ADVISORY, Feb. 3, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
What: Maurice J. Gallagher, Jr., President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Allegiant Travel Company (ALGT), will preside over the opening. Allegiant Travel Company is the Las Vegas-based parent company of Allegiant Air, a low-cost airline and the only mainline carrier in the U.S. to achieve profits all four quarters of 2008. Gallagher will be accompanied by brand partner Blue Man Group and featured Allegiant destination Las Vegas, with showgirls and president/CEO of Las Vegas Convention & Visitor's Authority Rossi Ralenkotter. Where: NASDAQ MarketSite - 4 Times Square - 43rd & Broadway - Broadcast Studio When: Wednesday, February 4, 2009- 9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. (EST) Contacts: Tyri Squyres Allegiant Travel Company Corporate Communications 702.326.7209; tsquyres@allegiantair.com Aurrice Duke Las Vegas Convention & Visitor's Authority 702-349-0502; aurrice.duke@rrpartners.com Leslie Case Blue Man Group 646.348.7032; lcase@blueman.com NASDAQ MarketSite: Jolene Libretto; 646.441.5220; 347.219.9539 Jolene.Libretto@nasdaqomx.com
Feed Information:
The Opening Bell is available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on Galaxy 19 C/15, downlink frequency 4000 vertical. The feed can also be found on Ascent fiber 1623. If you have any questions, please contact Jolene Libretto at (646) 441-5220.
Radio Feed:
An audio transmission of the Opening Bell is also available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on uplink IA6 C band / transponder 24, downlink frequency 4180 horizontal. The feed can be found on Ascent fiber 1623 as well.
Webcast:
A live webcast of the NASDAQ Opening Bell will be available at: http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_about.stm.
Photos:
To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Open, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the market open of your choice.
About the Company:
Las Vegas based Allegiant Travel Company (Nasdaq:ALGT) is focused on linking travelers in small cities to world-class leisure destinations such as Las Vegas, Phoenix, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Orlando, Fla., and Tampa Bay/St. Petersburg, Fla. Through its subsidiary, Allegiant Air, the Company operates a low-cost, high-efficiency, all-jet passenger airline offering air travel both on a stand-alone basis and bundled with hotel rooms, rental cars and other travel related services. Among its premier brand partners, Allegiant has uniquely aligned itself with Blue Man Group through a multi-faceted brand partnership, including two aircraft painted with the Blue Man likeness.
About the NASDAQ OMX Group:
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with over 3,800 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX Group offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First North; and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and ETFs. NASDAQ OMX Group technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX Group exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com.
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