LUCERNE, Switzerland -- February 16 2001 -- hotelguide.com, one of the world's most comprehensive and powerful accommodation broker with a listing of over 65,000 hotels in 200 countries, announces their partnership with the U.S. based Cosmi Corporation. Cosmi Corporation designs and publishes microcomputer software products for the consumer market, consistently ranking in the PC Data top 10 in units sold. With their newly formed partnership with Cosmi, hotelguide.com's hotel database will be widely distributed to a multi-million base in the North America market, bundled with travel software packages.

"Cosmi recognizes tremendous value in the extensive and descriptive hotelguide.com database," said Herb Kraft, Senior Vice President of the Cosmi Corporation. "Adding hotelguide.com to our leading series of travel software titles and downloads will give Cosmi customers incredible research power when looking for and booking hotels."

Stephen Fraser, hotelguide.com's COO in USA says, "The partnership will further consolidate our position as a leading distribution channel and content provider for the hospitality industry. We will be actively working with Cosmi to make our content available to a very wide audience and expect to make some further announcements very shortly in this direction."

About hotelguide.com

hotelguide.com is one of the world's most comprehensive and powerful accommodation brokers within the electronic and mobile commerce environment.

The hotel database consists of more than 65'000 hotels in 200 countries worldwide. The web site offers business and leisure travelers, travel agents and corporate travel planners secure online reservations, detailed hotel information, geo-mapping, currency converter, weather report, and an affiliate program. In addition to extensive US, Asian and South American listings, hotelguide.com's European listings are unmatched on the web.

hotelguide.com has also been at the forefront of the Mobile Internet technology. They have partnered with Ericsson and Nokia and have established contracts with wireless operators worldwide. In the USA hotelguide.com just signed with Sprint PCS and has also set up its system to reach I-Mode users in Japan.

hotelguide.com was established in 1991 (formerly The Hotel Guide) and is based in Sursee/Lucerne, Switzerland.

For more information, contact:

Stephen Fraser

ph: 516 294 7252, [email protected]

Ruth Hyde (Switzerland)

ph: +41 / 41 925 15 68, [email protected]

About Cosmi

Cosmi Corporation is a leading designer and publisher of microcomputer software products for the consumer market. Cosmi pioneered the development of simple, easy to use, low cost entertainment and productivity software for home and small office computer users, available at a variety of stores.

Currently, Cosmi actively supports over 85 titles for Windows 95 and higher, on 3.5" disk and on CD-ROM, available in both jewel case and boxes. Cosmi sells its products through distributors and rack jobbers, and on a direct basis to America's foremost retailers, including Wal-Mart and Kmart; specialty stores such as Software Etc., Babbages and Electronics Boutique; warehouse clubs including Office Depot and OfficeMax; and traditional computer electronic stores such as Best Buy, CompUSA, Computer City, Staples and many more.

Cosmi was founded in 1982 and is based in Rancho Dominguez, California.