16.09.2008 12:37:00

Booking.com Announces Distribution Agreement with Marriott International

Booking.com, a leading international online hotel reservation service that is part of priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN), announced today a new multi-year distribution agreement with Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR). The agreement covers all of Marriotts nearly 3,000 properties worldwide. Earlier this year, Marriott also renewed a similar agreement with priceline.coms Travelweb business unit. No terms of either deal were released.

"As a leading lodging company with broad global reach in all of the markets served by Booking.com, we are very excited to work with Marriott, whose quality is known the world over, said Michaela Baier, Area Manager, North America for Booking.com.

"Booking.com is the fastest-growing online hotel reservation service in Europe and it is quickly becoming a significant reservations source for many U.S. and Canadian destinations, said Larraine Voll Morris, VP eDistribution, Marriott International. "We have a longstanding relationship with Priceline.com and look forward to strengthening our global collaboration in this significant way.

About Booking.com

Booking.com www.booking.com is part of Priceline.com. With 26 million room nights booked between June 2007 and June 2008, Booking.com is Europes market leader. Its website attracts an average of 20 million unique visitors each month. Booking.com works with more than 52,000 affiliated hotels in 10,000 destinations around the world. Its services are available in 18 languages. Booking.com currently has 22 offices: Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, Cambridge, Cape Town, Dubai, Dublin, London, Loulé (Portugal), Lyon, Madrid, Munich, New York, Orlando, Paris, Rome, San Francisco, Singapore, Stockholm, Vienna and Warsaw.

About Priceline.com(R) Incorporated

Priceline.com Incorporated (Nasdaq: PCLN) www.priceline.com provides online travel services in 21 languages in over 60 countries in Europe, North America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Included in the priceline.com family of companies is Booking.com, a leading international online hotel reservation service; priceline.com, a leading U.S. online travel service for value-conscious leisure travelers; and Agoda.com, an Asian online hotel reservation service. Priceline.com also operates the following travel websites: Travelweb.com, Lowestfare.com, RentalCars.com and BreezeNet.com. Priceline.com also has a personal finance service that offers home mortgages, refinancing and home equity loans through an independent licensee. Priceline.com licenses its business model to independent licensees, including priceline mortgage and certain international licensees.

About Marriott International

MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, Inc. (NYSE:MAR) is a leading lodging company with more than 3,000 lodging properties in the United States and 66 other countries and territories. Marriott International operates and franchises hotels under the Marriott, JW Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, Renaissance, Residence Inn, Courtyard, TownePlace Suites, Fairfield Inn, SpringHill Suites and Bulgari brand names; develops and operates vacation ownership resorts under the Marriott Vacation Club, Horizons by Marriott Vacation Club, The Ritz-Carlton Club and Grand Residences by Marriott brands; operates Marriott Executive Apartments; provides furnished corporate housing through its Marriott ExecuStay division; and operates conference centers. The company is headquartered in Bethesda, Md., and had approximately 151,000 employees at 2007 year-end. It is ranked as the lodging industrys most admired company and one of the best companies to work for by FORTUNE®, and has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the 2007 Sustained Excellence Award and Partner of the Year since 2004. In fiscal year 2007, Marriott International reported sales from continuing operations of $13 billion. For more information or reservations, please visit our web site at www.marriott.com.

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