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SportsExpress Acquires Luggage Express and Virtual Bellhop Brands

HOUSTON, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Sports Express, LLC, a premier luggage and sports equipment delivery service, announced today the acquisition of two previously competing door-to-door luggage delivery brands: Luggage Express and Virtual Bellhop. This acq   More...

Luggage Restrictions Can Dampen the Joy of Ski Season

LUGGAGE RESTRICTIONS CAN DAMPEN THE JOY OF SKI SEASON HOUSTON, TX – MONDAY, October 16, 2006 – Since last ski season, multiple airlines have imposed new weight limits on checked luggage in an effort to combat higher fuel costs. Depending on the airline, b   More...

Luggage Advance Introduces Hands-Free Holiday Travel

LUGGAGE ADVANCE INTRODUCES HANDS-FREE HOLIDAY TRAVEL - HOUSTON, TX Monday, October 9, 2006 – Airline travel is expected to be at record levels during the 2006 holiday season. In addition to the increased number of travelers, newly imposed TSA (Transportat   More...

Sports Express Launches Luggage Advance™

SPORTS EXPRESS LAUNCHES LUGGAGE ADVANCE™ TO RESPOND TO CHANGING TRAVEL NEEDS HOUSTON, TX – Tuesday, AUGUST 29, 2006 – Sports Express, a premier luggage and sports equipment delivery service, announced today the launch of its new brand, Luggage Advance™.   More...

Ryder Cup Travel Tips

June 13, 2006 – The 36th edition of the Ryder Cup, the biennial golf match between Europe and the United States, will be held at the K Club in Straffan, Co. Kildare, Ireland, September 22-24, 2006. As golf enthusiasts continue to book travel to Ireland..   More...

Sports Express Offers Alternative to Lost Baggage

According to recent numbers released by the US Department of Transportation, US airlines lost more than 10,000 bags on average each day in 2005. This represents a 23 percent increase overthe previous year and the largest number of lost bags since 1   More...

Club Glove Expands Sports Express Promotion

June 8, 2005 - - West Coast Trends, Inc., makers of the Club Glove, the Number One travel bag on all Tours, today announced that it has expanded its promotional partnership with Sports Express, LLC to include golf club delivery throughout the Sports Expre   More...

Joe's Ten Commandments of Summer Flying

June 6, 2005 - I was walking up the passenger bridge to my flight just after noon on Monday when I saw a dour-looking first officer coming my way, flashlight in hand. "That can't be a good sign," I thought to myself. Indeed it wasn't. After sitting at a    More...

Travelocity Preferred Members Enjoy A New Perk: Luggage Delivery

August 20, 2003 - In a move that is sure to have luggage-laden travelers kicking up their heels, Sports Express, the nation’s premier luggage and sports equipment delivery service, announced its partnership with Travelocity® to offer its Preferred members   More...

Delta unveils luggage-less travel option powered by Sports Expres

August 20, 2002 – Delta Air Lines customers can enjoy more convenient travel and faster airport check-ins by having their luggage or sports equipment picked up at home or office and delivered to their travel destination.   More...

Delta Air Lines partners with Sports Express

ATLANTA | Aug. 19, 2002 – Delta Air Lines now offers door-to-door pickup and delivery service to customers traveling with oversized luggage and sports equipment through a new relationship with Sports Express, a sports equipment delivery company.   More...

Free upgrades for luggage-less travel

July 8, 2002 – Travelers love free upgrades when they fly, and now there are free upgrades when travelers fly without their baggage. Sports Express, the premier baggage and sports equipment delivery service, is offering upgrades for orders placed in Jul   More...

SE teams up with two national bicycling groups

June 7, 2002 – Sports Express has teamed up with two of the nation’s largest non-profit bicycle organizations – the League of American Bicyclists and the Adventure Cycling Association – to help their members simplify the process of flying with their bikes   More...

