Contract

Online Travel Corporation PLC
17 July 2000


New Strategic Partnerships with Beeb.com; FHM.com; Breathe.com; Fish4.co.uk;
Whatsonwhen.com; Rapido TV; Goldfishguides.com; Alisonathome.com; Telewest
Communications Plc; Unison Travel

OTC has launched or contracted to launch online travel services with ten new
Strategic Partners. This takes OTC's number of Strategic Partners to 39 in the
space of 8 months. 29 of these are from the leisure travel, 6 from corporate
travel and 6 from concessional travel. This has increased OTC's potential
customer base to over 7 million online users. 

In the last month OTC has secured a new Strategic Partnership with FHM.com,
providing a new look halo branded site (www.FHM.com/travel) for their OTC
operated travel brand, FHM Travel Direct.

OTC has also integrated all of its travel content into the Holiday Channel of
the re-launched Beeb.com Web Site (www.beeb.com).

In addition, OTC has launched new halo branded sites with lifestyle ISP
Breathe.com (www.breathe.com), world-wide events company Whatsonwhen.com
(www.whatsonwhen.com) and, in the last month, contracted new Strategic
Partnerships with the mutual ISP Blue Carrots (www.bluecarrots.com),
classified listings portal fish4 (www.fish.co.uk), TV lifestyle portals Rapido
TV (www.rapido.co.uk) and alisonathome.com (www.alisonathome.com), gay and
lesbian portal Rainbownetwork.com and credit card and online guides provider
goldfishguides.com. 

OTC has also launched new Digital Television services with Telewest
Communications Plc in the UK and Unison, a leading Digital Television provider
in Ireland.   

Chief Executive of OTC, Mark Jones, commented:

'To have signed up so many high quality, well known names in such a short time
scale demonstrates that OTC is offering the right breadth and depth of service
to our customers.  The fact that we have also succeeded in launching so many
halo branded sites proves our unique method of marketing is exceeding our
expectations.' 

For further information, please contact:

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

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