Luxury Travel Vietnam To Launch a New Pure Luxury Tour with Optional Extension To Cambodia

Author: Tonny Pham

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Luxury Travel Vietnam To Launch a New Pure Luxury Tour with Optional Extension To Cambodia  Voted Best Luxury Tour Operator in Vietnam for The Guide Awards 2009 and Luxury Travel To Launch a New Pure Luxury Tour with Optional Extension To Cambodia  To celebrate "the Year's Best" of tourism products and services in the tourism and hospitality sector in Vietnam with The Guide Awards 2009. With award winning service, The Luxury Travel Company has just launched a new pure luxury tour “ Vietnam’s Heritage and Cultural Tour 12 days” with optional extension to Wonder of Angkor Temples, Cambodia.  The Luxury Travel Company (www.luxurytravelvietnam.com ) is Vietnam ’s first luxury tour company and full travel service agency. Luxury Travel is experienced in providing special services and unique tourism products to luxury global travelers.  Start in colonial and charming Hanoi, Vietnam’s tangible and intangible heritage. Explore the fascinating Old Quarter and its hundreds of specialty shops selling silk clothing, lacquerware, embroidered linens, furniture, bamboo, cooking utensils, ceremonial objects and more. Walk around Hoan Kiem Lake , ride a cyclo to dinner, and watch a performance of at the Thang Long Water Puppet Theater.  Full day city tour Hanoi . Enjoy people watching at stylish cafes. Shop for impressive modern art in the city’s many galleries. Also visit Hanoi ’s main cultural attractions, including the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, his House on Stilts, the One Pillar Pagoda, the Fine Arts Museum and the Temple of Literature, Vietnam Ethnology Museum . Dine in French colonial villas converted into upscale gourmet restaurants.  Next, guests take a 2 day trip to Halong City with one night on Deluxe Cruise on the famous Halong Bay Natural World Heritage where thousands of limestone rock sculptures jut dramatically from the sea and numerous grottoes have created an ephemeral, fantastic landscape.  Next, fly to Hue , the former Imperial capital that is a quiet city renowned for the magnificent architecture of its citadel, palaces, royal tombs, pagodas and temples, built under the Nguyen dynasty on the banks of the Perfume River .  Enjoy a Royal banquet dinner in this former Imperial Capital to enrich your experience in Hue, one of five World Cultural Heritages of Vietnam .  Drive to Danang via the Hai Van pass to see the My Son World Cultural Heritage. Visit atmospheric Hoi An a UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site and riverfront port town crammed with historic homes, tiny museums, cafes, and bustling silk and fish markets. Fly from Danang to HCMC (formerly Saigon ), the country’s commercial center and home to a growing number of upscale restaurants and shops. Visit Chinatown, the Thien Hau Pagoda, the Reunification Palace , the Opera House and Hotel de Ville. If desired, also visit the powerful War Remnants Museum .  Explore colorful outdoor markets and Dong Khoi Street (guests can come to talk and chat with Luxury Travel Representative http://luxurytravelvietnam.com/main_en.htm Âas Luxury Travel, Saigon Branch Office is located in this street), the city’s most upscale shopping boulevard with boutiques selling clothes and accessories by new Vietnamese designers, hill tribe crafts, high quality linens and housewares.  Take a day trip to the Cu Chi Tunnels and watch an unusual, eclectic religious ceremony at the main temple of Cao Dai, a unique fusion of world religions alternatively, spend the day cruising the narrow canals of the Mekong Delta on charming sampan.  “Visit the most highlights of Vietnam, explore four of five World Heritage Listed Sites of Vietnam, savor best typical cuisines of three regions. This trip is designed to discover the very best of Vietnam in term of culture, sightseeing, discovery, comfort and style, this special 12 day tour combining local charm and luxuries from North to South Vietnam which is so unique, special for a life time experience” says Hung Nguyen, Sales and Marketing Manager of Luxury Travel Company.  Tour prices start from USD $3.438 net per-person double rates, this includes accommodation costs at deluxe rooms at luxury properties, nearly all meals, regional flights, private transfers, private pick up and drop off service. The tour can be booked at last minute, and can be customized to suit individual interests and schedules. Guests can make an extension to the marvelous Angkor Temples, Cambodia.  Guests are also free to request helicopter tour, restaurant reservations, meetings with artists, cooking instructors and designers, shopping recommendations, spa reservations, tours with special-interest lecturers, and exclusive access to local activities and cultural events.  Order this unique tour package and travel to Vietnam before 31 Sep 2009 with the company secret code lux4lux, a full payment by master, Visa or American Express Cards guests get 5% discount and 1 Extra night FREE OF CHARGE at Sofitel Metropole Hanoi and a complimentary Vietnam visa pick up on arrival.  Check it out at http://www.luxurytravelvietnam.com/EN/GE/special_offers.htm ÂÂ

