NEW YORK, February 17, 2011

OneTravel is giving away three grand prize trips to Istanbul during its “Tweet Your way to Turkey” contest, which launches Monday, February 21. Three lucky winners will be awarded the grand prize trip consisting of two roundtrip tickets to Istanbul on Turkish Airlines and a five day, four night stay at the new 4-star Edition Hotel.

The “Tweet Your Way to Turkey” contest runs for three weeks until Friday, March 11. Each Friday, a winner will be selected for one of the three grand prize trips to Istanbul.

To enter the contest, simply visit the OneTravel blog (blog.onetravel.com) and tweet for the chance to win:

1. Look for the Turkey-themed blog post daily, Monday through Thursday, on the OneTravel blog
2. Click the “Send me to Turkey!” icon inside the blog post to automatically tweet the phrase “I’m Tweeting my way to Turkey thanks to @OneTravel”
3. Voila, you’re entered for that day
4. Each day, one tweet will be selected as a finalist for that Friday’s prize giveaway. A unique hash tag will be used every day, so check the blog diligently and tweet daily for more chances to win!
5. Daily finalists and weekly Friday winners will be announced on the OneTravel blog

Entrants must be followers of OneTravel on Twitter to be eligible and are limited to one tweet per day. For details on contest rules and eligibility, visit the “Tweet Your Way to Turkey” contest page.

SOURCE: OneTravel

NEW YORK, February 9, 2011

Fareportal, an online technology company that provides web-based portals and management tools for the travel industry and parent to CheapOair.com (www.cheapoair.com), a leading online travel booking site, announces today that veteran travel attorney, Ed Faberman, has joined the company as an advisory board member.

As a seasoned travel and transportation authority, Faberman brings his strong background in both areas, which will further strengthen Fareportal’s standing in the travel industry.

Currently, Faberman is a partner at Wiley Rein LLP where he represents a variety of aviation clients including low-fare airlines, startup carriers, airports, airport security companies, and more. By representing these types of parties before U.S. government organizations such as the U.S. Departments of Transportation (DOT), Justice

 (DOJ), State (DOS) and Homeland Security (DHS), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Faberman’s extent of knowledge goes far beyond the basics of aviation and travel. His focus is on expanding opportunities for carriers, airport authorities and communities.

“We could not be more pleased to have Faberman join the company as an advisory board member,” said Sam Jain, CEO and Founder of Fareportal. “He brings to Fareportal a unique combination of deep experience in both the travel and airline industry. With Ed’s experience, we can truly capitalize on the foundation that Fareportal has built.”

Faberman also sits on the board of Air Carrier Association of America and the American University Alumni Association. He also belongs to and speaks at events hosted by the American Association of Airport Executives and the Airport Council International.

SOURCE: Fareportal

NEW YORK, October 7, 2010

CheapOair is the proud recipient of three of Travel Weekly’s esteemed 2010 Magellan Awards. CheapOair was honored with a Gold Award in the Promotional Videos category and Silver Awards in the Booking Interface and TV Campaign categories. The Travel Weekly Magellan Awards recognize the best in the travel industry and salutes the outstanding travel professionals behind it.

“We are thrilled to win three prestigious awards from the experts in our industry,” said Sam Jain, CEO of CheapOair. “CheapOair will continue to expand its marketing capabilities and provide our customers with great travel deals.”

CheapOair received the highest award in the Promotional Video category for its YouTube commercial contest. In the winning commercial “Lessons: Learned,” a newlywed couple experiences the disastrous consequences of not booking their honeymoon on CheapOair.

A Silver Award in the Booking Interface category recognizes CheapOair’s quick, convenient, and reliable online booking service. Booking requires only three pages of web navigation, the shopping cart is state of the art and the site handles over twenty million hits a day.

CheapOair also received a Silver Award for its first launched television campaign, targeted to the India communities in the United States and Canada. The campaign communicated CheapOair’s Golden Guarantees: Low Airfare and Hotel Rates, over 100 Million Flight Options on 400 airlines and 100,000 Hotels Searched, 24/7 Customer Service and Toll Free Number Support.

CheapOair’s superior online booking interface and customer-interactive marketing techniques earned the company three of the most distinguished awards in the travel industry. These achievements honor the best in the travel sector and recognize the exceptional service that CheapOair offers.

SOURCE: CheapOair

NEW YORK, September 15, 2008

CheapOair.com announced today an industry-changing innovation for customers, offering a new and speedy way to compare and shop for hotels, showing up to 500 hotel results on one page and allowing all information for a particular hotel to be accessed in one page, without extra clicking.

Launching in beta at hotels.cheapoair.com, CheapOair Hotels gives customers two ways to view results: the Qwik view, a unique display that allows hundreds of hotels to be viewed, and compared at once and a standard list view. For each hotel, consumers see all details displayed in one window, including photos, price, star rating and address instead of taking the customer to new pages, adding more ease and speed.

CheapOair Hotels offers the industry’s easiest comparison shopping for hotels with more than 85,000 hotels worldwide and advanced search and sort capabilities including cities, towns, landmarks and airports for over 44,000 locations. Easy to see and change sliders and check boxes allow the customer to control price, star rating, hotel brand or distance from a chosen location using Google map technology. Many hotel listings also show discount rates using AAA, AARP and others (when available).

“We have developed the technology and managed immense amounts of inventory to allow the customer a 360 degree view of what’s available and eliminated the overwhelming feeling that comes with scrolling and too many page changes,” said Sam Jain, CEO at CheapOair. “With CheapOair Hotels, we’re bringing the best hotel shopping experience to the industry and we’re proud to be the first OTA to display and streamline up to 500 hotel results in one easy-to-view grid format.”

CheapOair is launching an online advertising campaign beginning on September 15 and running for the next six months for a total of more than three million dollars. The media buy consists of new creative and new copy to support the launch of www.hotels.cheapoair.com and will run in a variety of online channels including MSN, Yahoo!, Google, TravelZoo, BookingBuddy and other meta-search engines.

All hotels booked on CheapOair Hotels are protected by CheapOair’s hotel rate guarantee, which guarantees that all customers will pay the lowest online price for exclusive and budget hotel rates on CheapOair Hotels. Phase two enhancements slated for March ’09 for CheapOair Hotels include user reviews, dynamic packaging and a Google map that clearly pinpoints all hotel options available on one map.

SOURCE: CheapOair.com

NEW YORK, January 17, 2007

CheapOair.com today announced the integration of a three-tier fraud detection technology that issues e-ticket confirmation to customers within a fraction of a second. This upgrade is in partnership with Fareportal Inc., which also announced auto-airline paper tickets to be integrated into FedEx shipping software, making transactions seamless and more efficient while still providing a secure environment.

“CheapOair.com has successfully achieved 90 percent of auto-ticketing in the domestic sector and 60 percent in the international sector,” said Harsh Sood, chief technology officer at CheapOair.com. “This technology will now enable end-users to simply print their e-ticket from their email without waiting for a third party to issue an airline ticket on their behalf.

By integrating the auto-ticketing technology, CheapOair.com is eliminating the need for customers to call the airlines or wait on hold for a customer service representative.

Through its partnership with Fareportal Inc., CheapOair is committed to bringing solid value to its customers by leveraging the latest technology and employing cutting-edge methods for providing the most cost-effective solutions to its customers.

SOURCE: CheapOair.com