WorldRes.Com Signs Florida VillasDirect.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2000

WorldRes.com(TM) (www.worldres.com) announced a deal with Florida Villas Direct that will add 90 three- to seven-bedroom villas to the WorldRes.com online hotel reservation network. Each villa

"The Orlando area is one of the most popular leisure travel destinations in the United States," commented WorldRes.com CEO Greg Jones. "By offering a wide variety of property types, the WorldRes.com network provides our distribution partners with a service that addresses the needs of all types of travelers. The addition of Florida Villas Direct has particular appeal to families and groups."

Garrett Kenny, managing director of Florida Villas Direct, explained one of the key reasons for choosing WorldRes.com: "Every reservation we currently receive through our Web site has to be responded to on an individual basis either by e-mail, fax or telephone. The WorldRes.com system provides real-time online booking functionality, which will assist in streamlining our operations. This represents savings in time, money and manpower, as we will no longer need to contact guests to confirm the availability of a particular property or their reservation."

Kenny added that, "The Internet travel industry is growing rapidly and although we have our own Web site, our ability to reach the worldwide online community is somewhat limited. The extensive WorldRes.com distribution network will enable us to establish a global presence through a number of major Web sites, such as Virgin Net, AOL, Yahoo! and Lycos."

About WorldRes.com

WorldRes.com, Inc. (http://www.worldres.com) operates an online reservation network that connects hotels to travelers through a broad range of Web-based partners, including portals, travel and destination Web sites, convention and visitor bureau, tourism authorities, online city guides, call centers and travel agents. For hotels, WorldRes.com offers an efficient, low-cost, no risk means for marketing and selling accommodation online. For distribution partners, WorldRes.com provides detailed information and booking capability for a wide range of properties, from B&B's and independent hotels to resorts, vacation rentals and hotel chains.

WorldRes.com was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Mateo; WorldRes.com operates offices in Duesseldorf, Germany; Sophia Antipolis and Paris, France; and Staines, London. WorldRes.com employees collectively possess an extensive knowledge of hotel marketing, systems and operations as well as Internet-based transaction technology. WorldRes.com owns and operates two consumer Web sites: Places To Stay (www.placestostay.com), which offers real-time rates, reservations and information for all properties in the WorldRes.com system; and BedandBreakfast.com (www.bedandbreakfast.com), with information on more than 23,000 B&Bs and historic inns around the world.

About Florida Villas Direct

www.floridavillasdirect.com