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Crystal International Travel Group, Inc. (OTCBB: CINT)
March 19th, 2007.

 
 CRYSTAL INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL GROUP INC., (OTCBB: CINT)

Dear Reader,

So, when was the last time you spoke with your travel agent?

If you’re like the editors of StockUpTicks.com who log more flight miles than most, you can barely remember your old travel agent’s name. As with stock trades, consumers now have a plethora of cheaper, mostly Internet-driven services to use instead.  But we lost something in that technical revolution: personal service.

Sure, finding flights crazy cheap is great for obvious reasons, but we’ve also spent hours staring at screen after screen, trying to figure out a connection or why a fare was one price here and another price there.  Often when you have to call the airline for help, that’s not exactly what you get… when they finally pick up.  What if the efficiencies of online travel could be married with old fashioned customer service?

Today’s featured company is looking to do something different, capitalizing on specialties within the enormous travel market in new ways, both technical and human.   Of course, a boom in online travel and online travel stocks is hardly breaking news.  But search engines seemed a staid, fixed tool not so long ago before Google redefined Internet search and the monetization thereof.  Innovation is always welcome.

A brief review of today’s profile of Crystal International Travel Group (OTCBB:CINT)  will introduce you to a truly intriguing StockUpTicks story with an equally innovative approach to the market.
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    Recent *NEWS* From Crystal International Travel Group

Press Release Source: Crystal International Travel Group, Inc. 
Friday March 9, 7:30 am ET 

Crystal International Travel Group Signs First Distributorship Agreement for Its IntelliFares(tm) Product With Flying Dutchmen Travel

DUBLIN, Ireland and MORRISTOWN, N.J., March 9, 2007 -- Crystal International Travel Group (OTCBB:CINT.OB - News) announced today that Flying Dutchmen Travel (FDT) of Santa Rosa CA has signed a distribution agreement and will become the first distributor of the company's IntelliFares(tm) product. Flying Dutchmen is a leading west coast agency and a member of the Signature Travel Network, one of the nation's top ten travel consortia. The major area of focus for Crystal, IntelliFares is a patent-pending product designed to give predictable-pattern travelers "five years of travel at less than today's price!" 

To read the complete release and disclaimer, Click Here
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    About Crystal International Travel Group (OTCBB: CINT)

 

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Crystal International Travel Group, Inc. ("Crystal") ("CINT") operates as a multi-asset travel company. The company offers products and services to address price stability in the travel industry with a focus on higher income, frequent, leisure travelers such as timeshare owners, second-home owners, college students, and business travelers.  Crystal offers intellifares, a prepaid subscription to five years of air travel at a fixed price, so consumers, especially those who own time-share vacation property and other "Predictive Pattern Travelers," can lock in the future costs of their vacation.

Crystal distributes its products and services  through traditional travel supplier networks, including: airlines, online and off line travel agencies, cruise lines, time share developers, and sellers. Additionally, Crystal owns and operates a travel agency business and offers its products through online marketing and direct marketing.  Crystal has a competitive advantage in its ability to negotiate air, car and hotel services in long term contracts.  Subsequently, Crystal web sites provide Internet users with discount rates and affordable packaged tours while retaining an emphasis on the highest standards of service through its customer care programs. 

Less than a year ago, Crystal became a publicly traded company and its management team was bolstered with several industry veterans in order to accelerate the execution of its business plan.  The Crystal management team has, on average, over 25 years of professional experience in corporate finance, consumer marketing, travel & tourism with globally recognized companies.  Management experience includes: positions with DVC Worldwide, Club Med, MGM Grand Corporation, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Celebrity Cruises and others. 

