Cendant Travel Distribution Services Renews Agreement With Wyndham International

PARSIPPANY, NJ | Cendant Travel Distribution Services (TDS), a division of Cendant Corporation (NYSE:CD), today announced the renewal of its agreement with world-renowned hotel brand, Wyndham International, Inc. The renewal provides TDS’ brands, including Lodging.com and CheapTickets.com, greater access to rooms at Wyndham properties worldwide, including participating properties from its Global Hotel Alliance partners Kempinski, Pan Pacific, and Rydges Hotels. Wyndham's diverse group of upscale and luxury hotels and resorts located throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Europe includes brands such as Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Viva Wyndham Resorts, Wyndham Luxury Resorts and Summerfield Suites by Wyndham.

After a successful partnership with TDS’ Lodging.com, Wyndham International has broadened its agreement giving the upscale and luxury hotel chain the added benefit of receiving exposure across TDS’ various distribution channels. In addition, the Wyndham properties also renewed their participation in the NEAT dynamic packaging engine, and have preferred vendor status with TDS’ THOR and Cendant Travel units.

Chris Heinz, senior vice president of distribution and revenue management noted, "Renewing our agreement with Cendant TDS allows us to fully leverage the numerous distribution opportunities available. We’ve garnered a good working relationship with the Cendant TDS team, allowing us the proper vehicle to market available Wyndham guest rooms to those customers we could not otherwise reach.”

With the agreement, Wyndham will broaden its distribution reach and be able to market its upscale rooms to the millions of customers accessing TDS’ global channels including the 4,300 global affiliates through Lodging.com. In turn, TDS will provide its customers with a more robust inventory of rooms at Wyndham’s worldwide properties. By continuing this relationship, Wyndham will realize increased sales opportunities through multiple distribution channels, ultimately saving money on distribution costs.

“Being able to provide our millions of customers with luxury hotel properties through Wyndham International is the ultimate benefit of this contract renewal. We’re thrilled to continue our relationship with one of our first seamless connection customers and a valued supplier,” said Michael W. McCormick, executive vice president, Cendant Travel Distribution Services.

About Cendant Travel Distribution Services - Cendant Corporation’s (NYSE: CD) Travel Distribution Services Division, is one of the world’s largest and most geographically diverse collections of travel brands and distribution businesses. The division, employing nearly 5,000 people in more than 116 countries, includes: Galileo, a leading global distribution services (GDS) company, serving more than 44,000 travel agencies and over 60,000 hotels; hotel distribution and services businesses (Trust, THOR, WizCom and Neat Group); leading travel agencies (CheapTickets.com, Lodging.com, HotelClub.com and RatesToGo.com); Shepherd Systems, an airline market intelligence company; Travelwire, an international travel technology and software company; Travel 2/Travel 4, a leading international provider of long-haul air travel and travel product consolidator; and Travelport, a provider of online global corporate travel management solutions.

About Wyndham International, Inc. - Based in Dallas, Wyndham International, Inc. offers upscale and luxury hotel and resort accommodations through proprietary lodging brands and a management services division. Wyndham owns, leases, manages and franchises hotels and resorts in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Europe, and guarantees that the best rates for its properties will be found on its Web site. For more information or to make a reservation, visit www.wyndham.com or call 800-WYNDHAM. Wyndham is a founding member of the Global Hotel Alliance (www.globalhotelalliance.com), a worldwide union of hospitality companies that provides guests with unique, personalized guest services.