Second Annual AirPlus International, Inc. March Madness Online Tournament for Charity is Live!

AirPlus International, Inc., a global provider of corporate travel payment solutions, launches its second annual AirPlus March Madness online tournament for charity: http://www.firstgiving.com/marchmadnessairplus2010. This year, all funds will be donated to the Care and Share organization and AirPlus will double all donations up to the original fundraising goal. Instructions to donate and for bracket selection are now available on the donation site and the fundraiser’s facebook page. The player who wins the online tournament will receive an 8GB high definition Flip camera from AirPlus.

“At AirPlus, we look for creative ways to implement CSR activities. Last year, we almost tripled our fundraising goal with our first tournament for the Make-a-Wish foundation,” said Richard Crum, President of AirPlus International, Inc. “This year, we’ve decided to broaden the tournament’s scope beyond industry colleagues and open it up to the general public. We invite everyone to join the fun while also supporting this great cause!”

AirPlus International provides savings to over 32,000 customers worldwide through a suite of business travel payment solutions which include central bill accounts, corporate cards and online management tools. AirPlus is travel agency neutral, the leading issuer of UATP worldwide and the preferred partner of various airlines such as Air China, British Airways (NYSE:BAB), Continental Airlines (NYSE:CAL), Luxair, Lufthansa German Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Swiss International Air Lines, TAP Portugal and Singapore Airlines. For more information, please visit www.airplus.com, contribute to our community at www.airpluscommunity.com, follow us at www.twitter.com/AirPlus, and become a fan at www.facebook.com/airplusinternational.

Care+Share is an international NGO working in and around the city of Vijayawada, in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The sponsorship program benefits over 5000 children living in the city's slums and nearby villages. Over the years, Care+Share has rescued over 1000 children from the streets of Vijayawada - 600 of them now live in the Daddy's Home campus, which opened its doors in the year 2000. Another village - Butterfly Hill, is home for many HIV+ children and AIDS orphans. And Care+Share also runs a host of other programs serving slum dwellers, sex workers, and those displaced in the wake of natural disasters. Visit http://www.careshareindia.org/ to learn more and/or view the inspirational videos at: www.careshare.tv.

Contacts:

AirPlus International, Inc.
Rana Walker
Marketing and Communications
703-373-0947
rwalker@airplus.com

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