Web sites worth noting

Joan Drammeh — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:22:54 +0000

Delta Air Lines completed the integration of the Northwest Airlines reservation system, including the transition of all Northwest flights into the Delta schedule, migration of Northwest passenger reservations into the Delta system and retirement of nwa.com February 1. Nwa.com began redirecting customers to delta.com on January 31. Customers who booked Northwest for travel are now booked on identical Delta flights and can use Northwest confirmation numbers on delta.com to check in online.

The Charleston Area CVB began a massive rework of charlestoncvb.com in 2009 and is currently in the first phase of the project. The first phase of the Web site is designed to lay the foundation for future enhancements and achieve overarching goals including improving its business listings database, navigation and structure and its ability to create revenue opportunities.

If your organization wants to remember or revisit the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Dream,” the touchstones of the civil rights movement now welcome visitors eager to learn more about one of the most fascinating periods in U.S. history. A new Web site, civilrightstravel.com, helps visitors plan trips to such moving places, many now preserved as museums and memorials. It includes videos, hotel and restaurant recommendations, and links to an audio tour and map. The site was founded by award-winning journalist and Connect contributor Larry Bleiberg, former travel editor of The Dallas Morning News.

Positively Cleveland is revealing a redesign for positivelycleveland.com on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 1 p.m. The site features online staffers available to instantly answer questions about the destination via a LiveChat feature to suggest itineraries. The destination marketing organization’s site’s last major overhaul took place in 2007.

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Web sites worth noting