The Crystal Business Vision

The Crystal business plan is based on two premises:First, assemble three key components of a forward-looking travel company. These include (1) creating a diversified offering of high-margin travel product that leverages the financial strength and purchasing habits of Predictable Pattern Travelers (the wealthiest and most frequent travelers), 2) the creation of a nationally recognized hospitality brand to deliver its products and 3) the management of a fully licensed travel agency to act as an incubator and proof-of-concept for its products and to handle negotiations and contracts with industry suppliers, as well as day to day operations including, but not limited to, issuing tickets, booking hotels and car rental, customer service. 

Second, management is working to grow through the expansion of its existing travel products. Through the acquisition of the SunTrips' brand name and other intellectual property, Crystal came into possession of a well recognized travel brand with 29 years of history and a potential customer database of 270,000 members. These and other efforts mentioned in 3) above provide will provide a stable revenue base and the licenses and industry insight to execute its vision.
 
 

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    The Travel Market

The travel and tourism industry is one that relies on personal service and therefore cannot be automated
The U.S. Census Bureau

America is a Nation of travelers.  In 1997, consumers made over 443 million pleasure trips, an increase of more than 7 percent since 1995, and nearly 23 percent more than in 1990. According to results of the Consumer Expenditure Survey, nearly 41 percent of all consumer interviewed in 1997 reported some ex-penditure for non-business travel. Pleasure trips and vacations are a major expenditure for many consumers, and accounted for nearly 7 percent of total quarterly outlays for those who report such expenditures, or almost as much as the average consumer spent on food at home.

Leaders in the Travel Industry Include:

ALLEGIANT TRAVEL (Nasdaq: ALGT)   AMER EXPRESS INC (NYSE:AXP) 
BOWLIN TRAVEL (OTCBB: BWTL)  PRO TRAVEL NETWORK (OTCBB: PTVL) 
BEST RATE TRAVEL (Pink Sheets: BTVL) SINO EXPRESS TRAVEL (Pink Sheets: SXPT) 
JOYSTAR INC (OTC BB:JYSR)  TRAVEL HUNT HOLDINGS (OTCBB: TVLH) 
UNIVERSAL TRAVEL (OTCBB: UTVG)  CTRIP.COM INTL LTD (NasdaqGS:CTRP) 
ILX RESORTS INC (AMEX: ILX)
 

Internet-based Travel Companies

Expedia Inc. (NasdaqGS: EXPE)  Sabre Holdings Corp. (NYSE: TSG) 
Baidu.com, Inc. (NasdaqGM: BIDU)  Travelzoo Inc. (NasdaqGS: TZOO) 
Yahoo (NasdaqGS: YHOO)  Priceline.com (NasdaqGS: PCLN)  eLong, Inc. (NasdaqGM: LONG)


Because of numerous incidents with cruise ships, airlines and destination locales, many travel companies -like Crystal- have developed a customer 'Bill of Rights' to compliment their customer service and to retain customers if a hotel is overbooked or a rental car is not delivered as promised.
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    CINT Divisions
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Old Fashioned Travel... in an Online World

IntelliFares Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Crystal International Travel Group - whose mission is to bring the human element back into travel. IntelliFares combines the superior service capability available from human interaction with select technology and infrastructure to provide extraordinary customer care.

The creation of IntelliFares comes out of that same blend of human interaction with technology. People love to have a reliable, predictable and affordable vacation...that’s why they “book their spot” years in advance by purchasing a time share unit. “Is this possible for air travel?” The answer is yes and it’s called IntelliFares!

As you can see in the news release of Friday, March 9th - displayed above, IntelliFares, like its customers, is on the move...

IntelliFares sells through distributors, who are timeshare developers and exchanges, travel agents and cruise agents, utilizing their current databases, existing customer relationships and demand, and access to their prospects (ie, it is easily adaptable to and cross-sellable with current industry practice.)

IntelliFares stabilizes the pricing by investing deposit money at a greater return than the average cost escalation of air tickets, executing forward purchasing at the most advantageous point in the ticket price curve (60-90 pre-departure).

IntelliFares 'Margin' is generated through account initiation fees; change, cancellation and other exception fees; administration fees; and, the delta between investment return and cost escalation.

