Fairfax, Va., January 12, 2006 – Professional football away-game travel Web site RedskinsTravel.com is giving away two free tickets to The Washington Redskins and Seattle Seahawks National Football League divisional playoff game, in a Redskins Fan Appreciation Sweepstakes.

The sweepstakes is being held by RedskinsTravel.com as a way to “thank all the fans” for supporting the team and travel provider. Since the initial online announcement yesterday about the contest, the popular Redskins away-game travel Web site has averaged almost 1,000 hits an hour, with over 10,000 eager fans signing up to enter.

Along with the tickets, the contest winner will receive complimentary airfare and hotel accommodations to the Saturday, January 14, playoff game being held in Seattle, Wash.

Tickets to the pro football playoff match are highly sought after. The Seattle Seahawks home stadium, Qwest Field, holds 67,000 seats.

The Hall-of-Fame Coach Joe Gibbs-led, NFC East Division Redskins won 10 games this season and is the playoff sixth seed and one of the Wildcard teams. On Saturday, the Redskins defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, in Tampa, 17-10, in the first round of the playoffs.

The 13-3 Seattle Seahawks, led on the field by quarterback Matt Hasselbeck and 2005 NFL Most Valuable Player running back Shaun Alexander, are the number one playoff seed in the NFC, and won the NFC West division.

The contest winner’s name will be posted at RedskinsTravel.com on Thursday, January 12, 2006, at 12 p.m. EST.

About RedskinsTravel.com
RedskinsTravel.com is the official travel Web site for Washington Redskins away game travel, and is powered by Omega World Travel. RedskinsTravel.com offers Redskins fans an opportunity to sign up as a member and receive information on Redskins-hosted cruises, luxury cruise discounts, special giveaways, and exclusive announcements about the Redskins.

About Omega World Travel
Fairfax, Va.-based Omega World Travel (Omegatravel.com) is ranked by Business Travel News as the third largest travel management organization in the U.S., and provides online travel solutions—as well as personalized service at 200 locations worldwide—to a diverse clientele: from individual leisure travelers to Fortune 500 companies and the federal government. From humble beginnings as a small business launched in 1972, Omega World Travel now boasts annual sales revenues in excess of $1 billion, over 1300 employees, and is the largest travel agency owned by a woman—President and CEO Gloria Bohan. Omega World Travel owns TravTech (www.travtech.com), a travel technology organization, and Cruise.com, the Internet’s largest cruise specialist.

Media Contact:
Art Ginolfi
Omega World Travel
aginolfi@owt.net
703-359-0200 x309


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