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Online Travel Corporation PLC
19 October 2000



Online Travel Corporation plc ('OTC')

New Strategic Partnerships with BTInternet; BTOpenworld; 365 Corporation;
Totalise; GMTV; Rainbownetwork; Computer Futures; All-Destinations

OTC has launched or contracted to launch travel channels with 8 new online
partners. This takes OTC's number of travel sites with Strategic Partners to
47 in just 9 months - 35 within leisure travel, 6 within corporate travel and
6 within concession travel. This has increased OTC's potential customer base
to over 10 million online users. 

In the last month OTC has secured an enhanced relationship with BTInternet,
providing unique travel content to BT users (www.BTInternet.com/travel).  OTC
becomes the main travel supplier and has designed exclusive online capability
in BT's own look and feel.

OTC has also been contracted to run the BT travel channel on BTopenworld, the
recently launched Broadband access and portal service. The site will carry
enhanced features such as digitalised content of destinations, resorts, hotels
and other travel related product.       

OTC has teamed up with the leading digital media and communications company
365 corporation to offer co-branded travel products to its rapidly growing
base of 2.1m users.  OCT will provide tailored travel channels for 365 sports,
entertainment, lifestyle and consumer network through www.my365. 

In addition, OTC has launched or agreed to launch new halo branded sites with
the successful lifestyle portal GMTV (www.gmtv.co.uk), mutual ISP Totalise
(www.totalise.net), the UK's largest gay and lesbian portal Rainbownetwork
(www.rainbownetwork.com), recruitment portal Computer Futures
(www.compfutures.com) and travel portal All Destinations
(www.all-destinations.com). 

Chief Executive of OTC, Mark Jones, commented:

'To have enhanced our relationship with existing partners and signed up so
many new partners demonstrates the strength of our proposition. We are now
recognised within the e-travel space as a leading provider of integrated
technology, content and full-travel service facilities to ISP's, large
corporate organisations and media groups. 

The successful development of our technology for Broadband, WAP and
Interactive television demonstrates our intent to provide multi-channel
distribution for partners so their users or customers can access the product
offering through their preferred channel.'


For further information, please contact:

OTC                                  
Mark Jones, Managing Director       Tel:  [phone]
Robert Falkner, Finance Director    Tel: [phone]

Buchanan Communications                                   
Nicola How / Isabel Petre           Tel:  [phone]

16 October 2000