EBOOKERS - 18.1.01; Ernennung zum Online-Reisebüro Nr. 1 in Europa - 500 Beiträge pro Seite

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Diese Meldung (s.u.) kam heute über den E-Mail-Verteiler von Ebookers.

Kurz zusammengefasst.
- Ernennung zum Online-Reisebüro Nr. 1 in Europa
- Führend in Europa durch 20% Marktanteil
- Grosser Abstand zu seinen Konkurenten Lastminute/Degriftour, Expedia UK, Travelprice.com, und Thomas Cook.



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ebookers.com Named Europe`s Leading Online Travel Agency In New PhoCuswright Report

LONDON, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- ebookers.com, (Nasdaq: EBKR, Neuer Markt: eb6) is pleased to announce that it has been named Europe`s number one online travel agency by PhoCusWright, a leading independent internet travel research and analysis company.

The new report, The European Online Travel Marketplace 2000-2002, ranks ebookers.com in first place, based on PhoCusWright`s independent estimates of projected market share and gross bookings in 2000. It gives ebookers.com an estimated 20% share of the European online travel agency market.

ebookers.com is ranked substantially ahead of its nearest competitors, including Lastminute/Degriftour, Expedia UK, Travelprice.com, and Thomas Cook.

Commenting on the ranking, Dinesh Dhamija CEO of ebookers.com, said: "We are extremely pleased with this independent endorsement of ebookers.com`s leading position in the European online travel market. This ranking comes as a result of rapid progress by the company over the last year. ebookers.com has established operations in 11 European countries, over double that of our nearest competitor. We have also built up one of Europe`s leading product ranges. By negotiating direct with suppliers we are able to offer our customers discount rates of up to 65% off published prices, with 120 airlines and 14,000 hotels, as well as major car rental companies. This has been key to our success so far."

About ebookers.com

ebookers.com is a leading online European travel agency offering complete one-stop, online shopping with a host of travel products and services, including negotiated discount airfares with 120 airlines, and discounts with over 14,000 hotels worldwide. ebookers.com is the technology and travel spin-off from Flightbookers plc, the London-based travel agency which in 1996 became the first travel company to establish an interactive website in the UK. The ebookers.com group also established the first interactive travel websites in France and Finland. The company was established as a separate Internet company in June 1999. ebookers.com operates in the following eleven countries: Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. The company completed its initial public offering in November 1999 listing on the NASDAQ and the Neuer Markt in Frankfurt, Germany.

Further details of the independent PhocusWright report are available by visiting www.phocuswright.com .

Forward-Looking Statements

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the company`s ability to identify, acquire and integrate its potential subsidiaries across Europe, its ability to significantly increase its online revenues and sales volumes, to maintain and develop relationships with travel suppliers and strategic partners and to attract and retain customers, potential adverse changes in its gross mark up or in commission rates, unforeseen events affecting the travel industry, and the company`s dependence on its ability to establish its brand. These and other risk factors are described in detail in the company`s Prospectus dated 11 November 1999, which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, USA and the German Prospectus dated 11 November 1999, filed with the Neuer Market, of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Germany. SOURCE ebookers.com


CONTACT: Oliver Strong, Investor Relations Executive, [phone], or [phone], or [e-mail], or Jennifer Evans, Public Relations Manager, [phone], or [phone], or [e-mail], both of ebookers.com; or Richard Sunderland, [e-mail], or Nick Lambert, [e-mail], both of GCI Financial, [phone]; or Frank Schwarz of Kirchhoff Consult, [phone], or [e-mail], all for ebookers.com/

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DANKE boese:endlich mal Eröffnung eines vernünftigen ebookers-Thread`s mit wahren Fakten....