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  The Travel Industry Comes Together for 
Annual Meeting to Discuss E-Commerce
July 12, 2000 - The Sheraton Buckhead, Atlanta is the setting for the second annual �E-commerce for Travel USA� conference and exhibition to be held on September 11-12 this year (www.eyefortravel.com). Hundreds of attendees are expected to congregate to hear from over 70 top-class speakers, representing America�s biggest agencies and travel suppliers such as, United Airlines, American Express, Bass Hotels and Resorts, Delta Air Lines, Uniglobe, British Airways, Starwood Hotels, TNT Vacations, GO.com (Disney�s Internet company), ANC rental, Continental, Lonely Planet, Flightserv.

The plethora of online marketplaces and auctions within the travel industry will be represented through this unique meeting place which brings together over 12 of those leading the online revolution to answer questions from the conference attendees. Companies participating include Expedia, Travelocity.com, GORP.com, TRIP.COM, LastminuteTravel.com, ByeByeNow.com, hsupply.com, Despegar.com, Lowestfare.com, Bid4vacations.com, Vacation.com, Away.com, Priceline.com, and ORBITZ.

�Anybody who sells the travel product online, be it suppliers looking to sell direct, the GDS companies or online travel exchanges, will be in Atlanta for this event. It will certainly be the place where the future direction of the travel industry is defined!� says Paloma Cid the director of the conference ([email protected]

The �E-commerce for Travel USA East 2000� event is part of a worldwide series that began with a conference in Amsterdam in 1997. After the Atlanta conference the series moves onto Singapore, San Diego, Amsterdam and Rio de Janeiro for conferences this winter and next spring. 

About First Conferences and Eyefortravel.com: 

First Conferences creates and produces cutting-edge Internet and e-commerce conferences around the world. Eyefortravel.com is wholly owned by First Conferences and provides a powerful online resource for the travel industry which offers daily e-commerce travel industry news, a weekly email newsletter and complete multimedia past conference proceedings.

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Contact:
Paloma Cid
Conference Director
Eyefortravel
Email: [email protected] 
Phone:  Toll free 1800 814 3459 
(outside USA +44 20 737171)
Fax: Toll free 1800 814 3460 
(outside USA +44 20 73757511)
website: www.eyefortravel.com


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