Archive for November, 2009

Mercury Direct has announced the launch of its brand new website (PRWeb Nov 28, 2009)

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This winter Airparks is offering the chance to park close to the Airport for just £19.99 for an eight day stay – that's from only £2.49 a day.

Airparks Gatwick is just a short shuttle bus journey from the airport terminal, and using this off-site car park means savings of up to £20 can be made when compared to the car parks that are situated within the airport grounds.

As an additional saving, Airparks Gatwick is also offering customers a FREE* car wash during the months of December and January.

Please note: This price is correct the Airparks special winter offer during December 2009, up until 31st January 2010 – Excluding departures between 23/12/09 and 04/01/10. Customers must remember to bring the paper copy of their booking confirmation; without it, Airparks will be unable to wash their cars. Book Airparks Gatwick in advance to secure the best price and availability.

*To book a FREE car wash online, select the Airparks Gatwick (Free car cleaning) option. On arrival at the car park, customers hand the printed booking confirmation to the receptionist. Cars included in this offer will receive an external jet wash and shampoo followed by a rinse and leather off.

Conditions apply: http://www.airparks.co.uk/company/airparks-conditions.html

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BestTravelDeals is excited to announce Virtual door-busters for black Friday and Cyber Monday travel deals including some deals you won't find anywhere else. (PRWeb Nov 27, 2009)

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Private Sample Sale Shopping Destination by Designers – Just in Time for the Holidays (PRWeb Nov 27, 2009)

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From 19 December to 3 January
General public

Wapikoni mobile – documentaries
Overview of the Aboriginal communities in Quebec

Every day, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The concept of the Wapikoni mobile? A mobile video studio sets off to meet the First Nations. Then a team of staff train young Aborigines on audiovisual production techniques. The result: unusual subject matters, chosen and produced by adolescents or young adults. Linking with tradition, heritage and modernity, the young generation express themselves using hand-held cameras.

The Wapikoni mobile, a remarkable collection of short films produced by the young people of Quebec's First Nations
Traditional Inuit games

Every day, 3 – 5 p.m.

Some entertainment from the Great North, Inuit versions of games that are well known in Europe. An effective way of keeping in shape this winter!
Guided tours

Sunday 20 December and 31 January at 2 p.m. (included in entry price).

The Challenging Traditions: Contemporary Art from the Northwest Coast of Canada exhibition with commentary by art historian Françoise Ramseier.
Young public
Mascot or inukshuk workshop

Every day, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Age 6 upwards

Mascots and an emblem, all of them elements which make up the identity of the Olympic Games while showing aspects of the host country's culture. Quatchi, Miga and Sumi: make the mascots. The inukshuk: build an emblem!
Haida ceremony workshop

Tuesday and Wednesdays, 2 – 3.30 p.m. and 4 – 5.30 p.m.; Thursdays: 2 – 3.30 p.m. Ages 6 to 11.

From medals to mascots, the Vancouver Games are promoting First Nations art. The workshop highlights the mythical animals which fill the imagination of the Haidas, the Aboriginal people of the West Coast of Canada. On the programme: making a ceremony banner and an introduction to Haida rituals.

The activities are free-of-charge and accessible without reservation, as long as there are places available.

Information: 021 621 65 11

The Museum is closed on Mondays and 25 December and 1 January.

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Irving, TX. From facials in February to mani-pedis in March to decadent treatments in December, Omni Signature Spas are offering an extraordinary opportunity to escape each month of 2010. With the purchase of 'A Total Departure' package, guests will enjoy 12 treatments over the course of 12 months.
Guests can choose a different treatment each month, adding up to a full year of total departure moments. Each spa will offer signature services such as a Mokara Massage, Reflexology Session, Intuitive Facial or a Manicure & Pedicure with a Paraffin Treatment.

Omni Hotels' Signature Spas provide guests with premium, personalized services designed to create a unique and memorable experience. Each Omni spa features exceptional treatments indigenous to the region that also indulge the senses.

