Budget Center Reports Strong Demand for its Hotels Site
Online travel consumers have been quick to embrace the savings offered by www.budgethotels.com discounted hotel offerings and the customer feedback has been tremendous since the initial launch. Equally impressive to the growth in traffic has been a high percentage of click throughs and revenue for hotel bookings after the first 3 weeks, which is well above Management's expectations and the industry average of 10%. The strong initial response has been achieved with no search optimization marketing (SEO) to date, which will be among Management's plans for the next phase in the build-out of the site. The Company will also be providing a testimonial section on the site where customers can share their comments and experiences, a travel blog, extensive SEO marketing and the utilization of social networking sites such as Twitter, and Facebook.
President and CEO, Bob Chalmers commented, "Our industry partners are amazed by the initial response from consumers to the site and we are already raising our revenue projections based on the preliminary numbers that we are seeing to date. Clearly, our target market has embraced our "budget" brand and we look forward to continuing to build out and enhance the site with additional features. We also plan to embark on an aggressive marketing phase and to launch our other budget sites to increase our visibility and global brand."
The Company has also recently been featured in a well known travel blog. To view the article click on the following link: http://www.tnooz.com/2010/01/22/news/new-website-to-shun-british-airways-cathay-pacific-for-southwest-jetblue/
Recent industry articles suggest that budget or thrift travel continue to be the first choice for consumers, which is forcing companies to change their marketing strategies. TravelMole www.travelmole.com has been reporting on this shift in the industry and is the most highly acclaimed and largest global online community for the Travel and Tourism Industry with over 450,000 registered newswire subscribers - travel and tourism professionals worldwide. The following links are recently published articles which support Budget Center's mandate for providing its customers with the lowest priced online travel deals.
http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1140636.php
http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1140658.php
Budget Center's owned online travel booking site www.budgethotels.com currently ranks #1 on Google search. TravelMole, the online community for the travel and tourist industry, recently reported that "Consumers are expected to embrace thrift for the long term and operators need to adapt to this."
About Budget Center Inc.:
Budget Center Inc has commenced the development of its "budget" category domain network in the online travel and related industries. This program will include the development of the following highly relevant and valuable "budget" brand domains: budgethotels.com budgetairlines.com budgetentertainment.com budgetresorts.com budgetravel.com budgetskiing.com budgetadventures.com budgetcenter.com budgetcharters.com budget-cruise.com budgetfishing.com budgetinteractive.com. Budget Center is dedicated to delivering great value to its clients and customers. Through its websites, the Company will strive to offer a range of the best possible travel options for every budget. When shopping at any of the Company owned websites, visitors will receive great value and service always at budget prices. The Company will continually strive to meet its customer's needs through ongoing market research, partnerships, and quality offerings at the best savings available.
For more information contact:
Bob Chalmers, CEO
1 702 460 7501
info@budgetcenter.com
Forward-looking Statement:
This news release contains forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 - forward-looking statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events of performance and underlying assumptions and other statements which are other than statements of historical facts. These statements are subject to uncertainties and risks including, but not limited to, product and services demand and acceptance, changes in technology and in economic, political and regulatory conditions and to all of the risks generally associated with a company at Budget's stage of development. All such forward looking statements, whether written or oral, and whether made by or on behalf of the company, are expressly qualified by these cautionary statements. In addition, the Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof.
Budget Center to Launch Budget Airlines Online Portal
"We believe that there exists a real online opportunity in the "budget"
The new website, which Management plans to launch soon, will focus on providing online travel shoppers with the ability to search for flights which serve the discount carriers only such as Southwest Airlines, West Jet, and Jet Blue etc. The site will not search for flights from the major carriers such as British Airways, Cathay Pacific etc. as these airlines do not represent its target market. Currently, discounted flights and airlines are generally difficult to source on large travel sites such as Expedia and Travelocity and are being under serviced to online consumers.
