American Express Business Travel 2006 Global Business Travel Forecast

Business Wire, Oct 18, 2005

American Express Business Travel, the world's largest travel management company, will present its 2006 Global Business Travel Forecast via teleconference and WebEx on Tuesday, October 25. 2005. The Forecast compiles global and regional airfare and hotel pricing data to provide corporate travel managers and buyers with insight into potential costs for the coming year. In addition to a global overview of pricing trends and drivers, the Forecast will detail developments for regional markets including: North America, Europe, Japan/Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean.

American Express Business Travel speakers will include:

--Matthew Davis, Director, American Express Consulting

--Ruth Philpott, Director, Hotel Procurement, eCLIPSE Advisors, a division of American Express Business Travel

--Lora Ellis, Director, Air Procurement, eCLIPSE Advisors, a division of American Express Business Travel

A Q&A session will follow the presentation and the full press release with regional statistics will be available on Tuesday 11:30 am EDT on www.AmericanExpress.com/corp/pc/press_center.asp

WHEN: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2005 5:00 PM BST, 12:00 PM EDT, 9:00 AM PDT
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DIAL INFORMATION:
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Domestic / International:  (847) 413-2403          Passcode: 13018172#

WEBEX:
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URL: https://amexweb.conferenceplus.com/meetingcenter/default.aspx?jnh
st=N&mk=735312063(Due to its length, this URL may need to be
copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the
extra space if one exists.)

Confirmation Number: 13018172

DIGITAL REPLAY:
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Digital playback will be available for one week following the
presentation, with call-in as follows:

Domestic / International:  (630) 652-3042          Passcode: 13018172#