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Now it's even easier to plan and book your dream holiday or next work trip online!
SYDNEY, April, 22 2002 - Feel in need of a holiday but don't have time to shop around? Don't want to land in San Francisco only to miss out on a tour of Alcatraz.? Let Yahoo! Australia & NZ take the hard work out of researching and booking your next adventure at http://travel.yahoo.com.au - the one-stop travel and communication resource for travellers. The newly enhanced travel site with a booking engine for more than 3,500 discounted local and international hotels, advance booking capability for thousands of sightseeing tours, events and attractions from around the world, and international flights, will have anyone ready to pack their bags. Offering travellers everything you need in the one convenient online location to be your own travel agent, Yahoo! Australia and NZ Travel has put all the research tools and booking facilities of a travel shop at your fingertips. Spend your valued holiday time enjoying yourself instead of queuing for events by researching what's on and booking your tickets before you leave home. Forget the disappointment of not being able to visit that "special place" or see a show by booking in advance from the comfort of your own home with Yahoo! Australia & NZ Travel. Find and book hotels at great prices in around 350 cities in 33 countries, on an easy-to-use booking engine. Equipped with the very best content partners for booking your holiday like HotelClub - a leading provider of online hotel reservation services, and Viator - the activities booking engine that offers popular sightseeing, tours, events and attractions from leading tour operators in over 40 countries around the globe, you'll be able to make your bookings, including special flights and holiday packages, with ease. "Our aim has been to deliver a site useful to anyone with an interest in travel who wants to easily and quickly research and purchase their next holiday. It's about providing the ultimate destination for people wanting to play an active role in planning their dream holiday. Whether they be independent travellers on their way to Indonesia, or a family looking for a hotel in Hungary - they can now plan and book it all at the one site," Sali Taylor, Senior Producer Yahoo! Australia & NZ, explained. Yahoo! Australia & NZ Travel also helps people research destinations in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Central America, Europe, the Middle East, North America, the South Pacific and South America thanks to travel guide information and news from Lonely Planet, Wcities and Travelpress. "Whether you're going to Munich, Memphis, Mount Olympus or just up the road - Yahoo! Australia & NZ Travel enables you to research and book everything from a hotel in Hamburg to a snow mobile adventure on the South Island of New Zealand!," Sali added. Search for details on obscure locations, find out where and when your favourite festival will be held, read reviews on places without the brochure hype and book your trip all at the one location. Best of all, Yahoo! continues to offer useful services while you're travelling including free tools like Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Address Book, Yahoo! Photos, Yahoo! Finance Currency Converter and access to Yahoo! Weather. For all your travel needs, just click on the link to 'travel' at www.yahoo.com.au or type into your browser travel.yahoo.com.au (nb: there is no need for a www).
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