Spend Opening Day With Your Favorite Major League Baseball Team; Priceline Vacations offers air/hotel packages.Business Editors NORWALK Norwalk (nôr`wôk'). 1 City (1990 pop. 94,279), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; settled in the 1850s, inc. 1957. With the arrival (1875) of the Southern Pacific RR, it became a center for the dairy and logging industries, but , Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 1, 2004 The calendar may say otherwise but, for many Americans, spring officially begins on baseball's Opening Day, when "hot stove stove, device used for heating or for cooking food. The stove was long regarded as a cooking device supplementary to the fireplace, near which it stood; its stovepipe led into the fireplace chimney. It was not until about the middle of the 19th cent. " debates are put aside and every team starts fresh in its pursuit of a World Series title. This year, priceline.com's (Nasdaq: PCLN PCLN Priceline.com (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ) Priceline Vacations - in cooperation with its hotel partners - has put together a selection of Opening Day air/hotel getaway packages so fans can follow their favorite team to that first game, wherever it may be. Quoted package prices are per-person, based on double occupancy, and include roundtrip round·trip or round-trip also round trip n. A trip from one place to another and back, usually over the same route. airfare air·fare n. Fare for travel by aircraft. Noun 1. airfare - the fare charged for traveling by airplane fare, transportation - the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance from the visiting team's city, a 2-night hotel stay, plus all taxes and fees. Customers also can include a rental car when building their trip package.
April 4 Boston Red Sox visiting the Baltimore Orioles
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$ 407 Wyndham Inner Harbor Hotel (3-star) April 3-5.
April 5 Cleveland Indians visiting the Minnesota Twins
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$ 318 Fairfield Inn Minneapolis St. Paul (2 star) April 4-6.
$ 331 Marriott Minneapolis City Center (3 star) April 4-6.
April 5 Detroit Tigers visiting the Toronto Blue Jays
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$ 936 Sutton Place Hotel (4 star) April 4-6.
April 5 Chicago Cubs visiting the Cincinnati Reds
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$ 251 Courtyard by Marriott Cincinnati Blue Ash (2.5 star)
April 4-6.
$ 304 Hyatt Regency Cincinnati (3 star) April 4-6.
April 5 Philadelphia Phillies visiting the Pittsburgh Pirates
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$ 660 Omni William Penn Hotel (4 star) April 4-6.
April 5 San Francisco Giants visiting the Houston Astros
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$ 462 Holiday Inn Select Houston Greenway Plaza (2.5 star)
April 4-6.
$ 478 Crowne Plaza Houston Medical Center (3 star) April 4-6.
$ 532 Westin Galleria Houston (4 star) April 4-6.
$ 532 Westin Oaks (4-star) April 4-6.
April 6 Anaheim Angels visiting the Seattle Mariners
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$ 365 Courtyard by Marriott Seattle Downtown Lake Union (2.5 star)
April 5-7.
April 6 New York Yankees visiting the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
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$ 430 Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay (4-star) April 5-7.
April 6 Colorado Rockies visiting the Arizona Diamondbacks
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$ 480 Four Points Barcelo Metro Center (3 star) April 5-7.
April 6 New York Mets visiting the Atlanta Braves
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$ 394 Renaissance Atlanta Downtown (3 stars) April 5-7.
$ 406 Sheraton Atlanta Downtown (3 star) April 5-7.
Prices and availability shown are based on prices and availability as of March 30, 2004, and include all taxes and fees. Actual prices and availability are always subject to change. See Website (www.priceline.com (priceline.com Incorporated, Norwalk, CT, www.priceline.com) A Web-based travel shopping site launched in 1998 where buyers submit the price they are willing to pay for airline tickets, hotel rooms, vacation packages and rental cars. ) for details. About priceline.com Priceline.com is a travel service that offers leisure airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, vacation packages and cruises. Priceline.com also has a personal finance service that offers home mortgages, refinancing Refinancing An extension and/or increase in amount of existing debt. and home equity loans through an independent licensee licensee n. a person given a license by government or under private agreement. (See: license, licensor) LICENSEE. One to whom a license has been given. 1 M. Q. & S. 699 n. . Priceline.com operates the retail travel Web sites Lowestfare.com and Rentalcars.com. Priceline.com is part-owner of Travelweb LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . Priceline.com licenses its business model to independent licensees, including pricelinemortgage and certain international licensees. Information About 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. This press release may contain forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict; therefore, actual results may differ materially from those expressed, implied or forecasted in any such forward-looking statements. Expressions of future goals and similar expressions including, without limitation, "may," "will," "should," "could," "expects," "does not currently expect," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," "potential," "targets," or "continue," reflecting something other than historical fact are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The following factors, among others, could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements: adverse changes in general market conditions for leisure and other travel products as the result of, among other things, terrorist attacks; adverse changes in the Company's relationships with airlines and other product and service providers including, without limitation, the withdrawal of suppliers from the priceline.com system; the bankruptcy bankruptcy, in law, settlement of the liabilities of a person or organization wholly or partially unable to meet financial obligations. The purposes are to distribute, through a court-appointed receiver, the bankrupt's assets equitably among creditors and, in most or insolvency insolvency Condition in which liabilities exceed assets so that creditors cannot be paid. It is a financial condition that often precedes bankruptcy. In the context of equity, insolvency is the inability to pay debts as they become due; insolvency under the balance-sheet of another major domestic airline; the effects of increased competition; systems-related failures and/or security breaches; the Company's ability to protect its intellectual property rights; losses by the Company and its licensees; final adjustments made in closing the quarter; legal and regulatory risks and the ability to attract and retain qualified personnel. For a detailed discussion of these and other factors that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the Company's most recent Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. , Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and Form 8-K Form 8-K The form required by the SEC when a publicly held company incurs any event that might affect its financial situation or the share value of its stock. Form 8-K See 8-K. filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Unless required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. |
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