Seattle's RSL Interactive to Provide Community Festival Information to AOL's ``My Calendar``.Business Editors/Technology Writers SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2000 Festivals.com Web site will provide AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. members with daily updates on 25,000 North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. festivals RSL RSL - RAISE Specification Language Interactive, Inc. today announced it has signed an agreement with America Online See AOL. , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AOL), the world's leading interactive services company, to provide its members with up-to-date information about festivals throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. through AOL's "My Calendar" feature. Under the agreement, AOL members will be able to locate community festivals and include them in their personal My Calendar applications. My Calendar is an easy-to-use, personalized calendar that allows AOL members to plan and manage their lives by tracking appointments and key dates, as well as public events such as concerts, TV shows and local festivals. Convenient links to Festivals.com will allow users to find more details about each event. As an additional service, RSL Interactive will entertain My Calendar users with a daily piece of festival information called the "Greatest Event on Earth." Each day's listing will highlight an unusual event going on somewhere in the world that day -- from Cow Chip Noun 1. cow chip - a piece of dried bovine dung buffalo chip, cow dung, chip droppings, dung, muck - fecal matter of animals Throwing in Beaver, Okla., to running with bulls in Pamplona, Spain. "Working with AOL and My Calendar reinforces our position as the leading provider of interactive content for people all over the world who love festivals and events," said John Ryan, 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. of RSL Interactive. Seattle-based RSL Interactive, Inc. is using the Internet to revolutionize the way consumers, event producers and corporate marketers around the world enjoy and profit from festivals. Its network of Web sites brings together more than 33,000 global festival producers with consumers, sponsors, performers and suppliers. It also supplies the festival industry with custom online services, such as hosted Web sites where consumers can buy tickets and event merchandise. RSL Interactive has established strategic relationships with other key players in online business and international event production. It supplies a worldwide festival schedule to AT&T PocketNet, and is a technology partner with the International Festivals and Events Association The International Festivals and Events Association (IFEA) is a not-for-profit association for producers, suppliers and managers of festivals and events, which range from small county and municipal events to large-scale parades that can have attendances in the hundreds of thousands. and First Night International in Boston. RSL Interactive specializes in marketing programs that combine traditional media, event marketing and the Internet. Its global online network brings together events, consumers, sponsors, performers and suppliers, giving them new ways to do business. Three separate business units develop and deliver marketing programs, online content, and Web-enabling technology. Its branded Web sites and services include Festivals.com, a portal to more than 33,000 events worldwide; Backstage, a networking hub for event industry professionals; and FestivalFinder.com, a Web site connecting music and travel enthusiasts to more than 2,500 music festivals in North America. For more information about RSL Interactive products and services, call 206/623-9495 or visit www.festivals.com. |
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