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Travelocity's IgoUgo.com Names Philadelphia One Of "10 US Cities With Tourism Sites To See"
Blog Calls gophila.com “Undeniably Fresh”
IgoUgo travel blog, a partner of Travelocity, named Philadelphia one of “10 US Cities with Tourism Sites to See” this month. The trip planning Web site called gophila.com, Greater Philadelphia’s official tourism Web site, “undeniably fresh” and “full of multimedia options” and went on to say, “But besides being up-to-date, informative, and easy to use … it’s just plain fun.”
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