Accelar launches Travel Industry’s First ‘Build & Book your own Ski Trips’ Portal

Jan. 22, 2010 - PRLog -- Accelar announced today the launch of its latest in the lineup of Sports, Events, and Destination portals – www.RenoTahoeSkiTrips.com – following on the heels of sports and event portals – www.49ersShuttle.com and www.PresidentsCup2009.com – launched by the company in recent months. The Portal – www.RenoTahoeSkiTrips.com - promotes Reno Tahoe as a Destination for the San Francisco Bay Area Community skiers and snowboarders enabling them to build and book their own customized ski packages, comprising of Lift Tickets, Lodging and Motor Coach Transportation to / from San Francisco Bay Area to the leading ski resorts in Reno Tahoe.

The company also announced today the launch of its 3-day/2-night All-inclusive Ski Packages with Weekly Departures from several locations in the San Francisco Bay Area starting February 5th, 2010. Please see accompanying press release for details of this announcement.

To offer skiers and snowboarders a wide array of choices of terrains to cover the entire spectrum of skiing experience ranging from Advanced to Leisure to Beginner, the company announced today agreements with seven leading ski resorts in the Reno Tahoe area:

•   Diamond Peak Ski Resort, Incline Village, NV
•   Heavenly, South Lake Tahoe, CA
•   Kirkwood Ski Resort, Kirkwood, CA
•   Northstar-at-Tahoe Ski Resort, Truckee, CA
•   Sierra-at-Tahoe Ski Resort, Twin Bridges, CA
•   Squaw Valley USA, Truckee, CA
•   Sugar Bowl Ski Resort, Norden, CA

These Ski Resorts individually and collectively offer a variety of skiing and snowboarding - Advanced, Leisure, Beginner - terrains to match the experience sought by skiers and snowboarders.

Included in its Ski Package offering is a wide variety of lodging options ranging from Hotels to Casinos to Resorts. The company also announced today agreements with several leading hotels, casinos, and resorts, including:

•   Cal-Neva Resort, Crystal Bay, Nevada
•   Hampton Inn & Suites, Hilton Property, Truckee, CA
•   Harrah’s, Reno, NV
•   Harvey’s, South Lake Tahoe, CA
•   John Ascuaga’s Nugget, Reno, NV
•   Northstar Village, Truckee, CA
•   Resort at Squaw Creek, Squaw Valley, CA
•   Silver Legacy, Reno, NV

Included in each of the packages is Round-trip transportation from nine locations all across San Francisco Bay Area – Concord, Daly City (San Francisco), Fremont, Oakland, Pleasanton, Sunnyvale, San Jose, Stockton, Vacaville – to the ski resorts and lodging properties chosen by the consumer.

“We are excited about the opportunity to serve the 3+ million skiers and snowboarders who visit Reno Tahoe each year with the broad set of Ski Resorts, Lodging and Transportation options we offer through our portal,” said Accelar President and CEO, Kumar Shah. “Unlike other websites and portals promoting Reno Tahoe skiing, our portal offers consumers the ability to build and customize their all-inclusive ski packages and self-serve and book their needs for lift tickets, lodging and transportation booking – all through one portal. Besides the ease and convenience of booking the entire package at once, our Ski Packages offer the skiers and snowboarders tremendous value.”

“We are delighted with Accelar’s all-inclusive ski and snowboarding packages promoting Reno Tahoe as the Destination for San Francisco Bay Area skiers and snowboarders,” said Jan Colyer, Executive Director with the Truckee North Tahoe Transportation Management Association. “With more than seventeen ski resorts in the Reno Tahoe region, our region offers the broadest array of skiing options and most diverse terrains compared to any other Ski & Snowboarding destination in the world. With their all-inclusive packages, including transportation, Accelar has made the Reno Tahoe region a lot more accessible to the San Francisco Bay Area.”

“With the multitude and diversity of lodging options – Hotels, Casinos, and Resorts - Reno has a lot to offer skiers and snowboarders,” said Mark Tulman, Member Representative from the Reno Sparks Chamber of Commerce. “Accelar offers a unique way for visitors to our area to personalize and customize their ski packages so they can explore all those options and build a package that will make their Reno Tahoe Experience memorable.”

Accelar has partnered with several San Francisco Bay Area Motor Coach Operators, including El Camino Trailways, to provide round-trip transportation to / from the Bay Area.

“Inclusion of round-trip transportation from the San Francisco Bay Area in the Ski packages makes Accelar’s offering very compelling to consumers looking for an alternative to driving on their own,” said Steve Kilmer, General Manager, El Camino Trailways, Reno, Nevada. “With these packages skiers and snowboarders not only get to travel in the comfort and security of luxurious motor coaches but also contribute to keeping our environment ‘Green’ by traveling in groups. We are delighted to be Accelar’s partner in providing the transportation component of these Reno Tahoe Ski Trip packages.”

About Accelar:

Accelar, Silicon Valley based Web-2.0 company, specializes in building, marketing and launching E-Commerce web portals for the $95B Group Travel Services industry. The company has developed Group Travel Services portals and Online Booking platform, which provide dynamic packaging of travel components to meet the needs of Group Travel Planner.  The company has also used its Online Booking Portal and Platform to deliver a variety of Sports, Events and Destination portals, including www.PresidentsCup2009.com for the International President’s Cup 2009 Golf Tournament, www.49ersExperience.com for the 49ers fans for the San Francisco 49ers home games, and www.RenoTahoeSkiTrips.com, www.RenoTahoeSkiPackages.com, www.RenoTahoeSkiExcursions.com, www.RenoTahoeSkiTours.com, and www.RenoTahoeExperience.com promoting Reno Tahoe as a Destination. For more information about the company visit: www.accelarinc.com.


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Accelar specializes in building, marketing and launching E-Commerce web portals for the $95B Group Travel Services industry. The company has developed Group Travel Services and Online Booking platform, which provide dynamic packaging of travel components.