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Published: 11:22 14.06.2001 GMT+1 /HUGIN /Source: lastminute.com Plc
/LSE: LMC /ISIN: GB0001583078

lastminute.com and Alitalia Sign a Pan-European Partnership

Following a tested and successful seven-year partnership with
Degriftour, Alitalia is now extending its relationship to the
lastminute.com Group in Europe. lastminute.com acquired Degriftour,
France`s number one travel website, last October 2000. Alitalia will
sell its last minute inventory via lastminute.com local websites in
the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden and the Netherlands. The
partnership will bring lastminute.com`s customers "exclusive` offers
on the entire Alitalia network and a greater breadth of offers to one
of Europe`s most popular tourist destinations - Italy.

Thanks to its wide international network and advanced technology
platform, lastminute.com allows Alitalia to offer its last minute
inventory to customers throughout Europe in real time.

Paolo Fabiani, Alitalia Vice President of International Sales, said:
"With a uniquely strong positioning in the late booking segment and
high traffic across seven European countries, lastminute.com
perfectly meets our requirement to work with a pan-European
e-commerce partner. Since the beginning of our relationship with
Degriftour back in 1994, we have seen revenues on the French travel
website growing constantly. As one of the fastest growing European
e-commerce companies, we are confident that the lastminute.com group
will bring equally satisfactory results`.

Brent Hoberman, CEO of lastminute.com, adds: "The acquisition of
Degriftour has brought tremendous travel expertise to the group,
which we are very excited to leverage on a pan-European level with
Alitalia. The partnership is a fantastic opportunity for
lastminute.com, confirming our dominant position as the definitive
last minute marketplace`.

About lastminute.com
Based on the idea of matching supply and demand, lastminute.com
currently offers consumers last minute opportunities to acquire
airline tickets, hotel rooms, package holidays, entertainment
tickets, restaurant reservations, specialty services, gifts and
auctions in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden,
Spain, The Netherlands, Australia and South Africa. In October 2000,
lastminute.com acquired the Degriftour Group, one of France`s leading
e-travel groups. At 31 March 2001, lastminute.com had established
approximately 9,147 supplier relationships, with companies such as
Lufthansa, British Midland, United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic Airways,
Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Forte Hotel Group, Kempinski
Hotels, English National Ballet, The Royal Albert Hall, Conran
Restaurants and SFX.

lastminute.com is amongst the most popular travel websites in Europe
according to a recent survey by Jupiter MMXI, being the only site to
appear in the top ten most visited travel sites in the UK, France,
Germany, Sweden, Italy and Spain.

About Alitalia
With over fifty years of experience behind, Alitalia is one of the
leading airlines in Europe and in the world. With a network spanning
sixty countries, Alitalia transports over 25 million passengers a
year, and maintains a fleet of 166 aircrafts. Alitalia`s hubs are in
Milan Malpensa and Rome Fiumicino.
Alitalia recently consolidated its position with partners such as Air
Canada, Northwest Airlines, Qantas, Japan Airlines, Korean Airlines,
Varig to increase the number of points of service served worldwide.

For more information, please contact:

Alexandra Masurel
lastminute.com
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone] Email:[e-mail]

Andrea Zannoni
Alitalia
Tel [phone]
Fax [phone]
[e-mail]

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Published: 09:29 20.06.2001 GMT+1 /HUGIN /Source: lastminute.com Plc
/LSE: LMC /ISIN: GB0001583078

AIR FRANCE AND LASTMINUTE.COM SIGN A GLOBAL SALES AGREEMENT

Air France extends its successful relationship with Degriftour to the
whole of the lastminute.com Group

Pursuing its expansion plan in the e-commerce world, Air France has
signed a global sales agreement with lastminute.com, the online
provider of travel and entertainment solutions. The agreement will
give lastminute.com`s customers access to all Air France leisure
fares across all destinations and in eight of the different countries
where lastminute.com has operations (in the UK, France, Germany,
Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and South Africa).

This agreement results from a longstanding and successful
relationship of the French carrier with Degriftour, France`s number
one online travel agent, which was acquired by lastminute.com last
year. With a presence in nine countries, 3.1 million subscriber
users` (as at March 31, 2001) and a highly flexible technology
platform, lastminute.com provides Air France with an ideal channel to
reach the online community and with the possibility to tailor its
products to each marketplace.

Georges Ben Harroche, Vice President Global Distribution of Air
France, comments: "As lastminute.com is amongst the largest
international e-commerce brands, our presence and co-operation with
them represents a significant move towards our present and future
online sales expansion. We are looking forward to this exciting
opportunity of developing our relationship with the group
internationally.`

Brent Hoberman, CEO of lastminute.com, adds: "With record commercial
performance and the huge connecting possibilities offered by its
Charles de Gaulle hub, Air France belongs to the top three key
players of the European airline landscape. The agreement with Air
France marks a key step in the development of lastminute.com, not
only in terms of revenue potential but also as a clear acknowledgment
of our global expertise and prominent position in the travel
industry.`

About lastminute.com
Based on the idea of matching supply and demand, lastminute.com
currently offers consumers last minute opportunities to acquire
airline tickets, hotel rooms, package holidays, entertainment
tickets, restaurant reservations, specialty services, gifts and
auctions in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden,
Spain, The Netherlands, Australia and South Africa. In October 2000,
lastminute.com acquired the Degriftour Group, one of France`s leading
e-travel groups. At 31 March 2001, lastminute.com had established
approximately 9,147 supplier relationships, with companies such as
Lufthansa, British Midland, United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic Airways,
Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Forte Hotel Group, Kempinski
Hotels, English National Ballet, The Royal Albert Hall, Conran
Restaurants and SFX.

lastminute.com is amongst the most popular travel websites in Europe
according to a recent survey by Jupiter MMXI, being the only site to
appear in the top ten most visited travel sites in the UK, France,
Germany, Sweden, Italy and Spain.


