ClikVacations.com Unveiled as New Name for Latest Michael Egan Web Venture.Business Editors FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2000 clikWeather, clikGreetings Among Site Enhancements ClikVacations.com debuts today as the new name for the latest Michael Egan web venture uniquely positioned as the first Internet community completely devoted to vacation travel. Formerly known as clik.com, the new name, ClikVacations.com, more closely reflects the focus and objectives of the site -- to be the leading source of planning and purchasing leisure vacation travel online. In addition to the new name, ClikVacations.com has also bolstered bol·ster n. A long narrow pillow or cushion. tr.v. bol·stered, bol·ster·ing, bol·sters 1. To support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion. 2. its line-up of community services. A new greeting card service, clikGreetings, enables members of ClikVacations.com to create vacation-themed electronic greeting cards See e-card. . ClikVacations.com also now gives travel planners the ability to check weather conditions in their vacation destination of choice through clikWeather. The brainchild brain·child n. An original idea or plan attributed to a person or group. brainchild Noun Informal an idea or plan produced by creative thought Noun 1. of Michael Egan, Chairman of theglobe.com, Certified See certification. Vacations Group, Inc., ANC ANC abbr. African National Congress ANC African National Congress: South African political movement instrumental in bringing an end to apartheid ANC n abbr (= Rental Corporation - the recently launched spin-off The situation that arises when a parent corporation organizes a subsidiary corporation, to which it transfers a portion of its assets in exchange for all of the subsidiary's capital stock, which is subsequently transferred to the parent corporation's shareholders. of AutoNation consisting of Alamo Alamo Eighteenth-century mission in San Antonio, Texas, site of a historic siege of a small group of Texans by a Mexican army (1836) during the Texas war for independence from Mexico. , National and CarTemps USA vehicle rental companies - and Dancing Bear Investments, Inc. ClikVacations.com brings together some of the most recognized names in vacation travel including Delta Vacations, Continental Airlines Vacations, Future Vacations and Carnival Cruise Lines This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. . These brands, together with a comprehensive worldwide network of unique bed & breakfasts and inns, available through PlacesToStay.com, offer tremendous value on a wide range of vacation travel products. Unlike other travel web sites, ClikVacations.com fully integrates community services, available through a strategic partnership with theglobe.com, the only independent community Internet service and a leader in the industry for more than four years. Developed by New River Technologies, a Certified Vacations Group company and a leading provider of travel e-commerce services, ClikVacations.com specializes in all aspects of planning and purchasing leisure vacation travel online. ClikVacations.com combines live, real-time and secure booking capabilities with dynamic content detailing a wide variety of destinations, hotel accommodations and types of vacation travel - cruises, vacation packages and intimate bed & breakfasts/country inns - enabling visitors to the site to select vacation experiences matching individual tastes and interests quickly and easily. Membership in ClikVacations.com is free. To participate in the ClikVacations.com community, simply log-on to http://www.clikvacations.com and complete a quick membership application. Visitors to ClikVacations.com who complete membership applications between by March 15, 2000 will be automatically entered into a sweepstakes with a grand prize of a Delta Vacations package. For more information, visit ClikVacations.com at http://www.clikvacations.com |
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