SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - June 3, 2010) - While the economy is giving some industries the boot these days, the travel and tourism industry is getting a boost from savvy multimedia companies that have figured out how to integrate a variety of media platforms and deliver that message to consumers with ease and panache.
Most recently, the launch of an NBC TV's Great Getaways segment about Fiji that aired across the country and plays online at Tours.com, resulted in the introduction of highly attractive travel packages via Travelscene.com to complement the broadcast and Internet segments.
Similarly, the series has sparked a new feature on Tours.com: Travel Chat. These are 3- to 5-minute in-depth interviews conducted by Tours.com CEO Maria Polk with Dave Mulligan and other key travel personalities, as well as noteworthy and knowledgeable travel executives, to shed light on travel to the destination at hand -- whether Fiji, Mexico or wherever Great Getaways' host Dave Mulligan has dropped anchor -- for behind the scenes highlights and beyond the gates grit.
With the latest show, NBC Great Getaways to Fiji comes with a complementary round of travel packages created by Travelscene.com bringing five options to the Fiji-bound tourist. Packages range from $1,399 to $2,949 per person double, including air, for five- to seven-night stays in the land of "Bula!" They include a choice of resort options to consider -- several featured by Mulligan in the Great Getaways segment: Sonaisali Island Resort, Tokoriki Island Resort, a week that includes three nights with Captain Cook Cruises, seven nights with Koro Sun Resort, or a week split between Jean-Michel Cousteau Fiji Islands Resort and Outrigger on the Lagoon.
"We want to show not only what a destination can offer and what fun folks can have when they travel to these places, but also how to get there easily, quickly, and affordably," says Dave Mulligan, host of NBC Great Getaways. "Travel is not about watching; it's about experiencing and that is what we present through NBC, through Tours.com and through the travel packages we recommend to make it all possible."
Great Getaways Fiji Packages by Travelscene.com can be found at www.travelscene.com/fiji or (866) 409-4334.
NBC Great Getaways and Tours.com have a number of new segments in the pipeline that will be airing on local NBC channels around the US as well as on the Tours.com website. They include immersions into the wild world of the South African veld, colorful jaunts through Mexico, pub-crawls through Ireland, dusty outback safaris in Australia and more. Stay tuned. Visit www.tours.com and www.nbcgreatgetaways.com
About Tours.com -- Tours.com was founded in 1995 by three veterans of the travel publishing industry as the Web's first online directory of tours & vacations. Since then, the site has expanded to include tens of thousands of other travel providers and travel resources and will be introducing a tour booking benefit later this year that will allow consumers to create their dream trips online at Tours.com.
Contact Information:
Contact:
Maria Polk
President & CEO
http://Tours.com
Phone: 415-332-7916
Maria@Tours.com
