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Telme.Com PLC 2 June 2000 TelMe.com signs exclusive strategic travel partnership with ATP to provide travel technology and services to WorldOnline TelMe.com plc, the UK's internet and e-commerce services provider, has announced a strategic partnership with Advanced Travel Partners (Netherlands) for the exclusive provision of travel technology and services for World Online's worldwide travel portal, Voyager. Under the terms of the Agreement, TelMe has licensed its award winning travel technology, Ticket Window, as the booking engine for the Voyager portal, and TelMe will also be the exclusive fulfilment partner for the UK market for World Online through to the end of 2001 at least. ATP have an exclusive agreement with World Online to provide travel services across Europe. They selected Ticket Window technology due to its depth of functionality and resilience, including the capability to provide multi- currency options within the portal and allowing queuing of bookings to multiple agencies around the world. This will enable travellers throughout the WorldOnline territories to have local fulfilment of tickets in their own currency from a variety of suppliers. The technology also offers the capability to integrate the discounted fare contracts of agents from around Europe, thereby ensuring travellers have the best possible fares to choose from. These features are not provided by any other similar technology available in the market today. As well as providing technology for the Voyager portal as a whole, TelMe will provide fulfilment on all travel booked through the portal for the UK market. Voyager will go live in the UK from early June and will be accessible via WorldOnline's website: www.worldonline.co.uk. Commented Graham Ramsey, CEO of TelMe.com, 'This is a very important strategic partnership for us as it will enable us to expand our technology footprint in Europe. Also, in the interest of customers worldwide, we expect our travel technology will help in creating a competitive and fair marketplace.' For further information, please contact: TelMe.com plc Graham Ramsey 020 7240 2640 Ludgate Communications Richard Hews/Victoria Martin 020 7253 2252

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