Start spreading the news – New York City is,
hands-down, the most popular destination for the upcoming Labor Day
weekend (August 30 – September 1, 2008). New
York City neighborhoods and surrounding areas took a whopping 11 of 50
spots on priceline.com’s (Nasdaq: PCLN) annual
list of top destinations for upcoming long weekend.
To compile its 6th annual list of the Top 50
Labor Day travel destinations, priceline.com looked at a sampling of
hotel room booking requests made by priceline.com customers for the
Labor Day weekend. Because the survey is based on actual booking
requests, and not on consumer preference polls or votes, priceline.com
believes its annual survey is one of the more accurate predictors of
Labor Day travel trends.
Priceline.com also said it still has plenty of last-minute airline
tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, vacation packages, tours and
attractions, and cruises available for Labor Day getaways. Visit www.priceline.com
for full details. Customers who book their fall vacations by September
12 and complete their trips by November 16, 2008, can still take
advantage of priceline.com’s Sunshine
Guaranteed Vacation Packages promotion. Customers who book a qualifying
package will receive a refund of their airfare, hotel, rental car and
more if it rains more than 0.50 inches per day on half or more of the
days of their vacation. See http://www.priceline.com/promo/sunshine_guarantee.asp
for more details.
New York’s Times Square/Theater District is
the #1 destination for the Labor Day weekend, with the city’s
Chelsea area coming in at #2. Chicago’s
Millennium Park and North Michigan Avenue neighborhoods, which took the
top 2 spots for Labor Day 2007, come in at #7 and #9 respectively this
year.
Big cities across the country are popular destinations for this Labor
Day. Downtown neighborhoods, brimming with restaurants, theater,
concerts and back-to-school shopping, took 11 of the 50 spots on the
list. With exception of Canada, there are no international destinations
on this year’s list, perhaps reflecting the
current strength of the euro versus the dollar, or the relative
shortness of the holiday.
There also are some surprises on this year’s
list. Beach attendance is lighter than expected for the second year in a
row. And Orlando, a perennial fixture on priceline.com’s
Top 50 lists, is absent this Labor Day. Both results could be driven by
recent storm activity in Florida and the Caribbean.
Priceline’s Top 50 Destinations for Labor
Day 2008
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Rank
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Neighborhood
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1
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NYC, Times Square/Theater District
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2
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NYC, Chelsea Area
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3
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Las Vegas, Strip Vicinity
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4
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NYC, Empire State Building Area
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5
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Boston, Copley Square/Theater District
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6
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Seattle, Downtown
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7
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Chicago, Millennium Park/Loop/Grant Park
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8
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San Francisco, Union Square West
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9
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Chicago, North Michigan Ave/River North Area
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10
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NYC, Midtown East
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11
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NYC, Central Park South
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12
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NYC, Midtown West
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13
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San Francisco, Lombard Street Area
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14
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San Francisco, Union Square East/Embarcadero
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15
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NYC, Madison Square Garden/Convention Area
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16
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Las Vegas, Strip Vicinity North
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17
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Milwaukee, Downtown
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18
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NYC, Downtown/Soho/Financial District
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19
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Boston, Brighton/Brookline
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20
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Vancouver
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21
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San Diego, Coastal
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22
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Montreal
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23
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Boston, Quincy Market/Faneuil Hall/Financial District
|
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24
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Chicago, Lincoln Park
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25
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Atlanta, Downtown
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26
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San Diego, Downtown/Harbor Island
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27
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St. Louis, Downtown
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28
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Oahu, Waikiki Beach Area
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29
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Seattle, Lake Union
|
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30
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Orange County, Disneyland Area
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31
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Portland, Downtown
|
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32
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Atlanta, Midtown
|
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33
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San Diego, Point Loma/Shelter Island/Old Town
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34
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Monterey, Monterey/Pacific Grove
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35
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Austin, Downtown
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36
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St. Catharines, Niagara Falls
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37
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New Orleans, French Quarter
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38
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San Antonio, Downtown/Riverwalk
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39
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NYC, Brooklyn
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40
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Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach Area
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41
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Los Angeles, Beverly Hills/West Hollywood
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42
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NYC, Long Island City
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43
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Orange County, Costa Mesa/Irvine
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44
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San Francisco, Fisherman's Wharf
|
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45
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Toronto, Downtown
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46
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Jersey City
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47
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Oahu, Waikiki Marina Area
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48
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Buffalo, Buffalo/Amherst
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49
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Miami, South Beach
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50
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Washington, DC, White House/Downtown
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About Priceline.com(R) Incorporated
Priceline.com Incorporated (Nasdaq: PCLN) www.priceline.com
provides online travel services in 21 languages in over 60 countries in
Europe, North America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Included in the
priceline.com family of companies is Booking.com, a leading
international online hotel reservation service; priceline.com, a leading
U.S. online travel service for value-conscious leisure travelers; and
Agoda.com, an Asian online hotel reservation service.
In the U.S., priceline.com gives customers more ways to save on their
airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, vacation packages and cruises
than any other Internet travel service. In addition to getting great
published prices, leisure travelers can narrow their searches using
priceline.com’s TripFilter advanced search
technology, customize their search activity through priceline.com’s
Inside Track features, create packages to save even more money, and take
advantage of priceline.com’s famous Name Your
Own Price® service, which can deliver the
lowest prices
Priceline.com also operates the following travel websites:
Travelweb.com, Lowestfare.com, RentalCars.com and BreezeNet.com.
Priceline.com also has a personal finance service that offers home
mortgages, refinancing and home equity loans through an independent
licensee. Priceline.com licenses its business model to independent
licensees, including priceline mortgage and certain international
licensees.
Priceline.com Incorporated
Brian Ek, 203-299-8167
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