PlanetOut Teams With Travelocity to Enhance Travel Options for PlanetOut and Gay.Com Members
12 February 2005 - 12:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
PlanetOut Teams With Travelocity to Enhance Travel Options for
PlanetOut and Gay.Com Members Agreement Expands Travel Options for
Gay.Com and PlanetOut.Com Members; Gives Travelocity Additional
Content for Its Own Gay and Lesbian Travel Store SAN FRANCISCO,
Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Travelocity(R) and PlanetOut Inc.
(NASDAQ:LGBT) today announced a strategic agreement to use
Travelocity as the preferred travel services provider for Gay.com
and PlanetOut.com. Travelocity will allow the more than 3.3 million
active members of PlanetOut's flagship Web sites Gay.com and
PlanetOut.com to book flights, hotels, car rentals, cruises,
TotalTrip(SM) dynamic packages, and Last Minute Deals as well as
specialty gay and lesbian travel products through a new co-branded
booking tool accessible through Gay.com and PlanetOut.com. At the
same time, PlanetOut will also provide Travelocity.com with
exclusive travel content focused on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender (LGBT) community, further enhancing Travelocity's own
gay and lesbian travel store
(http://www.travelocity.com/gaytravel). The new co-branded travel
booking tool on Gay.com and PlanetOut.com was launched earlier this
month, and Travelocity will soon feature content from those sites
as well. "This collaboration is a natural fit between Travelocity
and PlanetOut," said Mark Elderkin, president of PlanetOut Inc. and
founder of Gay.com. "According to @Plan, PlanetOut operates the top
two Web sites for reaching single men who travel by air, and
Gay.com is the top site for reaching single men who have traveled
for business in the past three months. Now Travelocity will be able
to deepen its reach into this attractive market, helping make their
business and travel leisure planning easy and convenient." "The gay
and lesbian market is an integral segment for Travelocity," said
Jeffrey Glueck, chief marketing officer for Travelocity. "We know
they are brand loyal, have high disposable income and, most
importantly, love to travel. PlanetOut and Gay.com offer the
highest reach into this demographic and we're confident that our
new venture will have a positive impact on our appeal in the gay
and lesbian community." About PlanetOut Inc. PlanetOut Inc. is a
leading global online media company offering consumer services,
news and entertainment to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender (LGBT) community. The company serves its growing base
of more than 3.3 million active members worldwide through a
comprehensive group of branded businesses featuring diverse chat,
news, entertainment, travel, dating, personal finance, career,
shopping and community services at Gay.com, PlanetOut.com, and
Kleptomaniac.com. PlanetOut, based in San Francisco, offers FORTUNE
1000 advertisers access to what it believes to be the most
extensive network of gay and lesbian people in the world. Gay.com
ranked number one, among all websites measured, for average time
spent per visitor in September and October 2004 for at-home
visitors in the U.S., according to Nielsen//NetRatings' Loyalty
Stickiness Report. For more information, please visit
http://www.planetoutinc.com/. About Travelocity Travelocity's
industry-leading technology and straight-talking, honest
information help travelers take more rewarding and affordable
trips. With millions of registered users and booking nearly $4
billion of travel in 2003, Travelocity negotiates thousands of
low-priced deals with the world's most reputable travel providers
-- top airlines, hotels, car rental companies, cruise lines, and
other destination attractions and services. Additionally,
Travelocity offers deeply-discounted rates for weekend getaways and
dynamic packages through its Last Minute Deals and TotalTrip
shopping engines, and provides customer service support over the
phone 24 hours a day. Based in Southlake, Texas, Travelocity also
operates Travelocity Business(SM) for corporate customers, powers
international travel Web sites in eight languages, and has been
recognized for its consumer advocacy and global leadership in
online travel. More information about Travelocity is available at
http://www.travelocity.com/. Travelocity is owned by Sabre Holdings
Corporation (NYSE:TSG), a world leader in travel commerce. More
information about Sabre Holdings is available at
http://www.sabre-holdings.com/. Forward Looking Statements In
addition to the historical information contained herein, this press
release contains forward-looking statements, including statements
regarding PlanetOut's anticipated future growth and financial
performance, as well as statements containing the words "believes,"
"anticipates," "expects," and similar words. Such forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors which may cause the actual results, performance or
achievements of the Company to differ materially from any future
results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the
Company's limited operating history and variability of operating
results; the Company's ability to attract and retain subscribers
and advertisers, competition, and our dependence on our technology
infrastructure and the Internet. Additional information concerning
factors that could affect our future business and financial results
is included in the Company's Form S-1 and other public filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, available at
http://www.sec.gov/. DATASOURCE: PlanetOut Inc. CONTACT: John
Gallagher of PlanetOut Inc., +1-415-834-6340, or Web site:
http://www.gay.com/ Web site: http://www.travelocity.com/ Web site:
http://www.planetout.com/
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