About Air France
Air France is one of the world`s major airlines. It is the third
largest international passenger carrier, and the fourth largest
freight carrier. It also ranks second worlwide for aircraft
maintenance. Air France offers the largest medium-haul network in
Europe today in terms of daily flights, and 91 percent of its
long-haul services are non-stop. Air France customers can choose from
1700 daily flights to almost 200 cities in 83 countries. Its fleet
comprises 240 aircraft, including the most recent to arrive on the
market. Air France is a founding member of SkyTeam, a global airline
alliance which provides customers with extensive worldwide
destinations, flights and services.

For more information, www.airfrance.com/corporate.


For more information, please contact:
Alexandra Masurel
lastminute.com
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Martine Prunier
Air France
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

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Published: 11:15 03.07.2001 GMT+1 /HUGIN /Source: lastminute.com Plc
/LSE: LMC /ISIN: GB0001583078

lastminute.com and Granada in major sport & leisure initiative

lastminute.com and Granada Broadband today jointly launch four new
Leisure sites for Liverpool FC.tv, ITV-F1, ITV-Football and Arsenal FC

lastminute.com and Granada Broadband, the new media wing of media
giant Granada plc, today announce a business alliance that will
include the launch of four new Leisure sites accessible from
http://www.itv-f1.com, http://www.itv-football.co.uk,
http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/intro.html and http://www.arsenal.co.uk.
With this joint initiative, Granada and lastminute.com, one of the
leading European e-commerce brands, have developed a mutually
beneficial agreement enhancing service and offers available to users
of these sites.

Liverpool FC.tv, ITV-F1, ITV-Football and Arsenal FC will market the
new leisure sites to their millions of users bringing traffic from
their own websites. lastminute.com will bring its content and provide
visitors with a wide range of sport related travel and entertainment
offers as well as an efficient shopping experience.

The new leisure sites will enhance the online experience of over 21
million football and Formula 1 fans who log on to Liverpool FC.tv,
ITV-F1, ITV-Football and Arsenal FC websites each year. Sports fans
can expect not only behind the scene access to major sporting events
but also hospitality packages for events such as the British Grand
Prix and last available tickets to selected games and events.

Expected to roll-out in July and August, the four new sites will be
jointly promoted by both companies. Monthly competitions will be run
on all four sites providing sports fans with the chance to win
amazing packages to go and see the best sporting events of the
season.

Helen Baker, UK Managing Director of lastminute.com comments: "This
exciting initiative with Granada Broadband will substantially
increase lastminute.com`s presence in the sport and media world.
Bringing the right offers to the right audience, we expect the four
new sites to generate a high conversion rate of visitors to satisfied
customers."
Max Graesser, Chief Operating Officer: Granada Broadband, comments:
"This partnership is great news for millions of online sports fans
worldwide who will now enjoy not only our unique sport content but
also lastminute.com`s sporting offers and impressive transactional
capability. Online sports fans will welcome this new initiative that
promises to make their online experience even more fulfilling."

About Liverpool FC.tv
Liverpool FC.tv is a joint venture between Granada and Liverpool
Football Club
and offers a broadband, multi-channel site which offers extensive
match day coverage, five web TV channels and WAP services and the
facility to buy tickets online. Liverpool FC has over 2 million fans
in the UK and a further 5 million worldwide.

About Arsenal.com
AFC Broadband is a joint venture between Granada and Arsenal FC
created to exploit media and commercial rights across online and
broadband media on a global basis. Arsenal.com is the initial
platform for AFC Broadband, offering a wide range of services for
Arsenal fans including entertainment, e-commerce and personalised
offers.

About ITV-f1
ITV-F1.com is a Granada initiative and is the complete one-stop
source for Formula 1 news and information. The site also boasts
superb new historical, and rules and regulations sections, together
with the chance to test the encyclopaedic knowledge of Formula 1
legend Murray Walker in the new and challenging `Ask Murray`
section.


About lastminute.com
Based on the idea of matching supply and demand, lastminute.com
currently offers consumers last minute opportunities to acquire
airline tickets, hotel rooms, package holidays, entertainment
tickets, restaurant reservations, specialty services, gifts and
auctions in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden,
Spain, The Netherlands, Australia and South Africa. In October 2000,
lastminute.com acquired the Degriftour Group, one of France`s leading
e-travel groups. At 31 March 2001, lastminute.com had 3.1 million
subscriber users and had established approximately 9,147 supplier
relationships, with companies such as Lufthansa, British Midland,
United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic Airways, Starwood Hotels and Resorts
Worldwide, Forte Hotel Group, Kempinski Hotels, English National
Ballet, The Royal Albert Hall, Conran Restaurants and SFX.

lastminute.com is the most visited travel websites in the UK and
France according to a recent survey by Jupiter MMXI, and the only
site to appear in the top ten most visited travel sites in the UK,
France, Germany, Sweden, Italy and Spain.


Lastminute.com
Alexandra Masurel
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Granada Media
Philip Candice, Broadband Communications Manager
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]



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