Travelzoo Announces 2010 Travelzoo Award Finalists

Travel and Entertainment Companies Honored by Travelzoo for Providing the Best Deals in the U.S. and Canada

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Sep 29, 2010, 01:57 ET

NEW YORK, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Travelzoo (Nasdaq: TZOO), a global Internet media company, announced the finalists for the 2010 Travelzoo® Awards today. Also known as "The Tzoos," the Travelzoo Awards celebrate the companies behind the best travel and entertainment deals of the year. The 17 categories honor companies in the airline, hotel, vacation, cruise, destination, ground transportation and entertainment industries. Travelzoo's team of more than 100 deal experts evaluated over 80,000 deals published in the United States and Canada to select the five finalists in each category that provided the best deals over the past year.

"Since 1998, Travelzoo has published outstanding offers from travel and entertainment companies by applying the strictest selection process in the industry," said Shirley Tafoya, president, North America. "A Travelzoo Award is the ultimate stamp of approval and recognition. These finalists consistently go above and beyond to inspire travelers with incredible, high-quality deals and encourage millions of subscribers to take trips they might not have considered. We are thrilled to honor the 2010 finalists. They are this year's 'best of the best' when it comes to travel and entertainment deals."

Travelzoo Award finalists will be honored and winners will be announced at the fourth annual Travelzoo Awards gala ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, at the Westin Kierland in Phoenix. The awards ceremony coincides with The PhoCusWright Conference, which attracts more than 800 travel industry professionals.

To determine the Travelzoo Award finalists of 2010, Travelzoo's deal experts evaluated more than 80,000 deals published in the United States and Canada in a 12-month period on the following five-point scale:

1. Quality: Travelzoo's deal experts regularly consult with more than 2,000 travel and entertainment companies around the world to uncover the best offers. Deals provided by finalist companies offered outstanding value based on market research and are considered the "best of the best".

2. Reliability: Travelzoo's Test Booking Center™ manually verifies availability, accuracy of information and ease of booking for each deal published. The deals provided by finalist companies exceeded all the requirements of the testing process.

3. Consistency: Finalist companies consistently featured outstanding deals week after week for Travelzoo subscribers.

4. Competitiveness: Deals provided by finalist companies surpassed competitors when comparing overall value and offer details.

5. Appeal: Finalist companies consistently achieved between 4.5 and 6 (on a 6-point scale) in the user ratings collected by Travelzoo.

For more information about the 2010 Travelzoo Awards, visit http://www.travelzoo.com/tzoos.

The 2010 Travelzoo Award finalists are:

Leading Provider of Domestic Airfare Deals
AirTran Airways
Alaska Airlines
American Airlines
JetBlue Airways
Virgin America

Leading Provider of International Airfare Deals
Aer Lingus
Air New Zealand
Icelandair
OpenSkies
Qantas Airways

Best Overall Provider of Airfare Deals
American Airlines
Icelandair
JetBlue Airways
United Airlines
Virgin America

Best Overall Provider of Airfare Deals – Canada
Air France
Air Transat
British Airways
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Sunwing Airlines

Leading Provider of Hotel Deals – East
Atlantis, Paradise Island
Fairmont Turnberry Isle
Hyatt Regency Chicago
The Fairmont Southampton
Wyndham Garden Hotel – Times Square South

Leading Provider of Hotel Deals – West
Cabo Azul Resort
Crescent San Francisco
InterContinental Montelucia Resort & Spa
Terranea Resort
Trump International Hotel Las Vegas

Outstanding Deals by a Hotel Chain or Brand
Fairmont Hotels and Resorts
Hilton Hotels
Marriott
Morgans Hotel Group
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide

Leading Provider of Hotel Deals – Canada
Cap Tremblant
Cosmopolitan Toronto Centre Hotel and Spa
Shaw Club Hotel & Spa
Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
The Westin Nova Scotian

Best Overall Provider of Vacation Package Deals to Warm Weather Destinations
Apple Vacations
CheapCaribbean.com
Down Under Answers
Friendly Planet Travel
Pleasant Holidays

Best Overall Provider of Vacation Package Deals to Asia or Europe
Friendly Planet Travel
Gate 1 Travel
go-today.com
Sceptre Tours
smarTours

Best Overall Provider of Vacation Package Deals – Canada
canadatravels.com
Sunwing Vacations
Transat Tours Canada
TravelTST.ca
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts

Most Outstanding Provider of Cruise Deals by an Agency
CruCon Cruise Outlet
CruiseDeals.com
CruiseNow.com
Cruises-N-More
Travelocity

Best Overall Provider of Cruise Deals by a Cruise Line
Carnival Cruise Lines
Celebrity Cruises
Holland America Line
Norwegian Cruise Line
Royal Caribbean International

Leading Provider of Outstanding Ground Transportation Deals
Alamo Rent A Car
Budget Rent A Car
Hertz
megabus.com
Thrifty Car Rental

Best Overall Provider of Entertainment Deals
Broadway Across America
Cirque du Soleil
Disney Theatrical Group
Feld Entertainment
Major League Baseball

Most Outstanding Achievement in Marketing of Travel Deals for a Destination
Destination DC
Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Bureau
Myrtle Beach Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
Tourism Ireland
Visit Newport Beach Inc.

Best Overall Provider of Outstanding Travel Deals
Air France
American Airlines
CheapCaribbean.com
Cirque du Soleil
CruCon Cruise Outlet
Delta Hotels and Resorts
JetBlue Airways
Sceptre Tours
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts

About Travelzoo

Travelzoo Inc. is a global Internet media company. With 21 million subscribers in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific and 23 offices worldwide, Travelzoo® publishes deals from more than 2,000 travel and entertainment companies. Travelzoo's deal experts review offers to find the best deals and confirm their true value. In Asia Pacific, Travelzoo is independently owned and operated by Travelzoo (Asia) Ltd. and Travelzoo Japan K.K. under a license agreement with Travelzoo Inc.

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