New York, NY - April 5, 2007
Contact: Eileen Lowe Hart

ISRAMWORLD EXTENDS HOURS TO SERVE MIDWEST & WEST COAST AGENTS LATER   

NEW YORK—Servicing our agents, with ease of booking, convenience and flexibility have been the hallmarks of ISRAMWORLD’s business philosophy since it opened in 1967. After 40 years in business, the company continues to make adjustments that make it easier than ever to create superb vacations for American travelers.

Beginning April 17, ISRAMWORLD will extend the hours in its New York headquarters until 8 p.m.EST so that travel agents in the Midwest and on the West Coast can now book vacations to Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Eastern Mediterranean. On the East Coast, the hours will remain the same from 9 a.m. to 7:00 EST. Convenience is only one reason that agents consistently rely on ISRAMWORLD which through such divisions as Isram World, Orient Flexi-Pax Tours, Latour and Escapade Vacations..

According to ISRAMWORLD Chairman and CEO Ady Gelber, “We are a national company with sales coming from all over the U.S.A., so this adjustment makes it easier for our loyal travel agent friends across the country to contact us. ISRAMWORLD values open lines of communications with travel agents and now those lines are even more open.”

Throughout its long history, ISRAMWORLD has demonstrated an ability to adapt to changes in the destinations it offers and to the customers it serves. Long established relationships with travel agents, suppliers overseas and with American travelers has helped it to keep its fingers on the pulse of change even as it maintains a continuity of service and dependability. Every ISRAMWORLD program is created by experts who know the destinations intimately.

The company’s dedication to the retail travel agent distribution network is demonstrated by its annual Seminar at the Source. Every winter since 1982, ISRAMWORLD has taken its finest 150 travel agent partners to Israel for an 11-day educational tour visiting Jerusalem, Tiberias, and Tel Aviv, the Dead Sea and other destinations. ISRAMWORLD specializes in escorted programs and modular packages known as mini-pax. Mini-pax are special modular packages that can be used to assemble custom itineraries or as extensions of other programs.

For 40 years ISRAMWORLD has established a track record of serving its customers with reliable high value vacations to 56 countries on six continents around the world. ISRAMWORLD is made up of several divisions including Orient Flexi-Pax, Latour and Escapade Vacations. A member of the United States Tour Operators’ Association (USTOA), every ISRAMWORLD passenger is protected by a $1 Million Travelers' Assistance Program. Call 800-223-7460 or visit www.Isram.com.