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Ripley’s Attractions, the worldwide corporation behind Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museums and Ripley’s Aquariums, has 85 attractions in over 11 countries. A few of the cities they currently operate in include Gatlinburg, TN; Branson, MO; Orlando, FL; Williamsburg, VA; Myrtle Beach, SC; and Pigeon Forge, TN. Within these regional markets, Ripley’s now sells tickets and lodging-inclusive vacation packages online with Internet reservation company, Tripster.

The Branson Ripley’s Believe It or Not, Ripley’s Odditorium Orlando and Ripley’s Museum Gatlinburg have all utilized Tripster’s Private Label Reservation Solution. Ripley’s customers can now reserve Ripley’s attraction tickets with ease, as well as package them with other area products and lodging, all within a custom-branded private label website. Tripster is the first and only third party ticket reseller to offer this method of ticket fulfillment for Ripley’s Attractions. Tripster is also an authorized seller of Ripley’s products for all locations on their destination website.

The Advanced Private Label Reservation Solution, which adds another layer of brand exclusivity and packaging services, has aided Ripley’s Aquarium Gatlinburg by creating an extension of the Ripley’s Aquarium website. This packaging technology allows for seamless transactions, enabling customers to reserve hotel and lodging-inclusive packages to Ripley’s Aquarium while also incorporating popular Gatlinburg attractions like the Dixie Stampede, to create money saving, value-based vacation packages.

“We developed a successful business relationship with Ripley’s Attractions by selling their products in our regional destination markets,” said John Johnson, President of Tripster. “So they were a great fit for our solutions that enable seamless ticket transactions as well as product packaging. It adds value for their customers, and enhances their overall brand.”

Tripster is a travel reservation and technology company that offers fulfillment tools to travel suppliers and other regional travel resources, making it simple for organizations to earn income with free Affiliate Revenue Tools. Tripster has provided similar solutions for lodging associations and destination marketing organizations in markets like Branson, Missouri; Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, Tennessee; Orlando, Florida; Williamsburg, Virginia; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; and the Hawaiian Islands. Tripster also operates its own consumer booking engines in each of these destinations, as well as services for Silver Dollar City and Dollywood.

Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede Dinner Attraction is one of the most popular shows in the country, boasting a four-course meal and family-friendly atmosphere.  The Stampede is located in three vacation destinations— Branson, MO; Pigeon Forge, TN; and Myrtle Beach, SC. As a result of wanting to provide more savings to their customers, the Stampede introduced the ability to bundle their tickets with hotels and other area attractions in all three of their locations.  The ability to offer these vacation packages is a result of a partnership with Tripster, a reservation technology company located in St. Louis.

Utilizing Tripster’s Affiliate Revenue Tools, the vacation package systems are an extension of the Stampede’s websites and are identified with the show’s own branding. This packaging technology allows for seamless transactions, enabling customers to reserve lodging-inclusive packages to all of the Stampede Dinner Show locations.

Tripster is also an authorized seller of Stampede tickets for all show locations on their destination website.

John Johnson, President of Tripster, stated “Our packaging tools were an easy solution for Dixie Stampede, especially since we already have a presence in their destination markets. We’re helping out Dixie Stampede and travelers by offering convenient, money-saving vacation packages in Branson, Myrtle Beach and Pigeon Forge.”

Tripster has provided booking engine technology since 2001 for a number of U.S. destinations including Branson, Missouri; Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, Tennessee; the Hawaiian Islands; Williamsburg, Virginia; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; and Orlando, Florida. ReserveDirect also operates its own consumer booking engines in each of these destinations, as well as vacation packaging services for Silver Dollar City and Dollywood theme parks.

Williamsburg, Virginia, the nation’s largest living history museum and Virginia’s leading tourist destination, attracts visitors seeking to experience America’s Revolutionary past as well as enjoy the popular theme park, Busch Gardens. Colonial Williamsburg, along with Historic Jamestown and Yorktown, make up the Historic Triangle. With the launch of a new travel website, customers now have a single point-of-purchase access to Williamsburg.

Williamsburg, another destination-based travel website, launched by Internet travel technology company, Tripster, makes it easy for vacationers to book their lodging and Busch Gardens tickets.

While using direct product availability from the management companies of area travel products, Tripster offers real-time booking for customers. This a la carte packaging functionality allows customers to book individual products to build their own vacation packages, or utilize the many money-saving pre-constructed packages. Customers make all their purchases in one place, then simply print their E-tickets straight from their printer. Once they arrive, customers take those E-tickets to the box offices, attraction main gates, or hotel front desks.

