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Travelstar Goes Pink
Travelstar, Inc. (OTCBB: TVLS) (OTCBB: TVLSE) announced that effective June 25, 2008 the Company's common stock
will no longer trade on the OTCBB. Instead, it will be eligible for
quotation on the Pink Sheets LLC, an electronic quotation service through
which participating broker-dealers can make markets and enter orders to buy
and sell shares. The Company expects that the trading symbol of its common
stock will remain the same (TVLS or TVLS.PK).
The Pink Sheets are increasingly becoming an alternative to the OTC
Bulletin Board and NASDAQ. Many experts are enthusiastically recommending
the Pink Sheets today because it allows a company to have many of the same
benefits of a private and a public company and should not greatly reduce
the demand for the stock. Information about the Pink Sheets can be found
at its Internet website www.pinksheets.com.
This decision by NASDAQ will allow management to focus its resources on
pursuing the Company's objectives and position Travelstar to enhance
long-term stockholder value. The Company had been contemplating pulling its
shares from the over-the-counter bulletin board for some time after
considering the recommendations of certain large shareholders and advisors.
At issue was whether the disadvantages of listing on the OTCBB outweigh the
benefits to the Company and its stockholders. The Board concurred with the
recommendation of its advisors.
Among the factors considered were the initial and ongoing corporate
governance requirements and costs associated with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002 -- which apply only to listed companies -- as well as the ongoing
costs and expenses, both direct and indirect, associated with being listed.
William M. Alverson, Travelstar Chairman and CEO, stated, "The expenses
associated with being listed were beginning to have a real effect on our
operating results. We spent over a half a million dollars last year to be
public and were told by our advisors to expect those costs to increase
because of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance requirements. We believe
shareholder value will be best served through executing on our business
model and delivering strong financial results rather than the current
limited benefits of an OTCBB listing."
In the quarter ending March 31, 2008, Travelstar announced record sales of
$20,801,585. Mr. Alverson continued, "Our Joystar Travel Network continues
to grow organically and with the new Travelstar.com cash flow model
recently introduced, I believe we are a much stronger company today than
ever before. We continue to take what we believe are the appropriate steps
to ensure the long-term sustainability and success of the Company, its
agents and affiliates."
About Travelstar, Inc.
Travelstar, and its family of brands (www.joystar.com,
www.vacationcompare.com, www.travelstar.com, www.starlightvacations.com),
is one of the nation's largest and fastest-growing leisure travel agency
networks and a leading seller of cruises and vacation packages.
"Forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 may be included in this news release. These
statements relate to future events or our future financial performance.
These statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual
future events or results. Travelstar, Inc. disclaims any intention or
obligation to revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of
new information, future developments or otherwise. Please refer to the
documents filed by Travelstar, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual
results to differ from those contained in forward-looking statements,
including, but not limited to risks associated with our ability to (i)
increase revenues, (ii) obtain profitability, and (iii) obtain additional
financing, changes in general economic and business conditions (including
in the online business and financial information industry), actions of our
competitors, the extent to which we are able to develop new services and
markets for our services, risks in connection with acquisitions, the time
and expense involved in such development activities, the level of demand
and market acceptance of our services and changes in our business
strategies.
Additionally, forward-looking statements concerning the performance of the
travel and leisure industry are based on current market conditions and
risks, which may change as the result of certain regulatory, political or
economic events, a shift in consumer travel preferences, as well as those
risks and uncertainties described in the Company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, which could cause actual events or
results to differ materially from the events described in the
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
these forward-looking statements.
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