President and CEO, Bob Chalmers commented, "We believe that there exists a real online opportunity in the "budget" sector of airline travel, which is currently not serviced by the major online travel companies. Budget airlines are used by millions of travelers with 136 airlines serving 144 countries worldwide. They are especially popular in Europe and South East Asia and we believe this highly relevant domain will help accelerate and solidify our "budget" brand globally along with the future launchings of our other budget domains."
Budget Center currently ranks #1 on Google search for its travel website www.budgethotels.com. TravelMole, the online community for the travel and tourist industry, recently reported that, "Consumers are expected to embrace thrift for the long term and operators need to adapt to this."
About Budget Center Inc.:
Budget Center Inc has commenced the development of its "budget" category domain network in the online travel and related industries. This program will include the development of the following highly relevant and valuable "budget" brand domains: budgethotels.com budgetairlines.com budgetentertainment.com budgetresorts.com budgetravel.com budgetskiing.com budgetadventures.com budgetcenter.com budgetcharters.com budget-cruise.com budgetfishing.com budgetinteractive.com. Budget Center is dedicated to delivering great value to its clients and customers. Through its websites, the Company will strive to offer a range of the best possible travel options for every budget. When shopping at any of the Company owned websites, visitors will receive great value and service always at budget prices. The Company will continually strive to meet its customer's needs through ongoing market research, partnerships, and quality offerings at the best savings available.
Forward-looking Statement:
This news release contains forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 - forward-looking statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events of performance and underlying assumptions and other statements which are other than statements of historical facts. These statements are subject to uncertainties and risks including, but not limited to, product and services demand and acceptance, changes in technology and in economic, political and regulatory conditions and to all of the risks generally associated with a company at Budget's stage of development. All such forward looking statements, whether written or oral, and whether made by or on behalf of the company, are expressly qualified by these cautionary statements. In addition, the Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof.
Contacts
Budget Center Inc.
Bob Chalmers, CEO
702-460-7501
info@budgetcenter.com
Budget Center Signs Agreement with Industry Leader to Develop its Budget Resorts URL
The agreement outlines plans for Connexions to develop and launch Budget Center's URL owned www.budgetresorts.com and to provide the largest inventory of travel content available on the internet including accommodations, air travel, and rental cars all at "budget" prices. Following the launch of www.budgetresorts.com, Connexions IT department will complete a full build-out of the site including multiple landing pages and SEO relevant marketing.
President and CEO, Bob Chalmers commented, "We are looking forward to launching the budget resorts site as it will add a strong revenue stream to Budget Center. The Company will receive attractive booking commissions while providing great value to our budget minded customers. The response to our recent launch of www.budgethotels.com has been overwhelming thus far and we plan to continue developing our Budget owned group of travel websites and reporting on our progress. Our goal of building the "Budget" brand globally by offering the best possible deals in the online travel industry is well underway."
Budget Center currently ranks #1 on Google search for its travel website www.budgethotels.com. TravelMole, the online community for the travel and tourist industry, recently reported that "Consumers are expected to embrace thrift for the long term and operators need to adapt to this."
About Connexions:
As the largest U.S. based provider of travel solutions for loyalty programs, they have strong support from travel industry suppliers, strong economies of scale, and a focus on quality service delivery. As part of a $7.1 Billion travel sales organization, they leverage the knowledge, supply, and technologies developed for multiple verticals to create market leading solutions for travellers. Solutions include unique travel products, creative redemption solutions, multi-point bank connectivity, international recognized COPC contact center, and market leading online travel redemption solutions. They also hold Level 1 Service Provider and Merchant PCI certification through Trustwave Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS). They are leading the way in security standards for the travelling public!
Headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, Connexions Loyalty Travel Solutions currently employs over 600 talented team members with offices in Boise, ID and St. Louis, MO. Consummate brands include Vacations Direct, Online Reward Exchange(TM), Fly4Less.com(TM), Distinctive Departures, Getaway Points(TM), Member Vacation Center and Insignia Personalized Products
About ezRez Software, Inc.
ezRez Software, Inc. enables its partners to sell any combination of travel products including air, car, hotel, trip activities, packaging and travel insurance to anyone, anywhere in the world. Its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform allows clients to easily launch full online travel agency functionality with the look and feel of a customized implementation at a fraction of the cost. ezRez provides access to more than 200,000 travel suppliers and its clients include some of the world's largest airlines, hotels, travel agencies and banking loyalty programs such as American Airlines, American Express, JetBlue, IHG, LAN Airlines, and Starwood Hotels & Resorts. Based in San Francisco, ezRez was founded in 2003 and has secured $17.1 million in venture funding led by Canaan Partners with participation from Azure Capital Partners.
