Ambassadors Group Partners With Discovery Education to Offer New Student Adventure Travel Programs
March 19 2009 - 1:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
World Adventures Unlimited Subsidiary Will Provide Travel for
Adventure-based Student Trips SPOKANE, Wash., March 19
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ambassadors Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:EPAX), a
leading provider of educational travel experiences, today announced
that the company has formed a partnership with Discovery Education
to become the travel provider for the new Discovery Student
Adventures learning and adventure-based trips for students in
grades 5 through 12. A subsidiary, World Adventures Unlimited will
design, manage and operate the student travel programs specifically
for Discovery Education. Ambassadors Group is the parent company of
People to People Ambassador Programs, a leading educational travel
provider that has traveled over 400,000 citizens to the seven
continents of the world for more than 40 years. Discovery Student
Adventures will begin offering the adventure-based international
trips for students and accompanying teachers to eight destinations
in the summer of 2010. Teachers of grades 5 through 12 are invited
to apply now at http://www.discoverystudentadventures.com/, student
applications will be accepted beginning May 1, 2009. "We are
thrilled to extend our product offerings with Discovery Education,"
said Jeff Thomas, President and CEO of Ambassadors Group. "We
regularly assess the need for new programs and markets, and are
excited to add the adventure learning travel segment to our product
offerings. Whether your student is interested in the excitement of
educational travel or the new adventure-based learning experiences
starting next year, we will have programs to suit individual
interests and tastes. Our longstanding People to People Student
Ambassador Programs, Leadership Programs, Citizen Ambassador
Programs for adult professionals and now the Discovery Student
Adventures Program provide many choices for student and adult
travelers alike seeking the experience of a lifetime." About
Ambassadors Group Ambassadors Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:EPAX) is a
socially conscious, education company located in Spokane,
Washington. Ambassadors Group is the parent company of People to
People Ambassador Programs, World Adventures Unlimited, and Book
Rags, an educational research website. The company also oversees
the Washington School of World Studies, an accredited travel study
and distance learning school. Additional information about
Ambassadors Group and subsidiaries is available at
http://ambassadorsgroup.com/. About Discovery Education Discovery
Communications (NASDAQ:DISCANASDAQ:DISCBNASDAQ:DISCK)
revolutionized television with Discovery Channel and is now
transforming classrooms through Discovery Education. Powered by the
number one nonfiction media company in the world, Discovery
Education combines scientifically proven, standards-based digital
media and a dynamic user community in order to empower teachers to
improve student achievement. Already, more than half of all U.S.
schools access Discovery Education digital services. Explore the
future of education at http://www.discoveryeducation.com/.
DATASOURCE: Ambassadors Group, Inc. CONTACT: Dan Lee of Weber
Shandwick, +1-425-452-5495, , for Ambassadors Group, Inc. Web Site:
http://ambassadorsgroup.com/
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