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For Immediate Release
November 13, 2001

Pleasant Holidays Resigns USTOA Membership

Japan & Orient Tours and Journeys of Discovery

Effective November 12, 2001, Pleasant Holidays has resigned USTOA membership, and as such no longer participates in the USTOA $1 Million Consumer Protection Plan.

Pleasant Holidays brands include Japan & Orient Tours and Journeys of Discovery. "Travel agents should be aware that purchases made to any of these entities are fully covered by the USTOA $1 Million Consumer Protection Plan prior to November 12. However, client payments thereafter will not be covered by the USTOA $1 Million Consumer Protection Plan," advises USTOA President Bob Whitley.

For more information contact USTOA, 275 Madison Avenue, Suite 2014, New York, NY 10016, (212) 599-6599; fax (212) 599-6744. Or e-mail information@ustoa.com.


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Linda Kundell Communications

(212) 877-2798, (212) 877-3387 fax

(For all other inquiries about USTOA, please contact USTOA.)