About Budget Center Inc.
Budget Center Inc has commenced the development of its "budget" category domain network in the online travel and related industries. This program will include the development of the following highly relevant and valuable "budget" brand domains: budgetairlines.com, budgethotels.com, budgetresorts.com, budgetravel.com, budgetskiing.com, budgetadventures.com, budgetentertainment.com, and budgetcharters.com. Budget Center is dedicated to delivering great value to its clients and customers. Through its websites, the Company will strive to offer a range of the best possible travel options for every budget. When shopping at any of the Company owned websites, visitors will receive great value and service always at budget prices. The Company will continually strive to meet its customer's needs through ongoing market research, partnerships, and quality offerings at the best savings available.
For more information contact:
Bob Chalmers, CEO
1 702 460 7501
Forward-looking Statement:
This news release contains forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 - forward-looking statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events of performance and underlying assumptions and other statements which are other than statements of historical facts. These statements are subject to uncertainties and risks including, but not limited to, product and services demand and acceptance, changes in technology and in economic, political and regulatory conditions and to all of the risks generally associated with a company at Budget's stage of development. All such forward looking statements, whether written or oral, and whether made by or on behalf of the company, are expressly qualified by these cautionary statements. In addition, the Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof.
Budget Center Signs Formal Agreement with HotelsCombined.com and Launches its New Online Travel Website
As a result of this agreement, the Company launched its new online travel website www.budgethotels.com on Dec 27th, 2009 in partnership with industry giant, www.HotelsCombined.com. The travel website now has the ability to connect users with more than 900,000 global hotel deals from over 30 merchants, delivering the "Budget" brand to thousands of customers worldwide. Travel enthusiasts from all over the world will now be able to find the best travel deals delivered in 14 languages and 118 currencies.
The new website also includes XML feeds and a "set your own budget" feature which allows customers to select a specific price for their vacation and automatically receive information on the best travel deals that fit the budget they entered.
President and CEO, Bob Chalmers commented, "As promised we are moving ahead aggressively on our plans to build out our Budget brand and owned URL's. We are very excited about the launching of our new www.budgethotels.com portal and the potential for significant revenues represented by this development."
Budget Center currently ranks #1 on Google search for its travel website www.budgethotels.com. TravelMole, the online community for the travel and tourist industry, recently reported that "Consumers are expected to embrace thrift for the long term and operators need to adapt to this."
About Hotels Combined
HotelsCombined.com is headquartered in Sydney, Australia and was established in 2005 by a team of business, marketing and technology experts from the online hotel reservation industry including former executives of HotelClub.com, RatesToGo.com and Stella Hospitality Group. HotelsCombined.com is a unique search engine that consumers can use to find hotel availability and rates, and to compare prices and offers from multiple merchants. Using our service, travelers no longer have to search websites one by one to find the best deals and lowest rates. Once you find the supplier suitable for your needs, we link you through to the supplier website to book directly.
About Budget Center Inc.
Budget Center Inc has commenced the development of its "budget" category domain network in the online travel and related industries. This program will include the development of the following highly relevant and valuable "budget" brand domains: budgetairlines.com, budgethotels.com, budgetresorts.com, budgetravel.com, budgetskiing.com, budgetadventures.com, budgetentertainment.com, and budgetcharters.com. Budget Center is dedicated to delivering great value to its clients and customers. Through its websites, the Company will strive to offer a range of the best possible travel options for every budget. When shopping at any of the Company owned websites, visitors will receive great value and service always at budget prices. The Company will continually strive to meet its customer's needs through ongoing market research, partnerships, and quality offerings at the best savings available.
