Experience the best of two worlds

The holiday season has just begun, with Dussehra just around the corner and

Christmas not far behind. Gearing up for the holiday season is CIOL's latest

offering - CIOL Travel & Holidays.

CIOL Travel & Holidays promises you the best of two worlds - the real

world and the Internet. It has been launched in partnership with Hammock Leisure

Holidays Pvt. Ltd. "Hammock Leisure Holidays is our brick-and-mortar

partner. Travel is much more of a brick and mortar business and through this

partnership we offer the best real world advice and rates," said CIOL

president E Abraham Mathew.

What makes CIOL Travel & Holidays distinct from the rest of the brood of

travel sites is its thrust on the industry. Catering to the travel needs of

business establishments, CIOL Travel and Holidays offers packages for office

picnics, board meetings, dealer meets, weekend getaways and employee incentives.

In addition to its focus on the corporate, CIOL Travel & Holidays has

many other packages and the site offers the inaugural discounts. CIOL Travel

& Holidays is promoted through CIOL's internal media network that includes

both online and print media.

"In November 2000, CIOL had modified its vision to be a global leader

providing quality information to the IT community, including a comprehensive

range of services. Today, CIOL offers services under three categories namely

CIOL Jobs, Enterprise Services and Personal Services (CIOL Shop and now CIOL

Travel & Holidays). The personal services target the individual users,"

said Abraham Mathew.

Commenting on the dotcom industry at large and on e-Travel in particular,

Abraham Mathew said, "Dotcoms need to continuously evolve and determine the

requirements of the community. While not all e-travel ventures are successful,

all are making good effort and a few are doing well. e-Travel is a real world

business with the reach and capability of the Internet."