Galveston.com & Company Extends Community Reach with Facebook Connect Integration

[August 31, 2009] - Galveston.com & Company, creator of the official website of Galveston Island Marketing and Tourism, today announced its integration with Facebook Connect. Now, Galveston.com can easily connect its site visitors directly to Facebook's social network, offering users the ability to interact with their Facebook accounts, friends and content.

Galveston.com's Facebook Connect integration taps into a a completely new avenue for attracting additional website visitors, taking advantage of the reach of one of the most pervasive social networks in the world today. The integration also enables viral distribution and syndication of Galveston.com content.

In addition, it presents new opportunities for visitors and fans of the Island to engage more deeply with site content, and then share it with their broader network of friends on Facebook. Users will now be able to quickly share interactions with Galveston.com with their broader group of friends on Facebook - with only one click.

"All of us at Galveston.com & Company absolutely realize the importance of social networking in regard to promoting Galveston Island as a tourism destination to the world. Our integration with Facebook Connect underscores this vision," said Jim Cordell, Vice-President of Galveston.com & Company. "By adding Facebook Connect to our Galveston.com community, we are not only dramatically increasing our website traffic, but - hopefully - visitors to Galveston Island as well. Quite simply, growing audience engagement via Facebook Connect is a logical next step."

About Galveston.com & Company...

Galveston.com & Company, Inc. is a destination marketing corporation based in Galveston, Texas. The company specializes in destination portals, as well as online lodging, cruise, parking, and transfer reservations via its proprietary DestinationNext_^TM reservation module. For more information, contact Galveston.com & Company at via phone (409)763-8676 or email at websites@galveston.com.

About Facebook...

Millions of people use Facebook everyday to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet. Facebook's mission is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected.

Facebook was founded in February 2004 and is a social utility that helps people communicate more efficiently with their friends, family and coworkers. The company develops technologies that facilitate the sharing of information through the social graph, the digital mapping of people's real-world social connections.

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