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TripAdvisor Expands Geographies by Adding Asia, Africa and the Middle East to Its Travel Research Site

Holiday In Wales NEEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 15, 2004--TripAdvisor, the leading travel research site, has expanded geographic coverage on its award-winning site (www.tripadvisor.com) by adding Asia, Africa and the Middle East to its worldwide travel destinations. Other geographies recently added to the site include South and Central America, Russia and Turkey.
More than 90 new countries have been added in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, including popular destinations such as China, Japan, India, Israel, Jordan, Egypt and South Africa.

Comsat also has an operation providing communications services in Turkey, as well as to the Middle East, and parts of Europe, Asia and Africa.

Holiday Wales Built to address the frustration experienced by travel consumers using traditional web search engines, TripAdvisor's specialized search technology scours the Internet to find only the most relevant travel articles and opinions available on the web. By expanding its international coverage, TripAdvisor is offering consumers access to the most comprehensive, unbiased information available on the web for travel destinations in more than 200 countries worldwide.

With tourism in the Middle East and North Africa on the rise, .travel comes to us at a perfect time, says Mr. Elhamy ElZayat, CEO & Chairman of EMECO TRAVEL and former Chairman of the Egyptian Tourism Federation. We believe it is important that our colleagues are aware of all .travel has to offer to ensure that we can operate at a level equal to or above that of other regions in the world.

Cottage Holiday In Wales "Africa, Asia and the Middle East were the next logical destinations for us to add to our site," said Steve Kaufer, CEO of TripAdvisor. "We want to ensure that TripAdvisor.com covers any popular destination for tourists, and we've added new cities and countries each month based on feedback from our users."

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The survey also finds business travellers are more hesitant than their companys travel managers realise to travel to various regions of the world. The Middle East is the region most travellers say they are hesitant to travel to (74 per cent of travellers versus 67 per cent of travel managers), followed by Africa (53 per cent versus 38 per cent), Latin America (46 per cent versus 26 per cent), Asia Pacific (38 per cent versus 18 per cent), Europe (22 per cent versus seven per cent), and North America (11 per cent versus seven per cent).

Camping Holiday Wales TripAdvisor, Inc. provides a comprehensive travel search engine that helps consumers research their travel plans via the web, and gives them direct access to major online travel suppliers, including Expedia, Travelocity, Orbitz, hotels.com, and American Airlines, for booking upcoming trips. TripAdvisor.com is the 7th most popular travel website worldwide, according to comScore Media Metrix (May, 2004), and has won dozens of awards, including PC Magazine's Top 100 Web Sites and Forbes Best of the Web. The company also offers travel suppliers a performance-based marketing medium that generates average click-through rates of over 10% per page. TripAdvisor is a wholly owned operating business of IAC/InterActiveCorp (Nasdaq: IACI) and is part of IAC's Local and Media Services Group. For more information, visit http://www.tripadvisor.com/.

Tourism is a vital part of the Middle East and North Africas economy, says Tralliance Corporation President and Chief Executive Ron Andruff, whose company serves as the worldwide Registry for .travel. Providing national tourism ministries and the travel industry leadership with a clear understanding of the global .travel initiative firsthand is intended to serve as a catalyst to future success and profitability in the region. As the MENA nations register all of their tourism assets in the .travel Registry, they will enable travelers from anywhere in the world to find them in the most expeditious manner possible.

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