Updated at 6:56 a.m., Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Waikiki ranked No. 13 for Fourth of July destinations
News Release
No need to travel far to hit one of the top hot spots in the nation for the Fourth of July.According to Priceline.com's 4th annual survey of the 50 most-popular destinations for Independence Day, Waikiki Beach is No. 13 for fun in the sun. The Waikiki Marina Area also took the 28th spot.
The survey results, based on more than 30,000 hotel room booking requests made by priceline.com customers for check-in between June 29 and July 4, were released today. The survey is based on actual booking activity, and not on consumer preference polls or votes.
Consistent with last year, Chicago, Las Vegas and New York City are the most popular spots for the July 4th week, making up the top seven destinations in the list. Chicago's Millennium Park area took the No. 1 spot on the list for the second year running, and the Las Vegas Strip has moved up from spot No. 5 in 2006 to spot No. 2 this year. New York neighborhoods took four of the top 10 spots, which is consistent with last year's findings.
Internationally, London grew in popularity this year, taking three spots on the list (No. 12, No. 31, No. 32), compared with only one spot (No. 35) in 2006.
The Priceline Top 50 Destinations List for July 4
1 Chicago, Millennium Park
2 Las Vegas, Strip Vicinity
3 New York City, Upper Midtown
4 Chicago, North Michigan Ave.
5 New York City, SoHo
6 New York City, Midtown East
7 New York City, Midtown West
8 Vancouver
9 San Diego, Coastal
10 Seattle, Downtown
11 Newark, Meadowlands
12 London, Regents Park
13 O'ahu, Waikiki Beach
14 Montreal
15 Washington DC, White House/Downtown
16 Niagara Falls, St. Catharines
17 Boston, Downtown/Charlestown
18 Orange County, Disneyland Area
19 Boston, Copley
20 Orlando, Universal Studios/Sea World
21 Las Vegas, Convention Center
22 San Antonio, Downtown/Riverwalk
23 San Francisco, Union Square West
24 San Diego, Downtown/Harbor Island
25 San Francisco, Union Square East
26 San Diego, Point Loma/Shelter Island/Old Town
27 Philadelphia, Downtown
28 O'ahu, Waikiki Marina Area
29 Orlando, Disney World Vicinity
30 San Antonio, Medical Center
31 London, Bloomsbury/Marble Arch
32 London, Mayfair/Soho
33 Toronto, Markham
34 San Francisco, Fisherman's Wharf
35 Puerto Rico, San Juan
36 Los Angeles, Central/Hollywood
37 Virginia Beach
38 Milwaukee, Downtown
39 Myrtle Beach
40 Seattle, Airport Area
41 Hilton Head Island
42 Orange County, Costa Mesa/Irvine
43 Toronto, Downtown
44 San Diego, East County
45 Williamsburg, Williamsburg Historic/Busch Gardens
46 Seattle, Lake Union
47 Key West
48 Las Vegas, West of Strip
49 San Diego, Coronado
50 Los Angeles, LAX Area
Note: Priceline's July 4th lists for previous years are available on www.priceline.com in the press releases area of the investor relations section.
About Priceline.com® Incorporated
Priceline.com Incorporated (Nasdaq: PCLN) operates priceline.com, a leading U.S. online travel service for value-conscious leisure travelers, and Priceline Europe, a leading European online hotel reservation service.
In the U.S., priceline.com gives customers more ways to save on their airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, vacation packages and cruises than any other Internet travel service. In addition to getting all the best published prices, leisure travelers can narrow their searches using priceline.com's TripFilter™ advanced search technology, create packages to save even more money, and take advantage of priceline.com's famous Name-Your-Own-Price® service, which can deliver the lowest prices available.
Priceline Europe operates one of Europe's fastest growing hotel reservation services through its Booking.com network of hotel reservation services, Activehotels.com and priceline.co.uk. Priceline Europe operates in 54 countries in 15 languages and offers its customers in Europe and the U.S. access to approximately 34,000 participating European hotels.
Priceline.com also operates the following travel websites: Travelweb.com, Lowestfare.com, RentalCars.com and BreezeNet.com. Priceline.com also has a personal finance service that offers home mortgages, refinancing and home equity loans through an independent licensee. Priceline.com licenses its business model to independent licensees, including priceline mortgage and certain international licensees.