* Mokara Spa, Omni's newest brand of luxury spas, focuses on unique nuances to relax and pamper guests, going above and beyond the usual to create an incomparable spa experience in an intimate environment. Mokara Spas features customizable treatments for a distinctive spa experience. These spas are located in Omni properties in Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and Denver.
* San Antonio's renowned Watermark Spa serves as the city's only Mobil Four-Star spa and encompasses 17,000 square feet of the world-class Watermark Hotel. With a luxurious European-style oasis featuring 20 private treatment rooms, four spa guest suites, Vichy showers and an outdoor pool-side café, the Watermark Spa redefines relaxation.
* For more than 200 years, the natural mineral springs in Bedford, PA have been renowned for their restorative and curative powers. The Springs Eternal Spa at the Omni Bedford Springs Resort harnesses the power of the springs with decadent treatments inspired by and utilizing the natural spring water.
* Inspired by the White Mountain National Forest, The Spa at the Omni Mount Washington Resort has created a 25,000-square-foot luxurious environment as extraordinary as its surroundings. The Spa features 13 private treatment rooms and custom-made Mountain Mist products infused with local botanicals.

This ideal holiday gift incorporates a 20 percent discount and is only available for a limited time. The 'A Total Departure' package is available for purchase from November 27, 2009 through December 31, 2010. Two options are available for this holiday package: a gift card with a $1000 for a complete year (12 treatments), and two bonus $100 gift certificates or a gift card with a $500 value for a half year (six treatments), as well as a bonus $100 gift certificate. This offer can only be redeemed at the spa at which it was purchased and cannot be combined with other offers or discounts. For additional details or to obtain the 'A Total Departure' package, please visit themokaraspa.com, or call each spa.

About Omni Hotels' Signature Spas
Omni Hotels' signature spas focus on providing guests with signature spa services designed to create a unique and memorable experience on each visit. Each Omni spa features premium services indigenous to the region in which the spa is located and customizable treatments to indulge the senses. Mokara Spas, Omni's line of luxury spas, utilize an assortment of product lines to create customizable treatments to pamper guests in an intimate environment. The Springs Eternal Spa at the Omni Bedford Springs Resort uses treatments inspired by the resort's eight natural springs to revitalize and rejuvenate guests in a 30,000-square-foot state-of-the-art spa. The Watermark Spa, San Antonio's only Mobil Four-Star spa located in the lavish Watermark Hotel, is a European-style oasis featuring exclusive treatments and therapies. The Spa at the Omni Mount Washington Resort makes custom products infused with local botanicals from the famed White Mountains to provide a sumptuous spa experience.

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Paris, Veolia Transport and Orange Business Services are launching a pilot for this groundbreaking Wifi portal, the first of its kind in France, on three coaches from the express line fleet between Mantes-La-Jolie and La Défense. Travelers with a Wifi-enabled mobile terminal (laptop, telephone/smartphone) will now be able to access an information and entertainment portal throughout their journey.

Within the framework of its alliance with Veolia Transport, Orange Business Services is in charge of supervision aspects for the portal, including advice, support, design, content aggregation and maintenance.

* A more enjoyable coach journey for 1.8 million travelers on the A14 Express line

Thanks to this portal, travelers equipped with WiFi equipment will now be able to surf for the 45 to 60 minutes of their journey, looking up transport information, local information on the areas covered by the line, and even entertainment. In this way, they will be able to:

Keep informed
- Finding out about the line's latest news and developments, as well as the services provided by the operator (timetables, route maps, etc.);

- Accessing information on public transport services that connect up to the line (map of bus stations and La Défense, timetables for main connecting lines, information on possible disruptions, etc.);

- Preparing their outings with Cityvox, Europe's leading guide for entertainment and leisure;

- Discovering local heritage sites with the tourist guide;

- Determining their location with the vehicle's geographical tracking feature
Thanks to onboard GPS sensors, users will be able to monitor the coach's location as it travels along the line in real time;

Entertain themselves
- Entertaining themselves with video games and video streaming
Community video games will allow passengers to play amongst themselves and a range of films will be available on demand;

- Sharing with other users in interactive mode (A14 forum).

