Digital Island Provides Asiatravelmart.com With Global Network Services to Guarantee Fast Delivery of Travel Updates and Offers.Business Editors/Travel Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2000 Leading Asian Travel Portal Links Travelers and Suppliers for Secure Online Reservations and Transactions Using Digital Island's Global e-Business Delivery Network Digital Island, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ISLD ISLD International Society for Lasers in Dentistry ISLD Island ECN, Inc. (stock symbol) ), a leading Global e-Business Delivery Network, announced today that Asiatravelmart.com, a leading Travel Reservation System (TRS See traffic engineering methods. TRS - term rewriting system ) on the Internet, is using its network services to guarantee fast delivery of updated travel information and last-minute offers. By outsourcing its global network to Digital Island, Asiatravelmart.com is ensuring secure online reservations for travelers as they book and purchase over 20,000 travel products from more than 3,000 suppliers in the U.S., Asia, Europe and Africa through www.Asiatravelmart.com. Using Digital Island's integrated suite of hosting, content delivery and network services, Asiatravelmart.com is also reliably and quickly delivering trip itineraries and driving directions, verifying booking status and supplying the latest information about visa requirements, currency exchange rates and weather forecasts to customers. "Asiatravelmart.com firmly believes that to excel in the New Economy, speed and innovation are crucial and with this in mind, we chose Digital Island as a world-class network provider that guarantees a quick, secure response to every online travel query," said Alex Kong, 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. of Asiatravelmart.com. "We pride ourselves on this capability, which is building a powerful brand for Asiatravelmart.com and helping us carve out a substantial niche in the online travel services market." "Digital Island's Global e-Business Delivery Network is tailor-made for quick, responsive two-way travel transactions that save time for business and leisure travelers visiting Asiatravelmart.com," said Tim Wilson This article is about comedian/singer from Columbus, Georgia. For the coach of the same name, see Tim Wilson (coach). For the football player of the same name see Tim Wilson (football player). , vice president of marketing at Digital Island. "Digital Island's ability to consistently deliver up-to-the-minute confirmations and secure reservations from travel suppliers is establishing Asiatravelmart.com as a valuable and trusted global travel resource." Asiatravelmart.com is a leading Travel Reservation System (TRS) on the Internet. It provides a unique platform and environment for travel buyers and sellers from around the world to network over a secure Internet connection. Asiatravelmart.com is a one-stop travel shop for hotels, tour packages, transfers, meals, car rentals, and travel insurance. It offers more than 20,000 products in over 100 countries, providing users the convenience of making travel reservations 24 hours a day at wholesale prices. In March this year, Asiatravelmart.com was accorded the prestigious Internet World Asia Industry Award for "Best E-commerce Company". Asiatravelmart.com also won the PATA (Parallel ATA) Refers to the original ATA (IDE) technology that uses a parallel data channel from the controller to the disk drives. After Serial ATA drives became popular, the PATA term was coined to specifically refer to the parallel drives. See IDE and SATA. Gold Award this year. www.Asiatravelmart.com Digital Island(R) is a leading Global e-Business Delivery Network. The company's suite of application services See ASP and Web services. for interactive e-Business allows customers and partners to readily integrate content delivery, hosting and intelligent networking to give the ultimate consumer a superior experience. Strategically located Data Centers in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Europe and Asia are directly connected to leading access service providers in 25 countries. In addition, Digital Island operates a network of more than 1,200 content distributors across the Internet, which improves the performance and reduces the cost of hosting high-volume Web applications in target markets. This network is expected to grow to more than 6,000 content distributors in 350 locations worldwide by the year 2003. Digital Island is headquartered in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . www.digitalisland.net. Important Notice Digital Island is a registered trademark of Digital Island, Inc. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners. This release may contain forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that involve risks and uncertainties. Important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, include but are not limited to: the company's short operating history which makes it difficult to predict its future results of operations; the company's history of operating losses operating loss The excess of operating expenses over revenue. As with operating income, operating losses exclude revenues and expenses from operations that are not considered a regular part of the business. Also called deficit. Compare operating income. and expected future losses which could impede im·pede tr.v. im·ped·ed, im·ped·ing, im·pedes To retard or obstruct the progress of. See Synonyms at hinder1. [Latin imped its ability to address the risks and difficulties encountered by companies in new and rapidly evolving markets; the company's future operating results could fluctuate which may cause volatility or a decline in the price of the company's stock; the company may not be able to price its services above the overall cost of bandwidth causing its financial results to suffer; and other factors detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including its recent filings on Form S-1. |
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