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7 Million Internet Users Visit Travelzoo's European Websites
LONDON, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- - UK, German and French Websites Enjoy Record Traffic levels in First Quarter Travelzoo (NASDAQ: TZOO), a global Internet media company, today announced that its three European websites in the UK, Germany and France attracted 7.1 million visitors in the period from 1 January to 31 March, 2008, according to Google Analytics. These record figures represent an increase of more than 3 million European visitors when compared to the same period last year. Chris Loughlin, managing director of Travelzoo in Europe said, "We are delighted to see the increasing popularity of Travelzoo in Europe. Our UK website now sits amongst the leading travel-related websites in the UK. We believe that our new German and French websites have seen excellent user adoption, since launching in November and January, respectively. We are particularly pleased to see that more than 30% of our 7 million visitors came directly to Travelzoo's websites by typing in our web addresses. This illustrates the strength of the relationship between our users and our brand." UK The UK website, Travelzoo's first in Europe, attracted 4,418,143 visitors during the period. According to Google Analytics, visitors viewed 12,776,405 pages on the UK website. 32% of all visitors came directly to http://www.travelzoo.co.uk, 38% of visitors were referred by other sites and 15.5% were referred by search engines. According to Hitwise, Travelzoo's UK site was the 8th most visited website in the travel category from 3 to 9 February and 19th most visited in the first three months of 2008. Travelzoo's cruise channel ranked as the 3rd most visited cruise website in the UK for the week of 24 February to 1 March and was the 10th most visited cruise website in the first three months of the year. Germany The German website which launched in November of 2007, attracted 1,271,803 visitors in the first three months of 2008, 37% of all visitors came directly to the site http://www.travelzoo.de, 24.5% came from referring sites and 8% came from search engines. France The French website, which launched in January 2008, attracted 1,394,764 visitors in the period. 25% of visitors came directly to the site http://www.travelzoo.fr, 34% were referred by other sites and 12% were referred by search engines. Over 900 travel companies advertise with Travelzoo, including British Airways, KLM, Air France, Flight Centre, Dream Ticket, Qwerty Travel, African Safari Club, Best At Cruises, TravelDep, Virgin Atlantic Airways, Virgin Holidays Cruises, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, eDreams, Lufthansa, Last-Minito.de, Ab-in-den-urlaub.de, Gratistours, ReisenSuperMarkt.de, Royal Caribbean International, Expedia.de, Hotels.com, FlyLoco.de, Nouvelles Frontieres, XL.com, Marmara, Selectour, Thomas Cook Voyages, Weekendesk.fr, Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts and Millennium Hotels & Resorts. About Travelzoo Travelzoo is a global Internet media company. Travelzoo's media properties, which reach more than 12 million travel enthusiasts in the US, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan and the UK, include the Travelzoo(R) website (http://www.travelzoo.com), the Top 20(R) e-mail newsletter, the Newsflash(TM) e-mail alert service and SuperSearch(TM), a travel search engine. Travelzoo publishes offers from more than 900 advertisers. Travelzoo's deal experts review offers to find the best travel deals and confirm their true value. Travelzoo is headquartered in New York City. About Travelzoo in Europe Travelzoo has operated in Europe since 2005. Travelzoo's European media properties, which reach more than 1.5 million travel enthusiasts in the UK, Germany and France through its newsletters, include the Travelzoo Top 20(TM) e-mail newsletter, the Newsflash(TM) e-mail alert service, and the TravelzooĂą websites (http://www.travelzoo.co.uk, http://www.travelzoo.de, http://www.travelzoo.fr). Certain statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts may be forward looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. These forward looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements about our plans, objectives, expectations, prospects and intentions, markets in which we participate and other statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts. When used in this press release, the words "expect", "predict", "project", "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "intend", "plan", "seek" and similar expressions are generally intended to identify forward looking statements. Because these forward looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, there are important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward looking statements, including changes in our plans, objectives, expectations, prospects and intentions and other factors discussed in our filings with the SEC. We cannot guarantee any future levels of activity, performance or achievements. Travelzoo undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this press release. Travelzoo and Top 20 are registered trademarks of Travelzoo. All other company and product names mentioned are trademarks of their respective owners.
