Award for Best Hobby Software Given to Vacation Designer 2006

The award for Best Hobby or Personal Interest Software went to Vacation Designer 2006 at the annual SIAF event. Meliovation publishes this Windows software product that guides travelers to research, plan, and print the perfect trip itinerary, from desktop to web. Vacation Designer is sold using the try-before-you-buy model of software distribution and offers a free trial download.

Denver, CO (PRWEB) July 22, 2006 -- At the annual Shareware Industry Conference (SIC) held from July 12th to the 15th at the Denver Technological Center, Vacation Designer 2006 was honored with the award for Best Hobby or Personal Interest Software. The Shareware Industry Awards Foundation (SIAF) created this event to recognize outstanding software products that utilize the try-before-you-buy model of marketing. Each of the awards is voted on by members of the software industry and presented on the last night of the conference. Other nominees and winners announced at the evening banquet included Microsoft, Adobe, and WinZip, who all offer trial versions of their best selling software solutions. Today, most software sold by both small independent companies and large corporations is marketed as shareware, and offers a high quality, user friendly, and safe computing experience.

Scott Petoff, President of Meliovation and publisher of Vacation Designer, was present to receive the award. This was the second consecutive nomination and first win for Meliovation, who have produced the Vacation Designer line of software products for the past three years. The latest version was updated for 2006, and guides travelers to plan the perfect trip to destinations in North America and Europe. After building a custom day-by-day trip itinerary guided by the travel research tools, each traveler can print a detailed schedule and take it with them. The power of Vacation Designer is in the freedom to search for travel deals and make reservations at any website including Expedia, Travelocity, and Orbitz, while staying within a total trip budget.

Vacation Designer 2006 is available as a free trial download from VacationDesigner.com, and is limited to 30 days of usage. Customers can unlock the software instantly using the built-in purchasing screen or by going directly to the Meliovation Online Store using a standard web browser. The retail price is $24.95 for electronic download only, and $34.95 for a CD-ROM copy mailed to home or office. The software runs on Windows 98, ME, 2000, and XP computers and requires an Internet connection. Vacation Designer is certified to be free of viruses, adware, and spyware and offers a 30 day money back guarantee.

About Meliovation

Founded in 2002, Meliovation (TM) is on the cutting edge in the design and development of consumer-friendly trip planning software products featuring Browse and Go! (TM) Travel Technology. The company publishes the Vacation Designer (TM) line of software titles that guides travelers to research and plan the perfect trip, from desktop to Web. All brands and products referenced herein are acknowledged to be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

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