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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2002

The 2003 Los Angeles Times Travel Show, one of the largest events of its kind in Southern California, will be held Saturday, Feb. 1, and Sunday, Feb. 2, at the Long Beach Convention Center, 300 E. Ocean Blvd. in Long Beach. Event hours are 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Sunday.

The show's 120 exhibitors include visitors bureaus, tourism boards and travel companies representing resorts from Florida, Hawaii, Nevada and Puerto Rico to the Bahamas, Canada, Egypt, Hungary, Singapore, Tahiti and Turkey.

Admission is $6 for adults; children 12 and under are free. Parking is $8. Tickets will be sold only at the door on event day. Dollar-off discount coupons will be published in The Times beginning in January and are now available online at the Travel Show Web site, www.latimes.com/travelshow. Coupons also will be available in mid-January at participating Big 5 Sporting Goods locations.

Travel Show information is available online at http://www.latimes.com/travelshow or by calling the Los Angeles Times consumer event hotline at 800/350-3211.

Eight, one-hour panels will feature some of the top travel experts and guidebook authors, including: