SAO PAULO, Brazil, December 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- BuscaPe Viagens is the first independent air ticket search engine in
Latin America

BuscaPe (http://www.buscape.com.br), Latin America's largest price 
research site, in partnership with BuscaTrip, an initiative from the founders 
of Voxel and the El Area fund, introduces in Brazil a powerful system that 
combines all flight options and routes of the world's airlines to find the 
best price. In some cases, the consumer can save up to R$ 6 thousand. BuscaPe 
Viagens is now available at http://viagens.buscape.com.br.

The search criteria serve the various interests of users and can be set
for flight time, number of stops, airline company, arrival or departure time 
and airport. To make the service even more complete, the search engine is 
100% independent, with no connection to any travel company or agency. BuscaPe 
users are, therefore, guaranteed a service aimed exclusively at serving their 
needs and covering all market options.

Making the search even more complete, BuscaPe Viagens compares prices
between among more than 760 airline companies throughout the world, both low-
cost and traditional carriers. Around 200 online and offline travel agencies
in Brazil are also listed on the site. The service offered by the site is 
similar to that offered by Mobissimo.com, Momodo.com, Kayak.com, Sidestep.com
and other independent search engines, which are common in America and Europe.

"The users are not the only ones to benefit. Travel agents and companies
will have the opportunity of being in contact with online consumers, who 
currently represent a significant part of the market. This is because the 
program has a customized registration system for agencies and airline
companies, which are presented to the client in the search results. We
expect the system to drive development of online tourism in Brazil and Latin
America," said Romero Rodrigues, President of BuscaPe.

The next step for BuscaPe will be to extend the service throughout Latin
America and develop a specialized tourism search engine, with comparisons for
cruises, hotels, car rentals and tour packages. Always seeking to improve the
service, the site will also launch a forum for users' opinions.

About BuscaPe

BuscaPe is the creator of comparison-shopping services and price
searching offered on the site http://www.buscape.com.br. Founded in June 
1999, BuscaPe today provides data on more than 15 million products sold in 
more than 60 thousand stores and distributed in more than 40 categories.

BuscaPe licenses its technology to principal internet shopping sites such
as Logys, Yahoo, Terra, Elsitio, Katatudo, Queremoscomer, e-bit 
(http://www.ebit.com.br), Intel and MSN, among others.

BuscaPe also manages the brands Bondfaro (http://www.bondfaro.com.br),
Central de Desejos (http://www.centraldedesejos.com.br) and QueBarato
(http://www.quebarato.com.br) -- the largest free classifieds site in
Latin America.

Together with its brands, BuscaPe has operations in 21 countries: Brazil,
Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Peru,
Uruguay, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Portugal,
Spain, Venezuela, Honduras, Nicaragua, Bolivia and El Salvador.

Web site: http://www.buscape.com