CheapOair Wins Three Travel Weekly Magellan Awards

NEW YORK, September 17, 2013

CheapOair, a leading online travel agency, was recognized for its high standard of excellence within the travel industry. The company received three Magellan Awards in the Online Travel Services category for marketing, honored alongside top travel organizations and professionals worldwide.

“We are honored to receive these awards,” said Sam Jain, CEO at CheapOair. “Our goal has been to raise awareness of CheapOair and the products and services we offer our customers. We are proud to be recognized for the work we put into helping them book affordable travel.”

CheapOair’s Travel the World for Less campaign was selected as a Gold Magellan Award winner in the Print Advertising category. The campaign reinforced CheapOair’s brand promise to deliver quality and value supporting traveler’s needs and wants, with fun and quirky taglines.

A Silver Magellan Award in the Website category recognized CheapOair’s responsive website. The new, customer-friendly design, launched earlier in the year, uses flexible images and fluid grids that size correctly to fit the screen size for all desktop and mobile browsers, creating a seamless user experience for customers to book when they want, where they want.

CheapOair also received a Silver Magellan Award in the Promotional Video category for an animated advertisement for its mobile app. The video demonstrates how travel has evolved, and the role CheapOair has played in that evolution by making travel easier and hassle-free for customers looking to book travel, even to exotic destinations worldwide, on a budget.

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CheapOair and Palm Springs Tourism Board Launch Marketing Partnership with SpaWeek.com

NEW YORK, September 16, 2013

Leading online travel agency CheapOair has partnered with the Palm Springs Tourism Board, the destination sponsor of Spa Week 2013, to promote spa getaways this fall. The promotion on SpaWeek.com launches today and runs through Oct. 31, 2013, inviting participants to experience the ultimate spa oasis by entering to win one of three trips to Palm Springs, Calif. with airfare provided by CheapOair, the exclusive OTA partner for this marketing initiative.

Three winners will get the chance to win three days of spa bliss at one of the following hotel properties, with CheapOair providing each of the winners a $300 voucher for airfare, valid for travel between Sept. 16, 2013 and Sept. 16, 2014. Terms and conditions apply.

  • Hilton Palm Springs — Two night stay and two spa services at The Elements Spa
  • The Saguaro Palm Springs — Two night stay and two massages at The Saguaro Spa
  • The Ace Hotel & Swim Club — Two night stay and two spa services at The Feel Good Spa

“CheapOair is proud to support the Palm Springs Tourism Board’s effort to promote the area’s renowned hotels,” said Richard Mastriani, social media manager at CheapOair. “We have a proven track record using social to inspire travelers and drive bookings to destinations worldwide, and we look forward to achieving that success through this partnership with Palm Springs and Spa Week.”

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CheapOair Data Reveals Growth in Bookings to Exotic Destinations Worldwide

NEW YORK, September 10, 2013

Leading online travel agency CheapOair has released data illustrating a year over year increase in travel to exotic destinations worldwide, along with a decrease in roundtrip airfare to those same destinations. Comparing the first two quarters of 2012 with the first two quarters of 2013, data suggests customers are booking trips to countries that, until now, have not always been perceived as popular vacation destinations.

Destinations with the greatest increase in bookings and the greatest decrease in roundtrip airfare include Tanzania, Turkey, Malaysia, Vietnam and Ecuador. Travel to each of these destinations has increased by at least 35 percent with bookings to Tanzania nearly doubling year over year. Airfare prices to Ecuador decreased the most by 17 percent followed by Turkey at 10 percent, the latter of which also had one of the largest increases in bookings.

Destination / YoY Booking Increase in % / YoY Price Change in %

Destination YoY Booking Increase in % YoY Price Change in %
Tanzania 49% -6%
Turkey 44% -10%
Malaysia 44% -6%
Vietnam 40% -1%
Ecuador 38% -17%

“People often think that international destinations are out of reach,” said Chris Cuddy, Chief Commercial Officer at CheapOair, after noting the year over year decrease in the price of roundtrip airfare to these unique destinations. “By comparing flight deals on CheapOair, customers can utilize savings to enhance their trips in other ways.”

CheapOair’s travel specialists suggest customers not only take advantage of airfare deals to exotic destinations but also maximize the time they spend there. For example, visitors to Ecuador can travel to the Galapagos Islands, world renowned for their unique wildlife. Similarly, those who travel to Tanzania in Africa can explore the Serengeti, or spend a few days on the beaches in Zanzibar.

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