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The Stay and Bike Package includes lodging and an All Day Bike Park Ticket for each person on the reservation.

Downhill, freeride and cross country - Mammoth Mountain Bike Park has it all with over 90 miles of trails! Uphill transport by gondola, shuttle and lift, a full service repair shop, top-quality rentals and Bike Park Rangers round out a great day on the hill.

Make the most of your trip by staying in a convenient Mammoth Resort property!

Choose your lodging from the following prime locations:

The Mammoth Mountain Inn - located at the base of the Panorama Gondola

The Village Lodge - located at the base of the bike park
Juniper Springs Resort - with easy shuttle access to the park.

Package valid to  September 19, 2009.

*Terms and Conditions:

Prices start as low as $85 per person, per night, based on double occupancy in a Standard Hotel Room at Mammoth Mountain Inn.

No refunds for early departures.
Price subject to change.
Other restrictions may apply.
Excludes service fees and taxes.

www.mammothmountain.com  or call 800.MAMMOTH/800.626.6684.

(Phoenix, AZ) — During their current North American summer tour, Aerosmith is performing their classic TOYS IN THE ATTIC album live from front to back, along with an array of AEROSMITH hits.

This marks the first time ever that the band has played the 8-million-plus-selling 1975 disc in its entirety.

TOYS… features the hits and AEROSMITH concert staples “Walk This Way” and “Sweet Emotion.” The LP was featured on Rolling Stone’s list of the “Greatest Albums Of All Time.” In the November 1, 2003 Rolling Stone feature, the magazine said:

“This is where Aerosmith perfected their raunchy blues-rock sound, with guitarist Joe Perry laying down some of the Seventies’ most indelible riffs on ‘Walk This Way’ and ‘Sweet Emotion,’

and Steven Tyler stepping up with an album full of unforgettable songs about his favorite topic: sex.”

The massive AEROSMITH tour–presented by Guitar Hero: Aerosmith— stops at the Cricket Wireless Pavilion in Phoenix on Monday, July 27.

Special guests ZZ Top will open the 7:30pm show.

CompleteSailor.com aims to provide the best content, community, and e-commerce shopping for its growing number of users

Complete Sailor announced the launch of CompleteSailor.com. CompleteSailor.com pledges to become the sailing community’s #1 resource for content and e-commerce shopping. The company was created by a group of passionate sailboat racers and cruisers from New Jersey interested in creating the Internet’s first comprehensive online destination for sailors of all types - from beginners to experienced cruisers and ocean racers.

“We are thrilled about the launch of our website, which will fill a gap in the online market for sailors throughout the United States and the world,” stated Brian Beck, CEO of Complete Sailor.

“Being experienced sailors and Internet professionals ourselves, we saw the need to bring together shopping, education, and community in one web site for sailors of all levels.”

CompleteSailor.com is more than just an online store or a message board about sailing- the site provides visitors with the content, community, and e-commerce shopping unavailable anywhere else on the web. Visitors to the new website will be able to shop for the best brands in sailing gear, electronics, line, and hardware - Harken, Ronstan, Forespar, Tacktick, and many more - learn about the fundamentals of sailing in the Education section, and will soon be able to interact with other sailors through the Community section (forums, blogs, personalized MyCompleteSailor pages, and more).

The site also contains directories of yacht clubs, sailing schools, sailing events, and links to other sailing resources online.

Complete Sailor’s founders have more than 30 years of collective sailing experience and over 20 years in the Internet and eCommerce industry, positioning them perfectly to understand the needs of the sailing community and how to deliver a great online experience for this market.

About Complete Sailor

CompleteSailor.com is the Internet’s only web site dedicated to bringing shopping, community, and education together in one destination for sailors of all levels.

The Company was founded by a group of avid sailors and Internet professionals in 2008, and is rapidly evolving to be the #1 web site for all things sailing. The site features online shopping for sailing’s best brands, community forums and blogs, and sailing education for new sailors.

For more information, please visit http://www.completesailor.com  or call 732-208-2763.

