SANTA CLARA, Calif. | SideStep, Inc. (www.sidestep.com), the Internet's leading travel search company, today announced a two-year distribution partnership with Orange, one of the United Kingdom’s leading online portals. The partnership brings SideStep’s award-winning search technology to www.orange.co.uk, enabling its users to take advantage of dynamic, real-time access to the most comprehensive online travel search information available - more than 600 airlines, 150,000 hotels and 30,000 car rental locations worldwide.
SideStep not only offers unbeatable breadth of information but also incredible depth of information by searching a broad network of travel resources, including both major suppliers like British Airways and Hilton hotels, and low cost suppliers such as Easyjet and Holiday Inn. The company was the first in the U.S. travel search space to establish a presence within the UK.
“SideStep redefined the way people found and utilized travel information in the United States and we are thrilled to extend our innovations to the UK market through an established portal giant such as Orange,” said Rob Solomon, president and CEO, SideStep, Inc. “The UK represents the largest online travel market in Europe and we look forward to providing Orange customers with the ultimate online travel search experience.”
“It is the aim of Orange to provide our portal users with the most exciting, relevant and easy-to-use information, of which travel plays a major role,” said Charles Delamain, Director of Partner Solutions, Orange. “We are delighted to be working with SideStep in providing customers a world-class online travel service.”
In addition to offering its price comparison services via SideStep.com, SideStep also powers travel search services for Amazon and Forbes’ new luxury travel website, ForbesTraveler.com.
About SideStep | SideStep, the Internet's leading travel search company, delivers the most comprehensive selection of travel choices at the best prices to more than five million consumers each month. SideStep has been named one of TIME Magazine's "50 Coolest Web Sites" and declared "Best of the Web" by Forbes and BusinessWeek Online. The company has direct relationships with the largest travel suppliers in the industry and works with a variety of leading world-class brands, providing relevant results from more than 600 airlines, 150,000 hotels and 30,000 car rental sites worldwide. The Company also operates TravelPost.com, the Web’s largest independently owned hotel review community. For more information, visit
www.sidestep.com.
About Orange | Orange is a key brand of the France Telecom Group, one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators with 149 million customers on five continents.
In June, 2006, as part of the France Telecom Group integrated operator strategy (NExT programme) to deliver simple, convergent products, Orange became the single brand for mobile, broadband and multiplay offers in France, the United Kingdom and The Netherlands, strengthening Orange’s position as the number two mobile and internet services brand in Europe. In addition, Orange Business Services became the new banner for business communications solutions and services. Orange Business Services is present in 166 countries and territories and serves customers in 220.
The France Telecom Group has 23 mobile and nine internet operations across the world. At July 27, 2006, the group had 88.6 million mobile customers, and 11.9 million internet customers.
In the UK, Orange serves over 15 million mobile customers and more than 2 million internet customers (1 million broadband, 1 million dial-up).
Orange and any other Orange product or service names included in this material are trade marks of Orange Personal Communications Services Limited. Further information about Orange can be found on the Orange website at
www.orange.com.
