Costa Smeralda Travel News Release September 15, 2003

COSTA SMERALDA TRAVEL Online today announced the addition of online travel services,…….

designed to save travelers time and money…!!!

The new suite of online travel services empowers consumers to shop for hotel rooms, airline tickets, car rentals, cruises, golf packages, and travel insurance. Access over 55,000 hotels, hundreds of airlines, car rental companies, all major cruise lines, 400 golf vacations and the leading travel insurance companies in the world.

Visitors to COSTA SMERALDA TRAVEL Online can arrange easily both their leisure and vacation online travel plans quickly and securely.

These new travel services include in depth destination content featuring the world's most popular leisure and business destinations. Visitors can also access a "Family Friendly" travel guide and the ability to source hotels and resorts that specifically cater to families with infants, young children, teens and pets with special vacation packages, accommodations and activities.

Travelers utilizing the COSTA SMERALDA TRAVEL Online hotel booking engine can make online reservations with over 200 major hotel brands in nearly 10,000 destinations worldwide complete with discounted rates, full color hotel brochures and interactive mapping.

COSTA SMERALDA TRAVEL also offers one of the world's only discount cruise engines providing online cruise availability and real-time booking functions, allowing customers to compare a number of different cruise lines at once. Features include 360-degree virtual tours of cruise ships, extensive cruise vacation planning resources and the ability to book discounted cruise reservations online, over the phone or via e-mail.

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