To Whom It May Concern:
We received this information/press release from the trades and thought it
may be of interest to this newsgroup as well.
Happy sailing...
John Sisker - SHIP-TO-SHORE CRUISE AGENCY (sm)
(714) 536-3850 or toll-free at (800) 724-6644 & (Agency ID: 714.536.3850)
www.shiptoshorecruise.com
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/13/08 -- Just in time for the
summer cruise season, TripIt (www.tripit.com), the intelligent personal
travel organizer, has added support for adding cruises to travel
itineraries. TripIt also can automatically process confirmation emails for
cruises booked on Travelocity or directly with Royal Caribbean, Norwegian
Cruise Line, Celebrity Cruises and other top cruise lines.
"Planning cruise vacations can be deceptively complex. In addition to
booking the cruise, many travelers also need to organize travel before and
after the cruise, activities at various ports-of-call, and even extending
their cruises with add-on vacations," commented Gregg Brockway, TripIt
co-founder and president. "TripIt organizes all these details in one
itinerary, automatically adds useful information and makes it easy to share
with family and friends. Our goal is to take care of the details so people
can spend more time enjoying their vacations."
Travel industry experts are predicting that demand for cruise travel will
remain high despite a weakening economy, as value-seeking travelers are
attracted to the all-inclusive nature of cruises. The Cruise Lines
International Association (CLIA) estimates more than 12.8 million cruise
passengers worldwide for 2008 -- and cruise lines plan to add more than 35
new ships in the next four years. In addition, based on a passenger survey
reported by CLIA, approximately 40 percent of embarking cruise passengers
also stayed one or more nights before or after their cruise.
TripIt intelligently organizes trip details -- including flight, hotel,
rental car, train, cruise and activities. People simply forward their travel
confirmation emails to plans@tripit.com. TripIt automatically builds a
master travel itinerary that can be printed, viewed online, accessed from a
mobile device, and easily shared with friends and fellow travelers on their
TripIt social network. And like a good personal travel assistant, TripIt
searches sites like Google, Eventful, Flickr, Wikipedia, NOAA, and others to
automatically add helpful details like daily weather, local maps, driving
directions and travel guides.
TripIt now offers users the ability to add a cruise to their TripIt
itinerary, along with other details about pre and post-cruise travel,
ports-of-call and other activities on their trip. Users can also forward
their cruise confirmation emails from www.travelocity.com,
www.royalcaribbean.com, www.ncl.com and www.celebrity.com to TripIt and have
all that information automatically added to their TripIt itinerary.
TripIt is a free service. Travelers can get started by visiting
www.tripit.com to learn more, or by simply forwarding a travel confirmation
email to plans@tripit.com.
About TripIt
TripIt helps people organize their online travel plans -- flights, hotels,
rental cars, trains and cruises -- no matter where they are booked.
Travelers just forward their travel confirmation emails to plans@tripit.com.
TripIt processes these emails and automatically creates a master itinerary
with travel plans, daily weather, local maps, restaurant reservations, city
guides and more. With TripIt, it's easy for travelers to access all their
trip plans online or from a mobile device -- and to share itineraries and
see when their trips overlap with friends and colleagues in their TripIt
social network. TripIt has been honored by TechCrunch, Under The Radar, Web
2.0 Summit and was a 2008 Webby Nominee. More at www.tripit.com.
Image Available: http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/frame_mw?attachid=757956
|
762358. TripIt Adds Cruises to Its Online Travel Organizer and Social Travel Service
|
|