Sports Express names 4 for new business development program

May 31, 2002 – Sports Express has teamed up with Fort Lewis College to create a new business development program for all areas of Sports Express' fast-growing sports equipment and luggage delivery business, and three students and one graduate have been   More...

America West Airlines offers luggage-less travel

May 8, 2002 – America West Airlines takes the lug out luggage with a new door-to-door delivery service for baggage, golf clubs, skis and other sports items. America West is the first major airline to provide this new luggage-less travel option.   More...

Flying with a bike? New service makes travel faster and easier

May 5, 2002 – Taking a bicycle on an airline trip can be a major hassle, but a new company makes it much easier to fly with your bike. Sports Express, the nation’s premiere luggage and sports equipment delivery service, has created a system for air trave   More...

Golf travel without clubs... or luggage

April 10, 2002 – What do you get when you cross a skycap with a caddie? Sports Express, a new golf-travel service providing door-to-door delivery of clubs and luggage. Sports Express will pick up golf clubs and luggage from home, office or country club an   More...

Great Plains Airlines unveils luggage-less travel program

March 24, 2002 – Great Plains Airlines introduces flying’s first-ever door-to-door delivery service for luggage, golf bags, skis, bikes or other items normally checked as baggage. The revolutionary program, Buffalo Sports Express, provides Great Plains p   More...

A distinctive reward for group and incentive travel

March 6, 2002 – Which would you choose: a pillow gift or a worry-free trip. Meeting, convention and incentive travel planners can now provide their clients with a new, distinctive and much-appreciated reward: door-to-door pickup and delivery of luggage,    More...

Durango Mountain Resort adds convenience

March 5, 2002 – Durango Mountain Resort guests can enjoy a new travel convenience: door-to-door delivery of skis, snowboards, gear bags, luggage and mountain bikes. The resort is offering the new Sports Express equipment delivery service, through which sp   More...

Sports Express takes the ‘lug’ out of luggage

March 1, 2002 – Imagine traveling without your luggage or going on a golf vacation without lugging clubs around. Sit back, relax and enjoy the trip… because your gear is already there. A new Colorado company, Sport Express, arranges for all types of lugga   More...

Avoid airport delays... New service for Aspen/Snowmass

Feb. 20, 2002 – Having to carry skis, snowboards and luggage to Aspen/Snowmass is a thing of the past. Sports Express arranges for door-to-door pickup and return delivery virtually anywhere in the United States. Guests of Aspen/Snowmass can take advanta   More...

The concourse or the golf course? Sports Express saves time

Feb. 13, 2002 – Golfers can spend less time in the concourse and more time on the golf course with Sports Express club and luggage delivery service. Sports Express arranges for golf equipment and/or baggage to be picked up from home, office or country clu   More...

New service at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort

Jan. 28, 2002 – Sports Express, the premier sports equipment delivery service serving skiers, golfers, cyclists, and other destination travelers nationwide is now available to Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. The new service enables guests to have their eq   More...

Why carry 114 million pounds of gear on vacation?

Aug. 10, 2001 – Traveling skiers and snowboarders schlepped more than 57,354 tons of their winter sports equipment to America’s slopes last season. To put it in perspective, that weight is the equivalent of: 327,757 Marlon Brandos after enjoying a snack   More...

Official Bike Delivery Service of World Championships

July 20, 2002 – Sports Express has been selected as the Official Bicycle Delivery Service of the 2001 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, set for Sept. 6 - 16 at Vail and Beaver Creek resorts.   More...

Mountain travel without the worries

June 30, 2001 – Imagine traveling to the high country without worrying about your sports equipment. Sit back, relax and enjoy the trip... because your stuff is already there. A new Colorado company, Sport Express, adds convenience to mountain travel by ar   More...

Golf travel made easy

May 24, 2001 – Sports Express has created a solution for golfers who want to avoid the hassles of lugging heavy clubs to and from the airport and the risk and uncertainty of checking clubs as baggage.   More...