TravelCLICK now boasts exclusive marketing partnerships with all four of the world�s principal electronic travel distribution companies. Over $250 billion in travel services are transacted in this e-commerce marketplace annually.

TravelCLICK will be selling and marketing four Amadeus Instant Marketing (AIM) products: Sign In Messages, Display Messages, Weather Messages and Broadcast Messages. This extensive line of media products provides travel suppliers with a wide range of options to get the right message, to the right audience, at the right time and in their local languages.

�Amadeus significantly enhances our reach into the European market, where they have the leading market share,� said Ray Cohen, president and co-CEO of TravelClICK. �With this agreement, TravelCLICK becomes the single source for the global hotel industry�s GDS marketing needs. Our Travel Agent Media Network will now provide hotels with electronic marketing access and promotional targeting to an unprecedented audience of more than 450,000 travel agents � or 98 percent of travel agents worldwide.�

Travel agents book more than $13 billion in hotel room sales annually. There is no bigger or broader electronic market in the industry.

The new addition to the Network will complement TravelCLICK�s existing electronic media portfolio, which encompasses Galileo, Sabre, Abacus GDS products, and a Worldspan product expected out this fall. The Amadeus GDS hosts more than 142,000 travel agency terminals and 70,000 airline ticket offices around the world, linking over 50,000 travel agents in 130 countries with more than 500 airlines, 49 car rental companies and 51,000 hotel properties.
 

�Our European hotel customers are especially delighted to have access to a much broader audience of influential buyers through the Amadeus line of electronic media products. This direct communication with travel agents benefits travelers, the travel agent, and the supplier � it�s a win-win,� said Phil Hobson, division vice president of Europe for TravelCLICK. �Amadeus Sign In, Display, Weather and Broadcast Messages provide our clients with a multitude of targeted distribution options and audiences. We provide a reliable, cost-effective and fast communication vehicle that supports local languages and ensures maximumexposure for our hotel clients,� said Maria Benz, Manager, Amadeus Instant Marketing for

Amadeus 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. Worldwide, Amadeus is chosen by more travel agency locations, receives more billable bookings and processes more international travel reservations than any other GDS. Founded in 1987, and fully operational from 1992, Amadeus is headquartered in Madrid, Spain. Its data center is in Erding (near Munich), Germany and its development offices are located in Sophia Antipolis (near Nice), France. The company has approximately 3,000 employees worldwide.

TravelCLICK data products provide hotel managers and the hospitality industry with specified rate and reservation reports culled from the world�s most comprehensive data sets available. The company�s media products provide hotels and other travel suppliers with highly targeted, cost-effective ways to offer packages and property news to travel agents. 

Established in 1996 as Global Marketing Services (GMS), the company entered into an investment partnership with Bain Capital, Inc. in 1999 to fuel its expansion. Recently, the company changed its name to TravelCLICK to reflect an expanded product base, including PHASER, Hotelligence Reports, ChannelTRAK, Galileo Headlines, Sabre and Abacus PromoSpots, Sabre Virtually There and Galileo Featured Property. 

TravelCLICK, Inc. is the world�s preeminent provider of digital media and data solutions to the travel industry. Headquartered in the Chicago area, TravelCLICK has a rapidly growing workforce of over 250 employees spanning more than 130 countries. The company has divisional offices in New York; Chicago; San Francisco; Geneva; Switzerland; and Melbourne, Australia.

TravelCLICK customers include thousands of individual properties from national and international hotel and resort chains, and other travel suppliers, such as Accor; AirFrance; Avis; British Airways; Choice Management & Realty Services; Delta Hotels & Resorts; Fairmont Hotels & Resorts; Forte Hotels; Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts; Hilton Hotels Corporation; Hyatt Hotels & Resorts; Kimpton Hotel Group; Leading Hotels of the World; Loews Hotels, Inc.; Lufthansa; Marriott Hotels, Resorts and Suites; The Peninsula Group; Radisson; The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co.; SAS; The Savoy Group; Shangri-La Hotels; Sol Melia; Starwood Hotels & Resorts; USAirways; Utell International; and Virgin Atlantic.

For more information on TraveCLICK, Inc. and their revolutionary products go to http://www.travelclick.net