Luxury Link Auctions Travel Packages for Hurricane Relief

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Luxury Link, the world's leading luxury travel web site (http://www.luxurylink.com/) is hosting special auctions for travel packages provided by several of its listed properties. All proceeds from these auctions will go to America's Second Harvest (http://www.secondharvest.org/) and Habitat for Humanity (http://www.habitat.org/) to aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Participating hotels and resorts include Hotel Raphael (Paris), Rancho Caymus (Rutherford, CA), Pimelai Resort (Thailand), Channings (Edinburgh), the Blue Palace Resort and Spa (Crete), Lichtfield Plantation (South Carolina), Hotel Nelligan (Montreal), the Fairmont (San Francisco), The Inn at the Round Barn Farm (Vermont), and Playa Nicuesa Rainforest Lodge (Costa Rica).

The auctions, which began September 12, are accessible on the home page at http://www.luxurylink.com/.

"It is a great honor for us to be able to raise funds for the organizations that are doing so much to repair people's lives," said Diane McDavitt, President & COO of Luxury Link.

Founded in 1997, Luxury Link, LLC is the leading provider of luxury travel on the web, including research, special offers, and travel auctions, updated daily. Gannett Company, Inc. holds a minority interest in the Company. LuxuryLink.com has been recognized as a leading travel web site by numerous entities including Travel & Leisure, Forbes, the New York Times, The Washington Post, Inc. Magazine, and USA Today, and received a Webby Award nomination in 2004.