Get a room! The Out Traveler revved up five gay-centric hotel booking engines to see how well they perform.GayGuide.net Though its ill-defined home page barely reveals the existence of a booking engine, after you click the tiny "hotels" link you can search an extensive range of hotels by value, quality, and price. Too bad you can't search by gay-owned or gay friendly. Grade: B GayRes.com While you can view hotel prices in a surprising array of global currencies, you can't sort by lowest price. On the plus side, each hotel is selected for its gay welcoming vibe. Grade: B- Travelocity Travelocity is an online travel agency operated by Travelocity.com LP. Travelocity is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sabre Holdings Corporation, which was a publicly traded company until taken private by Silver Lake Partners in March 2007. .com/gay travel With gay-specific articles and listings, links to last-minute travel deals, a slide show of gay-friendly hotels, and a smart site wide redesign re·de·sign tr.v. re·de·signed, re·de·sign·ing, re·de·signs To make a revision in the appearance or function of. re (not to mention the Amelie-inspired misadventures of the Roaming The ability to use a communications device such as a cellphone or PDA and be able to move from one cell or access point to another without losing the connection. Gnome), this queer microsite is a definite bookmark A stored location for quick retrieval at a later date. Web browsers provide bookmarks that contain the addresses (URLs) of favorite sites. Most electronic references, large text databases and help systems provide bookmarks that mark a location users want to revisit in the future. . Gracle: A- Orbitz.com/gay travel Orbitz's gay microsite includes a travel rewards program with great deals on gay cruises and tours. The booking engine is just a mirror of the mainstream site with no gay-specific information: however, speed, functionality and navigation (not to mention industry clout) make Orbitz a true powerhouse A fourth-generation language from Cognos that was introduced in the late 1970s for midrange computers. It supports both character-oriented, terminal-based applications as well as Windows clients. Applications developed under PowerHouse can be imported into Cognos' Axiant client/server environment. . Grade: A- PurpleRoofs.com The only site tithe tithe Contribution of a tenth of one's income for religious purposes. The practice of tithing was established in the Hebrew scriptures and was adopted by the Western Christian church. bunch with an interactive map (is the world really that mauve?), this is a superb directory. Though you can't book a room directly from the site, you can make reservation requests and link to official hotel and B&B sites for the final transaction. Mention Purple Roofs and you may end up with a 5% to 10% discount. Grade: A |
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