In addition, this system will be extended to include the following services:

- Downloading of email;

- Accessing real-time information and news: traffic updates, weather, etc.

* A partnership for modernizing public transport

For Veolia Transport, this partnership is consistent with its commitment to offering customers sustainable mobility solutions. Through value-added services, building loyalty among customers, Veolia Transport is looking to contribute to increasing the role of public transport in how people get around.
It represents a first attempt to transform time spent on daily journeys in public transport from a time that is 'put up with' to a time that is 'pleasant and useful'.

For Orange Business Services, this new project confirms its commitment to offering new digital services when on the move, in line with the requirements of players from the world of transport, helping them manage their new business issues.

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Mercury Direct, the holiday specialist, has announced the launch of a new, more user friendly website that will allow customers to see more information and book a wider range of holidays than ever before.

The redesigned website offers customers increased accessibility and a more user friendly layout that allows them to book holidays faster and with greater ease. The site also includes more interactive Web 2.0 content, including virtual tours, to enable customers to make a more informed decision on their proposed holiday. Greater access to Mercury Direct's special holiday deals, which include offers like buy one week and get another free and free room upgrades, are also part of the new site. The site will also feature an upgraded security certificate, namely a Verisign Extended Validation SSL Certificate which helps to diminish the effectiveness of phishing attacks. When users go to the new Mercury Direct site while using a high security browser, the address bar on the site will turn green, letting the visitor know that the site they are on is secure.

Martin Bugeja, Managing Director of Mercury Direct, said: "We hope that with the launch of our redesigned website our customers will find greater access to our holidays. With the ability to find information on all aspects of their trip customers will be able to comfortably book holidays with ease at greater speed and lower prices."

Mercury Direct's new website will also soon feature details of the latest destinations on offer from the holiday provider, which will include diverse locations from around the world like the Greek islands, Cuba and Thailand.

Mercury Direct is a leading provider of package holidays in the UK to holiday destinations within Europe (Gozo and Malta holidays, Cyprus, Madeira, the Algarve, Tenerife and Spain) as well as Worldwide (Sri Lanka, Kerala, Bali, Mauritius, and Australia). Fully bonded to the ABTA (the Travel Association) and ATOL (Air Travel Organisers' Licensing), Mercury Direct has a wide range of destinations and special offers including three weeks for the price of two and no single supplement deals.

About Mercury Direct:
Established in September 1980, Mercury Direct has grown from small beginnings to become one of the leading specialists to Malta, Cyprus, Sri Lanka and Australia. Mercury Direct also offer the same quality and choice of holidays to Madeira, the Algarve, Mauritius, Bali and other holiday destinations.

The company only sells its own carefully selected holidays, those in which it has confidence and which customers rate as good or excellent in questionnaires, and the representative service offered in resorts results in clients being looked after through every step of their holiday. As a result, Mercury Direct gets more and more repeat bookings every year as well as more customers hearing about the company through word of mouth.

PR Contact:
Charlie Wakeman
E-Marketing Executive
Mercury Direct
The Hill
Cranbrook
Kent
TN17 3ST
01580 710557
www.mercury-direct.co.uk

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The quality of VFI Overseas Property five start luxury developments has now brought them international acclaim and they have scooped three top awards in the 2009 15th annual CNBC European Property Awards. The Awards are supported by a host of well respected professional bodies and are judged by an independent team of experts in the property, design and construction fields together with property writers and sponsors. (PRWeb Nov 26, 2009)

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Due to overwhelming response, Sonesta St. Maarten Resorts’ “Black Friday Beach Blowout” 50% off sale has been extended for booking through Cyber Monday. (PRWeb Nov 26, 2009)

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