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Cruise through your Travel Plans with Yahoo! en espanol Travel.


Business Editors & Travel Writers

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2001

Despegar.com to be Premier Travel Booking Engine for

Yahoo! en espanol's Newly-Launched Travel Site

Planning a summer vacation Summer vacation (also called summer holidays or summer break) is a vacation in the summertime between school years in which students are off for 3 months, depending on the country and district. ? Let Yahoo!(R) en espanol provide the tools and information you need to plan the perfect trip.

With today's launch of Yahoo! en espanol Travel (http://espanol.travel.yahoo.com), Spanish-speaking travelers in the U.S. can now access a one-stop shop One-Stop Shop

A company or a location that offers a multitude of services to a client or a customer. The idea is to provide convenient and efficient service and also to create the opportunity for the company to sell more products to clients and customers.
 for all their travel needs on Yahoo! en espanol. The new comprehensive travel site enables individuals to research bargain vacations, compare prices, check flight availability, and make hotel and car reservations. Travelers can now find the perfect getaway Perfect Getaway, the 12th installment of the Hardy Boys Casefiles paperback series was published in 1988. The plot involves Frank and Joe going undercover in the South American jungle, pursuing an embezzler.  at anytime from anywhere by logging on to (http://espanol.yahoo.com) and clicking on "Viajes" or by simply adding Yahoo! en espanol Travel to their favorite bookmarks.

"We are pleased to expand our product offering with an easy-to-use online travel site," said Roberto Alonso 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. , vice president and managing director for Yahoo! en espanol. "Whether you're traveling on business, for Navidad, or summer vacation, planning your travel schedule and booking those hard-to-find reservations is now a breeze."

Yahoo! has teamed up with Despegar, a leading Ibero-American online travel site, to facilitate consumers' travel planning and booking on the site. A virtual travel agency is now only a click away for Yahoo! en espanol users providing access to more than 500 airlines, 50 major car rental companies, 50,000 hotels, and hundreds of vacation packages around the world.

"Yahoo!'s wide audience reach, together with Despegar.com's Spanish and Portuguese-language travel offerings, places us in an excellent position to offer travel services to one of the fastest-growing online travel markets," said Roberto Souviron, 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.  and co-founder Despegar.com.

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Yahoo! Brazil today also unveiled its new travel site, Yahoo! Brazil Viagens. With the launch of Yahoo! en espanol and Brazil Travel, Yahoo!'s travel offerings now span the entire hemisphere of the Americas, with Yahoo.com, Yahoo! Argentina, Yahoo! Brasil, Yahoo! Canada, Yahoo! en Espanol and Yahoo! Mexico all featuring travel sites. Visitors throughout the Americas can now find vacation packages for destinations as exotic as the tropical beaches of Los Cabos Los Cabos is a municipality located at the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula, in the state of Baja California Sur. It encompasses the towns of Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo, as well as the Resort Corridor that lies between the two.  in Mexico or as bustling as the streets of New York City New York City: see New York, city.
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Plan Your Getaway and Pack Your Bags

From anywhere in world, Yahoo! travelers can check for low airfares and book a cozy hideaway or spend summer vacation skiing down the Chilean Andes. The launch of the two new Yahoo! travel sites also expands the global reach of Yahoo!'s travel services, already available on Yahoo.com, Yahoo! France, Yahoo! Canada, Yahoo! Australia & NZ, Yahoo! Japan Yahoo! Japan Corporation (ヤフー株式会社  , Yahoo! Korea Yahoo! Korea Corporation is the South Korean affiliate of Yahoo!. Its headquarters is the Yahoo! Tower on Teheranno in the Gangnam district of Seoul External links
  • Yahoo! Korea
 and Yahoo! Germany. No matter what your travel needs, Yahoo! en espanol Viajes has the information and resources you need to make planning a vacation easy and fun.

About Yahoo!

Yahoo! en espanol, www.espanol.yahoo.com, one of the 24 worldwide properties of Yahoo! Inc., features Spanish-language Web programming relevant to Spanish-speaking users in the US and around the world.

Yahoo! Inc. is a global Internet communications, commerce and media company that offers a comprehensive branded network of services to more than 192 million individuals each month worldwide. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, www.yahoo.com is the leading guide in terms of traffic, advertising, household and business user reach. Yahoo! is the No. 1 Internet brand globally and reaches the largest audience worldwide. The company also provides online business and enterprise services designed to enhance the productivity and Web presence of Yahoo!'s clients. These services include Corporate Yahoo!, a popular customized enterprise portal solution; audio and video streaming; store hosting and management; and Web site tools and services. The company's global Web network includes 24 World properties. Yahoo! has offices in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Canada and the United States The United States and Canada share a unique legal relationship. U.S. law looks northward with a mixture of optimism and cooperation, viewing Canada as an integral part of U.S. economic and environmental policy. , and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif.

Yahoo! and the Yahoo! logo are registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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