PURELL® Advanced Hand Sanitizer Named Travelers' Choice Favorite And Must Have Brand For Travelers

Both the US and Canadian Travelers Chose PURELL as Number One Hand Sanitizer for Second Consecutive Year

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May 07, 2014, 10:00 ET

AKRON, Ohio, May 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- TripAdvisor^®, the world's largest travel site*, announced the winners of its third annual Travelers' Choiceawards for Travel Favorites –highlighting the top brands that travelers around the world prefer for their trips. PURELL Advanced Hand Sanitizer was selected by TripAdvisor travelers as the best hand sanitizer for the second consecutive year by U.S. and Canadian travelers.

PURELL Advanced Hand Sanitizer named Travelers' Choice Favorite and must have brand for travelers (PRNewsFoto/GOJO Industries, Inc.)

"We are pleased to announce the brands that travelers voted their Travelers Choice Favorites," said Barbara Messing, chief marketing officer for TripAdvisor. "Travelers packing their suitcases can't go wrong with these travel picks from our savvy community."

"It is a great honor that TripAdvisor travelers selected PURELL Advanced as their favorite hand sanitizer for the second consecutive year," said Kathleen Leigh, marketing director, PURELL Consumer. "We all have those everyday PURELL moments, when soap and water are unavailable and we need to clean our hands, from the menu we touched, the subway railing or from our own coughs and sneezes. That is why people love PURELL hand sanitizer gel and the newly launched PURELL wipes, because they kill the germs that make us sick and are perfect essentials on the go."

For the complete list of 2014 winners of the Travelers' Choice Awards for Travel Favorites, go to http://blog.tripadvisor.com/blog/2014/05/06/travelers-choice-favorites-us.

Award methodology:
Surveys were conducted in each country using a total panel of more than 5,500 TripAdvisor travelers to select a shortlist of brands/products in each category. A total of 95,056 travelers (including 30,146 U.S. respondents) then selected their favorites from the shortlists.

About GOJO
GOJO Industries, Inc. (www.gojo.com) is the inventor of PURELL® Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer and the leading global producer and marketer of skin health and hygiene solutions for away-from-home settings. The broad GOJO product portfolio includes hand cleaning, handwashing, hand sanitizing and skin care formulas under the GOJO®, PURELL® and PROVON® brand names. GOJO formulations use the latest advances in the science of skin care and sustainability. GOJO is known for state-of-the-art dispensing systems, engineered with attention to design, sustainability and functionality. GOJO programs promote healthy behaviors for hand hygiene, skin care and compliance in critical environments. GOJO is a privately held corporation headquartered in Akron, with offices in the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Japan and Brazil.

About TripAdvisor
TripAdvisor® is the world's largest travel site*, enabling travelers to plan and have the perfect trip. TripAdvisor offers trusted advice from real travelers and a wide variety of travel choices and planning features with seamless links to booking tools. TripAdvisor branded sites make up the largest travel community in the world, reaching more than 260 million unique monthly visitors** in 2013, and more than 150 million reviews and opinions covering more than 3.7 million accommodations, restaurants and attractions. The sites operate in 38 countries worldwide, including China under daodao.com. TripAdvisor also includes TripAdvisor for Business, a dedicated division that provides the tourism industry access to millions of monthly TripAdvisor visitors.

TripAdvisor, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIP) manages and operates websites under 20 other travel media brands: www.airfarewatchdog.com, www.bookingbuddy.com, www.cruisecritic.com, www.everytrail.com, www.familyvacationcritic.com, www.flipkey.com, www.gateguru.com, www.holidaylettings.co.uk, www.holidaywatchdog.com, www.independenttraveler.com, www.jetsetter.com, www.niumba.com, www.onetime.com, www.oyster.com, www.seatguru.com, www.smartertravel.com, www.tingo.com, www.travelpod.com, www.virtualtourist.com, and www.kuxun.cn.