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Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Fareportal’s CheapOair.com Wins Gold Hermes Creative Award for Social Media Sweepstakes Campaign

Fareportal, the travel technology company powering CheapOair.com and OneTravel.com, was honored recently with a Gold Award at the Hermes Creative Awards for hosting an exceptionally successful social media sweepstakes campaign.

In celebration of Valentine's Day, the flight-focused online travel agency partnered with Fiji Airways to giveaway a romantic trip for two to Fiji including roundtrip airfare and 5-star accommodations. The success of the campaign was unprecedented for CheapOair.com and far surpassed the goals set prior to the promotion.

The campaign generated a 4% social engagement rate which is significantly higher than the industry average of 0.9%. In addition, 36% of entrants opted-in to receive future CheapOair.com pro motional emails.

The Hermes Creative Awards are sponsored and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP). The international organization consists of several thousand professionals in production, marketing, communication, advertising, and public relations. AVA Digital recognizes outstanding achievement by creative professionals involved in the concept, direction, design, and production of media that is part of the evolution of digital communication.

"Social media plays a vital role in how today's travelers research and plan their trips and therefore is becoming a key component of our marketing strategy," said Sam S. Jain, Founder and CEO at Fareportal. "Our Social Media team is constantly working with our partners to generate interesting campaigns that engage our followers and keep CheapOair top of mind when booking a trip."

About Fareportal
Fareportal is a travel technology company powering a next gener ation travel concierge service. Utilizing its innovative technology and company owned and operated global contact centers, Fareportal has built strong industry partnerships providing customers access to over 450 airlines, 1 million hotels, and hundreds of car rental companies around the globe. With a portfolio of consumer travel brands including CheapOair and OneTravel, Fareportal enables consumers to book online, on mobile apps for iOS and Android, by phone, or live chat. Fareportal provides its airline partners with access to a broad customer base that books high-yielding international travel and add-on ancillaries.

About CheapOair
CheapOair is a flights-focused hybrid travel service that enables consumers to book online, on mobile apps, by phone or live chat. CheapOair (http://www.cheapoair.com, 1-80 0-566-2345) bridges the gap between an online and traditional travel agency with certified travel agents available 24/7 to help find deals and offers to destinations worldwide on over 450 airlines, 150,000 hotels, and 100s of car rental companies. Partner airlines benefit from access to CheapOair's broad customer base that books high yield international travel and add-on ancillaries at above the industry average. Follow CheapOair on Facebook and Twitter to learn how to travel the world for less.
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Owlet Raises $24 Million in Series B Funding

Owlet Baby Care, today announced the closing of a $24 million Series B investment. The round was led by Trilogy Equity Partners, with participation from existing investors, including Eclipse Ventures, Broadway Angels, and Enfield Ventures, and the addition Pelion Venture Partners. The additional funding will enable the company to accelerate its growth through the launch of additional products, continued international expansion, and help make the product accessible to more families. In connection with the financing, Amy McCullough, Managing Director at Trilogy Equity Partners, will join Owlet's board of directors.

Owlet is a venture-backed startup best known for its flagship product, the Smart Sock baby monitor, which uses pulse oximetry to track a baby's heart rate and oxygen levels while sleeping. In 2017, Owlet launched the Connected Care platform which prov ides parents with more comprehensive data analysis and trends based on biometric information about their baby, including heart rate, oxygen levels, sleep trends and red notification history. With two new products slated for release in 2018, the company continues to focus on healthcare technologies that empower parents with the right information at the right time.

"As a company of parents, it is important to us to bring innovative technology into a family's everyday life. This new round of funding will enable us to expand our product line, looking at ways we can support the health and wellness of families at all stages, from pregnancy on, as well as increase the brand's availability internationally and improve our accessibility and affordability." said Kurt Workman, Owlet Co-Founder and CEO. "We are very grateful for the continued support of our investor s Trilogy Equity Partners, Eclipse Ventures and Broadway Angels, who help make achieving our big vision and mission possible."

