SAN MATEO, CA, September 8, 1997 - The San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) today announced it has become the first CVB to offer online booking capability to its member properties and that its reservations will be made through the WorldRes system.

The 300 member properties of the San Diego CVB that appear on its Web site (www.sandiego.org), can opt to be bookable through WorldRes starting November, 1997.

WorldRes, Inc.(TM), the developer and operator of a leading Internet-based reservation system that brings advanced sales and marketing capability to hotels on the World Wide Web, will be working with the San Diego CVB to provide low-cost booking capability to all hotels, including properties not currently represented on travel agent reservation systems. WorldRes will also return a portion of the transaction fees generated through the Web site back to the organization to be used for various marketing programs.

"This partnership gives member hotels the ability to not only be listed on the San Diego CVB Web site, but also to generate additional revenue through online bookings. WorldRes is the best way for our properties to take online reservations," said Reint Reinders, president of the San Diego CVB.

"This agreement with the CVB of San Diego proves that WorldRes' technology is the best solution for CVBs to market and sell their properties online," said Scott Potter, vice president of business development for WorldRes. "This deal is only the first stage in solidifying relationships with other convention centers and bureaus." Participating properties will also receive a free bookable listing on Places To Stay(TM), (www.placestostay.com), WorldRes' own hotel reservation Web site, and free marketing via e-mail to WorldRes' database of customers.

The San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau is a private, non-profit, mutual benefit corporation composed of approximately 1,600 organizations, businesses, local governments and individuals seeking to build a better community through tourism. The main objective of the bureau is to promote and market the greater San Diego region as a destination and convention site. In terms of revenue generated, tourism is San Diego's third largest industry behind manufacturing and government/ military spending. The San Diego CVB's Web site receives over 20,000 visitors per month.

WorldRes, Inc. provides Internet sales and marketing technologies and services to over 1,000 hotel properties around the world, at no fixed cost. WorldRes also provides travel, CVB, and destination Web sites with online hotel booking capability. Other WorldRes partner sites include SABRE's Travelocity, Preview Travel on America Online, Destination Florida and Fujitsu's WildBird site in Japan. WorldRes has offices in San Mateo, California, and London.

Web sites or CVBs interested in becoming a WorldRes partner can contact Scott Potter, vice president of business development, at (415) 372-1714. Properties interested in enrolling in the WorldRes system can contact WorldRes sales at (415) 372-1700, or apply online on the WorldRes Web site (www.worldres.com).

WorldRes, Inc. (www.worldres.com) founded in 1995, provides Internet sales and marketing technologies and services to hundreds of hotel properties around the world, at no fixed cost. Using the latest Internet technology, WorldRes allows individual hotels and hotel companies to take reservations from multiple sources, using a single interface. WorldRes, with offices in San Mateo, California, and London, also operates the consumer travel Web site, Places To Stay(TM) (www.placestostay.com). Properties and hotel companies interested in enrolling in the WorldRes system can contact WorldRes sales at (415) 372-1700, or apply online on the WorldRes Web site.

WorldRes and Places To Stay are trademarks of WorldRes, Inc. All other trademarks are recognized as the property of their respective holders.

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