“Colonial Williamsburg is a great addition to the Tripster family,” said John Johnson, President of Tripster. “Tripster utilizes our proprietary booking engine that has been a proven tool in other markets, making people’s vacation planning more fun and less stressful since 2001. We anticipate our model will have an impact here in Williamsburg as well.” Johnson reports, out of all the products available on the website, the Busch Gardens Vacation Packages are the best seller so far.

Tripster, based on the strategies and more than eight-year internet-travel experience, will place equal emphasis on the activities and entertainment that lure consumers to a destination, unlike the nationally-branded travel websites that focus more on simply the transportation to the destination via air and rental cars. “Other travel websites aren’t equipped to offer travelers the ability to book ticketed attractions in conjunction with their lodging. We provide the whole gamut— hotels, show tickets, local news and information, all specific to Myrtle Beach.”

Tripster has provided similar solutions for lodging associations and destination marketing organizations in markets like Branson, Missouri; Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, Tennessee; Hawaii and Orlando, Florida.

SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment, operators of multiple theme parks throughout the country, including SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, Aquatica, Adventure Island and Discovery Cove, has recently enlisted Tripster to sell tickets to Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Water Country USA in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Tripster specializes in travel reservations to individual destinations, acting as a “local expert” while providing hotel and lodging reservations, theme park, attraction and show tickets specific to a particular region. In this case, Tripster will provide additional channels of sales for the Williamsburg-based Busch Entertainment theme parks.

SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment currently utilizes Tripster to sell park admissions in its Central Florida theme parks, including SeaWorld, Busch Gardens Tampa, Aquatica and Adventure Island through their destination website. As a result of the success in the Orlando area, SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment wants to bring the same model to the Williamsburg, Virginia travel market.

“Its nice to work with a company with dedicated focus on a particular travel destination. Customers clearly respond to Tripster’s model, so we look forward to working with them in multiple regions,” said Thomas Valley, Senior Manager of Travel Industry Sales for the Florida Parks.

Utilizing the latest in internet-based technology, Tripster interfaces their reservation system with SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment’s ticketing system, allowing customers to purchase SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment theme park tickets. Then, customers simply print their E-ticket straight from their computer. Since the barcode on the E-ticket is generated directly from SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment’s systems, customers can then simply scan their E-ticket at the main gates of the theme parks for hassle-free admission.

“We are excited about the partnership with Busch Gardens in the Williamsburg area,” said John Johnson, President of Tripster. “We certainly appreciate the trust they are putting into our company, and we will work to make Williamsburg as successful as the Orlando market.”

In addition to selling SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment theme park tickets, Tripster works with other area travel suppliers so that customers can bundle their SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment tickets with area attractions and lodging, allowing families to book their entire Williamsburg vacation in one place.

Tripster has provided booking engine technology since 2001 for a number of U.S. destinations including Branson, Missouri; Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, Tennessee; the Hawaiian Islands and Orlando, Florida. Tripster also operates its own consumer booking engines in each of these destinations, as well as services for Silver Dollar City and Dollywood.

ChannelRUSH is a service that allows hotel and lodging supplier management to update their room inventory and rates in a single platform that in turn communicates with multiple consumer websites like Expedia, Travelocity, Orbitz and now Tripster, an online travel and reservation company that focuses on individual destinations.

Since each of these consumer websites have its own inventory management system, managing these distribution channels can be time consuming for hotel staff. Many lodging companies utilize ChannelRUSH to help them save time with inventory management by interfacing with these multiple management systems, allowing hotel management to update their inventory in a variety of channels through a single platform, saving an immense amount of time.

Since Tripster is now one of the available channels within the ChannelRUSH interface, lodging suppliers can maximize their sales by utilizing Tripster’s unique, “local expert” reservation service in a variety of expanding markets.

“With the number of our clients currently working with Tripster, in addition to the number of markets that Tripster is now in and adding, we felt this was an important channel to add to our system,” said Adam Peppler, Director of ChannelRUSH. “Plus, Tripster’s interface and web service system was easy to integrate and provides some of the fastest response times in the industry,” he continued.

“ChannelRUSH has been a great partner to work with for the initial launch of our channel management features,” said Tripster’s President, John Johnson. “By expanding their distribution channels to a variety of quality travel reservation services, they’ve certainly got their clients’ best interests in mind.”

With this working relationship in place, Tripster and ChannelRUSH can collectively provide more online sales for lodging suppliers, which is beneficial in the weakened travel economy.

