Source: TravelCLICK's proprietary database containing data from Amadeus, Galileo, Sabre and Worldspan - the exclusive source of hotel industry electronic distribution data from the GDSs.

While room nights for the second quarter of 2002 decreased 3.2% versus the same period last year, there was improvement from the 9.5% loss in room nights experienced in the first quarter. Room nights booked electronically through GDS Travel Agencies and Internet Web sites were down 6.4% year to date. ADR's were down 4.9% in the second quarter, which is a marked improvement from the 8.9% decline in room rate experienced in the first quarter.

Grupo Posadas, the largest hotel company in Latin America, is extending TravelCLICK's portfolio of market intelligence tools and data products to all of its properties. Grupo Posadas operates 60 hotels with more than 13,100 rooms throughout Mexico, the Caribbean and Latin America. Posadas owns Fiesta Americana, Fiesta Inn, Caesar Park and Caesar Business brands.

"TravelCLICK's products enable Grupo Posadas' properties to raise their profile on the electronic shelf and increase their revenues," said Richard W. Gray, chairman and co-CEO of TravelCLICK.

"Grupo Posadas intends to use the TravelCLICK subscription products to significantly enhance the targeted, electronic marketing efforts of our individual properties," said Javier Barrera, chief marketing officer for Grupo Posadas. "Our hotels in Mexico, the Caribbean and Latin America will also leverage TravelCLICK's electronic media tools to optimize their marketing strategies within their markets."

In an industry dominated by big chains with big advertising budgets, independent hotelier Bruno Lamblin must be creative and aggressive when it comes to marketing his Copatel Hotels in Paris.

Lamblin has made consistent investments in TravelCLICK media for six years, and credits his electronic marketing for building one million dollars in annual GDS revenues, and for consistently increasing bookings, even after Sept. 11.

He plans to herald the opening of the Group's newest hotel - the Hotel Waldorf Trocadero - with a special GDS campaign in March 2003.

"I don't know another company that provides the results that TravelCLICK does. As an independent I only have two hands, but TravelCLICK has worked for us and we're seeing results," Lamblin says.

Above: The Waldorf-Madeleine in Paris. The Waldorf-Trocadero, the newest in the Copatel Group, is scheduled to open March, 2003. www.hotelscopatelparis.com

Comparing year over year changes for the first quarter vs. the second quarter, second quarter hotel booking performance in all the top cities showed improvements in both room nights and ADR change.

Dallas and San Francisco had the best improvement over their results in the first quarter, when both cities were down in room nights by more than 20%. London also showed very good recovery, with room nights and ADR now only slightly behind last year.