"As an investor, it is rare to get the chance to invest in a company that has both the potential to be tremendously successful while simultaneously delivering a product that has the ability to make such a substantive and positive impact on people's lives. Owlet is on a journey to achieve both of these objectives and at Trilogy, we couldn't be more excited to lead this round and take the next step in Owlet's journey together. Over the past few years, we've had the opportunity to witness the impact that Owlet's Smart Sock has made in the lives of countless families, as they've created a new category in infant home monitoring while placing the power of information into the hands of parents." said Amy McCullough, Managing Director at Trilogy Equity Partners. "Kurt and his team have already demonstrated a tremendous abilit y to execute from a vision to products which resonates with parents globally and we look forward to our continued partnership with the entire Owlet team."

Owlet Baby Care also recently announced the addition of three experts to its board of directors and executive team, to propel the company through its continued growth and expansion. Woody Scal, former Fitbit Chief Business Officer, joined as a board member; Mike Abbott, seasoned CFO and executive from top consumer brands, as Chief Financial Officer; and Milena Adamian, MD, PhD, a cardiologist and clinical research expert, as Vice President of Health Affairs.

Owlet has been recognized by Forbes "Next Billion-Dollar Startup" list, Entrepreneurs "100 Brilliant companies" list and a finalist in Fast Companies "2017 World Changing Ideas Awards." In the past year alone, The Owlet Smart Sock has been awarded by top parenting media including: BabyCenter Moms' Pick Awards, The Bump Best of Baby Awards , Babylist Best Baby Products, and What to Expect Best Baby Awards. Owlet is currently a finalist in the Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), the world's largest startup competition.

About Owlet Baby Care
Owlet Baby Care (http://www.owletcare.com) is a health technology company founded by a team of parents in 2013. The company's flagship product is the Smart Sock Baby Monitor, which uses pulse oximetry technology to track a baby's heart rate and oxygen levels during sleep. Owlet's mission is to empower parents with the right information at the right time.

About Trilogy Equity Partners
Formed in 2006, Trilogy Equity Partners (http://www.trilogyequity.com) is an early stage venture firm based in Bellevue, Washington that is led by former entrepreneurs and operators. The firm's roots include the formation and leadership of some of the largest mobile operators in the United States as well as other global technology and wireless companies. Trilogy takes a hands-on approach to investing, with a closely held evergreen fund that aligns investments with the objective of building great companies over time.

Fareportal’s CheapOair.com Wins Gold Hermes Creative Award for Social Media Sweepstakes Campaign

About CheapOair
CheapOair is a flights-focused hybrid travel service that enables consumers to book online, on mobile apps, by phone or live chat. CheapOair (http://www.cheapoair.com, 1-800-566-2345) bridges the gap between an online and traditional travel agency with certified travel agents available 24/7 to help find deals and offers to destinations worldwide on over 450 airlines, 150,000 hotels, and 100s of car rental companies. Partner airlines benefit from access to CheapOair's broad customer base that books high yield international travel and add-on ancillaries at above the industry average. Follow CheapOair on Facebook and Twitter to learn how to travel the world for less.
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NetNumber Expands Number Portability Coverage

NetNumber announced it has added another dozen countries to its Global Number Portability (NP) solution, offered as part of NetNumber's Global Data Services (GDS). GDS is a cloud-service that utilizes the NetNumber TITAN platform to deliver multiple data services to telco operators and enterprises around the globe. NetNumber now offers NP data via data bases or referral query services for 90 countries. GDS customers include telecom operators, enterprises and financial institutions that need access to network owner information for mobile and landline numbers to deliver services.

The Global NP service provides the basis for essential global inter-carrier routing for roaming, voice and messaging. The service enables accurate and efficient routing of voice and messaging services while decreasing the cost. As the second largest telecom registry globally, it handle s more than four billion transactions monthly.

