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The Last Minute Travel® Network Says GO AMERICA!
The New GO AMERICA Feature Provides One-Stop Shopping
For The Hottest Travel Deals To US Destinations
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Atlanta, GA � Nov. 2001 � The Last Minute Travel® Network has launched GO AMERICA, a dynamic collection of travel offers that highlights the most compelling US travel opportunities for travel right now -- in one easy to find place. GO AMERICA allows consumers to be continuously updated on the freshest travel offers in an environment where sales and pricing are changing by the minute in today's hyper-spontaneous retail environment.

More Than 80% Of Consumers Want To Travel Within Two Weeks
Last Minute Travel Growth

Site traffic for the Last Minute Travel Network has not only rebounded since September 11, but has also increased by nearly 40%. In addition, the number of people shopping for travel within a 14-day time period has grown significantly. Prior to September 11, 51% of searches conducted across the Last Minute Travel Network were for travel within a 14-day period. After September 11, that number jumped to more than 82% of all searches conducted across the Last Minute Travel Network.

GO AMERICA is one of several new features on the Last Minute Travel Network that makes it easier for consumers to find 'breaking deals' as they are announced, as well as helping retailers market their most attractive offers. The program is in coordination with the Travel Industry Association of America's See America Campaign and also offers an exclusive opportunity for America Online subscribers to win one of 19 GO AMERICA SWEEPSTAKES prizes that will be awarded on December 1, 2001. Vacation prizes are being offered from: Funjet Vacations, United Vacations, US Airways Vacations, Hyatt Hotels and Resorts, MGM Mirage Vacations, Airfare Planet, the MGM Grand Hotel, the Mirage Hotel and Buena Vista Suites.

About The Last Minute Travel ® Network
The Last Minute Travel® Network includes, LastMinuteTravel.com(tm), Last Minute Travel on America Online, Last Minute Travel on AOL.com (AOL Keyword: Last Minute Travel), Last Minute Travel on Netscape, Last Minute Travel on CompuServe and LastMinuteTravel.com on Yahoo! Travel. With more than one thousand brand name travel providers, the network provides consumers with the only dynamic marketplace of just-released travel and entertainment offers. The site employs 'dynamic commerce' by using patent-pending technology to merge real-time consumer demand with sophisticated revenue management systems. Both consumers and travel providers benefit from this 'd-commerce' model that powers the right offer, at the right price, to the right customer, at the right time.

Incorporated in 1997 and headquartered in Atlanta, LastMinuteTravel.com(tm) has been named by Forbe's Magazine, Best of the Web, recognized by Travel & Leisure Magazine, as the best site for spontaneous travel and by Time Magazine as having the best email alert service, My Travel Minder(tm). The site was also included in Advertising Age Magazine's prestigious Marketing 100, and is the winner of the 2000 Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association's Platinum 'Gold Bell Award'.

Last Minute Travel ® is a registered trademark, and LastMinuteTravel.com(tm) and My Travel Minder(tm) are trademarks of LastMinuteTravel.com, Inc. For additional Company information please visit the site at www.LastMinuteTravel.com, or America Online Keyword: Last Minute Travel.

Contact:
Gayle MacIntyre, LastMinuteTravel.com
404-495-2077, gmacintyre@lastminutetravel.com|

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