Hotels.com to Provide Discount Lodging for US Airways E-Savers Program

Business Wire, June 17, 2002

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DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 17, 2002

Hotels.com (Nasdaq:ROOM) www.hotels.com, the largest specialized provider of discount lodging worldwide, today announced it will be offering discount lodging to customers who receive US Airways weekly E-Savers fare notification.

Hotels.com will be featured each week with US Airways' Domestic E-Savers email announcements as well as being featured on the E-Savers promotions page of the US Airways Web site, usairways.com. US Airways Domestic E-Savers program has more than two million people registered to receive the discount fare emails.

"The addition of Hotels.com to E-Savers enables US Airways customers desiring to book a last-minute getaway to easily combine a discount airline ticket with one of the thousands of discount lodging properties Hotels.com offers," stated Bob Diener, president of Hotels.com. "US Airways serves over 200 airports worldwide on a daily basis, including New York, Las Vegas, Miami and Los Angeles. Hotels.com offers discount lodging in all of these locations and more, and will be able to provide US Airways Domestic E-Savers customers with the best places at the best prices, even at the last minute."

Diener added, "In 2001, over 62 million customers flew with US Airways, providing us with a significant new opportunity to increase our hotel bookings. We look forward to a long and successful relationship with US Airways."

About Hotels.com

Hotels.com (Nasdaq:ROOM), a majority-owned subsidiary of USA Interactive (Nasdaq:USAI), is the largest specialized provider of discount lodging worldwide, providing service through its own websites (including www.hotels.com and others), more than 25,000 affiliated websites, and its toll-free call centers (1-800-2-HOTELS). Hotels.com provides accommodations to travelers at over 6,000 properties in more than 200 markets in North America, Europe, the Caribbean and Asia. The company offers a one-stop shopping source for hotel pricing, amenities and availability, and also specializes in providing travelers with accommodations for sold-out periods.