get some help from Yahoo! (Nasdaq:YHOO YHOO Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ symbol) ) and Compaq (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CPQ CPQ Compaq CPQ Conseil du Patronat du Québec (Canada) CPQ Configure-Price-Quote CPQ Conseil de Presse du Québec (Québec Press Council, Canada) CPQ Companion Parrot Quarterly ) with FREE shuttle rides between the city's convention center and hotels. Two "Yahoo!(R) Powered by Compaq" shuttles, wrapped in Yahoo!'s signature purple and yellow purple and yellow traditional colors seen in churches during Easter season. [Christian Color Symbolism: Jobes, 487] See : Easter colors, will roll through the streets of Las Vegas offering free rides during N+I, from 8-11 a.m. and 1-6 p.m. May 7-11, 2001 (route information below). Passengers will be entertained by a fun trivia game offering information on the Yahoo! and Compaq alliance, as well as information on Compaq's line of products displayed at the Citrix booth. Shuttle passengers will also have the opportunity to win a Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC. The shuttle service promotes the global technology and marketing alliance between Yahoo! and Compaq announced in January. The multi-year agreement makes Compaq the preferred Internet infrastructure provider to Yahoo! and represents a substantial commitment by Compaq to advertise and market its products and services throughout the Yahoo! network of properties. (For alliance press release, visit: http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/pr/release694.html) Free shuttles run between the Las Vegas Convention Center and stops at (or near) the following hotels: Stratosphere, Treasure Island, Desert Inn, Mirage, Caesar's Palace, Bellagio, Barbary Coast, Flamingo, Rio, Harrah's, Royale, Imperial, Venetian, Hard Rock, MGM MGM in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. Grand, Excalibur, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of New York, Tropicana, San Remo, Monte Carlo, Mandalay Bay, Luxor, Aladdin, Paris, Bally's, and Bourbon Street. Note to Media: Digital images of the co-branded shuttle are available. To obtain digital images, and/or to schedule an interview with Yahoo! and Compaq spokespersons, contact: Sean Florio, Yahoo! Inc., sean@yahoo-inc.com, 408/349-3599; Sabrina Friedman, Fleishman Hillard, friedmas@fleishman.com, 415/356-1007. Note to Editors: Yahoo! and the Yahoo! logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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