It was back in 1939 when the epic movie Gone With The Wind was released; when Scarlett met Rhett, amid Civil War in the southern state of Georgia.

This year, the US state of Georgia is commemorating this classic movie with tourist attractions and regions reminiscent of this bygone era. The Fox Theatre in Atlanta was the venue for the first ever performance of the movie, while the five-star Georgian Terrace Hotel in Peachtree Street was home for Clark Gable who spent the night after the premiere and where, in the ballroom, the movie premiere’s reception was held.

The author’s home is now a museum - The Margaret Mitchell House, while nearby, there is also the Gone With The Wind Movie Museum.

Launched this year, the Gone With The Wind Anniversary Tour takes place in Jonesboro, Clayton County in Georgia. The bus tour is narrated by historian Peter Bonner and includes details of the Battle of Jonesboro in 1864, (one the of the most decisive battles of the Civil War when Union soldiers cut off supplies to Atlanta, forced the city to surrender), the mass grave of around 1,000 soldiers in the Patrick Cleburne Confederate Cemetery and Tara, a fictitious location for the O’Hara plantation.

The tour visits Stately Oaks, a plantation house that was believed to be the inspiration behind Tara. The tour ends at the Road to Tara Museum which houses original movie props, costume reproductions and doll collections.

Georgia’s romantic appeal to the UK market has increased over the years with over 80 tour operators featuring Georgia tours, fly-drive packages and tailor-made tours to the state.

Gone With The Wind:

• The novel remains one of the best selling novels with around 250,000 copies sold each year.

• The film premiere took place on 15th December 1939 at Loew’s Grand Theatre in Atlanta

• The cost of the film totalled $4.2 million and took 3 years to make

• Warner Home Video is to release Gone With The Wind: 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition in Blu-ray this year.

For more information, contact Jane Wilson PR Consultant for Georgia Tourism on 020 8948 2388 or email: georgia@jw-associates.eu

Visit www.exploregeorgia.org

One of Utah’s most enduring mysteries has been solved. DNA evidence released this week confirms that Everett Ruess, who became a legend and cultural hero after he disappeared in 1934, was actually murdered, and his body was carefully hidden for 75 years.

The secret was hidden in a crevice of rock, apparently known to only a single Navajo man for decades. Eventually he shared the secret with his granddaughter, and last year she shared it with her brother. He revealed the details “I looked in the crevice and I saw the top of the skull there,” Denny Bellson explained. According to the Navajo siblings who found the bones, their grandfather claimed to have seen two Ute Indians chasing a white man in 1934.

Who was Everett Ruess? He was a young artist and adventurer who set out alone to explore and experience the American West during the 1930s. In November 1934, at the age of twenty, Everett disappeared near Escalante, Utah, and was never seen again. His disappearance remained a mystery. Ruess was well-known for his collection of letters, essays, poems, drawings and paintings of the west and has inspired many artists, performers and films.

Modern day adventurers can explore this same wild land much as Ruess did. Little has changed in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, a vast untracked wilderness in Southern Utah.

One of the best ways to access this area is by travelling along Highway 12 between Bryce Canyon and Capitol Reef National Parks. Highway 12 is Utah’s first ‘All-American Road’, a designation given to National Scenic Byways that ‘are scenic enough to be tourist destinations unto themselves.’ Passing through Red Canyon, Bryce Canyon National Park, Grand-Staircase Escalante National Monument, Boulder Mountain, Dixie National Forest and the entrance to Capitol Reef National Park, Highway 12 has to be driven to be believed.

“I have not tired of the wilderness; rather I enjoy its beauty and the vagrant life I lead, more keenly all the time. I prefer the saddle to the streetcar and star-sprinkled sky to a roof, the obscure and difficult trail, leading into the unknown to any paved highway, and the deep peace of the wild to the discontent bred by cities.” - from the last letter Ruess sent to his brother, dated November 11, 1934.