Award Winning Travel Advisors in Asia

And The Winners Are...Travel Website Leader IgoUgo Hands Out 2004 Igo U GO! Awards

Author: Anonymous

Source: free-articles



NEW YORK, NY September 25, 2004 -- This has already been an award-winning year for IgoUgo, which recently collected the 2004 โ€œWebby Awardโ€ for best U.S. travel website. Now, with its 2004 U GO! Awards, the world's largest online travel community is the one giving away the awards as it honors the finest travel writing and photography submitted to IgoUgo over the past year.







โ€œIgoUgo.com is only as successful as our members make it,โ€ said company President Jim Donnelly, who co-founded the site alongside CEO Tony Cheng in 2000 as a way to harness the knowledge of everyday travelers. โ€œFortunately for us, these talented award winners show how extraordinarily eloquent our members can be, and how much time they often devote to their travel journals.โ€ To date, the site's 350,000 members (all real-life travelers) have combined to contribute more than 300,000 travel journals and 200,000 photos covering 4,100 destinations.







The 2004 U GO! Awards recognized a โ€œMember of the Year,โ€ โ€œRookie of the Year,โ€ and โ€œPhotographer of the Year,โ€ plus an array of outstanding individual journals that were nominated and voted upon by IgoUgo members. This year, IgoUgo named veteran site member โ€œIdler,โ€ who boasts 23 journals and 606 photos to her credit, as its โ€œMember of the Year.โ€







โ€œIdler's ability to create helpful, information-packed travel journals is only part of her appeal. Whether she's overlooking the cliffs at Normandy or on a whimsical tour of miniature golf courses in Myrtle Beach, her engaging, professional writing really takes you on a ride,โ€ Donnelly said. Click here to read a sample of some of Idler's award-winning handiwork: http://www.igougo.com/planning/journalGuide.asp?GuideID=12853







IgoUgo member โ€œartsnletters,โ€ author of 8 journals, took home the award for โ€œRookie of the Year,โ€ in large part due to her keen sense of humor. โ€œOne of the greatest pleasures of my job at IgoUgo is watching new members thrive,โ€ Donnelly said. โ€œWant to know how good artsnletters is? She took Provence, a place where I've spent a good deal of time, and made it brand-new for me.โ€ Click here to read a sample of artsnletters' experiences: http://www.igougo.com/planning/journalGuide.asp?GuideID=30569







โ€Jose Kevo,โ€ chosen as IgoUgo's โ€œPhotographer of the Year,โ€ rounded out the group. โ€œHe's a faithful tour guide and a gifted photographer who manages to capture the essence of a place through images of its people,โ€ said Donnelly. โ€œStunning travel photos are one of IgoUgo's biggest strengths, so Jose Kevo had some tough competition.โ€ Click here to see Jose Kevo's photos: http://www.igougo.com/planning/journalGuide.asp?GuideID=9250







Aside from the three member awards, IgoUgo also offered a series of awards acknowledging outstanding journals in the following categories:







โ€ขTraffic Stopper Award (Best City Journal)



โ€ขFresh Air Award (Best Non-City Journal)



โ€ขFlex-Your Muscle Award (Best Action/Adventure Journal)



โ€ขโ€œAre We There Yetโ€ Award (Best Family Journal)



โ€ข4x4 Award (Best Off-The-Beaten Path Journal)



โ€ขBargain Bin Award (Best Budget Journal)



โ€ขMint-on-the-Pillow Award (Best Luxury Journal)



โ€ขLove Boat Award (Best Cruise Journal)



โ€ขTour Guide Award (Best Culture/Historical Journal)



โ€ขSide-Splitter Award (Most Entertaining Journal)







Click here for details on the winners of these journal awards: http://www.igougo.com/hallOfFame/winners2004.asp







The 2004 U GO! Awards were presented at a gala awards dinner on September 18 at the Pacific Palisades Hotel in Vancouverโ€"an event that capped off the weekend-long Third Annual IgoUgo Member Get-Together, during which seven new members were inducted into the IgoUgo Hall of Fame. Hall of Fame recognition is awarded to members who have contributed for at least 2 years and who've shown outstanding achievement in their journaling and photography. Details on the 2004 IgoUgo Hall of Fame inductees can be found at: http://www.igougo.com/hallOfFame/







