360TravelGuide.com Named as Virtual Tour Supplier for Holland America Line Inc.

360TravelGuide.com, world leader in the creation of 360 degree virtual tours for the travel & tourism industry, are delighted to announce that the world’s premium cruise line, Holland America, has boosted its online content with a large selection of virtual tours from Europe, South America, Australasia and beyond.

London, UK (PRWEB) June 5, 2006 -- 360TravelGuide.com are delighted to announce that Holland America, the world’s premium cruise line, has boosted its online content with a large selection of virtual tours from Europe, South America, Australasia and beyond.

Fran O’Connor, Online Communications Manager at Holland America, says:

“At Holland America, we recognise that today's consumer is increasingly internet savvy and we want to provide them with as much detailed and experiential information regarding their vacation choice as possible.

With this in mind, we launched our interactive Online Cinema in October 2005, featuring 360º virtual tours, video clips, photo albums, interactive maps, travelogues, and more. The Online Cinema is proving extremely popular and there is clear demand for further interactive content, particularly covering ports of call and land-based excursions.

360TravelGuide.com specialize in licensing 360º virtual tours from its worldwide database of images, and they had exactly what we were looking for. They offered us a wide selection of high quality images to choose from, covering our cruises in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Far East and South America. The images also came with original descriptive text and they worked with us closely to ensure seamless hosted integration into our website.

I would not hesitate to recommend 360TravelGuide.com's services to any company looking for a friendly, flexible and professional virtual tour content provider with top quality worldwide coverage.”

Paul Baderman, Marketing Director at 360TravelGuide.com, adds:

“We currently have a vast library of resort & city virtual tours covering thousands of popular tourist destinations and attractions from around the world. This deal with Holland America further cements 360TravelGuide.com’s position of being the world leader in providing the very highest quality, web-friendly virtual tours.

Customers are crying out for more in-depth imagery and, with 360TravelGuide.com’s virtual tours, website visitors can now see a truly informative and honest picture of the destination they want to book. We use the industry leading patented iPIX technology to create our tours which, alongside our team of photographers and digital artists, allows us to continually achieve the highest quality product for our customers.

Continually innovating, 360TravelGuide.com now also provides virtual tours in a fully self-contained package which incorporates interactive maps and unique text descriptions. These 360RESORTpacks and 360CITYpacks are already proving incredibly popular with both new and existing customers.”

About 360TravelGuide.com

360TravelGuide.com is the world's leading virtual tour content provider with a library including over 30,000 virtual tours from destinations around the globe. Founded in 2000, 360TravelGuide.com is headquartered in London, UK. 360TravelGuide.com's content is proven to attract more website visitors and increase booking ratios. Thomson, DG&G, Cadogan Holidays, Virgin, Sunsail & BBC Holiday are among the major industry players who have already taken advantage of 360TravelGuide.com's content.

About Holland America

With more than 130 years of experience, Holland America Line is recognized as the undisputed leader in the cruise industry's premium segment. With the introduction of the 1,918-passenger ms Noordam in early 2006, Holland America Line's fleet grows to 13 ships, offering nearly 500 cruises from more than 25 home ports. Itineraries range from 2 to 108 days and visit all 7 continents, including new Australia/New Zealand and Asia sailings, a world cruise and popular sailings to several ports in the Caribbean, Alaska, Mexico and Europe.

For further information please visit www.360TravelGuide.com, or see us on Stand 63 at the Travel Distribution Summit Europe at the Business Design Centre in London from 5 June to 6 June 2006. (See www.eyefortravel.com/tds2006 for directions and exhibition information).

Alternatively, please contact Paul Baderman at 360TravelGuide.com on:

Tel: +44 (0)20 8429 8285

Submitted by: Paul Baderman

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