Today, William Shatner, a.k.a. The Priceline Negotiator, officially
launched his MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/thenegotiator.
The page comes fully equipped with tons of fun information and goodies.
Visitors can download ringtones, including The Negotiator's
signature line ? ?You're
so naughty!? They can insert their
karate-chopping hero into personal photos (we won't
tell that you didn't really meet him on
vacation). Or, they can listen to The Negotiator as he riffs on a
certain ceramic gnome.
And while you're visiting The Negotiator at
his new online digs, don't forget to add him
as your friend. If you do, you're
automatically entered in The Negotiator's
Sweepstakes, where first prize is airfare for two to the Caribbean and a
7-night stay at the Marriott Curacao Resort.
Earlier this year, priceline.com kicked off The Negotiator advertising
campaign where Mr. Shatner, camping it up in the persona of a 1960s-era
spy movie hero, has attacked high travel prices, karate-chopping and
kung-fu kicking his way to spectacular deals for priceline.com
customers. The campaign has resonated with the press and consumers. For
two months in a row, Adweek Magazine said the commercials were among the
best new spots appearing on TV. On sites like MySpace and YouTube,
Negotiator fans began appearing, demonstrating their own deal-chopping
karate moves.
?While The Negotiator has helped millions of
priceline.com customers save billions of dollars on their travel
purchases, very few customers actually have had the chance to meet him,?
said priceline.com Chief Marketing Officer Brett Keller. ?MySpace
is now the definitive forum for people to get to know The Negotiator,
interact with him and make him part of their own social network.?
The Negotiator's MySpace page contains lots
of previously unreleased video and audio footage, bio information and,
of course, the ability to become part of his network of friends.
Features include:
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Negotiator ringtones. Choose
from the Falcon of Truth screech, the distinctive Price Line ring, the
Negotiator theme, or one of the signature Negotiator lines from his
commercials.
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Backstage interviews. See Mr.
Shatner in his Negotiator persona ?riff?
on a variety of topics and demonstrate his kung-fu techniques.
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The Negotiator's
Favorites. Find out what The Negotiator likes to read (Donald
Trump's The Art of the Deal is a fave),
watch (Deal Or No Deal, of course) and listen to (Pink Floyd's
Money).
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Put The Negotiator in your family photos.
After all, the Negotiator got that great trip deal for you. Why not
download his image and add it to your vacation photos?
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Interact with The Negotiator.
Tell him about the best deal you've ever
scored. Share photos of your favorite lawn ornament.
About Priceline.com® Incorporated
Priceline.com Incorporated (Nasdaq: PCLN) operates priceline.com, a
leading U.S. online travel service for value-conscious leisure
travelers, and Priceline Europe, a leading European online hotel
reservation service.
In the U.S., priceline.com gives customers more ways to save on their
airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, vacation packages and cruises
than any other Internet travel service. In addition to getting the best
published prices, leisure travelers can narrow their searches using
priceline.com's TripFilter?
advanced search technology, create packages to save even more money, and
take advantage of priceline.com's famous Name
Your Own Price® service, which can
deliver the lowest prices available.
Priceline Europe operates one of Europe's
fastest growing hotel reservation services through its Booking.com
network of hotel reservation services, Activehotels.com and
priceline.co.uk. Priceline Europe operates in 54 countries in 15
languages and offers its customers in Europe and the U.S. access to
approximately 34,000 participating European hotels.
Priceline.com also operates the following travel websites:
Travelweb.com, Lowestfare.com, RentalCars.com and BreezeNet.com.
Priceline.com also has a personal finance service that offers home
mortgages, refinancing and home equity loans through an independent
licensee. Priceline.com licenses its business model to independent
licensees, including priceline mortgage and certain international
licensees.
For more information about priceline.com:
To book flights http://www.priceline.com/flights/
To book hotels http://www.priceline.com/hotels/
To book rental cars http://www.priceline.com/rentalcars/
To book a vacation
package http://www.priceline.com/vacationpackages/
To book a cruise http://www.pricelinecruiseoutlet.com
To see our PriceBreakers
deals: http://www.priceline.com/pricebreakers
To check our travel
guides: http://travela.priceline.com/travelguides/
To watch our TV
ads: http://www.priceline.com/promo/shatner_pcln_negotiator.asp
Other priceline.com affiliated sites include:
General travel information and trip planning http://www.mytravelguide.com
Travel reservations http://www.lowestfare.com
http://www.travelweb.com
Rental cars http://www.RentalCars.com
http://www.BreezeNet.com
European hotels http://www.booking.com
http://www.priceline.co.uk
Priceline.com
Press:
Brian Ek, 203-299-8167
brian.ek@priceline.com