Travelpost.Com Announces New “Top Rated Hotels” Feature; Reveals Travelpost Members’ Favorites
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (ContentDesk via ContentDesk Direct) February 15, 2006 -- TravelPost.com, the premier source for personalized hotel ratings and travel advisory services, today revealed its first Top Rated Hotels, a new regular feature that will uncover which hotels are the highest rated by TravelPost.com members.
In addition, TravelPost.com will share why the winning hotels were highly rated.
The first Top Rated Hotels will spotlight the highest rated hotels in Las Vegas among women under 30 traveling for leisure on an average budget, but the city and reviewer demographics will change with each future announcement.And the February winners in Las Vegas are the Bellagio, Mandalay Bay and Paris hotels.
When rated by females under 30 on a leisure trip with an average budget, each hotel received a cumulative rating of nine-and-a-half out of 10.
The Bellagio won out for its outstanding service and pampering, while the Mandalay Bay edged other hotels for its vast array of entertainment options.
The Paris hotel was given high marks for its comfortable and relaxing atmosphere. A 27-year-old female from Stoneham, Mass. wrote of the Bellagio:
Everyone was sincere and happy to see us and more than willing to do anything necessary to make us happy. There was a wealth of things to do, wrote a 24-year-old woman from Attica, NY of the Mandalay Bay, where she stayed for four nights.
I never had a chance to get bored, and I never really had to leave the premises. Of the Paris hotel, a 26-year-old female from Gainesville, Florida wrote: It was a great experience and I can't wait to go back!
The room was terrific.
The furniture was comfortable and the people were friendly. Travelers often complain that hotel reviews cant be trusted because they dont know if they are written by people like them or not. Our unique and exclusive reviews filtering feature allows travelers to narrow down reviews so that they get only those written by people with their gender, in their same age range, and traveling for the same reasons on the same budget, said Sam Shank, CEO of TravelPost.com.
This gives peace of mind that the recommendations are more relevant, and helps travelers to make more informed travel decisions. With nearly 200,000 hotel reviews, TravelPost.com is one of the fastest growing travel resources on the Web and the largest independent and impartial site for relevant hotel reviews.
The site offers superior travel planning by matching travelers with the hotels that best meet their needs by providing travel advice from people truly like them.
TravelPost.com delivers a set of comprehensive, consistent, and easy-to-use hotel reviews with a filtering feature that allows travelers to customize the site to find millions of combinations of reviews segmented by authors age, gender, purpose of stay, and travel budget, to get recommendations from travelers truly like them.
The reviews are integrated with a travel blogging community in which travelers are able write about their experiences, post photos from their trips, and keep track of where theyve been on a world map.About TravelPost.comFounded in January of 2004, TravelPost.com develops and markets online applications that collect and organize user-generated travel information in order to fundamentally improve the way people research and shop for travel. The site provides personalized hotel reviews, blogging, and tools to help people research, plan, record and share their travels.
The TravelPost.com mission is to build the most trusted resource for researching, planning, and reserving hotels and travel. The company is based in San Francisco.
For more information please visit www.travelpost.com..
'Secret Garden' Restaurant Opening at One of Ft. Lauderdale's 'Best-Kept Secrets'
Ft. Lauderdale, FL (ContentDesk) September 27, 2005 -- Fodor's called it Ft. Lauderdale's "small secret." Frommer's described it as one of the city's "best-kept secrets." Now, The Pillars at New River Sound -- a hotel located a block off Ft. Lauderdale Beach -- is adding its own new secret: "The Secret Garden" restaurant. The restaurant will open in late November, 2005.The restaurant will be a new gourmet option in town ...
but don't call for reservations just yet. It will only be available to guests of the hotel, as well as their guests, and by special invitation from the hotel. Meals will be served either dockside or poolside, and reservations will be for the evening, as in most European restaurants, so there's no need to rush the meal."We've been rated by USA Today and American Historic Inns as one of the most romantic hotels in the country," says Caroline Bonnell, manager of The Pillars. "But we wanted to offer something more. We believe that adding an onsite, gourmet option...
