Worldspan Strengthens Alliance with Digital Travel, Purchases Equity Stake

In 1999, Digital Travel became Worldspan's first Internet Associate, and earlier this year the two companies launched a link to World Tours, Digital Travel's global online tour and vacation site, on the Worldspan Go!® platform. The response among Worldspan travel agents has been enthusiastic. Using the World Tours link on Go!, travel agents are able to plan and book customized tour and vacation packages worldwide to match the needs of individual clients. World Tours by Digital Travel offers more than 3,000 different tour and vacation packages and 3,000 hotels in nearly 100 countries.

World Tours' online selection of tour and vacation options is supplied through partnerships with tour operators and a special network of tour professionals worldwide. Worldspan agents may select and book sightseeing tours and vacation packages from one or several participating vendors at once to build a single, integrated itinerary. Travel agents receive immediate online confirmations once tours are booked, and all bookings pay agents a 10 percent commission upon completion of a client's trip.

Under the equity partnership announced today, Jesse Liebman, senior vice president and general manager - Worldwide Travel Supplier Services for Worldspan, will represent the Company on Digital Travel's board of directors.

"By increasing the choices of tours and vacation packages available to be booked, Digital Travel's World Tours product will enable Worldspan travel agents to find and book truly unique vacation experiences anywhere in the world for their clients," commented Liebman. "Our expanded relationship with Digital Travel underscores Worldspan's commitment to offering our travel agency subscribers a broader and richer selection of leisure products, adding greater value to the services they provide.

"Additionally, suppliers wishing to make their tour inventory available to Worldspan's more than 20,000 agency locations may do so through a business relationship with World Tours."

"Our goal for World Tours is to provide high-quality, profitable leisure products and an easy-to-use online reservations environment for travel agencies and retail travel companies that are looking for additional revenue opportunities in today's competitive marketplace," said Paul Cohen, founder and chief executive officer of Digital Travel. "We are delighted that Worldspan shares that vision and is supporting our initiatives with its marketing and technical expertise and resources."

Worldspan provides global electronic distribution of travel information, Internet products and connectivity, and electronic commerce capabilities for travel agencies, travel service providers and corporations worldwide. The company's three lines of business are travel supplier services, e-commerce, and global distribution systems for the worldwide travel industry. The Worldspan reservations system provides nearly 21,000 travel agencies and other users worldwide with travel data and booking capabilities for hundreds of the world's leading travel supplier services. Worldspan is the market leader in e-commerce for the travel industry, processing more than 50 percent of all online travel bookings. The company maintains world headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Worldspan is owned by affiliates of Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines and Trans World Airlines. Additional information is available at www.worldspan.com.