Continental Airlines is Official Airline of National Association of Hispanic Publications Annual Convention
March 10 2009 - 12:55PM
PR Newswire (US)
HOUSTON, March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Continental Airlines
(NYSE: CAL) is the Official Airline of the National Association of
Hispanic Publications (NAHP) 2009 Annual Convention and Business
Exposition to be held in McAllen, Texas, March 11-14. "Continental
is proud to continue its long-standing support of the NAHP, whose
member publications so often are the connection between 'homeland
and new land' for Latin Americans in the United States," said John
Slater, staff vice president, Latin America, Continental Airlines.
"The NAHP board of directors is extremely grateful to Continental
Airlines for its continued support of our membership and our mutual
goal of serving the Latino community," said Clara Padilla Andrews,
president, NAHP. The sponsorship includes a Continental
MeetingWorks discount agreement for NAHP members traveling to the
NAHP Annual Convention and Business Exposition in McAllen. About
Continental Airlines Continental Airlines is the world's fifth
largest airline. Continental, together with Continental Express and
Continental Connection, has more than 2,800 daily departures
throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia, serving 135 domestic and
132 international destinations. More than 650 additional points are
served via alliance partners. With more than 42,000 employees,
Continental has hubs serving New York, Houston, Cleveland and Guam,
and together with Continental Express, carries approximately 67
million passengers per year. Continental offers service to 69
destinations in 23 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean,
including nonstop service to 29 destinations in Mexico - more than
any other airline. Continental also offers nonstop service to more
Central American cities (10) than any other U.S. airline and serves
seven South American destinations. A pioneer in "Latinization,"
Continental offers a number of Spanish-language services, including
bilingual flight attendants on many flights to Latin America;
bilingual airport personnel, reservations agents and signage; and a
Spanish-language Web site at http://www.continental.com/espanol.
Passengers also may make reservations in Spanish at 1-800-537-9222.
Continental Airlines has been named to Hispanic Magazine's list of
"100 Best Companies for Hispanics" 10 times and in summer 2008 was
named to Latin Business Magazine's Diversity Honor Roll for the
third consecutive year. About the National Association of Hispanic
Publications The National Association of Hispanic Publications,
Inc. (NAHP, Inc.) is a nonprofit, non-partisan trade advocacy
organization representing the leading Spanish language publications
serving 41 markets in 39 states, the District of Columbia and
Puerto Rico, with a combined circulation of over 23 million. NAHP
was founded in 1982 as a nonpartisan and nonprofit organization to
promote Hispanic publications. NAHP, Inc. membership includes
newspapers and magazines which reach over 50% of the Hispanic
households in the United States. For more information, visit
http://www.nahp.org/. DATASOURCE: Continental Airlines CONTACT:
Corporate Communications of Continental Airlines, +1-713-324-5080,
Web Site: http://www.continental.com/
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