ShopAtoZ.TV Debuts TravelAtoZ.TV

ShopAtoZ.TV Debuts TravelAtoZ.TV New Show and Web Segments Will Help Match Travelers with Affordable Vacations

Phoenix, Arizona (PRWEB) June 21, 2009 -- Vacation? Staycation? Call it what you want, but now more than ever, people are hungry for a little break from their lives. Until now, tighter budgets have meant the sacrifice of rejuvenating vacations for many, but with the launch of its new TravelAtoZ.TV segment, the producers of ShopAtoZ.TV are putting relaxation back in the budget.

"On the one hand, we were hearing people say they couldn't afford vacations and on the other, we were hearing resorts and vacation providers saying that they were offering their best deals ever," says Melanie Michaels, president of ShopAtoZ.TV. "We decided that our show and website were the perfect medium to show our customers that they could still afford to relax. In fact, it might be the best time ever to book that dream vacation."

Michaels already had the perfect forum for bringing travelers and vacation providers together. She has been producing ShopAtoZ.TV, a local QVC-type show in Arizona since 2005. What she needed was some travel expertise, so she called up Patty Eriksson and offered her a job.

Eriksson has over 20 years experience in national sales and marketing for worldwide travel wholesalers and travel consortiums, including Your Travel Center, Travel Savers, GOGO Worldwide Vacations, Woolley Hotel Corporation, and America West Airlines, so she was a natural fit as Director of Leisure Sales and Marketing.

So what can travelers expect from TravelAtoZ.TV?

"We're teaming up with resorts and vacation providers around the world to bring the best deals available on the market today to our viewers," says Michaels. "Viewers can tune in during our regular show times, or watch streaming video of our show online anytime at www.ShopAtoZ.TV to find deals on everything from local resort staycations to international travel packages."

To further serve their clients, TravelAtoZ.TV has become a member of the Virtuoso network. A Montecito Village Travel Affiliate, Virtuoso is the industry's leading leisure travel network. This by-invitation-only organization leverages more than 6,000 elite travel advisors associated with over 300 agencies in 22 countries in North and South America, the Caribbean, Australia and New Zealand, as well as over 1,000 of the world's best travel providers and premier destinations to find or create the best in leisure packages.

"Everyone works better when they have a chance to recharge their batteries every once in a while," says Michaels. "Our goal is to show our viewers how to keep their vacations from ending up on the budget chopping block."

ShopAtoZ.TV is an on-air and online shopping show providing its viewers with shopping opportunities in a variety of categories including Travel & Leisure, Cooking & Dining, Fashion & Jewelry, Home & Garden, and Health & Beauty. The show is streamed online 24/7 and airs on Arizona's 3TV Saturdays at 11:00 a.m., Mondays at 2:30 a.m. and Fridays at 11:30 a.m. Customers can place their orders 24/7 online or through the ShopAtoZ.TV call center at 602.867.4672

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