The passenger is actually engaging IntelliFares to purchase airfare on their behalf and tickets are not issued until 45-75 days pre-departure, such that itineraries, passenger names, and the like can be changed easily.

IntelliFares is a unique travel product created to meet the ever increasing demands by savvy business owners and consumers who seek flexibility in their travel planning, rich opportunities in their travel options while simultaneously enjoying the rewards of significant savings to their bottom line and wallets. 

Authorized Distributor’s of IntelliFares sell fixed prices spanning a five year term; travelers are rewarded on average a 20% savings over the course of the 5 years. As such, it is a savings tool; individuals / families can fix the cost of travel to vacation homes; business owners achieve a better control over corporate travel expenditures; and students can lower the cost of traveling home to name a few. 

Companies and consumers alike are afforded now a way to buy future airline tickets at a price that is less than today’s airfare.  This is done using the company’s patented process to establish fixed prices based on the current and predicted future price of airfare. 
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How it Works 

For each IntelliFares you buy, you receive a Member Card with five booking numbers representing five years of air travel. These booking numbers are coded to reflect your travel preferences and the destination you originally purchased. 

At 120 days prior to your selected departure, you will be contacted to confirm your travel arrangements. You can change the time of departure, the destination, even the name of the traveler anytime before your booking number is redeemed and we purchase your airline ticket(s). 

Once your travel arrangements are set, our ticketing agent will send you a confirmation. You will receive this no later than 60 days prior to your trip. 

Jump on the plane and enjoy your savings.

5 simple Questions and Answers

Q: How do you lock in today's ticket price for my future travel?
A: Our IntelliFares product is a patent pending process for arranging the 
advanced reservation of travel.  We receive your payment in advance and
place it with UBS, a world' leading financial institution, and each time you need
your seat, a ticket is issued against one of your booking numbers printed on the
Member Card we issue. It's that simple.

Q: What destinations does IntelliFares offer?
A: IntelliFares offers travelers service from a variety of US departure
airports to Acapulco, Aruba, Bermuda, Bahamas, Cabo San Lucas,
Cancun, Dominican Republic, Hawaii, Ixtapa, Jamaica, Mazatlan, Mazanillo,
Miami, Orlando, Palm Springs and Phoenix. 
Basically, anywhere people need to fly more than 2 hours. 

Q: Can I make changes to my original purchase of IntelliFares.
A: Absolutely. You can change the date, destination, time…anything you want, anytime before you redeem 
your booking numbers and we purchase the airline ticket(s). 

Q. What if I can’t use my IntelliFares and want to sell it or give it to someone else?
A: That’s fine. IntelliFares are completely transferable. 
Only when a ticket is issued in the traveler's name does the ticket become non-transferable and the booking number is retired.

Q: What happens if the airline I like goes out of business or cancels my route?
A: Another reason we issue booking numbers. 
Since you are only issued the ticket in your name a couple of months in advance of travel,
we can easily switch your reservation to another airline. 

www.intellifares.com

“Tomorrow’s Travel at Today’s Prices.”

The Travelhouse (TTH) is the pivot point for fulfillment of all of Crystal International’s travel services. TTH is a traditional travel agency that holds the licenses and other operating agreements enabling Crystal to make reservations for airlines, hotels, rental cars, tour packages and cruises and then issue tickets and reservation confirmations.  Moreover, it is the centerpiece of Crystal's customer care operation, where knowledgeable travel concierges are ready to lend a hand

Crystal offers the warmth of the human touch in stark contrast to the coldness of the internet

Rae Hanneman, Executive VP of Crystal International leads its team of travel professionals, bringing her twenty-two years experience to the job, including 16 years at Club Med, and a multi-year stint at 1-800CheapSeats where she introduced and implemented corporate travel.  In addition to assisting in the purchase of individual travel components (air, hotel, etc.) her team of experts create travel packages, melding multiple travel components sold as a package, which provide fabulous vacations at extraordinary prices.  Since they negotiate bulk contracts with travel suppliers for wholesale costs that are much lower than individual components, your choice of buying travel on the phone rather than through the web can be quite rewarding.

