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Frequent flyers can improve their chances at landing their preferred window or aisle seat with MySeatFinder, an online travel application that does all of the legwork for them. For a limited time, MySeatFinder is offering new members a free 30-day trial.

Steve Gordon and Tim Hadden developed MySeatFinder in the days when Gordon, a Cisco executive, was flying back and forth from his San Jose home to Orange County to facilitate Cisco’s acquisition of Linksys. Gordon coveted seat11B on his regular flight (exit row + aisle = leg room!) and lamented to his friend that it often took several calls to the airline to land 11B. The pair, who had worked in information systems at Northwest Airlines years earlier, started brainstorming ways technology could come to his rescue, and MySeatFinder was born.

Marriott’s Spirit of Aloha Tour, a month long traveling road show that will bring the vibrant sights and sounds of Hawaii to a dozen U.S. cities, launched yesterday with a traditional Hawaiian blessing at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix followed by a visit to the Phoenix Children’s Hospital.

Marriott’s Spirit of Aloha TourThe blessing signals the start of a 5,530-mile journey aboard a 45-foot-long tour bus emblazoned with colorful tropical images of Hawaii, that will visit 11 additional cities, traveling across Texas and then to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, St. Louis, Omaha, Denver and Salt Lake City with a final two-day stop in Los Angeles, February 11-12.

Hawaiian Airlines today introduced a short-term fare promotion giving travelers even more incentive to book a trip this winter.

Starting today, Hawaiian’s “Secret Island” getaway fares promotion offers a special e-certificate discount online at HawaiianAirlines.com that can be applied when booking a round trip in either direction between any of Hawaiian’s 10 gateway cities in the Western U.S. and Kauai, Maui, Hawaii’s Big Island, or Oahu. The special offer will apply to each island on a rotating basis for a limited time, so travelers must check Hawaiian’s website daily to learn which island is being featured.