MORRISTOWN, N.J., Sept. 27, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Crystal International Travel Group (OTCBB:CINT) announced today that it has recently entered into a travel fulfillment agreement with Jim Flynn's Best Weekends. Under the agreement The Travel House, Crystal's travel fulfillment subsidiary, will be the sole provider for all travel services offered to Jim Flynn's customers through his website, www.bestweekends.com .
Jim Flynn's Best Weekends is a lifestyle travel site where weekend vacationers can gather "unbiased recommendations for the perfect getaway." The site provides information gathered over two years of Jim Flynn and his staff personally traveling, staying at and dining throughout places like Nantucket, Boston, Charleston, Key West, Savannah, Stowe, the Hamptons and more. The site provides members in-depth information on where to go, what to do and getting around some of the country's best weekend getaways.
According to Rae Hanneman, Executive Vice President of Crystal responsible for The Travel House operations: "We will now be providing, on an exclusive basis, everything from air, hotel, dinner reservations, event and outing planning, car transportation, and even tee times for Jim's customers. As a travel agent focused on adding the human element to the online travel world, this is the perfect match ... people go to the Web to discover an ideal weekend, and then call us to deliver on what they have chosen. We fulfilled our first package within moments of signing the agreement, and look forward to a great working relationship with a brand so akin to ours," Hanneman explained.
Jim Flynn, founder of Jim Flynn's Best Weekends said, "The Travel House is the perfect travel provider for us, since they are the high watermark in personal service for travel, and we are at the apex of the knowledge game when it comes to helping people to decide where to go and what to do when they arrive at their destination."
Crystal will be disclosing volume and margin statistics resulting from the agreement to its stockholders and investors as they become available.
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