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SOURCE: Automobile Club of Southern California LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwire – December 8, 2010) – Seventy Southern California hotels and 34 restaurants have earned the 2011 AAA Four Diamond Award, the Automobile Club of Southern California announced today. Seven locations appear for the first time on the 2011 list including Lake Arrowhead Resort & Spa, Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, La Valencia Hotel, as well as Cut, and Donovan’s Steak & Chop House restaurants. Patina received its 20 th consecutive AAA Four Diamond Award rating. The coveted rating plaque featuring a design of four raised simulated diamonds and the AAA Four Diamond Award logo are presented to hotel and restaurant general managers and executive chefs to recognize the award-winning properties, which rank among the top 3.4 percent of more than 2,600 Southern California hotels, motels, and restaurants inspected by the Auto Club, the nation’s largest AAA affiliate.

SOURCE: Pinnacle Airlines MEMPHIS, TN–(Marketwire – December 7, 2010) – Pinnacle Airlines Corp. ( NASDAQ : PNCL ) today released capacity and operational results for its Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. subsidiary for November 2010.

SOURCE: Pinnacle Airlines MEMPHIS, TN–(Marketwire – December 7, 2010) – Pinnacle Airlines Corp. ( NASDAQ : PNCL ) today released capacity and operational results for its Colgan Air, Inc

SOURCE: Pinnacle Airlines MEMPHIS, TN–(Marketwire – December 7, 2010) – Pinnacle Airlines Corp. ( NASDAQ : PNCL ) today released capacity and operational results for its Mesaba Aviation, Inc. subsidiary for November 2010.

SOURCE: LRP Publications Annual Conference Provides Legal and Strategic Solutions for Hospitality Professionals; Register by Feb. 18 to Save $400.00 HORSHAM, PA–(Marketwire – December 7, 2010) – “Public policy changes, particularly in the areas of healthcare and immigration, have companies pushing the reset button on their policies and processes,” said JoAnne Kruse, founder of HCpartners and the new program chair of the 5th Annual HR in Hospitality Conference & Expo . But don’t hit that reset button before attending this conference April 4-6, 2011, at Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C

SOURCE: ParkSleepFly.com Eases Big-Three Holiday Headaches: Waistline, Wallet, and Stress SUFFIELD, CT–(Marketwire – December 7, 2010) – Pressures to overeat and overspend during the holidays drive most people to worry about how they can manage their weight, budgets, and stress and maintain their healthy habits while they travel. Jack Lambert, managing partner of ParkSleepFly.com, Inc

SOURCE: Liquidus Marketing First Travel Advertiser to Leverage Telescoping Technology CHICAGO, IL–(Marketwire – December 7, 2010) – Comcast Spotlight and Liquidus, the only company that can create and deliver dynamic video advertisements across web, Rich Media, mobile and cable video on-demand, today announced that Hotels.com® has signed an agreement to “Hotel Deals on Demand,” a video-on-demand advertising program distributed through the Comcast network and produced by Liquidus’ video on demand (VOD) technology. The deal is the first of its kind to leverage telescoping technology that enables consumers to view a traditional television commercial and then click their remote to take them directly into rich on-demand content to learn more about travel destination deals.  The Hotel Deals On Demand program was trialed for six months over the Spring and Summer with great success. While traditional commercials are suffering due to the increased use of DVRs and other technologies that enable viewers to skip commercials, Hotels.com found that viewers spent more time engaged with their ads on demand than ever before.

TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Dec. 7, 2010) – GuestLogix Inc. (TSX:GXI), the world’s leading provider of onboard retail solutions to the airline and the passenger travel industry, today unveiled its new onboard retail technology platform at CARTES & IDentification in Paris

SOURCE: IAE International Aero Engines AG HANOI, VIETNAM–(Marketwire – December 6, 2010) – International Aero Engines announced today that it has signed an agreement with Vietnam Aircraft Leasing Company (VALC) to provide 20 V2533-A5 engines to power 10 Airbus A321-200 aircraft, on order.  The contract, valued at more than US $184 million with deliveries being made in 2012 and 2013, was previously announced during the Farnborough Airshow in July 2010. The signing ceremony took place at the Hilton Hanoi Opera Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam today.  The aircraft will be operated by Vietnam Airlines, who have been a customer of IAE, and used on major domestic routes between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, and on regional routes serving Hong Kong, Taipei, Bangkok and Singapore. IAE Executive Vice President Customer Business Jim Guiliano said: “We are proud to be the first major engine manufacturer selected by VALC; the very first aircraft leasing company in Vietnam.

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