Around The World With Yahoo! Travel
Yahoo! Travel Unites Global Information and Booking Resources for Travelers
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Nov. 10, 1997 --
Thinking about a family vacation in the
Caribbean? Planning a business trip to New York City? What
about a llama trek or an African safari? No matter how
exotic or simple the trip is,
Yahoo! Travel
has the information and resources necessary to make travel
planning an easier and more convenient experience. Launched
today by Yahoo! Inc., the world's leading guide to the
Internet, Yahoo! Travel is located on the Web at
http://travel.yahoo.com as well as through the front page of
Yahoo!®, http://www.yahoo.com. By combining online
travel resources from industry leaders such as Lonely Planet
and Travelon with The SABRE Group's Travelocity booking
engine for air travel, car rentals and hotel accommodations,
Yahoo! Travel provides users a one-stop shop for all of
their domestic and international travel needs.
"Making travel plans can be a time-consuming process,
especially if there are several options to look at," said
Susan Briggs, senior producer at Yahoo!. "With Yahoo!
Travel, users have the information and tools they need all
in one place, eliminating the extra time spent going back
and forth between different resources to research and
reserve potential itineraries. In addition, Yahoo! Travel
offers users several different ways to plan their travel -
by destination, lifestyle or interest - depending on the
type of trip they want to take."
Weather Conditions and Llama Trekking
Whether the itinerary includes travel to foreign countries
or simply a nearby day trip, Yahoo! Travel provides the
resources for individuals to find out everything from
current weather conditions, currency exchange rates and air
fare announcements to planning trips based on lifestyle
(i.e., singles, families, lesbian, gay, bisexual) or
activities (i.e., heli-skiing, llama trekking, cruises). The
new travel area includes information on more than 400
destinations around the world, including cities, states,
countries, islands, etc.
Working with award-winning guidebook publishers, Lonely
Planet, Yahoo! Travel also offers potential travelers
insight into a variety of countries on every continent
around the globe. Users can research basic facts about
traveling within a specific region, including maps of the
country, when best to travel, what to see, how to get
around, and warnings for travelers. Lonely Planet also
provides editorial on environment, culture, history, events
and activities for specific locales as well as recommended
reading for people looking for further information.
In addition, the Yahoo! directory is integrated into
Yahoo! Travel for easy access to more resources and Web
sites for specific countries, regions or travel topics. For
individuals who want to learn what other travelers have to
say, Yahoo! Travel also provides a community area that
includes travel-related chat, message boards and Net events.
Air Fares and Package Vacations
To facilitate the transition from planning a trip to
booking an itinerary, Yahoo! has teamed up with SABRE's
Travelocity and offers convenient access to booking air
travel, car rentals and hotel accommodations directly on the
Yahoo! Travel site. In addition, package vacation options
for various regions and cities worldwide are available from
Travelon, one of the Web's largest specialty travel, cruise
and package vacation providers. To find out the latest news
on special air fares, users can investigate Yahoo! Travel's
air fare announcements provided by Preview Travel.
About Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) is a global Internet media company
that offers a network of branded Web programming that serves
millions of users daily. As the first online navigational
guide to the Web, www.yahoo.com is the single largest guide
in terms of traffic, advertising, household and business
user reach, and is one of the most recognized brands
associated with the Internet. Yahoo! Inc. provides targeted
Internet resources and communications services for a broad
range of audiences, based on demographic, key-subject and
geographic interests. Yahoo! is headquartered in Santa
Clara, Calif.
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Yahoo! Inc.
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