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For Immediate Release

- Travel Weekly editor-in-chief, Arnie Weissmann joins the line up at Tours Talk Radio this week -
- Luxury Travel Market - announces first Conference in Cannes France -
- Laurel Herman, Publisher and Editor of Recommend Magazine talks about commitment to TA's -
- TOP OF THE HOUR NEWS Domestic and International Travel News -
- Norfolk Conventions & Visitors Bureau, 
Historic yet Cool -
- Attorney Al Alonik on LEGALLY SPEAKING 
answers audience questions -
All LIVE and ONLINE on Tours Talk Radio This Week

July 15, 2002 -- San Diego, CA -- Tours Talk Radio^TM announced today that Arnie Weissman, editors-in-chief of Travel Weekly will be joining the Tours Talk Radio line up Thursday, July 18, 2002 from 9 - 11am Pacific at www.tourstalkradio.com. Travel Weekly, the Internet news source for the global travel industry has been voted number one in popularity in the travel Industry. Arnie Weissman, a self made travel expert is also founder and president of Weissmann's World. Adopting the editorial philosophy of providing a blending of facts and a point of view designed to ensure that people get the greatest enjoyment out of a trip, whether they’re traveling for business or pleasure, is the bottom line for Weissmanns World.

" We're delighted to have an expert as Arnie Weissmann on Tours Talk Radio," said Sandy Dhuyvetter, executive producer of the program. "Arnie walks his talk and came up through the ranks, starting as a passionate traveler who created a solution out of a need for more appropriate information for travelers. Both Travel Weekly and Weissmann's World serve as incredible resources for both the industry and savvy traveler".

Also joining the Tours Talk Radio lineup is Serge Dive, president of the International Luxury Travel Market. The ILTM will be in Cannes, France this coming December 10 through 12. This market include seminars, round-table discussions, a luxury travel conference with keynote speakers, evening social functions and a luxury travel awards ceremony. Set in the heart of the French Riviera, sandwiched between snow-capped peaks and the Mediterranean, Cannes is undoubtedly one of the world's most prestigious cities and home to many of the rich and famous.

Recommend magazine, publisher and editor Laurel Herman will have a conversation with Sandy Dhuyvetter regarding travel agents and Recommend magazines commitment to the Industry. Helping Travel Agents sell is the prime mission of Recommend magazine. "With that in mind, it is easy to see that Recommend magazine's glossy feel and "calendar" photos would lure any traveler to both the Web site and the hardcopy magazine", said Sandy Dhuyvetter. We are delighted to have such a high caliber product on our program and look forward to Laurel's comments".

Thomas Steinmetz, publisher of the eTurboNews and sponsor of the Top of the Hour News segment at Tours Talk Radio each week, will report on the latest in International and Domestic travel news.

Norfolk Convention & Visitors Bureau will be presented by Sam Martinette. Sam will take the Tours Talk Radio audience for a spin down historical paths through waterways and countryside in the south east of the United States. Chesapeake Bay in the heart of the Virginia Waterfront is experiencing a rebirth so vibrant, the New York Times declared Norfolk a "cultural center of note," while Money Magazine dubbed it "The South's #1 big city to live in."

Tours Talk Radio’s regular segment, LEGALLY SPEAKING, welcomes travel attorney Alexander Anolik of San Francisco to discuss current legal issues in the industry and answer questions from listeners via instant email or via the toll free number during the program (888 327 0061). In the past 30 years, Mr. Anolik has represented thousands of travel agents agencies, tour operators, airlines, cruise lines, discount consolidators, travel clubs, and now, as the industry moves into the high-tech era, he represents a number of the major travel Internet sites. All questions emailed to Mr. Anolik will be answered in the order they were received. Click here if you would like to ask Mr. Anolik a question.

Captain Randy LeRuth, a pilot for a major US airline, also joins Ms. Dhuyvetter for a weekly conversation that promotes air travel and examines the latest in airline industry news.

The weekly Tours Talk Radio ONLINE Internet shows are presented in a seminar/interview format and include guests from all over the world. The audience can hear Tours Talk Radio worldwide with Internet access and Windows Media Player. An 800 number and instant email messaging are available during the broadcasts for easy communication with the live show. The audience is encouraged to browse the Web sites that are linked to the weekly shows.

The show airs live each Thursday from 9 - 11am Pacific. Tours Talk Radio is broadcast from wsRadio.ws and can be accessed by logging onto www.tourstalkradio.com or the www.wsRadio.ws Web site. Or call 760 753 1114 to talk to a Tours Talk Radio staff member.

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