In addition to its consumer offering, IgoUgo works with a number of leading travel industry partners to leverage their community-building expertise and to create customized travel communities. Clients include Cendant (NYSE: CD), a global travel provider; various European tourism boards; and Rough Guides, a travel-guidebook series owned by Pearson Education (NYSE: PSO). By providing authentic travel content to other travel companies, IgoUgo helps them not only to increase online sales, but also to generate site traffic and strengthen customer loyalty.







For more information on IgoUgo, visit www.igougo.com.







Contact:



John Kelly



John Kelly PR



434-296-5577



john@johnkellypr.com

Travel in a Recession

Author: Victoria Ugarte

Source: ezinearticles.com



The extreme volatility in the market place and fall in job security had sideswiped consumer confidence. The fall of asset prices have reduced household wealth for the first time in nearly 20 years. We have skidded into a "Cash is King" economy. The natural response to these conditions is to "spend less, travel less", as travel is considered discretionary spending. As the main drive of travel and tourism is income, the outlook for the traveler is looking pretty grim. Or is it?



Having said all that, I'm a firm believer in seeking out opportunities in the face of adversity, and for the global traveler, there are plenty of opportunities out there. Firstly, it is essential to focus on the value that travel creates in our personal as well as business lives. What one gains when one travels is so much more than the initial cost. When we travel, we immediately shift into a different mindset as we prepare for "exploration". We are more present than at any other times in our daily lives, and this particular mindset inevitably leads to "discovery", whether it is the discovery of different cultures, a reconnection with family and loved ones, business opportunities, or discovery of self. This is why I prefer to view travel as an investment. The key to traveling in a recession, therefore, is to cut cost without cutting the travel. This can be done in a number of ways.



1) Check out flight and accommodation bargains via online booking.
The advent of online travel bookings has been a blessing to the frequent traveler, and it makes more sense than ever to simplify the booking process. The smart strategies for booking online are to look far in advance to take advantage of good rates and packages, and to be flexible with flights and accommodation in order to get the savings.



2) Consider closer destinations.
Destinations that offer value for money with favorable exchange rates have an advantage as price becomes a key issue during times of recession. For example, Australians are now shifting their travel preferences from Europe and the US to Southeast Asia and the South Pacific.



3) Check out your own backyard.
Traditionally, there has been the perception that traveling within ones own country offers poor "brag value". However, the recession is seeing more travelers experiencing what their own country has to offer.



4) Look at Low Cost Carriers (LCC).
30 years ago, whilst stranded at an airport, Richard branson chartered a plane, sold seats to other stranded passengers, and in effect started Virgin Atlantic Airways. Today, the low cost carrier segment (LCC) owns one third of the travel market. from this year (2009), Air Asia (Asia's answer to Virgin) will be flying Australians to Britain using Air Asia X through Kuala Lumpur. This route will be equally popular with Europeans heading to Australia. Air Asia is now Asia's largest airline, with 79 mostly airbus aircrafts heading to 72 regional destinations.



5) Rethink your accommodation.
Check out "pensiones', "hostales", Bed and Breakfasts, and serviced apartments as viable alternatives to hotels. They can be very pleasant and they can lead to a more authentic travel experience. However, it is also becoming commonplace for 5 -Star properties to offer 3-Star prices, or to promote very attractive package deals. Search the net for accommodation deals before you make your booking.



6) Take shorter breaks more frequently.
When your budget does not allow for a longer overseas trip during the year, do not underestimate the benefits of more frequent weekends away. After a couple of nights in rural surroundings, staying at a quaint "B & B", eating a great meal at a local restaurant, you will come back home refreshed and recharged.



7) Go Cruising.
Cruising continues to experience unprecedented growth as it provides great value for money, particularly for families. With an average duration of 10 days, one can visit multiple destinations on one itinerary, take advantage of a variety of cuisines and entertainment which are all-inclusive, and you only have to unpack once. Today's cruises are not just huge floating resorts that cater to the mass markets; there are now so many types of cruises available.



How long this downturn will last is anyone's guess. But the frequent traveler is not ready to give up on their travel altogether, and taking advantage of the travel opportunities that are out there will make all the difference between feeling the pinch or the pain.