NetNumber recently hired industry expert John Coleman to lead sales and customer expansion in the United States. With more than 20 years of experience in the telecom information services sector, Mr. Coleman has a history of successful executive sales, business development, and account management roles at both startups and larger enterprise organizations providing services to the telecom space. He joins NetNumber from his most recent role as Director of Sales for the Business Serivces Division of First Orion, formerly Accudata Technologies.

"New voice and messaging capabilities as well as two-type security authentication requirements are driving telecom operators and enteprises to expand their needs for accurate, authoritative communications network data and services," explained Steve Legge, general manager of NetNumber GDS. "In response, NetNumber continues to expand its authoritative global data to meet new requirements and offload the burden from operators and enterprises trying to source the data from many global locations and normalize it themselves. We're excited to have John on board to help uncover new opportunities and work with our team to develop new data services."

To learn more about NetNumber's Global Data Services, visit http://www.netnumber.com/#data. Order Number Portability or other data services by contacting gds.sales(at)netnumber(dot)com

About NetNumber
NetNumber, Inc. brings 18 years of experience delivering innovative signaling control solutions that enable carriers to accelerate impl ementation of new services across multiple generations of networks, while dramatically simplifying the core network and reducing operating costs. Today, we are the leading provider of Centralized Signaling and Routing Control (CSRC) solutions on which additional services such as number portability data and global code range data easily can be added.

Texas Fertility Center and Ovation Fertility™ Announce Recipient of RESOLVE Advocacy Day Grant

Texas Fertility Center (TFC) and Ovation Fertility are proud to announce the recipient of the Advocacy Day grant. Erin Steward, a TFC and Ovation Fertility patient, will receive the grant to cover the cost of attending RESOLVE Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C., on May 23.

To be considered for the grant, which was cosponsored by TFC and Ovation Fertility, applicants were asked to submit a fertility story. An independent, 12-person committee with a background in infertility reviewed all of the submissions to make the final selection. Erin's story about her struggle to conceive her daughter and her efforts to have another baby helped secure her place as the grant recipient.

Writes Erin in her submission: "I hope that you, in your positions of power, will see me and hear my story, and understand that I am not unique— I am not an exception. I am not the first to suffer marital problems or experience depression as a result of my infertility. I am not the first to struggle with how to pay bills or make ends meet… I am a wife, mother, daughter and now, an advocate. I am asking for your help in addressing infertility."

Erin will not be attending RESOLVE Advocacy Day alone. She will join her husband, Justin and Kaylen Silverberg M.D., the medical director of TFC – and the fertility specialist who treated her. As a well-known champion of accessible fertility care, Dr. Silverberg regularly attends the annual event to speak to members of Con gress about important issues in reproductive care.

According to Dr. Silverberg, "We were thrilled with the response to our request for Advocacy Day grant submissions. Although we can only provide one grant, all applicants will travel to Washington, D.C., in a different way, as Erin and I will be bringing their stories with us to share with lawmakers on Capitol Hill."

During RESOLVE Advocacy Day, Erin will attend lobbying workshops in which Dr. Silverberg and other experienced advocates will teach attendees how to effectively lobby their congressional delegation. She will then have the opportunity to speak to members of Congress on behalf of the infertility community.

"Not everyone has the resources or skills to attend Advocacy Day, but every fertility patient has a story to tell. Texas Fertility Center and Ovation Fertility are proud to give Erin the opportunity to attend this special even t and make her voice heard on Capitol Hill," Dr. Silverberg said.

About Texas Fertility Center
Texas Fertility Center (TFC), one of the nation's leading full-service infertility practices, provides advanced infertility and reproductive endocrinology services to patients throughout Texas, the southwestern United States and the Americas. Since 1980, TFC has been recognized nationally and internationally for outstanding pregnancy rates, leading-edge laboratory procedures and innovative research programs. For more information, please visit http://www.txfertility.com.

