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SOURCE: NAVIGON Provides Premium, All Inclusive Experience With On-Board Map Material, Industry First Reality Scanner and Traffic Live HAMBURG, GERMANY–(Marketwire – October 27, 2010) –  NAVIGON AG, a leading provider of mobile on-board navigation, today announced the release of the US version of its award winning MobileNavigator for the Android platform. The first on-board navigation app of a major navigation company to launch on the Android platform, MobileNavigator brings premium navigation to the growing Android user base. Among many signature functions, the app includes the industry-first feature Reality Scanner that identifies points of interest by showing them in a live camera view

SOURCE: Avis Rent A Car System, LLC PARSIPPANY, N.J.–(Marketwire – October 26, 2010) –  Beginning Thursday, customers who rent two times can receive a rental reward day with the launch of Avis Rent A Car’s new “Free to Get Away” promotion. “Avis has a long tradition of rewarding its customers,” said Becky Alseth, senior vice president of marketing for Avis Budget Group, the parent company of Avis

SOURCE: City of Laguna Beach LAGUNA BEACH, CA–(Marketwire – October 26, 2010) –  On Saturday, November 6, 2010 the monthly Artist Open Studios will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This self-guided tour is free and is a rare opportunity to peer into the creative spaces of 24 of Laguna’s painters, sculptors, photographers, ceramicists, printmakers, glass, fiber, and jewelry artists

SOURCE: Budget Rent A Car PARSIPPANY, N.J.–(Marketwire – October 26, 2010) –  Budget Rent A Car today announced that it has signed on as a national sponsor and the official rental car company of the Wounded Warrior Project ® (WWP), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to honor and empower wounded warriors.

SOURCE: TEAM Coalition Major League Baseball’s Designated Drivers Earn Ultimate Reward With Tickets to the World Series ALEXANDRIA, VA–(Marketwire – October 25, 2010) – As the San Francisco Giants and Texas Rangers prepare for the 2010 World Series ® , one fan from each Club, and a guest, are in for a night of a lifetime as they cheer on their home teams at Game One and Game Three of the World Series. Catherine Acosta and Vicki Boggs were selected as the grand prize winners of the “Responsibility Has Its Rewards” sweepstakes. Acosta, a Giants fan from Daly City, California, will attend Game One at AT&T Park and Boggs, a Rangers fan from Waxahachie, Texas, will attend Game Three at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. They were randomly chosen from among the more than 400,000 fans who pledged to be designated drivers, ensuring a safe ride home for their friends and family.  “Fan safety in the ballpark has always been a top priority for Major League Baseball,” said Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig. “We are proud that our fans have taken an active role in supporting efforts to emphasize safety to and from the ballpark.” For the seventh consecutive season, Major League Baseball (MLB), Techniques for Effective Alcohol Management (TEAM) Coalition, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and brewers have joined together to make more fans aware of the League’s designated-driver programs, including the Budweiser Good Sport partnership with the Giants and the Rangers. The designated driver-programs and the Responsibility Has Its Rewards sweepstakes promote traffic safety by encouraging responsible drinking and positive fan behavior. “Tying the ‘Responsibility Has Its Rewards’ sweepstakes to our season-long Good Sport program makes for a winning combination,” said Kathy Casso, vice president of Corporate Social Responsibility for Anheuser-Busch. “We’re pleased to work with the Giants and the Rangers, TEAM and the other program partners to recognize fans who look out for each other and make a designated driver part of their game plan. When it comes to preventing drunk driving, we’re all part of the team.” As the Giants and Rangers Designated Drivers for the Season, each sweepstakes winners will receive two tickets to a World Series Game, be recognized on the video scoreboards and meet MLB and Club officials

TORONTO, ONTARIO– (Marketwire – Oct. 25, 2010) – FlightNetwork.com , one of Canada’s highest volume online travel sales sites (second only to Expedia in Canada) today announced that they have launched a flight search tab on their Facebook page to allow fans direct access to search and book thousands of flights. To date, FlightNetwork.com has been utilizing their Facebook page to reach thousands of Canadians with offers, top deals and flight information.

SOURCE: InterPark InterPark Continues to Promote Sustainable Driving and Awareness in Chicago by Showcasing Its Sweepstakes’ Grand Prize — a Tesla Roadster — Across Downtown Locations CHICAGO, IL–(Marketwire – October 25, 2010) – This week, InterPark’s ‘ Green Sweepstakes ‘ enters its last week before a host of prizes are announced and then awarded. The sweepstakes offers environmentally friendly prizes that help Chicagoans continue their dedication to eco-friendly parking. “It’s hard to believe that the contest is almost over,” said Marshall Peck, InterPark’s President

SOURCE: DeFi Global, Inc. SAN ANTONIO, TX–(Marketwire – October 21, 2010) –  This fall SeaWorld San Antonio put the park in the pockets of guests with the release of a new SeaWorld iPhone Application, the first app to offer GPS guided directions inside a theme park. “We knew this was something our guests were looking for, and none of our parks had an official app.

KING CITY, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Oct. 21, 2010) – ClubLink (TSX:CLK) announced today that it has acquired Heron Bay Golf Club in Coral Springs, Florida, 30 minutes from downtown Fort Lauderdale, for approximately US$3 million from HB Partners I, LLC. Heron Bay is ClubLink’s sixth 18-hole equivalent championship golf course in the Florida Region

SOURCE: TransWorld Exhibits Tour Slated for Nov. 12 & 13, Includes Five Kansas City Haunts Plus an Array of Networking Events, Seminars, Parties & More NORTHFIELD, IL–(Marketwire – October 21, 2010) –  Announcing the first annual “A Legendary Haunt Tour” scheduled to take place November 12 th and 13 th in Kansas City, MO. The tour, designed for haunt enthusiasts and industry professionals, includes admission to the region’s most highly renowned haunted attractions: The Beast, The Edge of Hell, The Chambers of Edgar Allan Poe, Macabre Cinema and Kansas City’s Ghosts & Gangsters tour. Additionally, tour participants will be admitted to an array of haunt industry events occurring in conjunction with the two-day extravaganza. Event producers TransWorld Exhibits, Netherworld Haunted House & Full Moon Productions, all leaders in the haunt industry, created “A Legendary Haunt Tour” to serve as a post-Halloween gathering that lets haunters and industry professionals take part in haunt activities without interfering with seasonal obligations. The weekend features: Access to all four haunts and the Ghosts and Gangsters Tour Admittance to seminars, panel discussions and special themed haunt learning tracks Entrance to Friday Night’s Pre-Party (sponsored by Bloody Mary and Westland Insurance) and the Friday Night After Party at The Beast in the Werewolf Forest Entrance to the Saturday Night Pre-Party (sponsored by Froggy’s Fog) and Saturday Night’s After Party at Macabre Cinema A chance to meet celebrities Tom Savini, John Zaffis, Patrick Burns and others Entertainment from aerial artists, Zombie roller derby girls, live actors, the latest special effects, animatronics and other great surprises Bus transportation for all events, parties and haunt tours Access to a massive auction of haunted house items featuring props and supplies from the former Catacombs, Baxter Street Morgue and Full Moon Productions Special discounted rates on hotel accommodations Details regarding topics for the full tour agenda, seminars, panel discussions, learning tracks, celebrities and parties are available online at www.legendaryhaunttour.com