LAS VEGAS, Feb. 14, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Oriens Travel & Hotel Management Corp. ("Oriens") (Pink Sheets:OTHM) (http://www.orienscorp.com), a Travel and Hotel Management Company, operating online travel booking site 128trip (www.128trip.com) and hotel management subsidiary Hotel PURE (www.HotelPure.com), presented its Hotel PURE brands in the Futuropa Travel Market 2008 in San Jose, Costa Rica yesterday and has received huge interest from the hotel accommodation sector in the region.
The Futuropa Travel Market 2008 was held at the Hotel Colon, downtown San Jose yesterday, with representatives from the hotel industry, travel agencies, and tour operators attending the event. This is a yearly held event aimed at helping to grow the tourism industry in Costa Rica. Oriens is pleased to report the event was a huge success for the Hotel PURE brands, with 90% of the representatives from the Costa Rica hotels attending the event showing interest in becoming part of the PURE franchise chain. As a result, Oriens' operating team in Costa Rica will be conducting over 25 hotel inspections in the next 14 days to include these hotels under the Hotel PURE brands.
Strategic alliances made with numerous independent tour operators in the Futuropa event, as well as special services, will also enhance Hotel PURE's sections on Costa Rica Tours and Costa Rica Travel. Future Hotel PURE guests will not only have access to affordable and great accommodation, but also to a variety of activities, transportation and exotic tours in the country. Furthermore, a minimum of 10% - 15% discount (up to $250 USD savings per couple) on all Costa Rica Tours is also offered to all Hotel PURE customers, who book their accommodations prior to September 30, 2008. For details, please contact our booking department at 1-877-998-PURE (7873).
Oriens' Hotel PURE presentation at the Futuropa Travel Market has served as a very promising starting point for the brand's next introduction at the ITB Berlin 2008 Travel Trade Show (http://www1.messe-berlin.de/vip8_1/website/Internet/Internet/www.itb-berlin/englisch/index.html) taking place on March 5 through march 9 in Berlin, Germany, where Hotel PURE's representatives will be present at the conference. Hotel PURE will seek to position its brands within the European travel market thus giving the Costa Rica Hotel PURE hotels great exposure and aperture in Europe.
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