Despite prolific natural snowfalls and some of the best ski conditions in years, travelers for this year’s long Presidents weekend (February 16-18) seem to have a decided preference for warmer destinations.

Today, priceline.com released it annual list of the top 50 destinations for the national holiday. To compile its list, priceline.com looked at a sampling of more than 30,000 hotel room booking requests made by priceline.com customers for the long weekend. Since the priceline.com study is based on actual booking requests, and not on consumer preference polls or votes, priceline.com believes the study is one of the more accurate predictors of future travel trends.

Priceline.com says it still has a broad selection of airline tickets, hotel rooms, vacation packages, rental cars and cruises available for Presidents Weekend and for the entire Presidents Week. In addition to warm-weather destinations, priceline.com has ski vacations and international getaways available. To check out the deals, visit www.priceline.com.

Of the 50 top destinations, 33 were warm weather destinations in places like Florida, Hawaii and California. New York City’s Times Square Theater District, a perennial favorite at this time of year, was #1 on the list. “It may have reached the point where many Americans said ‘enough’ to the snow, rain and recent cold snaps,” said Tim Gordon, priceline.com’s Senior Vice President, Hotels. Areas like Florida and Mexico also could be benefitting from the fact that they didn’t have a strong hurricane season.

Priceline’s Presidents Weekend 2008 Top 50 Destinations

#1 New York City, Times Square/Theater District

#2 Las Vegas, Strip Vicinity South

#3 Baltimore, Inner Harbor Area

#4 New York City, Midtown East

#5 San Francisco, Union Square West

#6 Oahu, Waikiki Beach Area

#7 Las Vegas, Strip Vicinity North

#8 Orlando, Universal Studios/Sea World

#9 Puerto Rico, San Juan

#10 San Francisco, Union Square East/Embarcadero

#11 Miami, Miami Beach

#12 New York City, Upper Midtown/Central Park South

#13 Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Lauderdale Beach Area

#14 Orlando, Disney World Vicinity

#15 Miami, Coral Gables/Coconut Grove

#16 Oahu, Waikiki Marina Area

#17 San Diego, San Diego Coastal

#18 Maui, Wailea/Makena

#19 Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Lauderdale/Airport North

#20 Miami, South Beach

#21 Orange County, Disneyland Area

#22 Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage/Indian Wells/Palm Desert

#23 San Diego, Downtown & Harbor Island

#24 Austin, Downtown

#25 Key West

#26 Chicago, Millennium Park, Loop & Grant Park Area

#27 Phoenix, Phoenix North

#28 Edmonton

#29 Orlando, Sand Lake Corporate Park Area

#30 New York City, Midtown West

#31 Cancun, Cozumel/Cancun Downtown & Beaches

#32 Maui, Ka’anapali/Lahaina

#33 St. Petersburg, Clearwater/St. Pete Beach/Treasure Island

#34 Tampa, Airport & Westshore

#35 New Orleans, Downtown/Convention Center

#36 Orlando, West Disney Area

#37 Los Angeles, Central Los Angeles/Hollywood

#38 Phoenix, Scottsdale

#39 Seattle, Downtown

#40 Los Angeles, Central Los Angeles/Beverly Hills/West Hollywood

#41 Chicago, N. Michigan Ave./River North Area

#42 Fort Myers, Naples/Sanibel & Captiva Islands

#43 New York City, Downtown/Soho/Financial District

#44 Boston, Copley Square/Theater District

#45 Philadelphia, Downtown

#46 Washington, DC, White House/Downtown

#47 San Antonio, Downtown/Riverwalk

#48 San Diego, Point Loma/Shelter Island/Old Town

#49 Ft. Lauderdale, Downtown

#50 Miami, Airport Area

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Priceline.com Incorporated (Nasdaq: PCLN) operates priceline.com, a leading U.S. online travel service for value-conscious leisure travelers, and Booking.com, a leading international online hotel reservation service.

Priceline.com also operates Agoda.com, an Asian online hotel reservation service. In the U.S., priceline.com gives customers more ways to save on their airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, vacation packages and cruises than any other Internet travel service. In addition to getting great published prices, leisure travelers can narrow their searches using priceline.com’s TripFilter advanced search technology, create packages to save even more money, and take advantage of priceline.com’s famous Name Your Own Price® service, which can deliver the lowest prices available.