'Secret Garden' Restaurant Opening at One of Ft. Lauderdale's 'Best-Kept Secrets'
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Free Wi-Fi Hotspots
'TANSTAAFL', the acronym for 'There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch', may be familiar to those of you who have taken a college economics class or two. Whenever you hear the word 'Free' in association with a product or service it's a good idea to keep it in mind because, in truth, nothing is free. Someone, somewhere, somehow, is bearing an economic cost; and so it is with free Wi-Fi hotspots. For the most part any of the free Wi-Fi hotspots you'll come across will have some sort of quid pro quo associated with them.If you go to a McDonalds, for example, you can get a bit of free Wi-Fi with the purchase of a meal, if you go to Panera Bread or Port City Java, although not explicitly stated, it's implied that you're expected, as you should be, to buy something for the privilege of taking up table space while surfing the 'net.Along with businesses several Municipal and International Airport Authorities, as well as a growing number of airline club lounges, are providing free Wi-Fi in an...
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Poker rooms in Las Vegas
Friday night poker will never be the same once you get a taste of playing poker in Las Vegas. Being an avid poker player since childhood (yes we were taught to play cards as children in our family), we have risen to new heights with playing in the sumptuous poker rooms in Las Vegas. Poker has come to the attention of the younger set and is probably one of the most favorite ways to gamble at the moment.Poker tournaments abound in Vegas, and guaranteed you'll find a poker tournament going on every day at one or another of these casino hotels. The most popular Las Vegas poker games are Texas Hold 'em, Seven Card Stud poker and Omaha poker. Whether you play small stakes or high stakes poker games, there is a poker table for you.The cost to buy in usually ranges from about $40 up to $2000.
A few years back I was attending a meeting and one of the theme nights was "Poker Night". A Las Vegas dealer filled us in on what and how to play "Texas Hold 'em" and life has never been the same....
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Transnet Wireless Corporation Launches a Wi-Fi Hot Spot Distribution Program for Wireless Network Expansion
"This industry is currently experiencing tremendous growth throughout the U.S. and the world" said Bradley Cartwright, President of Transnet Wireless. He noted that one of the most crucial aspects of their program is the Wi-Fi provider alliance.
Distributors are automatically included in one of the largest wireless networks in the world. Existing roaming agreements give distributors immediate access to millions of wireless subscribers.
The provider alliance includes industry leaders such as Sprint, iPass, GRIC, and Airpath Wireless.Transnet Wireless is building its wireless network through an innovative distributorship program where their distributors operate and maintain their own Wi-Fi Hot Spots within their region.
"The Transnet Wireless program is by far the most comprehensive in this industry. The system is designed specially to maximize the distributor's income by including only the most profitable applications and avoiding unprofitable and costly features"...
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SportHomes.com, the Leader of Home Rentals for Major Sporting Events, is Now Accepting Homes to Rent for 2007 Super Bowl 41, Miami, Florida
(ContentDesk) August 7, 2006 -- SportHomes.com offers homes for rent for various sporting events including Super Bowl XLI, Miami, via their website http://www.sporthomes.com.Most hotels are booked months in advance of a sporting event like Super Bowl 41. Therefore SportHomes.com has proven to be the first Internet site sports enthusiasts look to in seeking alternative lodging for sold out sporting events. "The term sports enthusiasts encompass a wide variety of persons, entertainers, athletes, captains of industry, corporate executives and the like. Its no accident that the Super Bowl has returned to Sunny South Florida for a record ninth time," said Director Adam Richman.The technique by which SportHomes.com utilizes to successfully market rental properties is unique, a combination of targeted media, Internet popularity and partnerships found nowhere else in their niche business.As a recognized leader in the sports lodging industry...
SportHomes.com, the Leader of Home Rentals for Major Sporting Events, is Now Accepting Homes to Rent for 2007 Super Bowl 41, Miami, Florida
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10 Ways To Find The Best Price On Hotels
Planning a trip has become increasing difficult as there are so many options to choose from. After finding a hotel that suits all your needs you need to ascertain whether you are getting a good rate. When you ask a travel agent or refer to a brochure for rates what you get is the generally quoted rate for room. But if you are wise you can get a better deal and save a lot of money.
1. Surf the net and see what online travel sites like Expedia, Hotels.com, or Travelocity are offering. Or you could browse the hotel web site to find a good deal.
Many sites list special offers as well as discounts.
2. Use a search tool to like BookingBuddy.com or Travel Axe to compare various offers and rates.
3. Look for what is known as "lowest rate guarantee" these are mainly on offer online but are subject to advance booking and very harsh cancellation policies. Even if the price offered online is attractive do call the hotel up...
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