Travelzoo Publications Surpass 8 Million Subscribers

Travelzoo Publications Surpass 8 Million Subscribers

NEW YORK, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Travelzoo Inc. (NASDAQ:TZOO), the Internet's largest publisher of outstanding travel offers available directly from hundreds of travel companies, today announced that the company's publications now reach more than 8.0 million subscribers. This represents a 31 percent increase over the 6.1 million subscribers Travelzoo counted one year ago.

Travelzoo's Top 20(R) newsletter and Newsflash(TM) e-mail alert service are trusted information sources for the very best travel deals from more than 300 companies. The millions of travel enthusiasts who have signed up to receive Travelzoo's publications count on them for timely, accurate, valuable, and truly outstanding travel offers. At the time of publication, Travelzoo independently test-books all deals to ensure that offers are legitimate and available.

"This continued subscriber growth highlights the critical role Travelzoo plays in influencing consumer behavior and guiding travel purchase decisions," noted Ralph Bartel, CEO of Travelzoo. "The extensive reach of our publications also helps our advertisers create broad awareness and incremental demand for their travel offerings."

Travelzoo subscribers (in Millions as of December 17 of each year):

Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Subscribers in Millions 1.1 1.6 3.4 6.1 8.0



Subscription to Travelzoo's free publications is available at http://www.travelzoo.com/.

About Travelzoo

Travelzoo Inc. (NASDAQ:TZOO) is the Internet's largest publisher of outstanding travel offers available directly from hundreds of travel companies. Travelzoo's media properties include the Travelzoo(R) Web site (http://www.travelzoo.com/), the Top 20(R) e-mail newsletter, the Newsflash(TM) e-mail alert service and SuperSearch(TM), a pay-per-click search engine. With more than 8 million subscribers, Travelzoo lists offers from more than 300 advertisers, including American Airlines, Carnival Cruise Lines, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Hertz, JetBlue Airways, Kimpton Hotels, Liberty Travel, The Mark Travel Corporation, Marriott, Orbitz, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Singapore Airlines, The Venetian, Travelocity, United Airlines and Virgin Vacations.

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 Inc. All other company and product names mentioned are trademarks of their respective owners.

Media contacts:
Christie Ly
(212) 521-4218
cly@travelzoo-inc.com

Kelly Ford
(212) 521-4216
kford@travelzoo-inc.com


Source: Travelzoo Inc.

CONTACT: Christie Ly, +1-212-521-4218, cly@travelzoo-inc.com, or Kelly
Ford, +1-212-521-4216, kford@travelzoo-inc.com

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


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