Victoria Ugarte was born in Manila, Philippines to parents of Spanish heritage and received a unique Spanish-Filipino upbringing. She was bitten by the travel bug at just eight years of age when she travelled to Madrid with her parents, and where she lived for a short time. Much later in her life, fashion and travel became synonymous with Victoria's career. A member of the Australian "ragtrade" for over 20 years, she flew all over Australia and the world, dipping into wonderful and exotic places, as well as more traditional destinations. Her flair for seeking out special places to add color to her travel itinerary, plus her skills in pulling together a suitable travel wardrobe within a limited timeframe, developed rapidly. With much work-related travel in the areas of fashion buying, merchandising, marketing and trend research, Victoria was in a wonderful position of being able to learn from local business contacts where to eat, where to shop, what to see, opening many avenues for great experiences. Inspired by her hero and muse, Amelia "Millie" Earhart, Victoria continues to channel her passion for style, travel and writing into the launch of her website, "Postcards from Millie"

REZconnect Technologies, Inc. Has Licensed Over 3800 Travel Websites to Members of the Travel Agent Community

Author: Anonymous

Source: free-articles



Englewood Cliffs, NJ February 19, 2004--REZconnect Technologies, Inc (NASDAQ: otcbb: REZT) announced they have licensed over 3800 Private Labeled Consumer Travel Websites to the Travel Agent community.







REZconnect's innovative private labeled websites combine 55 unique booking engines, allowing travel agents the ability to sell leisure travel online, in real-time. โ€œWe believe that we have succeeded in providing the most comprehensive website to book travel arrangements on the web,โ€ states Michael Brent, President & CEO of REZconnect. โ€œConsumers can make air reservations, book hotel stays, plan cruises, rent cars and much more all in this one stop online travel shop private labeled for each travel agency.โ€







In this day of the computer age it is necessary for Travel Agents to have a very strong presence both on and off the web. REZconnect's technology allows Travel Agents the ability to have a very strong unique web-presence. Travel Agents need to be able to compete with the โ€œBig Boysโ€ of Travel Technology, and now they can and are one step ahead of the game. Consumers, who may have been weary in the past about making online reservations, know that they are making reservations off a site that is owned and operated by the travel agent they know and trust. Travel Agents are not available 24X7 to make reservations for their clients, but with a Private Labeled Travel Website from REZconnect, the consumers of travel agents can make reservations during any hour of the day or night!







Standard pricing for REZconnect's Private Labeled Websites is $49 per month; however, special pricing is available for affiliates of REZconnect. REZconnect is endorsed by multiple organizations including OSSN, ARTA, Inteletravel, YTBnet, The IT Group, and Travel Network







To see a demonstration of REZconnect's Private Labeled Online Travel Store, go to http://www.bookmytravel.com.







About REZconnect Technologies, Inc.



Founded in 1982, REZconnect Technologies a diversified publicly traded management travel technology company (NASDAQ: REZT). REZconnect's primary technology divisions includes its online virtual travel agency portals currently hosting over 3800 websites, its unique patent pending net-to-phone applications linking Web customers in real-time allowing them to make reservations with restaurants, hotels, cruise lines, and tour operators plus others which are generally difficult to find and book and its travel supersite portals in which all travel agents and consortiums can book travel in real time. In addition, REZconnect operates a franchise chain of travel agencies worldwide under three brands which include Travel Network, Global Travel Network, and Travel Network Vacation Central (located inside Wal-Mart Supercenters). REZconnect's newest offering is REZcity.com, โ€œYour city at your Fingertips!โ€







CONTACT: Allyson Dimin, REZconnect, 201-567-8500 Ext. 12



e-mail: allyson@rezconnect.com

Check Your Travel Insurance With Worldwide Coverage

Author: wirat

Source: articleage.com



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International travel medical and health insurance, featuring trip cancellation travel insurance online. In addition, while many travelers have health insurance, it sometimes does not cover them outside of their network or outside of the United States. international travel insurance, immigrant, nanny, J visa, health insurance. citizens.BuyHealthPlan.com - Portal for international life and health insurance for expatriates and travellers. If you won't have any health coverage while you're traveling, you might want to look for a travel insurance policy that includes medical coverage. BenefitHouse.com provides a free quoting service for affordable travel insurance, international health insurance trip cancellation insurance and annual travel insurance. Also known as holiday insurance, travel medical insurance and travel health insurance. TFG Global Travel Insurance can even supply online international health insurance for expatriates and some local nationals where conditions permit.





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