HotelKingdom.com Expands Online Services Through Technology Agreement With e-Travel

HotelKingdom.com announces a technology agreement with e-Travel, the global leader in online travel solutions and the e-commerce unit of Amadeus Global Travel Distribution.

ORLANDO, Florida -- (January 20, 2003) _ HotelKingdom.com, a leading provider of hotel accommodations online, announced a technology agreement with e-Travel, the global leader in online travel solutions and the e-commerce unit of Amadeus Global Travel Distribution, to efficiently deliver real-time hotel rates and inventory to the market.

Under the new program, HotelKingdom.com Express, users now have access to real-time hotel rates, inventory, and booking confirmation at over 61,000 hotel and resort properties worldwide. e-Travels technology solutions and industry expertise, together with HotelKingdoms own partnerships with over 1500 hotels, will enable HotelKingdom.com to meet the growing demand on its services while significantly expanding its market reach and accelerating the delivery of new products, services, and promotions" stated Tina Winston, Co-founder, HotelKingdom.com.

e-Travels technology now automates numerous processes and ensures a reliable single-source of connectivity through which HotelKingdoms many hotel partners can now efficiently manage real-time yield and promotional rate distribution. Through connectivity with the Amadeus GDS, e-Travel now helps to broaden HotelKingdoms marketing reach to promote hotel and rate programs representing 322 hotel marketing brands in over 200 markets worldwide.

HotelKingdom will continue to research and invest in relationships and technology that strengthen our brand, improve our productivity, and enhance our ability to provide our growing client base with new services, enhanced features, and increased ease-of-use", said Arthur Winston, Co-founder, HotelKingdom.com.

Under the terms of the agreement, HotelKingdom will launch the first XML version of the Internet Booking Engine, e-Travel Planitgo, in Mid-January for HotelKingdom.com Express users. Hotels properties worldwide that wish to promote special offers through the HotelKingdom.com site, may contact the corporate offices of HotelKingdom to obtain the Amadeus GDS rate code and filing information.
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About HotelKingdom.com
HotelKingdom is a wholesaler and discounter for hotel rooms, suites, vacation homes, vacation ownership and other travel-related services. Through its main website http://www.hotelkingdom.com, travelers can make hotel accommodations at more than 62,500 hotels in over 200 markets worldwide.

HotelKingdom.com started on the kitchen table with limited capital in 1998 to fast become a leading online provider of hotel accommodations throughout the United States, including specialty markets such as Florida, New York, and California. HotelKingdom attributes its strong growth and customer loyalty to its partnership approach with the hotelier community, great low rates, and exceptional customer service with a Hi-Tech, Hi-Touch approach.

For more information about HotelKingdom, please visit www.hotelkingdom.com
6813 West Colonial Drive
Orlando, FL 32818
e-mail: hotelkingdom@hotelkingdom.com
Tel: 407-294-9600; Fax: 407-294-9966

About e-Travel
e-Travel is a leading global provider of online travel technology and business unit of Amadeus. It provides e-commerce solutions for airlines, corporations, travel agencies, and other online travel businesses, and is dedicated to its customers' net success. e-Travel serves customers in more than 90 countries, including corporations like Airbus, DaimlerChrysler, Gateway, Inc., Ingersoll-Rand Company, Oracle Corporation and Philip Morris Companies, as well as travel suppliers such as Air France, Iberia and Qantas.

Parent company Amadeus Global Travel Distribution SA is a leading global distribution system (GDS) and technology provider serving the marketing, sales, and distribution needs of the world's travel and tourism industries.

For more information about e-Travel, please visit www.etravel.com.