Active Hotels teams up with The Travel Market Ltd.

Cambridge, 30th August 2005: Active Hotels, one of Europe’s leading online hotel reservation providers owned by priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN), has partnered with specialist tour operator The Travel Market Ltd., to offer ferry customers online hotel reservations across France and Benelux.

The Travel Market Ltd. caters for key ferry operators, supplying accommodation for customers of SpeedFerries and P&O Ferries.

Commenting on the deal, Nicholas Warren, Sales and Marketing Director at The Travel Market Ltd., said: “Active Hotels’ provides an ideal fit by supplying a wide range of properties in Europe offering customers extensive choice and good value-for-money when booking their accommodation.”

Ferry customers searching for accommodation will now have access to Active Hotels stock ranging from rural B&B’s to 5-star city-centre leisure and corporate hotels.

Shane Whaley, Business Development Manager, Active Hotels stated: “The Travel Market Ltd. is Active Hotels’ first cross-channel ferry partner and a welcome addition to our distribution network. This is good news for our hoteliers in France and Benelux who can expect increased levels of business as a direct result of this new deal and for customers who can benefit from hotel reviews, same-day bookings and money saving deals for passengers.”

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The Travel Market Ltd
The Travel Market Ltd has been operating since 1983. The business was established primarily as a tour operator to manage and handle national newspaper and coach promotions.

The company soon established The Ferry Travel Club. This wholly owned subsidiary is the UK’s largest independent cross-Channel travel club.

Other successful commercial ventures include the management of independently branded travel clubs, business accounts and the operation of a call centre facility.

Media enquiries: Nicholas Warren, Sales and Marketing Director, The Travel Market Ltd, [email protected] tel: +44 (0) 1304 242602

About Active Hotels (Priceline Europe, part of priceline.com, NASDAQ PCLN
Active Hotels (Priceline Europe, part of priceline.com, Nasdaq: PCLN), is one of Europe’s leading online reservation providers to the hotel industry. The company has over 11,000 hotels, which it promotes through 1,500 distribution partners, including some of the market leaders in online travel. See: www.activehotels.com for more details.
In July 2005, Priceline acquired Amsterdam-based Bookings B.V. to complement its investment in Active Hotels and build on its European operations.

Combined, Active Hotels and Bookings have exclusive rates with almost 18,000 hotel properties, giving Priceline Europe a market leading position in Europe.

Media enquiries:

Mandy Zakhour, European Media Relations, Priceline Europe, [email protected] tel: + 44 (0) 1223 578134

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