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Motorists to Recieve Free Acess to AAA's Online Mapping and Driving
Directions Through New AAAMaps.com Website
World-class
Travel Information Gives Members and Non-members Alternative to
MapQuest and Other Travel-Planning Sites.
AAA,
the nation's largest organization for motorists, announced plans
to make its world-class routing and mapping technology available
to all Internet users through a new Web site, AAAmaps.com.
AAAmaps.com
leverages AAA's robust Internet TripTik® mapping and routing
technology which the Wall Street Journal called its "Top
Choice" for online mapping services. The new AAAmaps.com
site has many of the same mapping and routing capabilities as
Internet TripTik and includes valuable information from AAA's
extensive database of proprietary travel information, such as
Diamond Ratings for hotels and restaurants unavailable from other
online mapping services.
"AAAmaps.com
is designed to offer Web users quick access to a mapping and travel
planning solution whether they are driving across town or planning
a lengthy driving vacation this summer," said Sandra Hughes,
vice president, AAA Travel.
While
Internet TripTik, which is available only to AAA members, is a
much more comprehensive mapping and trip-planning tool, AAAmaps.com
includes many of the same features and capabilities.
AAAmaps.com
users can select a wide variety of locations from an easy-to-use
drop-down menu or fill in address information, add a stopover
such as an attraction or restaurant, zoom in or out, pan, add
notes or choose to avoid/include tolls or ferries. Travelers can
even compare hotels and reserve a room directly on the AAAmaps.com
site.
"We
believe AAAmaps.com is the link that consumers want and need to
the industry's best mapping and trip planning information at a
time when more people are traveling to their vacation destinations
by car," said Hughes. AAAmaps.com uses state-of-the-art hardware,
software and data to deliver high-quality mapping and routing
results worthy of the AAA brand.
As
North America's largest motoring and leisure travel organization,
AAA provides its 47 million members with travel, insurance, financial
and automotive-related services. Since its founding in 1902, the
not-for-profit, fully tax-paying AAA has been a leader and advocate
for the safety and security of all travelers. (CONTINUE...) |