MyPix2 Expands Gift Selection, Doubles Canvas Offerings

MyPix2, the photo-printing, canvas and gifting site, has added hundreds of photo gifts and creative products and has doubled the number of canvas products offered.

"Providing MyPix2 customers with the best value in photo gifts and canvas has been our goal," says Fred H. Lerner, CEO, MyPix2. "We are also delighted to expand the company's well-known canvas offerings with more sizes and shapes."

New photo gifts include photo collage blankets, mugs and drinkware, photo calendars, home decor and clothing.

MyPix2 expanded canvas offerings include 25 sizes of wrapped canvas, 25 choices of floating-frame canvas, and easel-back and framed canvas.

ABOUT MYPIX2.COM
MyPix2 preserves photo memories as photo books, canvas, prints, cards, enl argements and other photo gift products. The service is seamlessly integrated to print photos from any phone, device or computer. MyPix2 offices are located in Huntington Beach, Calif.

Fred H. Lerner is the CEO of MyPix2. He previously founded Ritz Interactive, which included RitzCamera.com, WolfCamera.com and others. Fred also founded two imaging companies which were acquired by Kodak and became the CEO of Kodak Processing Labs. He is a United Nations' Hall of Fame recipient from the International Photographic Council and Past President of the Photo Marketing Association International.

Peter Tahmin, COO of MyPix2, was the former vice president at Ritz Camera & Image and co-founder, senior vice president and COO of the Ritz Interactive e-commerce network, which included RitzCamera.com, WolfCamera.com, BoatersWorld.com and ot hers. He brings more than 20 years of e-commerce experience and a lifetime of imaging industry experience.

Unique Venues Examines if Meeting & Events Industry is Doing Enough for Disabled Attendees

It's estimated that 1 in 5 Americans has a disability of some degree. With so many people affected, Unique Venues wondered how well the meetings and events industry is meeting the needs of all attendees in 2018. A new report in the Spring Issue of Unique Venues magazine looks at how college and university spaces in particular are not only complying with ADA guidelines but also going above and beyond with new technologies and capabilities that cater to those with mobility, sight, and hearing impairment—whether building accessible residence halls with specially-equipped overnight accommodations or offering high-tech audio systems that are discreet and functional.

"I think many able-bodied attendees can take for granted how well we are able to integrate with meetings and events, but the statistics of how many people are affected by a disability is an indicator that the industry needs to do better," says Unique Venues Founder Michele Nichols. "Discovering how well non-traditional spaces like campuses provide accessibility for all is further proof to me of how our niche market considers all the small details that make a big difference to someone else."

In addition to this featured article, the new college and university-focused Spring Issue has 80-plus pages full of rich content targeted to planners, including a look at the eight most thrilling experiences attendees can have on a campus (from participating in peaceful protest to exploring the Redwood Forest), a report on the growing trend of One-Stop Shop models, a tour through Bay Area venues, and expert advice on creating effective anti-harassment policies.

Unique Venues magazine is distributed FREE of charge to professional and accredited planners in the U.S. and Canada. As well, the magazine is delivered electronically to an additional 36,000+ professional and freelance planners. To join the mailing list for Unique Venues magazine, simply register here.

In addition, the UniqueVenues.com website features a comprehensive database of all member listings including contact information, photo and video galleries, menus, meeting room capacities, a FREE RFP service, and more.

About Unique Venues
Unique Venues has been the go-to source for non-conventional meeting and event venues, and the planners looking for them, for more than 30 years. The marketing and membership company has grown to be the largest online database in the U.S. and Canada with member venues including colleges and universities, historical and cultural venues, arenas and stadiums, camps and retreat centers, conferences and business centers, and other special event venues. Services include free RFP submission s, assisted searches, and a regular magazine distribution that help planners find the perfect fit every time.

For more information, or to receive your free copy, please contact Unique Venues, 970.926.7676