Away.com To Provide Adventurous Travel Content to Digital City Travelers.Business Editors WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2000 Away.com (http://www.away.com), the complete online resource for researching, booking and gearing-up for extraordinary escapes, today announced an agreement with AOL's Digital City, a leading local online network, to provide Digital City visitors with access to comprehensive adventure travel content on the Web. As part of the agreement, Away.com will provide travel information for the active or adventurous ad·ven·tur·ous adj. 1. Inclined to undertake new and daring enterprises. 2. Hazardous; risky. ad·ven traveler, including articles on afternoon and weekend getaways for people residing in or traveling to 60 major cities within the Digital City network. The information will be available in Digital City's "Visitor's Guide" at www.digitalcity.com, with additional content, commerce and community elements accessible through Away.com at www.away.digitalcity.com. "Because Digital City is one of the most popular local sites on the Internet, this alliance enables Away.com to reach a huge contingent of people who are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. active endeavors in their city of interest," said Away.com President and 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. "Whether you're a business traveler with some free time to explore an unfamiliar city, or a Digital City user looking for new, active getaway ideas, the Away.com offering on Digital City will serve as an excellent planning tool." The co-branded content residing on Digital City will include Away.com's specialty adventure travel products that cover 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. , diving diving Sport of plunging into water, usually headfirst and often following the execution of one or more acrobatic maneuvers. It emerged as a competitive sport in the late 19th century and became part of the Olympic Games in 1904. , and biking as well as cultural trips and ecotours. Visitors to Digital City will also have access to more than 100,000 pages of compelling editorial content and a worldwide network of nearly 1,000 tour operators. All this will be supported by a call center staffed with expert travel specialists. "Away.com clearly knows the active traveler better than most companies on the Web and possesses the expert resources to meet their needs," said Paul DeBenedictis, President of AOL's Digital City. "When looking for mountain-biking treks around Denver, day-hikes in Washington, D.C. or winery win·er·y n. pl. win·er·ies An establishment at which wine is made. Noun 1. winery - distillery where wine is made wine maker tours in Napa Valley Napa Valley, Calif.: see under Napa. Napa Valley greatest wine-producing region of the United States. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2990] See : Wine - Away.com is the one-stop comprehensive resource." About Away.com: Away.com (http://www.away.com) is the Web's leading provider of extraordinary travel, with more than 1 million members and over 10,000 trips for individuals and custom-designed groups seeking an unforgettable vacation to challenge the mind, body and senses. With over 100,000 pages of content, a full-service call center and an extensive selection of travel merchandise, Away.com has been recognized as one of the top 50 privately held Internet companies by investment bank Wit SoundView. The company is backed by Gannett, Circle T Partners, National Leisure Group, New World Ventures and Potomac Ventures. Strategic partners include Discovery.com, Expedia.com, USATODAY.com, Trip.com, Alta Vista See AltaVista. (World-Wide Web) Alta Vista - A World-Wide Web site provided by Digital which features a very fast Web and Usenet search engine. As of April 1996 its word index is 33GB in size. and Planet Outdoors. |
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