For more information contact:
Bob Chalmers, CEO
1 702 460 7501
Forward-looking Statement:
This news release contains forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 - forward-looking statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events of performance and underlying assumptions and other statements which are other than statements of historical facts. These statements are subject to uncertainties and risks including, but not limited to, product and services demand and acceptance, changes in technology and in economic, political and regulatory conditions and to all of the risks generally associated with a company at Budget's stage of development. All such forward looking statements, whether written or oral, and whether made by or on behalf of the company, are expressly qualified by these cautionary statements. In addition, the Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof.
Budget Center Engages The Wendling Group, LLC
TWG designs, constructs and/or services online and offline solutions for a number of entities, principally in the travel business. These include both the websites and/or marketing solutions for Allegiant Travel (www.allegiantair.com) and World Airways (www.worldairways.com), which were two profitable domestic airlines over the past two years.
Budgethotels.com (Budget) will develop a working relationship with HotelsCombined (HC), which is a hotel metasearch engine company located in Sydney Australia and previously announced by the Company on November 23, 2009. Initially, Budget will utilize the HC's Private Branding product to develop an interim site that will feature all of the components of HC's main site while a new site is constructed. The new Budgethotels.com, which is currently being designed and will be delivered in the first quarter of 2010, will use HC's Web Services API to establish a direct connection and enable Budget to develop, merchandise and market a website "as good as its name".
The new Budget site will be SEO compliant to maximize exposure in the world's leading search engines and will be marketed using the latest Web 2.0 techniques and establishing joint venture relationships with natural partners. HC has direct links with over 30 of the largest worldwide hotel providers and online travel agents with the intent to link the consumer to the lowest published price on the Internet. HC's Web Services API will translate all information into more than a dozen languages and currencies to enable Budget to market effectively to a worldwide audience.
TWG will enable the new website to operate on all browsers and multiple releases of those browsers. Microsoft's Windows Explorer browser commanded well over 90 percent of the market in the past but it represents less than three quarters of the market today due to the increased popularity and increased market share of Firefox and Safari (Apple).
Each page of the website will be coded with the appropriate tags from Google Analytics to track the information and activity on the website. This will enable Management to monitor all of the global traffic on the website and how it originates, which will provide the Company with the ability to customize its marketing strategies.
About The Wendling Group, LLC
The Wendling Group, LLC provides solutions, information and executive resources to web-based companies. We have proven resources at the executive level for the specific needs of growing companies. One of our areas of expertise consists of the necessary ingredients to accelerate planning, implementation and execution of effective Internet Marketing, and Distribution, Platforms and Solutions.
Our areas of expertise include;
- online advertising solutions
- online marketing/search engine marketing/search engine optimization
- website design and redesign/engineering
- database programming
- strategic alliances for distribution and affiliate relationships
About Budget Center Inc.
Budget Center Inc has commenced the development of its "budget" category domain network in the online travel and related industries. This program will include the development of the following highly relevant and valuable "budget" brand domains: budgetairlines.com, budgethotels.com, budgetresorts.com, budgetravel.com, budgetskiing.com, budgetadventures.com, budgetentertainment.com, and budgetcharters.com. Budget Center is dedicated to delivering great value to its clients and customers. Through its websites, the Company will strive to offer a range of the best possible travel options for every budget. When shopping at any of the Company owned websites, visitors will receive great value and service always at budget prices. The Company will continually strive to meet its customer's needs through ongoing market research, partnerships, and quality offerings at the best savings available.
For more information contact:
Bob Chalmers, CEO
1 702 460 7501
info@budgetcenter.com
www.budgetcenter.com
Forward-looking Statement:
This news release contains forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 - forward-looking statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events of performance and underlying assumptions and other statements which are other than statements of historical facts. These statements are subject to uncertainties and risks including, but not limited to, product and services demand and acceptance, changes in technology and in economic, political and regulatory conditions and to all of the risks generally associated with a company at Budget's stage of development. All such forward looking statements, whether written or oral, and whether made by or on behalf of the company, are expressly qualified by these cautionary statements. In addition, the Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof.