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Online Travel Corporation PLC
3 November 2000


Online Travel Corporation plc

New strategic partnership with Worldspan Services Limited


Online Travel Corporation plc ('OTC') has secured a partnership with Worldspan
Services Limited ('Worldspan').

Worldspan is the market leader in e-commerce for the worldwide travel
industry, providing 50 percent of all online travel bookings.

OTC is the first to implement the latest version of Worldspan's proprietary
EDI messaging system, called SMI, on the flight-booking engine. OTC, with
Worldspan, has taken SMI technology to a new level, using XML, which enables
full integration with OTC's other booking modules. This facilitates
multi-channel distribution on the Internet, WAP, Broadband and Interactive
Television.

Tim Wright, Staff Vice President - E-Commerce for Worldspan, explained: 'OTC
had specific requirements which we met by developing a customised version of
SMI that utilises XML, the standard Internet messaging language. The result
was an even more advanced version of SMI.'

Rob McDonald, Chief Technical Officer, OTC, said: 'Worldspan demonstrated they
had the right technology to fit with our advanced systems architecture.
Through their innovation with SMI, they provided us with the flexibility to
create tailor-made versions of our flight booking engines for our growing
corporate and leisure client base. Our partners and customers will see
enhanced service and benefits as we roll-out the new technology over the next
few months.'
For further information, please contact:

OTC                                              Tel: [phone]
Mark Jones, Managing Director                    Tel: [phone]
Robert Falkner, Finance Director

Buchanan Communications                          Tel: [phone]
Nicola How / Isabel Petre



Notes to Editors:

On Line Travel Corporation plc

OTC is an Internet based travel technology and distribution business,
providing a comprehensive range of technological solutions, travel products
and ancillary travel services to ISP's, Media and Affinity Groups and
Corporate Organisations.

It provides bespoke technology solutions linked to its wide product range to
produce a one-stop travel service through the Internet, supported by telephone
call centres for leisure and corporate clients to fulfil their travel needs.

OTC provides a comprehensive range of travel products and ancillary travel
services is both a travel agent and tour operator. OTC strategy focuses on
low-cost routes to market with lower customer acquisition costs compared to
that of a mass-market consumer brand and is focused on selected business
areas.

OTC has launched 47 travel sites with Strategic Partners in 9 months - 35
within leisure travel, 6 within corporate travel and 6 within concession
travel. This has increased OTC's potential customer base to over 10 million
online users.

OTC is quoted on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock
Exchange, having been admitted in June of this year after raising £6.5
million. Additional information is available at
www.onlinetravelcorporation.com

Worldspan Services Limited

Worldspan provides global electronic distribution of travel information,
Internet products and connectivity, and electronic commerce capabilities for
travel agencies, travel service providers and corporations worldwide. The
company's three lines of business are travel supplier services, e-commerce,
and global distribution systems for the worldwide travel industry. The
Worldspan reservations system provides nearly 21,000 travel agencies and other
users worldwide with travel data and booking capabilities for hundreds of the
world's leading travel supplier services. Worldspan is the market leader in
e-commerce for the travel industry, processing more than 50 percent of all
online travel bookings. The company maintains world headquarters in Atlanta,
Georgia. Worldspan is owned by affiliates of Delta Air Lines, Northwest
Airlines and Trans World Airlines. Additional information is available at
www.worldspan.com.


3 November 2000