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GOMEZ.COM CITES USAHOTELGUIDE.COM AS WORLD'S EASIEST-TO-USE HOTEL WEB SITE

Contact: Mark Hopkinson 561/750-9800 x14
Email: mhopkinson@TransMediagroup.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
NORTH PALM BEACH, FL., April 5, 2000.--Gomez.com, one of the travel industry's most respected authorities on E-commerce, has voted USAHotelGuide.com the world's most traveler friendly hotel reservation web site. USAHotelGuide.com is owned by WorldChoiceTravel.com, which uses the same hotel booking technology in its business-to-business affiliate program worldwide.

"We're honored and elated to receive this glowing recognition by the leading authority on travel web sites," said Rick Schneider, Vice President of Global Business Development. "It proves that what we've created for our USAHotelGuide.com consumer site and what we're offering in our business-to-business program, is indeed the easiest, simplest, most efficient online hotel and travel reservations system in the world."

Gomez.com judges rated WorldChoiceTravel.com's booking engine number one in the "Ease of Use" category, calling the winning web site "well put together with simple navigation and one of the few sites with a link to the homepage on every page." Other WorldChoiceTravel.com's benefits cited in the prestigious Gomez.com award were:

• Every major chain represented gives visitors a wide variety to choose from.
• Customers can view specific descriptions of deposit, guarantee and cancellation policies that pertain to the rate chosen rather than more general policies that govern all rates. Gomez.com noted "this is especially useful when booking around holidays when cancellation and deposit policies may be more restrictive.

According to Gomez.com, WorldChoiceTravel.com's technology provides detailed property and rate information for 35,000 hotels and resorts worldwide. The user profiling system, "My Hotel List," allows customers to build a list of their favorite hotels. Travelers using the WorldChoiceTravel.com hotel booking engine on affiliate sites can make online reservations with over 120 major hotel brands in nearly 10,000 destinations worldwide, complete with discounted rates where available. The company also provides destination content including interactive maps, activities, events and places to visit.

WorldChoiceTravel.com recently unveiled a suite of innovative discount travel services aimed at further empowering travelers using the Internet to access a secure, fully-functional, real time, online booking engine for airline ticket reservations and car rental services.