Tripster has provided booking engine technology since 2001 for a number of U.S. destinations including Branson, Missouri; Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, Tennessee; and Orlando, Florida. Tripster also operates its own consumer booking engines in each of these destinations, as well as services for Silver Dollar City and Dollywood.

Universal Orlando Resort, one of the many popular attractions in the Orlando, Florida tourism market, released their February 2010 Newsletter and awarded Tripster’s own Rodney Levy as “Universal Orlando Star Performer.”

Here’s the write-up:

Rodney Levy from Tripster is Guest Services January 2010 Universal Orlando® Star Performer.

Rodney works as the Director of Destination Relations and has been employed with the company for over 3 years.

His favorite thing about his job is creative freedom. His favorite attraction at Universal Orlando is The Incredible Hulk Coaster! When he is not at work he enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter. His real passion is playing, coaching and watching soccer, especially his childhood team Tottenham Hotspur!

Rodney has been working with Tripster since 2006, and is the Destination Representative for both Orlando and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

GrandStrand Online provides website visitors with a resource directory for the entire Grand Strand region of South Carolina, including resource guides, movie schedules, community calendars and more. Beginning in 2010, the website will include a booking engine for website visitors, enabling them to secure reservations for the Myrtle Beach area. Online booking includes area beachfront resorts, hotels, and golf condos, as well as tickets to area attractions such as Freestyle Music Park and Ripley’s Aquarium. Visitors can also book theater show tickets like Dixie Stampede, Medieval Times and Legends in Concert.

Utilizing Tripster’s Affiliate Revenue Tools, GrandStrandOnline.com increases their overall value to their visitors by offering a means to book all of the lodging and tickets that Myrtle Beach area has to offer. The booking engine will compliment the resources the website already offers in addition to giving the GrandStrandOnline.com added functionality to serve the businesses listed on the website.

Tripster is a travel reservation and technology company that offers fulfillment tools to travel suppliers and other regional travel resources, making it simple for organizations to earn income with free Affiliate Revenue Tools. Tripster has provided similar solutions for lodging associations and destination marketing organizations in markets like Branson, Missouri; Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, Tennessee; and Orlando, Florida. Tripster also operates its own consumer booking engines in each of these destinations, as well as services for Silver Dollar City and Dollywood.

InformationFlorida.com is a great resource for visitors to discover the state of Florida, inside and out. The website features information on places to stay and things to do, all outlined by city and region. Every listing is complete with information, directions, hours, website, descriptions and photographs.

Beyond just information, InformationFlorida.com allows visitors to book their complete Orlando-area show and attractions tickets, as well as hotels and vacation homes, thanks to Tripster’s Affiliate Revenue Tools. Using the Branded Online Fulfillment Tool, InformationFlorida.com increases their value to their visitors by offering a means to book all that Orlando has to offer, including better-than-gate prices on Walt Disney World, Buy One Day get Second Day Free for SeaWorld, and more.

Tripster is a travel reservation and technology company that offers fulfillment tools to travel suppliers and other regional travel resources, making it simple for organizations to earn income on free Affiliate Revenue Tools.

The Vista Cay Resort by Millenium [sic] is Orlando’s newest luxury resort, offering sophisticated Mediterranean Style Luxury in an elegant tropical Orlando, Florida resort setting. Now visitors can book this stylish hotel along with many popular area attractions, thanks to a partnership with online travel reservation company, Tripster.

Located just off International Drive near Universal Studios Orlando, Vista Cay Resort is able to offer these money-saving packages, including a very popular Walt Disney World Hotel Package, as a part of Tripster’s suite of Affiliate Revenue Tools.

By utilizing Tripster’s Branded Packaging Solution, Vista Cay Resorts adds value for its customers and its marketing brand by offering great vacation packages to SeaWorld Orlando, Kennedy Space Center, Universal Studios, and of course, Disney World.

For more information on Tripster’s Affiliate Revenue Tools, please drop us a line.

Tripster is proud to announce that Ripley’s Aquarium Myrtle Beach is now available for reservations on our vacation destination site. This exciting attraction is located at Broadway at the Beach – a complex featuring shopping, dining and activities – and is one of the area’s top-rated places to explore by Myrtle Beach visitors. The 85,000 square foot aquarium attraction features eight exhibits and over 10,000 exotic sea creatures for Myrtle Beach visitors to discover. The highlight of a visit to Ripley’s Aquarium is a ride on the moving sidewalk, which travels through a glass-enclosed tunnel inside the massive 750,000 gallon shark tank.

Tripster is currently offering a money-saving Ripley’s Aquarium Myrtle Beach Vacation Package for guests that wish to dive into the fun available at this South Carolina attraction.

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