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Press Releases What's New Tauck Bridges Online Brochure Tauck Exotics Online Brochure		Media Center > Press Releases > Tauck Bridges becomes America's Largest Escorted Family Travel Company Tauck Bridges becomes America's Largest Escorted Family Travel Company NORWALK, CT (April 12, 2004) Tauck Bridges, sister company to award winning Tauck World Discovery, is now America’s top selling escorted family travel tour operator. “We are thrilled to be America’s largest escorted family travel company in only our second year of operation,” states Dan Mahar, President of Tauck Bridges. “It is particularly gratifying to see the joy families have in experiencing new destinations and new cultures together. We are clearly meeting a specific need among family travelers for highly choreographed, all-inclusive itineraries, that are designed to create wonderful, indelible memories for families of all ages.” Tauck Bridges’ leadership position was calculated based on a comparison of the published departure dates, and maximum group size, of other escorted family travel tour operators. Launched in 2003, Tauck Bridges currently operates 12 itineraries in the United States, Canada, Europe, Costa Rica and the Galapagos. “We have seen growth in all areas of our business,” notes Mahar. “Our top destinations are the great National Parks of the American West. In addition, growing quickly are our Central-South American destinations and Europe, where we have guaranteed our prices for 2004 despite the weakened American Dollar.” Trips operate both in the summer months and, in some destinations, during the spring and winter break periods. Parents with children, grandparents with grandchildren and families with multiple generations have all enjoyed the fascinating experiences Tauck Bridges offers, and give the new brand extremely high satisfaction ratings. “Not only are our Tauck Bridges family itineraries selling well,” notes Jennifer Tombaugh, Brand Manager for Tauck Bridges, “but these trips are getting the same fantastic response as that of our 79-year old Tauck World Discovery brand journeys. We are in the business of delighting guests through travel, and we are proving it once again with our families on Tauck Bridges.” Additional travel dates have been added for 2004, in order to meet the demand for tours that sold out quickly. For more information and to request a brochure, visit your travel agent or contact Tauck Bridges toll-free at 1-800/214-5158. Information may also be obtained on the Tauck Bridges website at www.tauckbridges.com. Tauck Bridges is built upon the knowledge and expertise of its sister brand, Tauck World Discovery, founded in 1925, which is an award-winning, family-run travel company voted World’s Best Tour Operator and Safari Outfitter three times by the readers of Travel + Leisure magazine. The name Tauck Bridges alludes to the relationships forged between family members while sharing these travel experiences, as well as the “bridges” built through interaction with cultures and people throughout the world.		Email Tauck's marketing communications manager, Tom Armstrong, for more information or to schedule an interview. Write to us at Tauck World Discovery 10 Norden Place Norwalk, CT 06855 P.O. Box 5020