Gap Adventures Launches The Travel Oasis - An Exciting Adventure Travel Blog

    TORONTO, ON, December 16, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Gap Adventures is proud to introduce The Travel Oasis, a brand new adventure travel blog designed to connect travellers to the company's dynamic, innovative culture.

The new travel blog showcases articles about the people and places that make Gap Adventures so unique, as well as news about Gap Adventures' leading-edge trips and recent accolades, profiles on--as well as input from--some of the more than 700 Gappers that power those unforgettable life changing adventures, and regular updates on the Planeterra Foundation's news and events.

"The Travel Oasis is an excellent opportunty for travellers, staff and industry partners to share their stories," says Dan Christian, Director Marketing & eCommerce. "Whether it's a article written by a traveller after just returning from a trip, to a top 5 list from our product department, to a surprise internal event like Operation Birthday, the new blog will give everyone connected to Gap Adventures an opportunity showcase their experiences with our company."

The Travel Oasis moniker was chosen after a recent online naming contest. The winner, Susannah Greenwood of San Jose, Calif., was awarded a $500 Gap Adventures voucher for her creative efforts. Greenwood and her fellow adventurers will now have access to a compelling, regularly-updated travel blog where they can to share their photos from the field--the best of which will be chosen as the Travel Oasis Photo of the Week--while continuing to learn about the experiences of travel-obsessed Gappers.

To experience The Travel Oasis and learn more, visit travelblog.gapadventures.com

About Gap Adventures
Gap Adventures is a world leader in the adventure travel industry offering small group adventures on all seven continents and beyond to more than 100,000 global travelers annually. The award-winning trips, which focus on culture, nature and active travel, are ideal for those with a sense of adventure - people who want to leave the beaten path and authentically immerse themselves in a local culture or environment to experience the real world in a sustainable manner. Demonstrating its ongoing cultural, social and economic commitment to responsible tourism, Gap Adventures established the Planeterra Foundation, as a way the company and its passengers can give back to the communities visited. For more information, please visit www.gapadventures.com and www.planeterra.org.

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