Away.com Exclusive Adventure Travel Provider On USATODAY.com.Business & High-Tech Editors/Travel Writers WASHINGTON, D.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 2000 Away.com (http://www.away.com), the leading adventure travel services provider on the Web, and USATODAY.com, the number one newspaper site on the Internet, today announced an agreement that provides USATODAY.com visitors access to the most comprehensive adventure travel content on the Web, including the largest database of tour operators and trips, and advice from highly qualified travel experts. As the exclusive provider of adventure travel on USATODAY.com, Away.com has built co-branded Web pages featuring the content, commerce and community elements of Away.com (http://www.away.com). The co-branded content can be accessed through an exclusive link on USATODAY.com (http://www.usatoday.com/life/travel/ltfront.htm). "Our customers crave broad and reliable information about travel," said Jeff Webber Dr. Jeff Webber was a fictional character on the popular ABC daytime drama General Hospital. He was portrayed by Richard Dean Anderson from 1976 until 1981. Character history Dr. , Senior Vice President and Publisher, USATODAY.com. "Our agreement with Away.com allows us to provide extensive travel content, expert advice and booking capabilities all in one place." The co-branded content will include Away.com's 10,000 specialty adventure travel products that include hiking hiking Walking, often among hills or mountains, as recreational sport. It represents an activity in its own right and also figures in backpacking, camping, hunting, mountaineering, and orienteering. , rafting raft 1 n. 1. A flat structure, typically made of planks, logs, or barrels, that floats on water and is used for transport or as a platform for swimmers. 2. , safaris, diving and biking; cultural trips like culinary cu·li·nar·y adj. Of or relating to a kitchen or to cookery. [Latin cul  n excursions in
Italy and barge barge, large boat, generally flat-bottomed, used for transporting goods. Most barges on inland waterways are towed, but some river barges are self-propelled. There are also sailing barges. trips in France and eco-tourism tours. The visitors to
the site will have access to over 80,000 pages of compelling editorial
content and a worldwide network of nearly 1,000 tour operators. All this
will be backed with a call center staffed with expert travel
professionals.
"We are very excited to be working in affiliation with the most popular newspaper site," said Away.com CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Sean Greene. "This flagship agreement for Away.com will not only leverage our brand, but will additionally serve as a model for agreements with content-rich Web sites that want to add the highest-quality travel services to their offerings." Community features on the co-branded pages include message boards, postings, travelers' travelogues, user photo journals and collaborative trip planning tools. Additionally, users can access Away.com's Trip Finder feature -- the largest online searchable database Refers to databases on the Web that are searchable by typing in a query. The term is quite redundant because all databases are searchable. In fact, that is one of their major features. of trips from around the world. Once a trip has been selected, it can be booked by making a single call to Away.com's full-service call center. About Away.com (http://www.away.com) Away.com brings together world travelers, experts and tour operators to create a vibrant online community where users can search for and book trips, use personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. travel planners, get advice and buy gear. The site was ranked the number one Outdoors site by PC Data Online and hosts the largest network of tour operators and trips on the Web. Investors, such as Gannett Co. Inc. of Arlington, Va., Chicago-based New World Ventures and Potomac Ventures of Washington, D.C., back the privately held firm. Away.com maintains its travel services division and call center in Portland, Maine Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maine, with a 2004 population of 63,882. Portland is Maine's cultural, social and economic capital. Tourists are drawn to Portland's historic Old Port district along Portland Harbor, which is at the mouth of the Fore River and part , which is staffed with expert travel consultants to answer questions and provide advice to its 1,000,000 members. About USATODAY.com (http://www.usatoday.com) Serving nearly 15 million unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. per month, USATODAY.com is the Number 1 newspaper site on the Internet. Using real-time coverage, USATODAY.com provides visitors with a world overview, updated 24 hours a day, seven days a week. USATODAY.com has more than 200,000 pages of breaking news, sports, money, life, weather and tech news. For further information, please visit www.usatoday.com. |
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