Optims e-business subsidiary connect its central reservation (CRS) with Expedia distribution network

Otedis is among the European leaders in hotel distribution in France, with over 4,000 members, including 2,000 hotels using its real time online reservation technology. Hotel chains such as Châteaux and Hôtels de France, Barceló Hotels and Resorts and Envergure Group, have already selected Otedis'electronic reservation and distribution solutions.

Expedia and Otedis have developed and implemented several XML interfaces, in accordance with OTA (Open Travel Agency) specifications, to ensure a direct connection between Otedis central reservation system and the Expedia distribution network.

Group and hotel chains using Otedis Call center tool will benefit from a large online distribution through an international network which is very well known on the market (Expedia.com and Hotels.com).

"We are delighted that Otedis get associated to Expedia, one of the most important online distribution system worldwide explained Pierre Matuchet, CEO of Otedis. The connection of our central reservation system with Expedia will provide our customers with a better visibility on the web and will increase their online reservation rate by using just a single management planning."

"Our CRS takes a new step in its development and becomes one of the leader on the B to B Market of electronic rooms distribution concluded Antoine Medawar, CEO of Optims."

Expedia Inc. - Expedia, Inc. is the world's leading online travel service and the fourth largest travel agency in the U.S. Expedia's award-winning Expert Searching and Pricing (ESP) technology delivers the most comprehensive flight options available online. ESP also allows customers to dynamically build complete trips that combine flights, Expedia® Special Rate hotels and other lodging, ground transportation, and destination services and activities. Expedia's quality and leadership have been recognized in awards such as PC Magazine's "Editors' Choice" and Forbes "Favorite General Travel Site." Expedia is a wholly-owned subsidiary of IAC/InterActiveCorp [NASDAQ:IACI] . CST: 2029030-40.

About Optims/Otedis - With 6,000 customers in more than 70 countries, Optims is the European leader in Information Technology solutions dedicated to the optimisation of management methods and revenue in Hospitality, Catering and Tourism. For the past decade, Optims has been serving its clients with three complementary technologies. These include Property Management Systems (PMS), Yield Management Solutions known as Revenue Management Systems and Central Reservation Systems (CRS). Otedis, Optims' subsidiary dedicated to e-business for the Hospitality industry, is in charge of the CRS offer. This solution is made of three products : Otedis.Webres (the real time/online booking engine for web sites), Otedis.Call Center (the electronic central reservation system) and Otedis.Switch (the electronic distribution of hotel rooms on the Internet). Initially created as an online catalogue for hotels in France, Italy and Spain, Otedis is today a virtual hotel chain made of 4,000 hotels (2,000 using the real time reservation technology). Châteaux & Hôtels de France, Agil Hôtels, Sofibra, Barceló Hotels & Resorts and many independent properties are already using the Otedis technology. Otedis today proposes a unique e-distribution network.

Optims issued its Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the Nouveau Marché in the Paris Stock Exchange in June 2000 (SICOVAM code: 7652). More information about Optims is available at www.optims.com.