Livemocha Foreign Language Travel Crash Course Now Available for
Travelocity Customers
World’s Largest Online Language Learning Community Prepares
Travelocity Customers for International Travel
SEATTLE & SOUTHLAKE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Livemocha, the world’s largest online language learning community,
announced today that it will be working with Travelocity, one of the
largest online travel agencies in the world, to provide an online Travel
Language Crash Course to Travelocity customers. Travelocity will now
offer its customers Livemocha’s online Travel Crash Course with 70 hours
of instruction in six popular languages for a combined price of $29.95
at Travelocity.com. Travel Crash Course students will also receive MP3
audio for 500 travel-related words and phrases to help build their
foreign language skills. In addition to this travel-specific content,
Travelocity customers will also have access to Livemocha’s engaging
social learning environment, where customers can immerse themselves in
new languages and cultures through interaction with native speakers
prior to visiting a travel destination.
“At Travelocity, part of our mission is to inspire our customers to see
the world, and Livemocha’s Travel Crash Course is an innovative way to
do that,” said Cady Wolf, Vice President, Partner Marketing,
Travelocity. “As the world’s largest language learning community,
Livemocha provides a great resource for people who want to enhance their
travel experience. Knowing how to interact with the locals while you are
traveling can make the difference between a good trip and a truly
amazing trip.”
When buying a flight on Travelocity.com, customers will be provided with
the option to purchase an online Travel Crash Course from Livemocha
during the checkout process. Each Travel Crash Course uses engaging and
culturally relevant exercises to motivate travelers to learn, with
access to the world’s largest language learning community of native
speakers. Livemocha’s Travel Crash Course combines fun, guided lessons
with real-time practice to learn Spanish, French, German, Italian and
Mandarin Chinese. Comprehensive listening, reading and sentence
construction exercises are designed to help students learn 500 commonly
used travel phrases. Travelocity customers have 90 days to complete the
70 hours of instruction at their own convenience.
“Many travelers rely on simple tourist phrase books to help them
navigate their way in foreign countries, which offer minimal practical
value,” said Shirish Nadkarni, CEO, Livemocha. “With Livemocha,
travelers will develop real language skills with fun, interactive
exercises, and explore the language and culture of their foreign
destination with the help of the world’s largest community of native
speakers.”
The new Travel Crash Course is just one of the many ways people are
using Livemocha to learn new languages in order to prepare for
international travel, advance their career, make social connections,
supplement their education and more. Since its launch in September 2007,
over 1 million people around the world have joined Livemocha. Currently
the service features lessons for eleven popular languages – English,
Spanish, French, Hindi, German, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese,
Portuguese, Russian, and Mandarin Chinese — with additional languages
being added in the future.
For more information on the Travel Crash Course available through
Travelocity, please visit: http://www.livemocha.com/promo_codes/travelocity.
About Livemocha
Livemocha is a Seattle-based company that is redefining language
learning by combining dynamic online lessons with the world's largest
community of native language speakers. Livemocha is a free service that
allows its members to become conversationally proficient in an
ever-growing number of popular languages, including English, French,
Spanish, German, Portuguese, Icelandic, Italian, Hindi, Japanese,
Mandarin and Russian. Since launching in September 2007, Livemocha
community has already grown to 1 million members, a clear indication of
the demand for an engaging, collaborative approach to language learning.
There are currently over 375 million people wanting to learn a language
worldwide, and the market is currently estimated to be $20 billion,
fueled by rapid globalization, immigration and travel. For more
information about Livemocha, please visit www.livemocha.com.
About Travelocity Global
Travelocity® is committed to being the traveler's champion -- before,
during and after the trip – and provides the most comprehensive and
proactive guarantee in the industry (www.travelocity.com/guarantee).
This customer-driven focus, backed by 24/7 live phone support,
competitive prices and powerful shopping technology has made Travelocity
one of the largest travel companies in the world with annual gross
bookings of more than U.S. $10 billion. Travelocity also owns and
operates: Travelocity Business® for corporate travel; igougo.com, a
leading online travel community; lastminute.com, a leader in European
online travel; and ZUJI, a leader in Asia-Pacific online travel.
Travelocity is owned by Sabre Holdings Corporation, a world leader in
travel marketing and distribution.