Tourism

SOURCE: Tickets.com The Agreement Includes the Advanced ProVenue ® Platform, ProVenueMobile TM , Tickets@Phone ® and Uptix ® Stored Value Technologies COSTA MESA, CA–(Marketwire – August 17, 2010) – Tickets.com — a leading global provider of integrated, high-performance ticketing solutions — adds National League Major League Baseball team the Florida Marlins ® to its client line-up with a long-term ticketing agreement anchored on ProVenue ® , the industry’s most advanced ticketing platform. Among other technologies, the portfolio of features and services to be delivered to the Marlins includes ProVenueMobile, Tickets@Phone and Uptix stored value ticketing.

SOURCE: House of Air Fun Takes Flight as New Presidio Destination Offers an Exciting, Entertaining and Unprecedented Athletic Experience SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwire – August 17, 2010) – Action sports enthusiasts Paul McGeehan and Dave Schaeffer are ecstatic to announce the opening of their revolutionary indoor trampoline park, House of Air, to “Flyers” far and wide. Appropriately located in San Francisco in a historic airplane hanger, House of Air takes the building’s original use for flight quite literally, offering an unparalleled recreational opportunity for sports enthusiasts. Please note: these are not your typical backyard trampolines. House of Air offers a cutting edge array of trampoline structures and programs for walk-in guests, organized children’s and adult classes, “Air Conditioning” fitness programs, birthday parties and corporate events. The flightless can now fly through activities like open trampoline jump time, aerial trampoline training and trampoline dodgeball and basketball. Opening is scheduled for September 15, 2010. “The trampoline park concept is a revolutionary new action sports destination that is quickly gaining national popularity, and we are thrilled to be the first to bring it to San Francisco,” said Schaeffer.

TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – 17 août 2010) – La Place de l’Ontario va fêter ses 40 ans l’année prochaine. Pour célébrer cet événement marquant, les Ontariennes et les Ontariens sont invités à faire un retour en arrière et à formuler des suggestions quant à l’avenir du parc. À compter d’aujourd’hui et jusqu’à la fête du Travail, le 6 septembre, les personnes venues visiter la Place de l’Ontario pourront revivre la magie qui avait entouré l’ouverture du parc, au pavillon Ma Place de l’Ontario.

TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Aug. 17, 2010) – With its milestone 40 th birthday coming up next year, Ontario Place wants all Ontarians to get ready to celebrate by sharing their ideas for the future of the park and taking a trip down memory lane. Beginning today and continuing through Labour Day, September 6, visitors to Ontario Place can recapture the magic of the park’s opening at the My Ontario Place Pavilion.

SOURCE: Projects Abroad ‘Tis the Season for Giving Across the Globe With Projects Abroad Programs in 26 Destinations NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – August 16, 2010) – Swapping pumpkins for banana leaves, roasted turkey for dorowat and cookie-baking for a game of Gena Chewata are just a few of the ways Projects Abroad volunteers have spent the holiday season across the world.

TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – 13 août 2010) – Le Conseil d’administration du Parc Downsview Park Inc.

KITCHENER, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Aug. 13, 2010) – On April 15, 1912, Titanic, the world’s largest ship, sank after colliding with an iceberg. This fall, 98 years later, The Museum in downtown Kitchener will pay tribute to the tragedy which continues to resonate in Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition. The exhibition will showcase more than 150 legendary artifacts recovered from the Ship’s debris field offering visitors an expressive look at this iconic Ship and the stories of its passengers .

SOURCE: Nevada Commission on Tourism CARSON CITY, NV–(Marketwire – August 13, 2010) – The Nevada Commission on Tourism (NCOT) is expanding its promotion in the lucrative Chinese travel market to Shanghai, while cutting office operating costs countrywide 50 percent, Lt. Gov

TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Aug. 13, 2010) – Parc Downsview Park Inc.’s (PDP) Board of Directors today announced that it has named William (Bill) Bryck as its new President and CEO

SOURCE: TicketNetwork.com VERNON, CT–(Marketwire – August 13, 2010) –  Rock band The Eagles are among the Top 10 concert sellers on the TicketNetwork exchange for the first half of August. Fans will also be pleased to find that the overall average price for The Eagles tickets has dropped as compared to the group’s 2009 tour. According to TicketNetwork data at the time of this release*: The current average price for Eagles concert tickets is $217.