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New Web Site Serves 78 Million Boomers (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Verving.com has launched a new type of web portal designed to highlight the very best of the web for Baby Boomers who are looking to get the most out of life. The site features links to high quality reviewed web content relevant to the discerning visitor who wants to find topics quickly and safely. us.rd.yahoo.com
Travel Insurance for Hurricane Season - What You Need To Know (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) Tropical Storm Bertha is currently blowing in the Atlantic, and the August peak of hurricane season is coming soon. With experts forecasting higher than usual hurricane activity this June through November, Squaremouth, America's fastest growing travel insurance comparison web site, today announces some essential tips and terms to help customers sort through options for hurricane coverage. us.rd.yahoo.com
Latest site reviews: (Web-User) • Travelmarket This new UK version of a Scandinavian travel search engine claims to offer the best online deals for cheap flights. Read review.. • Yahoo Shine Yahoo Shine is a new website for women, which addresses the shocking lack of celebrity gossip and diet tips on the web. us.rd.yahoo.com
Neosho, Micronesian state forge sister-city relationship w/ link to Sister Cities International Web site (The Joplin Globe) NEOSHO, Mo. — More than 70 people, many of them wearing leis of artificial flowers, leaves or sea shells, watched while the city of Neosho and the State of Pohnpei celebrated the establishment of a “sister-city” relationship Tuesday afternoon. us.rd.yahoo.com
Industry Moves: NBCU; Baseline StudioSystems; Hearst-Argyle; MySpace; Travel Ad Network (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance) -- NBCU: Veteran program exec Jamila Hunter has been hired to the new position of SVP-programming and development for NBC Entertainment's alternative and digital unit. Hunter will now be responsible for developing alternative programming, including web-based series development and business development for the company's web properties. us.rd.yahoo.com
Industry Moves: NBCU; Baseline StudioSystems; Hearst-Argyle; MySpace; Travel Ad Network (CBS News) -- NBCU : Veteran program exec Jamila Hunter has been hired to the new position of SVP-programming and development for NBC Entertainment's alternative and digital unit. Hunter will now be responsible for developing alternative programming, including web-based series development and business development for the company's web properties. Most recently, she served as VP-comedy development for 20th ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Historic designation awarded to Olivia Apartments w/ link to National Parks Service Web site (The Joplin Globe) The Olivia Apartments building at 320 Moffet Ave., regarded when it was built as one of Joplin’s most luxurious apartment buildings, has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places, according to owner Mark Williams of Joplin. us.rd.yahoo.com
Travel industry spent $317,500 on lobbying (AP via Yahoo! Finance) The Travel Industry Association of America, whose members include airlines, hotels and tourism agencies, spent $317,500 in the first quarter to lobby the federal government us.rd.yahoo.com
Newer travel Web sites go way beyond booking trips (Chicago Tribune) The Web has been inundated with new and improved travel offerings to streamline and simplify the travel-planning process, even if your summer travel plans extend no farther than the Lincoln Park Zoo. Check out one or all of these recently launched sites before the leaves start falling off the trees. us.rd.yahoo.com
Ctrip.com looks to dominate domestic and foreign China travel (The Palm Beach Post) Ctrip.com, a nine-year-old online travel agency based in Shanghai and traded on the Nasdaq, introduced an English-language Web site this year that offers the company's leisure and business travel services within China. In May, it began selling packages for the Beijing Summer Olympics with air transportation from the United States. us.rd.yahoo.com
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