NORWALK, Conn., Dec. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) today released its 9^th annual list of the Top 50 destinations for ringing in the New Year. New York City topped the list, with the Midtown West area coming in at number one. Florida destinations took 12 spots on the list, while major theme park destinations in the Sunshine State and southern California appeared on the list 7 times. 

Priceline.com's top destinations list is based on thousands of hotel booking requests made by customers of its Name Your Own Price® hotel service for the days around New Year's Eve.  Commenting on this year's results, priceline.com's in-house Travel Ekspert Brian Ek said, "This is the second straight year that New York City has taken the top spot, so revelers will probably see a crowded Times Square this year. Elsewhere, New Year's crowds appear to be headed to Florida and southern California where the theme parks and major parades should see solid turnouts."

Priceline.com's Top 50 New Year's Destinations

Hotel rooms, airline tickets and rental cars are still available on priceline.com www.priceline.com for the holiday, including many at substantial savings. Last-minute travelers also can use priceline.com's travel app, Priceline: Hotels, Flights & Rental Cars(sm). The app is optimized for the iPhone5 and is available for all iOS devices (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, iPad mini). It can be downloaded for free from the iTunes store http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/priceline-hotel-car-negotiator/id336381998?mt=8&uo=4. 

Priceline.com also offers a version of the app, with hotel and rental car booking features, for Android, that can be downloaded for free from the Android market https://market.android.com/details?id=com.priceline.android.negotiator. Travelers with other devices can access priceline.com's mobile-friendly website at m.priceline.com.

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About The Priceline Group

The Priceline Group (Nasdaq: PCLN) is a leader in global online hotel reservations, with over 270,000 participating hotels worldwide. The Group is composed of four primary brands - Booking.com, priceline.com, Agoda.com and Rentalcars.com - and several ancillary brands. The Priceline Group provides online travel services in over 180 countries in Europe, North America, South America, the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East and Africa.

Booking.com is the number one online hotel reservation service in the world, offering over 250,000 hotels (as of December 4, 2012), and is available in 41 languages. More recent hotel counts are available on the Booking.com website. Priceline.com gives leisure travelers multiple ways to save on their airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, vacation packages and cruises. In addition to getting compelling published prices, travelers can take advantage of priceline.com's famous Name Your Own Price® service, which can deliver the lowest prices available, or the recently added Express DealsSM, where travelers can take advantage of hotel discounts without bidding. Agoda.com is an Asia-based online hotel reservation service that is available in 38 languages. Rentalcars.com is a multinational car hire service, offering its reservation services in over 6,000 locations. Customer support is provided in 40 languages.

SOURCE Priceline.com