Travel-Ticker.com Launches to Provide Hand-Picked Insider Deals to Travel Enthusiasts

Travel-Ticker.com Launches to Provide Hand-Picked Insider Deals to Travel
Enthusiasts
Hotwire.com's new site also provides editorial and expert insight on travel
packages

SAN FRANCISCO, July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- As the summer heat sizzles and the
economy fizzles, savvy travel enthusiasts want to be among the first to know
about the best travel bargains on the Internet. Yet with the average American
working 46 hours a week, most don't have the time or resources to keep up with
the ever-changing travel landscape. Luckily, discount travel authority,
Hotwire.com(R) has come to the rescue with the launch of the new Travel
Ticker(R) (http://www.Travel-Ticker.com). Home of the best insider deals to
many of the world's favorite destinations, Travel-Ticker.com(TM) provides
users with an attractive platform to browse for the latest travel trends and
insider deals.
Unlike other travel sites, Travel Ticker is not just an aggregator or a
link farm. Instead, Travel Ticker employs a dedicated team in-house who works
around the clock to constantly uncover travel bargains, and then select the
most extraordinary ones for the Travel Ticker list. The Travel Ticker team
leverages Hotwire's strong relationships within the travel industry in order
to provide users with insider deals they wouldn't otherwise know about.
Travel Ticker picks are updated hourly, ranked by popularity and geo-targeted,
so a visitor to Travel Ticker will first see the most popular travel deals
that are most relevant to where she lives. In addition, the Travel Ticker
team provides visitors with their expert commentary on why each travel deal is
so great, and recommendations on what to do once you get there. Here are
just some of recent handpicked deals that the Travel Ticker team has found:
-- 3 nights in a 4 Star Starwood Hotel in Hawaii for $499 -- Includes Air
from San Francisco.
-- Paradisus Riviera Cancun (4 star all-inclusive resort) for $89 per
person per night!
-- Planet Hollywood in Vegas for $89 a night!

"We launched Travel Ticker to help consumers find extraordinary travel
deals that they wouldn't otherwise know about. Our team of experts will only
publish deals that impress their discerning travel eyes, so it is truly the
best of the best," said Barbara Messing, Vice President of Hotwire.com and
General Manager of Travel-Ticker.com. "We are very excited for consumers to
experience our sleek design and innovative technology. Our click-based ranking
system combined with an editorial approach creates a truly differentiated
shopping experience."
Established in 2006 as a free online newsletter, Travel Ticker built a
loyal audience of educated, travel-savvy readers who share a passion for
travel deals and bargains. As its popularity increased to over 11 million
subscribers, so did the need to provide hourly updates of the best and unique
travel deals around. Any travel enthusiast will benefit from checking
http://www.Travel-Ticker.com, the next time they are planning a vacation.
About Travel-Ticker.com
Travel Ticker(R) is an online travel website that is home to the best
insider deals at many of the world's favorite destinations.
Travel-Ticker.com(TM) provides users with a platform to browse for researched
travel bargains, the latest travel trends, and editorial insight. Established
in 2006 as a travel newsletter, Travel-Ticker.com now boasts over 11 million
subscribers. Travel Ticker is an independent business unit of The Hotwire
Group. For more information, visit us at http://www.travel-ticker.com/.
About Hotwire.com
Hotwire.com(R) is a leading discount travel site with low rates on airline
tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, cruises and vacation packages. Launched in
2000, Hotwire(R) negotiates deep discounts from its travel suppliers to help
travelers book unsold airline seats, hotel rooms and rental cars. J.D. Power
and Associates 2007 Independent Travel Web Site Satisfaction Study(SM)
recognized Hotwire for ranking "Highest Customer Satisfaction For Independent
Travel Web Sites, Two Years in a Row." Hotwire is an operating company of
Expedia, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPE). CST: 2053390-40. NST: 20003-0209. For more
information, visit http://www.hotwire.com/.
Media Contact:
Matthew Moskowitz
Atomic PR
212-699-3647
matthew@atomicpr.com

SOURCE Hotwire.com

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Hotwire.com