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 TravelNow Achieves 63,478 Online Bookings 
During June, 2000
SPRINGFIELD, MO., July 10 - TravelNow.com (NasdaqSC: TNOW), offering a world-wide database of hotel, airline, cruise, and car rental reservation information and booking capabilities, posted online booking numbers for the month of June reflecting almost 400% growth since last year.  CNBC recently reported that TravelNow is the fourth fastest growing travel Website on the Internet, according to Nielsen//Netratings.

TravelNow sustained a strong growth trend with a 19.4% gain in unique visitors and a total of 63,478 online bookings in the month of June.  The company has quadrupled its total bookings since last June.  TravelNow continues to post record bookings on a weekly basis.

�Online consumers return to TravelNow for our quality inventory and flexible booking capabilities,� stated Jeff Wasson, CEO of TravelNow.com.  �We expect our recent technical advancements and a focus on excellent customer service to help us grow along with the Internet travel industry and expand our market share overall.�

Top9.com ranks TravelNow the number two site for hotel bookings and PCData places the company within the Top 20 travel-related Websites.  Additionally, Media Metrix ranks TravelNow within the Top 500 of all sites on the Internet.

Launched in March, 1995, TravelNow was among the first real-time hotel reservation services on the Internet.  Through its system of affiliates, TravelNow provides competitive rates for more than 40,000 hotels in 5,000 cities and 140 countries.  The company offers discounts of up to 65% on over 700 hotels in almost every major city and up to 40% on over 7,000 hotels around the world.  In addition to hotel reservations, car, air, and cruise reservations can also be arranged at www.travelnow.com.

Information in this press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that might adversely affect the Company�s operating results in the future to a material degree.  

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Contact:
James Forte 
KeatingPR 
973-376-9300 
[email protected]

 

Also See TravelNow.com Launches Japan Web Site; Names Jim Oliver as VP European Operations / Development of European Strategy / June 2000 
Five Percent of Best Western Total Bookings Were Made Via the Internet in 1999 / Mar 2000 


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