www.trvlhouse.com

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     Recent News From Crystal Travel
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Press Release Source: Crystal International Travel Group, Inc. 
Monday January 8, 4:49 pm ET 

Crystal International Travel Group Subsidiary IntelliFares Ltd.
Signs UBS AG as First Depository

DUBLIN, Ireland, Jan. 8, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- IntelliFares Ltd. announced today it has selected UBS AG (NYSE:UBS - News), the leading Swiss bank, as its first depository for customer payments in its IntelliFares(tm) subscription service. IntelliFares Ltd. of Dublin, Ireland is a wholly owned subsidiary of Crystal International Travel Group (OTC BB:CINT.OB - News), and will commence marketing the IntelliFares brand in the USA early in the first quarter 2007.

As previously announced, the IntelliFares brand being launched currently is a prepaid subscription to five years of air travel at a fixed price, so consumers, especially those who own time-share vacation property and other "predictive pattern travelers," can lock in the future costs of their vacation. Sales are now being negotiated on a bulk basis with distributors and consumer sales will commence in the first quarter of 2007. It is being marketed under the tag line "Tomorrow's Travel at Today's Prices."

According to Peter Dugan, Managing Director and President of IntelliFares Ltd., "From the outset, and confirmed by our market research, purchase intent and marketplace validity of the brand were directly dependent on the quality of our partner's handling of customer deposits. As such, we developed a depository policy at the operating company board level with very high 'trustworthiness' and 'creditworthiness' benchmarks even to be considered. UBS, with a credit rating of AA+, is one of the highest ranked in the world, and a natural first partner for us," Mr. Dugan continued. He further explained that it is likely IntelliFares Ltd. will add additional depository partners as the business customer base reaches critical mass.

In addition, the company announced it had appointed HLB Nathans as accountants and O'Hare, O'Connor Walshe as solicitors, both of Dublin. 

To read the complete news release and disclaimer, Click Here
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     Management at Crystal Travel

Fabrizzio Busso-Campana 
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President 
20+ Years Hospitality Industry Experience - Operations, Strategic and Market Planning at RCCL, Celebrity Cruises, Club Med and MGM Grand

Peter Gallic 
Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer, VP, Controller 
20+ Years Consumer Goods and Financial Industry - President CCPC, Arch Financial, Tymarc Children’s RTA Furniture

Teresa Rae Hanneman
Executive VP 
20+ Years Hospitality Industry Experience - VP Yield Management Club Med and SunTrips

Peter Dugan
President of Intellifares and Director
A founding member of Crystal Capital Partners, Mr. Dugan was Director of Global Business Development of DVC Worldwide from 2000 to 2003, a 1,400 person integrated marketing communications company that engaged in branding and promotional marketing programming for Fortune 100 companies. 
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    Financial Highlights For Crystal Int'l Travel Group

Sector: Services   Industry: Travel
Fiscal Year - Fiscal Year Ends: 31 July - Most Recent Quarter (mrq): 31-Oct-06 
Shares Outstanding: 12.35M - % Held by Insiders: 7.70% -  % Held by Institutions: 10.20%    Float (Millions) 11.273
Recent Trade: 0.032   52wk Range: 0.02 - 1.00   Avg Vol (3m): 104,670   Market Cap: 345.72K (approx)

Crystal Int'l Travel Group is a fully reporting company. To view SEC filings for CINT, Click Here
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    To Contact Crystal

2160 Headquarters Plaza - East Tower - Morristown, NJ 07960
Phone: 973-644-0900 - Fax: 973-965-1662 

 Crystal Travel Web Site
http://www.crystalitg.com


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