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Select Italy Gets Consecutive Nomination

Select Italy was nominated by the leading international honor for Web sites, The Webby Awards, for the Best Tourism Web site of 2006 for the second consecutive year. Of the five finalists in this category, Select Italy is one of only two nominees to have been selected two years running. The winners will be announced on May 9 at the Tenth Annual Webby Awards taking place on June 12 in NY.

With features such as live online hotel booking, villa and apartment rentals, the widest range of museum reservations and musical event tickets available anywhere, interactive live chat support, extensive reference material on travel to Italy as well as slick, map-based access to all of the company?s Italy offerings, the website is at the cutting edge of travel industry Web design.

Hailed as the ?online Oscars? by Time Magazine, The Webby Awards are given each year by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, a global organization with a membership that includes musician David Bowie, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, The Body Shop president Anita Roddick, ?Simpsons? creator Matt Groening, Real Networks CEO Rob Glaser, and fashion designer Max Azria.