JumpStart Web Services is the industry�s leading Web-based connectivity solution known for its easy integration, fast response times and seamless access to hotels. JumpStart is designed to provide online travel retailers and tour operators with highly flexible connectivity and transactional capabilities. It is fast becoming the accepted �direct-connect� solution between distributors and hotel inventory. Through one easy connection, JumpStart provides connectivity to one of the most comprehensive portfolios of travel inventory in the industry. JumpStart uses the latest Web services technologies to significantly reduce the cost of distribution by integrating existing distribution and CRS systems, and eliminating the need for substantial programming, telecommunications and manual processing expenses.

�To be a successful luxury online travel agency, we needed to interface with one of the most comprehensive portfolios of hotel inventory that had the best available technology. It also had to be easy to implement and operate,� said Cal Simmons, chairman, Five Star Alliance. �Other products were considered, but we decided on Jumpstart Web Services since we knew of its dependability for data and service responsiveness.�

�The agreements with HotelRes.com and FiveStarAlliance.com further proves our commitment to offering highly flexible solutions that help online travel companies and tour operators better manage their businesses,� said Richard Wiegmann, COO, TRUST International, Cendant TDS. �JumpStart offers customers access to the best distribution technology available today and helps to manage distribution challenges they may face tomorrow.�

About Cendant Travel Distribution Services Division
Cendant Corporation�s (NYSE: CD) Travel Distribution Services Division, is one of the world�s largest and most geographically diverse collections of travel brands and distribution businesses. The division, employing nearly 9,000 people in approximately 120 countries, includes: a leading global distribution services (GDS) company (Galileo), serving more than 44,000 travel agencies and over 60,000 hotels; hotel distribution and services businesses (Neat Group®, THOR®, TRUST and WizCom®); leading online travel agencies (CheapTickets®, ebookers.com®, HotelClub.com, Lodging.com, Orbitz®, and RatesToGo.com); an airline market intelligence company (Shepherd Systems); an international travel technology and software company (Travelwire); a leading international provider of long-haul air travel and travel product consolidator (Travel 2®/Travel 4®); online global corporate travel management solutions (Orbitz for Business® and Travelport®); and a leading wholesaler and global online provider of hotels, destination services, travel packages and group tours (Gullivers Travel Associates, OctopusTravel.com® and Travel Bound, Inc.).

About JumpStart Web Services
JumpStart Web Services provides tour operators and online travel retailers with highly flexible connectivity and transactional capabilities to one of the largest content databases in the travel industry through one single channel. Using the latest XML interfaces, JumpStart significantly reduces the cost of distribution by integrating clients� multiple distribution and CRS systems, and eliminating the need for certain programming, telecommunications and manual processing expenses. Additionally, JumpStart Web Services provides access to more than 58,000 hotels, 26 car rental companies, nearly 500 airline companies and most major cruise lines.

About Topaz Hotel Services
Topaz Hotel Services (THS) is a privately held company that provides reservations systems and Internet services to the hotel industry. THS makes it easier for travelers and hotels to make better decisions by providing customized and in-depth information and immediate reservations capabilities. Processing over 200,000 room nights per year, THS companies include San Francisco Reservations�, Silicon Valley Reservations�, ResOnCall�, BookAbility.net� and HotelRes.com.

About Five Star Alliance
Five Star Alliance allows consumers to search and book the worlds finest hotels through our Web site, www.fivestaralliance.com. Featuring over 1400 of the worlds most upscale properties, Five Star is doing business with customers around the world. Affiliate partner participants in our program include such well known properties as The Crillon in Paris, One Aldwych in London, The Carlyle in New York, Cambridge Beaches in Bermuda and Half Moon Bay in Jamaica. Founded in 2005 by Travel Industry veteran, Cal Simmons, and two Internet pioneers, Chris Schroeder and Eric Koefoot of WashingtonPost.com. Five Star Alliance, an online travel agency, currently receives over half million page views per month.

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Cendant Travel Distribution Services
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Christiane Seelgen
Cendant Travel Distribution Services
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