Fairfield, CT � February 2003 � The Travel Commerce Conference & Expo (TravelCom), the travel industry�s defining event for marketing and distribution strategies, announced that Erik Blachford, president, CEO and director of Expedia, Inc. (as of April), Jeffrey G. Katz, chairman, president and CEO of Orbitz and Sam Gilliland, president and CEO of Travelocity.com, will be speaking together on a panel at the 2003 event, being held in New York City at the Hilton NY on April 1-2.

Blachford, Katz and Gilliland will share the same stage for the first time at any conference for a CEO Roundtable on Wednesday, April 2. They will discuss issues and challenges the CEOs of three of the world�s largest travel agencies face, including supplier relations, merchant model and consumer loyalty.

�We are honored to have the leaders of Expedia®, Orbitz and Travelocity participate together as part of TravelCom�s CEO Roundtable, especially since the event will mark Mr. Blachford�s industry debut in his upcoming role as Expedia�s president and CEO,� said Henry Harteveldt, Co-Chair of 2003 TravelCom and senior analyst for Forrester Research. �We look forward to a spirited discussion that will provide a great value to all TravelCom attendees.�

Erik Blachford was recently appointed to succeed Richard Barton as president and CEO of Expedia, Inc. beginning in April. Since early 2002, Blachford served as president of Expedia North America, where he was responsible for product development and strategic planning for Expedia�s U.S. and Canadian operations. He joined the Expedia team at Microsoft in 1995 and led the creation of the Expedia brand as senior vice president, marketing.

Jeffrey Katz is a 20-year veteran airline industry executive and expert in electronic reservations systems technology. As CEO, Katz drives the management and strategic direction of Orbitz. Prior to joining Orbitz, Katz was president and chief officer of Swissair Group�s core airline unit, Swissair.

Sam Gilliland was named president and CEO of Travelocity.com in May of 2002. Prior to his current position, Gilliland served on the board of directors at Travelocity and was executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Sabre.

The Travel Commerce Conference & Expo is sponsored by Forrester Research and Forbes Magazine and is produced by JD Events. The annual event builds upon TravelCom�s highly successful 2002 show. The tradeshow is designed to serve as the travel industry event of the year, addressing all segments within the industry. Influential executives and representatives from leading travel companies across the industry will engage in lively discussions on timely topics, primarily focused on marketing and distribution.

About Expedia, Inc.
Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE) is the world�s leading online travel service and the eighth largest travel agency in the U.S. Expedia�s award-winning Expert Searching and Pricing (ESP) technology delivers the most comprehensive flight options available online. ESP also allows customers to dynamically build complete trips that combine flights, Expedia® Special Rate hotels and other lodging, ground transportation, and destination activities. Expedia operates Classic Custom Vacations, a leading wholesaler of premiere vacation packages to destinations such as Hawaii, Mexico, Europe and the Caribbean; and Metropolitan Travel, a corporate travel agency. Travelscape, Inc., wholly owned by Expedia, also operates as WWTE, a private-label online travel business that supplies car and hotel inventory to third parties. Expedia is a majority-owned subsidiary of USA Interactive (NASDAQ: USAI).

About Orbitz
Orbitz is a leading online travel company offering consumers the widest selection of low airfares, as well as deals on lodging, car rentals, cruises and vacation packages. Orbitz makes finding low fares and great deals easier through a state-of the-art flight search engine that scans more than 455 airlines and the Orbitz Matrix Display that provides an unbiased and comprehensive listing of airfares and other rates. Orbitz also offers the largest collection of discounted web-only airfares and low-priced hotel web rates. For more information, visit www.orbitz.com.

About Travelocity
Travelocity pioneered the online travel space and continues to be the most popular travel service on the Web, giving consumers access to hundreds of airlines, thousands of hotels and cruise and vacation packages and best-in-class car rental companies, all backed by more than 1,000 customer service representatives staffed to provide 24-hour assistance. With 37 million members, Travelocity is the sixth largest travel agency in the United States. It has been recognized worldwide for its leadership in the online travel space, and it operates or powers Web sites in five languages across four continents.

Travelocity is wholly owned by Sabre Holdings Corporation (NYSE: TSG), the leading provider of technology and marketing services for the travel industry. More information on Sabre can be found at www.sabre.com. Additional information about Travelocity can be found on the Web at www.travelocity.com.

About JD Events
JD Events is dedicated to the creation of targeted and innovative industry-leading events that deliver results. The company brings together highly qualified buying audiences, education rich content and high-level networking opportunities, all geared toward increasing business transactions in the markets it serves. JD Events produces the Travel Commerce Conference & Expo (TravelCom), the Satellite Application Technology Conference & Expo (SATCON) and  AD:TECH, the defining event for interactive marketing.  For more information please visit www.travelcomexpo.com or www.jdevents.com.

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