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Spain�s NH Hoteles and 
Germany�s Quality Reservations 
Choose WizCom for Leading Edge Technology 
 
PARSIPPANY, NJ, February 1, 1999 � WizCom International, Ltd. (�WizCom�) announced today that NH Hoteles, Spain�s largest hotel chain for business travelers, has chosen to use Wizdom Plus, WizCom�s Central Reservation System for GDS reservation processing.   Quality Reservations, which represents about 75 independent hotels in Germany and Austria under the QR chain code, has also decided to work directly with WizCom for GDS switching.

�Winning the NH Hoteles and Quality Reservations business is the direct result of WizCom�s commitment to providing clients worldwide with top-notch and reliable technology,� said Flo Lugli, President of WizCom.  �Our customers want to work with a company that is more than just a service provider.  They want a business partner that can offer them flexible solutions as well as help them grow and manage their businesses.  WizCom does just that.�

�We believe that WizCom�s leadership comes from its ability to provide flexible reservations systems and a superior switch technology.  WizCom offers reliable and cost-effective, easy-to-implement GDS connectivity solutions that will help us retain control of our own marketing and distribution strategies,� said Santiago Cabre, Director of Central Reservations for NH Hoteles.  �As the leader in our market, we want to work with a company that understands the specific distribution challenges we face.  WizCom understands these challenges and has demonstrated its commitment to providing products and services that will best enable us to continue growing.�

NH Hoteles (Madrid Stock Exchange: NHH) is the leading business hotel chain in Spain, with 71 properties and 8,260 rooms in 36 major Spanish cities.  Once the NH properties are moved to the WizCom system, they will be represented under a new chain code NS and will eventually be booked via seamless connectivity in Amadeus, Galileo, Sabre and Worldspan.  NH Hoteles will be switching its Central Reservation System (CRS) and Global Distribution System (GDS) connections from UTELL International to WizCom. 

In addition to representing 75 independent hotels in Germany and Austria, Quality Reservations provides voice and GDS representation for 24 Queens Hotel properties in Germany as well as voice only representation for 11 German Holiday Inns.  Quality Reservations also provides selected services to 42 Astron Hotel properties and recently won the contract to represent 106 Akzent Hotels. 

�WizCom has always been a leader and innovator of switch technology,� said Carolin Thelen, Managing Director for Quality Reservations.  �We know that they�re the preferred company to help us anticipate and manage the distribution challenges that lie ahead.�

WizCom International, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cendant Corporation, was founded in 1987 and has provided its proven GDS connectivity and transactions processing to the hotel and auto rental industries for over ten years.  WizCom processes GDS reservation services for more than 90 hotel companies and over 25 car rental firms. 

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Contact:
James Ferri 
Cendant Corporation 
(973) 496-8527 
Matthew Doering
Fleishman-Hillard
(212) 453-2314
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Also See: Glenn Fernandez Appointed Director of Business Development at Wizcom International, LTD / Dec 1998 
WizCom Refocus Includes Alignment with Cendant's Proven Model of Matrix Management / Sept 1998 

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