For further information on Escalante and Everett Ruess visit www.utah.travel  or call 08456 020 574 for a free Utah destination guide.

Jet-It-Together announced the launch of www.jet-it-together.com , the online community where members experience significant cost savings on private jet travel by matching their itineraries with other members who have the same travel plans.

By aggregating individual trip itineraries, Jet-It-Together members can save up to 70% on private jet travel as compared with a traditional whole plane charter.

Jet-It-Together provides a cooperative approach for its members to share in the cost of private jet charter. When a member initiates a trip, or decides to join a trip that has already been initiated by another member, the website displays the cost of the trip one way.

If the member is initiating a new trip, Jet-It-Together notifies other members to give them the opportunity to join the shared trip. Once there is sufficient interest to cover the estimated trip cost, Jet-It-Together negotiates the exact pricing with a FAA Part 135 charter operator.

The final cost of the trip for each member is then adjusted, based upon the final number of travelers and the negotiated cost of the trip. Members can also secure the whole plane if they do not wish to share with other Jet-It-Together members. As with the shared trips, Jet-It-Together will negotiate the most competitive cost from a range of operators.

Jet-It-Together members can also use the Going My Way? feature to build a “wish list” of trips. These are trips that a member would like to take, but are open-ended and would only be scheduled if other members shared in the cost of the private jet charter.

The technology powering Jet-It-Together.com allows members to control the complete process for shared private jet travel. Members can map trips, receive cost estimates, initiate new trips, review and join existing trips, manage their personal profiles, receive email updates and confirmations, and, through links to other suppliers, purchase travel insurance. Jet-It-Together has an instructive online demo and web-based customer support.

“Jet-It-Together is building an online community that will redefine the private jet experience, providing greater affordability and convenience for travelers.

This new online service gives members the option to have an enjoyable travel experience for a fraction of the cost of traditional private jet charters.

When you join the online community, you gain access to a wide choice of regional, as well as hub airports, and the ability to truly control your travel time in the air and on the ground,” said John Ackermann, one of the founders Jet-It-Together, LLC.

Since Jet-It-Together is not a charter operator, nor does it have any investment in or from charter operators, the company has the flexibility to continually review and manage a pool of pre-screened Part 135 operators that the company believes meet the highest standards for offering the safest and best service to its members. Having that independence allows Jet-It-Together experts to negotiate the best pricing and services for its members.

Visit www.jet-it-together.com  for more information.

Delicious destinations. Expert sources. Sexy venues…
Travel Temptations - New from GPP Travel

Now Available: SIP California, SUN California, and SNOW California

While a travel guide will tell readers where to go, this series tells them how. Packed with exclusive interviews, future forecasts, and genuine insider information, the Travel Temptations series brings readers past invisible walls and into the insiders’ circles. It identifies essential experiences and makes them accessible for everyone.

Travel Temptations focuses on the hottest spots on the “Generation Me” map, including but not limited to: Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York, Miami/South Florida, San Francisco, the Mayan Riviera, the Caribbean, Hawaii, Aspen/Vail, and Sonoma/Napa/Mendocino Wine Country.

Regardless of where the reader wants to go, Travel Temptations always answers the critical questions:

- What about this place is extra special?
- Why do readers want to be here?
- What experiences can they have here that they can’t have elsewhere?
- How should readers spend their money?
- Do they need to be on any lists?
- What neighborhoods will readers enjoy checking out?
- Where should readers go to eat/drink/party?
- Who and what should readers avoid altogether?

Lena Katz is the California, Hawaii, and Mexico travel blogger creator of the Playboy Scout; and founding editor of LAX Magazine, the in-terminal publication of Los Angeles International Airport. She has been quoted as a travel expert by the Wall Street Journal and Entertainment Tonight, and regularly contributes to Brides, MSNBC, AOL, and the Los Angeles Times. She lives in Hermosa Beach, California.

Alaska Airlines will offer four flights a week from Oakland, California, to Maui’s Kahului airport starting November 9. Three weekly flights to Kona from Oakland will also be added. Starting in July, additional flights from Portland to Maui and from Seattle to Honolulu will also be available.

