Virtual Communities Inc. -VCIX- Announces New Features and Design for VirtualItaly.com.Business & Internet Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2000 Site Uses VCIX's Community Management Solution (CMS (1) See content management system and color management system. (2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system. ) to Offer Interactive Features and Community Services Virtual Communities, 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 :VCIX) today announced new features and a new design for VirtualItaly.com, an online community published by VCIX for Italian Americans This is a list of famous Italian Americans. Anarchists
Built using VCIX's Community Management Solution (CMS), the new VirtualItaly.com has a sleek new design and a host of new interactive features. Users may take a virtual tour of the piazzas, cupolas, and fountains of six beautiful Italian cities including Rome, Florence and Venice, listen to an Italian Word of the Day or learn essential phrases with the Speak Italian interactive, or choose from over sixty email postcards from nine Italian cities to send a picture of an Italian landmark. There's also a comprehensive wine dictionary, and authentic Italian recipes of the day. VirtualItaly.com has a wide range of community features and services, including: an interactive trip planner, a personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. traveler's forecast for six major Italian cities, chats and forums on a wide variety of topics, greeting cards See e-card. and postcards from Italy, free email, a marketplace with Italian-themed shops, and win a monthly trip to Italy sponsored by Alitalia, an advertiser on the site. The site is organized around five channels: La Cucina, Travel, Genealogy genealogy (jē'nēŏl`əjē, –ăl`–, jĕ–), the study of family lineage. Genealogies have existed since ancient times. , News, and Divertimenti, which translates into fun! Advertiser Colavita Olive Oil olive oil, pale yellow to greenish oil obtained from the pulp of olives by separating the liquids from solids. Olive oil was used in the ancient world for lighting, in the preparation of food, and as an anointing oil for both ritual and cosmetic purposes. sponsors La Cucina. "We are a virtual piazza piazza Open square or marketplace, surrounded by buildings, in an Italian town or city. It was equivalent to the plaza of Spanish-speaking countries. The term became more widely used in the 16th–18th century, denoting any large open space with buildings around it. where you can meet others who love Italy," says Alba Brunetti, editor-in-chief for VirtualItaly.com, "Using VCIX's CMS, our team of Italian-American enthusiasts are bringing the beauty, history and warmth of Italy to your living room." Virtual Communities Inc. (VCIX) is a provider of turnkey solutions for the development and management of web-based business-to-business and business-to-consumer communities. VCIX markets a proprietary Community Management Solution (CMS) to organizations seeking to build their own web-based business-to-business and business-to-consumer communities. CMS, developed by VCIX after building many online communities, offers customers a complete single-source solution, that combines VCIX's Cortext content publishing software, cutting-edge e-commerce technology, interactive features that retain revenue-generating visitors, and community design and development services. Certain statements in this news release regarding the company's expectations, estimates; present view of circumstances or events, and statements containing words such as estimates, anticipates, intends, and expects, or words of similar import, constitute 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. within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Such statements indicate uncertainty and the company can give no assurance with regard to actual outcomes. Specific risk factors may include, without limitation, the company's inability to enter into definitive agreements and uncertainty of the continuation of working relationships with strategic business partners, possible downturns in business conditions; increased competition; loss of significant customers; availability of qualified personnel and timely deployment of company resources. For additional information visit the Virtual Communities Inc. web site at http://www.vcix.com |
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