SAN DIEGO — August 19, 2009 — Merrill Marketing/Communications (MMC) has been retained to develop and implement a national marketing public relations program involving traditional media and social media, for ProFansTravel.com, a new online concierge level service that provides provides affordable travel packages to various sporting and entertainment events for individuals and groups. Initially, ProFansTravel.com, a division of San Diego’s Summit Performance Group, will provide packages for “Regular Fans” who want to attend “Regular” season National Football League games.

ProFansTravel.com packages, which can be tailored, customized and purchased on its website, includes hotel accommodations including breakfast, game tickets, transportation to and from the game, a welcome gift, and 24-hour on-site travel staff provided by ProFansTravel.com. In addition, guests can select number of nights, number of attendees and submit any special requests. The service does not provide air travel, but access to airline will be provided on the web site.

“We are kicking off ProFansTravel.com with a wide selection of NFL games in various cities, with an eye toward quickly expanding our menu of services to include NHL Hockey, College Football, PGA tournaments, extreme sports like the X Games, and entertainment and concerts as well. We want to provide a more affordable, all-access pass to the fans and enthusiasts whose passion runs deep for their team, their sport or their band,” said ProFansTravel.com’s Dick McCann and Doug Wheeler.

For more information or to customize a travel package, visit www.profanstravel.com or call 866-232-3624. Follow ProFansTravel.com on Twitter @ProFansTravel and Facebook at ProFansTravel.com.

About Summit Performance Group
Headquartered in San Diego, Summit Performance Group’s Partners and Founders, Richard McCann and Douglas Wheeler, have more than 50 years experience in corporate incentive travel and meeting management industry. SPG’s comprehensive suite of services include site selection and contract negotiations, secondary services coordination, corporate sports hospitality and sponsorships, individual and group incentive travel, conference and event management, technology and web registration, multimedia development and production and custom theming, staging and graphic design. The company also has regional offices in Scottsdale, Milwaukee and Pittsburgh. Visit www.summitpg.com.