FABOLOUS ADDED AS SPECIAL GUEST WILL PERFORM WITH HIP-HOP MOGUL JAY-Z AT DODGE THEATRE JULY 2

(Phoenix, AZ) – Hip-hop powerhouse Fabolous will join multi-platinum artist Jay-Z for his Thursday, July 2 show in Phoenix at Dodge Theatre. The show will begin at 7:30pm.

Brooklyn MC Fabolous whose real name John Jackson, has been a staple in hip hop since releasing platinum albums Ghetto Fabolous (2001) and Street Dreams (2003). The artist’s 2004 release Real Talk hit gold status and 2007’s From Nothin’ to Somethin’ featured guests including Akon, Young Jeezy and Ne-Yo. His fifth album, Loso’s Way is a nod to cult classic “Carlito’s Way” and its first single “Throw It In The Bag” was produced by Tricky Stewart and features artist The-Dream.

In the past seven years Jay-Z has released eight consecutive multi-platinum albums. Since 1996, Jay-Z has earned multiple Grammy, American Music, MTV Music Video, Soul Train and Billboard Awards. He is the first hip-hop artist to release an MTV unplugged album, to appear on 60 Minutes or to have a live Showtime televised concert.

Jay-Z released American Gangster in 2007 titled after the movie of the same name. This marked Jay-Z’s second album release after coming out of retirement in 2005. His latest effort The Blueprint III is coming soon, but does not have a scheduled release date at this time.

Kuta, Bali — International Surf Film Festival Ombak Bali is preparing it’s second edition this year screening 15 of the best new surf films from around the world.

Ombak Bali is a platform where national and international surf film makers can expose their films to an interested public. Ombak Bali also aims to help awareness concerning environmental and social issues by screening inspiring and beautiful surf documentaries which handle these subjects. Surf cinema has taken a leap over the last couple of years with filmmakers exploring the surfworld and using this medium to send a message

As the only independent surf film festival in South-East Asia, Ombak Bali will have all exclusive South-East Asian and world premieres. The 4 day film festival will take place in the Discovery Kartika Plaza Hotel in South Kuta between August 19 and 22.

Film directors will be there to present their film to the audience. Surf art and live music will also form part of the exciting 4 day programme.

This year’s film programme will include the latest surf flicks:

-‘The Drifter’: the much anticipated new surf film on Rob Machado by award-winning Bali based surf director/producer Taylor Steele/ 2009.

-‘Fly in the Champagne’ Iron Brothers/ 2009: remarkable story documenting the build up to one of the greatest rivalries in sports history: Kelly Slater versus Andy Irons.

-‘Dear & Yonder’ Andria Lessler & Tiffany Campbell/ 2009:

An ocean odyssey of the female kind, featuring Lisa Andersen, Kassia Meador, Sofia Mulanovich & more.

-‘Whitewash’ Ted Woods/ 2008: Doccie exploring the complexity of race in America through the struggle and triumph of the history of black surfers. The story is narrated by Grammy Award winner Ben Harper.

-‘Mengejar Ombak’ Dave Arnold & Tyrone Lebon/ 2008: personal insight into the life of a young and talented surfer from a small fishing community in Java- Dede Suryana. The film follows Dede as he embarks on his first serious season on the World Qualifying Series (WQS), where he has been touted to become the first Asian to qualify for the World Championship Tour.

-‘Mata Ombak’ Renny Bee Febriani/ 2009: short Indonesian doc which follows 3 Balinese surfers who have made a successful career through surfing.

-‘Olas’ Camila Jimenez Villa/ 2008: Colombian short feature on 10 year old Chispy who goes on a surfari.

The complete film list and the programme schedule will be available July 1, 2009.

Practical information: date: 19 – 22 August 2009;

venue: Discovery Room at the Discovery Kartika Plaza Hotel, jl. Kartika Plaza, South Kuta

www.ombakbali.com