Launch of Travel Management System

19 November 2002 ONLINE TRAVEL CORPORATION PLC LAUNCH OF TRAVEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CONTRACT WITH ZUJI TRADING UPDATE Online Travel Corporation plc, (`OTC') today announces the launch of a new business travel management solution - Envoy - and a new contract with ZUJI, the largest online travel company in Asia-Pacific. Launch of Envoy Envoy is an internet based business travel management system that enables large corporate groups or travel agencies to manage their business travel requirements. Travelstore.com, OTC's business travel subsidiary, developed Envoy primarily to promote efficiencies in the service it offered to its clients but also with a view to licensing the technology to third parties. The bulk of the Envoy development costs were incurred prior to the acquisition of Travelstore.com by OTC in June 2002. The OTC board consider Envoy to be `best of breed' and also believe that significant revenue opportunities exist to licence the technology. In addition to up-front payments from the sale of the licenses, significant ongoing income streams are expected from each license. Commenting, Mark Jones, Managing Director of OTC, said: 'The OTC board considered the Travelstore technology to be the best business travel solution in the market. We are fortunate to be able to benefit from the attractive margins associated with technology licensing without having directly incurred the development costs. We look forward to growing our licensing revenue from sales of Envoy to other corporate groups and travel agents in addition to the efficiencies generated from the use of Envoy by our own business travel clients.' Contract with ZUJI OTC also announces an agreement to provide travel technology services to ZUJI, the largest online travel company in Asia-Pacific and a joint venture of 16 leading Asia-Pacific airlines and Travelocity.com. OTC has agreed to supply Build-Your-Own holiday technology and specialist travel content integrated into the ZUJI user interface in Australia and has an option to extend the agreement to other Asia-Pacific markets. Commenting on the new contract, Edward Hanrahan, Managing Director of OTC Asia-Pacific, said: 'We are delighted to work with Asia-Pacific's leading online travel operator. Our unique dynamic packaging technology combined with superb customer service will provide ZUJI customers with a mechanism to book their holidays quickly and easily. ZUJI's extensive reach will ensure that consumers throughout Australia will have access to a rich mix of on-line travel offerings.' Trading Update Mark Jones also gave an update on trading: 'We expect overall growth in total transaction value in 2002 to be in line with expectations. This demonstrates the strength of our product range in what has been a challenging period for the travel sector. We also remain confident of achieving positive EBITDA before exceptional items and generating positive cash-flow from operations during the six month period to October 2002, despite the prevailing business climate and the costs associated with the three acquisitions completed in the period. In addition to potential new revenue streams from technology licensing, there are early signs of a recovery in the business travel division and ongoing opportunities to further expand our leisure divisions in the UK and overseas.' For further information, please contact: Online Travel Corporation plc Mark Jones Tel: 020 8607 9281 Cardew Chancery Richard Fallowfield Tel: 020 7930 0777 Notes for Editors OTC is a travel technology and distribution business, providing a comprehensive range of technological solutions, travel products and ancillary travel services to ISP's, Media and Affinity Groups and Corporate Organisations. It provides bespoke technology solutions linked to its wide product range to produce a one-stop travel service through the Internet, supported by telephone call centres for leisure and corporate clients to fulfil their travel needs. OTC provides a comprehensive range of travel products and ancillary travel services is both a travel agent and tour operator. OTC strategy focuses on low-cost routes to market with lower customer acquisition costs compared to that of a mass-market consumer brand and is focused on selected business areas. OTC has launched over 100 travel sites in the last 18 months and via these partner sites has access to a potential customer base to over 16 million online users. OTC is quoted on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange. Additional information is available at www.onlinetravel.com ZUJI is the largest online travel company in Asia-Pacific and a joint venture between 16 of the Asia-Pacific region's major airlines: All Nippon Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, China Airlines, EVA Airways, Garuda Indonesia, Hong Kong Dragon Airlines, Japan Airlines, Japan Air System, Malaysia Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Philippine Airlines, Qantas Airways, Royal Brunei Airlines, SilkAir, Singapore Airlines, United Airlines, and Travelocity.com.
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