NY Times Article
Boatbookings.com Press Release15 April, 2006 Boatbookings.com Announces Record 1st QuarterBoatbookings.com, a leader in online boat chartering, announced a record quarter in nearly all aspects of the business in the 1st Calendar Quarter of 2006. Traffic, Visits, Page Views, Bookings, and Revenue all hit records for the company. Boatbookings continued on its run of being a profitable company every quarter in it's existence. During the quarter, Boatbookings had over 30,000 unique visitors, and 50,000 visits from virtually every country in the world. These visitors viewed over 600,000 pages on the site - and average of 12 pages per visitor! Our inventory of boats increased to over 3000 worldwide, with signifcant increases of boats in the Caribbean, due to our new Ft Lauderdale Office, and throughout the Mediterranean. Boatbookings.com is a privately held company and does not publically release it's financial statements, however the company had record bookings, revenues, and net earnings. The company had an excellent MIPM conference, and continued to book boats of all sizes, both sail and motor, throughout the Caribbean and Mediterranean. Demand was particularly strong for Palma, Ibiza, Cannes and the BVI. For further information, please contact Tom Virden, Founder and Managing Director. About Boatbookings.comBoatbookings.com is the world's largest online boat chartering service offering more than 8,000 yachts worldwide. We work with the top international yacht charter operators to provide the largest and most diverse selection of yachts and boats anywhere. These include sailing boats, motor yachts, catamarans, super and luxury yachts, and specialized boats for regattas, entertaining and business functions. Boatbookings.com provides fast, efficient service and competitive prices on its boats so that customers can be assured they're getting the yacht for their needs. Boatbookings.com believes that effective use of technology can make boats easier and more enjoyable to charter. We've introduced many technological firsts and have pioneered the use of social media, mobile computing, search technology, mapping and advanced client tracking for yacht chartering. Boatbookings.com prides itself on its ability to take the stress out of boating holidays, whether for a one day charter or a week-long tour of the Caribbean or Mediterranean. Boatbookings.com has offices in London, Cannes, Athens, Sardinia, Ft Lauderdale, Singapore and Valencia in order to be able to provide boats and charter services in all major yacht charter locations, worldwide. More about Boatbookings.com. The Benefits of a Yacht Charter Broker. *** End *** If you would like our Press Releases via an RSS feed, just click on the RSS button below
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