ORLANDO, Fla. Families stay connected with the two-room package deal in play this holiday season and throughout 2009 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort with more space for much less. The indoor playground of fun begins with luxurious one night’s accommodations in a resort view room with one king bed and a guaranteed connecting room with two double beds from only $269 - $524 per night through May 3, 2009*. There is still time to celebrate the spirit of the season and enjoy a stocking full of holiday activities beginning December 20^th to include Santa Claus, Christmas carolers, karaoke and ornament crafts, along with festive Christmas and New Year’s specials in many of the resort’s restaurants.

NEW YORK NIIT Technologies Ltd, the global IT services provider headquartered in New Delhi, announced 3 senior appointments to its Insurance and Travel management teams. These new roles will further spearhead NIIT’s revenue growth in key vertical practices and enhance client service delivery.

TEMPE, Ariz. US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE: LCC) today reported November and year-to-date 2008 traffic results. Mainline revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for the month were 4.3 billion, down 6.9 percent from November 2007. Capacity was 5.5 billion available seat miles (ASMs), down 6.1 percent versus November 2007. Passenger load factor for the month of November was 77.7 percent, down 0.7 points versus November 2007.

RALEIGH, N.C. Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Scania, the leading Swedish manufacturer of heavy trucks and buses, has expanded its use of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform with integrated server and storage virtualization capabilities. The company utilizes the Red Hat Enterprise Linux platform for its critical systems, including specific infrastructure services, databases, applications and high-performance computing (HPC) servers to leverage the solution’s compelling benefits, including cost savings, stability, flexibility and ease of management.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. East West Partners Club Management (EWPCM), a division of East West Partners (EWP), a national real estate development and management company, announce a new division. East West Partners Club and Lodging Management will focus on lodging and hospitality management.

BALTIMORE Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School (Pty Ltd), owners of Blue Mountains Hotel School and the Australian International Hotel School, has joined the Laureate International Universities network. Laureate now has the most extensive network of international hospitality schools in the world.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Gaylord Entertainment Co. (NYSE: GET) today reported its operating results for October 2008 and preliminary revenue results for November. During this two month reporting period the Company’s hotels experienced group attendance below prior year volumes while transient volumes were higher than the prior year.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Gaylord Entertainment Company (“Gaylord” or the “Company”) announced today that, after careful deliberation, the Company’s Board of Directors has rejected a set of proposals made by TRT Holdings, Inc. (“TRT”), owner of Omni Hotels, to increase through open market purchases TRT’s ownership stake in Gaylord to up to 30 percent of the outstanding common stock and replace three current members of the Company’s Board of Directors with TRT’s designees.

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. The under pressure economy has made many Californians wary of travel this Holiday Season, but dropping gas prices could cause them to reconsider in time for Christmas. The good news is that hotels, restaurants and attractions in Monterey County are rolling out the red carpets to welcome them.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Pinnacle Airlines Corp. airline holding company for Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. and Colgan Air, Inc., announces that Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. has led the U.S. mainland carriers in on-time percentage for four out of the last five months and in July, led ALL the U.S. carriers in on-time arrivals. Recognized as a leading regional airline, Pinnacle continuously ranks in the top three for on-time arrivals and has been number one for 24 of the past 34 months. The most recent month statistics show Pinnacle with an on-time arrival percentage of 90.6%.

There aren't many Zagat-rated eateries around the Banzai Pipeline, but you can grab a burger at Barack Obama's favorite North Shore shack or scorch your mouth at a graffiti-slathered shrimp truck.

Waimea Bay: The classic winter big-wave spot on the North Shore of Oahu.

PUERTO VALLARTA, Jalisco, Mexico Mexico-based real estate development company Mexico Alive® presents the first ever Broker University® in Puerto Vallarta on January 15-17. The three day event will teach real estate brokers living outside of Mexico how to sell Mexico Alive real estate and earn commissions.

GAITHERSBURG, Md. The Holiday Inn Gaithersburg will celebrate the completion of its extensive, environmentally-based renovation with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, December 12, 2008 starting at 11:30 a.m. Members of the U.S. Marine Corps will also attend the ceremony and receive the toys collected by hotel staff and guests for donation to the annual Toys for Tots campaign.

MARCO ISLAND, Fla. Premier Real Estate Auctions, Inc. has signed an agreement with a Florida lender to hold a public auction on Dec. 2^nd, 2008. The featured property was originally engineered to be a residential condominium project and consists of five parcels on the east side of Gulf Blvd (Zoned ROR) and five parcels on the west side of Gulf Blvd (Zoned RFM) in the town of Indian Shores, Pinellas County, Florida.

ATLANTA Hilton HHonors and Delta Air Lines have announced the launch of one of their most rewarding promotions. The new offer allows Hilton HHonors and Delta SkyMiles members to Double Dip® to earn HHonors points plus SkyMiles and earn six times the number of miles typically awarded.

CAMBRIDGE, England Booking.com, Europe’s largest and fastest growing online hotel reservation service, announced today the opening of new offices in Sydney, Moscow and Orlando. The openings raise the number of Booking.com worldwide offices to 24. Sydney is Booking.com’s second office in the Asia/Pacific region, while Moscow is the company’s second office in Eastern Europe. Booking.com now has three offices in the U.S.

NEW YORK To help companies recession-proof their travel programs and identify further opportunity for cost savings, American Express Business Travel has announced that it will begin offering a complimentary travel program assessment to companies of all sizes in each region around the world beginning today. Previously only available to existing American Express clients, the assessment will use a proprietary solution to analyze key performance indicators such as online booking adoption, nonrefundable ticket usage and compliance to preferred vendors and travel policies. In 2007, American Express used the same proprietary methodology to deliver more than $1 billion in travel savings for its North American clients.

SAN FRANCISCO AirBedandBreakfast.com today announced their Inauguration Housing Guide, an economical solution to the Washington, DC housing shortage for people attending President-Elect Obama's Inauguration. Over 200 DC residents have already listed their available spaces.

NORTHBROOK, Ill. The most important gift actress Vanessa Williams plans to give her teenage son Devin this holiday season isn’t the latest cell phone, a laptop or the hottest new video game. And his big present to her isn’t a beautiful pair of earrings.