Holiday Extras Launches the Real Customers’ Awards 2009

September 1st, 2009 LONDON - Ex-smokers across the UK still have time to enter stop smoking charity QUIT's competition to find the country's most inspirational quitters and win a holiday. QUIT(R), along with the European Network of Quitlines, is inviting smokers who have kicked the habit to enter the European Smoke Free Awards 2009, with a prize of EUR5,000 (GBP4,250) in holiday vouchers for the overall winner.

August 17th, 2009 EDINBURGH, Scotland - Travel search site Skyscanner today launched a brand new holiday search function (www.skyscanner.net/holidays) which brings together the holiday offerings of over 20 leading suppliers, including Thomas Cook, Airtours, On The Beach, Virgin Holidays and Monster Travel. From today users can now search from 35 million holidays worldwide on the Skyscanner site.

August 10th, 2009 LONDON - Ex-smokers across the UK still have time to enter stop smoking charity QUIT's competition to find the country's most inspirational quitters and win the holiday of a lifetime. QUIT(R), along with the European Network of Quitlines, is inviting smokers who have kicked the habit to enter the European Smoke Free Awards 2009, with a grand prize of EUR5,000 (GBP4,250) in holiday vouchers for the overall winner.

July 29th, 2009 BERLIN - - "European Property Award" for Best Real Estate Office and Best Real Estate Agent Website Goes to Berlin Capital Investments; - Sales-Service for International Real Estate Customers and "Serviced Living"-Concept Honoured; - Structure and Operation of Innovative Real Estate Agent Website for International Customers Convinced the Jury Berlin Capital Investments (www.berlin-capital.com). The international business division of Zabel Immobilien KG has been honoured with the European Property Award as being the Best Real Estate Office as well as having the Best Real Estate Agent Website.

July 26th, 2009 UTRECHT, The Netherlands - - Independent Figures and Testimonials Available to Everyone, Free of Charge Zoover.com, the largest holiday testimonial website in Europe which features more than three quarters of a million holiday reviews, introduces a new online gadget. Accommodation owners or webmasters of holiday websites can add this gadget, which keeps track of the average figure of all lodging and destination testimonials, to their own website.

June 4th, 2009 LONDON - In association with travelguru.tv, the Treasure Beach Hotel and the Barbados Tourism Authority, Holiday Extras(R) is giving away a fantastic seven day holiday for two in Barbados. Recognised the world over for its natural beauty, rich culture and the friendliness of its people, Barbados really does deliver the 'Caribbean Dream'.

June 4th, 2009 LONDON - More than half of Holidayextras.com customers would book a round-the- world trip if they were as wealthy as the Queen. To mark the Queen's official birthday on June 13, Holiday Extras asked customers what kind of luxury holiday they would choose if they were as rich as our monarch.

June 4th, 2009 LONDON - More than one in five of us ignore the flight safety talk when flying, according to a poll released today. Holiday Extras, the UK's market leading travel add-ons company, says that 21 per cent of customers who responded to their online poll admitted that they don't feel it necessary to watch the cabin crew's safety demonstration.

June 4th, 2009 LONDON - To make sure that families get the best possible start to their holidays, HolidayExtras.com is launching a summer of family friendly deals. According to research, the majority of travellers assume that family rooms cost up to twice as much as they can do in reality.

June 4th, 2009 LONDON - When it comes to sniffing out a bargain, we Brits can't get enough, according to new research from HolidayExtras.com. Whether it's the economic climate or just plain old thrift, 44 per cent of us now regularly use money-saving websites and articles to get a good deal, says the survey.

September 30th, 2009 Budget Travel Extra Mile Awards for innovationNEW YORK — New services and features from Kayak.com, American Airlines, JetBlue, Google and TripAdvisor honored with Extra Mile Awards from Budget Travel magazine. The magazine gives the awards for developments that make travel "easier, more enjoyable and more affordable." The top 10 winners for 2009, listed in the magazine's October issue, are: —Kayak.com, for new features like search sharing, a real-time map of available airfare and an iPhone application.

April 14th, 2009 NEW YORK - Comeback star Eminem will front the 2009 MTV Movie Awards to be held in California on May 31. The channel's rep confirmed that the acclaimed rapper, who has been on hiatus since 2005, will headline the annual awards ceremony, which has previously seen Coldplay and the Pussycat Dolls perform on its stage.

March 14th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Magazine Publishers Association of Singapore (MPAS) with support from city-based digital publisher Pressmart has launched Singapore magazine awards to recognise the best magazine publishers in that country. Awards will recognise publishers for the best magazine front cover design, front cover/feature story in consumer, trade and contract categories and the best visual series in photography, said a statement by Pressmart here Friday.

March 19th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Lara Bingle, fiance of Australian cricket team's vice-captain Michael Clarke, has been signed as a presenter at the 2009 MTV Awards. The swimwear model will present an award on Friday, March 27 along with New Zealand comedian Rhys Darby of Flight Of The Conchords fame.

June 13th, 2009 'Dark Knight' wins 8 Key Art Awards, best posterLOS ANGELES — "The Dark Knight" has taken eight Key Art Awards, including best theatrical poster and best TV spot, in the annual competition to honor the best in movie promotions in all mediums. The awards show was held Friday night at the Geffen Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Los Angeles.

July 30th, 2009 "Hell of a good news, it should be repeated at least thrice a year"- this was the reaction of an excited Georgian mother after hearing the announcement of the Tax Free Weekend GA 2009. Georgia Department of Revenue has declared again a "back to school" sales tax holiday.

July 23rd, 2009 US Cellular lost 59,000 retail customers in 2QCHICAGO — Wireless carrier United States Cellular Corp. said Thursday it lost 59,000 net retail customers in the second quarter.

April 23rd, 2009 Santana to receive lifetime achievement awardCORAL GABLES, Fla. — Carlos Santana will receive a lifetime achievement award at the 2009 Billboard Latin Music Awards.

April 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - It's not even halfway down the year, but Priyanka Chopra already has reasons enough to say 2009 has been 'fantastic' for her. The star has already walked away with seven awards including an international honour.

March 13th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Magazine Publishers Association of Singapore (MPAS) with support from Pressmart has launched the first Singapore Magazine Awards to recognize the best magazine publishers in Singapore. Pressmart is the leading hosted print-to-online publishing service in the world with publishers from over 45 countries using its services and MPAS is an organization dedicated to best practices in Singapore's professional magazine publishing industry.