Travelzoo Top 20 Sails Past 5 Million Subscriber Mark
August 21, 2003 16:00:00 (ET)
NEW YORK, Aug 21, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Travelzoo Inc. (TVZO, Trade), the Internet's largest publisher of sales and specials available directly from hundreds of travel companies, today announced that its weekly Top 20(R) e-mail newsletter surpassed the 5 million subscriber mark earlier this month.
With 5,207,000 current subscribers, the Top 20 is one of the most widely distributed travel special newsletters in the U.S. The number of subscribers to the Top 20 has grown steadily since the newsletter's introduction in October 1999.
Each Top 20 lists the 20 travel offers which Travelzoo's producers deem to be the week's most exceptional travel values in the U.S. Offers are selected from among hundreds of submitting companies, including airlines, hotels & resorts, cruise lines, vacation packagers, and car rental companies. The Top 20 is e-mailed to subscribers weekly on Wednesdays.
"The growing popularity of the Top 20 is a testament to the quality of information found in each issue," noted Ralph Bartel, CEO of Travelzoo Inc. "Travelers today are looking for great ideas, great values, and breadth of choice, and that's what the Top 20 delivers each week," he added.
Subscription to the Top 20 is free and is available at www.travelzoo.com.
About Travelzoo
Travelzoo Inc. is the Internet's largest publisher of sales and specials available directly from hundreds of travel companies. Travelzoo's media products include the Travelzoo(R) website (www.travelzoo.com) and the Top 20(R) and Weekend.com(R) e-mail newsletters. Reaching over 5.1 million unique visitors per month (comScore Media Metrix 3/2003), Travelzoo lists sales and specials from more than 200 advertisers, including Air New Zealand, Alamo Rent A Car, American Airlines, American Express Travel, Avis Rent A Car, Carnival Cruise Lines, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Gate 1 Travel, Ian Schrager Hotels, InterContinental Hotels, JetBlue Airways, Kimpton Hotels, Liberty Travel, Lufthansa, Mark Travel, Marriott, Omni Hotels, Pleasant Holidays, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Spirit Airlines, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, The Venetian, Travelocity, United Airlines, US Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts.
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SOURCE: Travelzoo Inc.
Travelzoo Inc.
Dana Carmel, 650-943-2425 (Media)
dcarmel@travelzoo-inc.com
