Affinity International Inks Deal With Weblink Communications and Milor Entertainment to Provide Internet Travel Services.ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 1998--Affinity International Travel Systems, Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB:TRIP) announced today that it has been selected as the exclusive supplier of travel and travel-related services for www.indigotravel.com, a high-profile Internet project that Weblink Communications, Inc. (www.wlci.com) and Milor Entertainment Group (www.milor.com) are launching in January 1999. The www.indigotravel.com site will be part of a major website specializing in quality entertainment, products, and services that will be located at www.indigoonline.com. The entire project, which will be launched by Weblink Communications and Milor Entertainment Group during the first quarter calendar 1999, will include topics such as music, travel, television, food, finance, and other lifestyle interests. The website is initially expected to attract more than six million individual users each month. Pursuant to the agreement, Weblink Communications will also integrate the travel services supplied by Affinity International Travel Systems into its other high-profile lifestyle websites which focus on topics such as sports, television, and mall stores. In addition to supplying the travel services to www.indigotravel.com and Weblink Communications' other lifestyle sites, Affinity International Travel Systems noted that it will also maintain its www.sunstyle.com travel website. "This transaction greatly accelerates our ability to develop a major presence on the Internet and generate a significant portion of our revenues from the online travel community," stated TRIP CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Dan Brandano. "Once the indigotravel site is launched in the beginning of 1999, we expect the project to rapidly begin contributing a notable revenue stream given the six million individual users who are expected to use the site every month." President and CEO of Weblink Communications, Scott Gostyla, commented, "We are all extremely excited about the opportunity of working with Affinity International Travel in regards to supplying travel-related services on all of our high traffic websites." Weblink Communications Weblink is a full service electronic media and marketing company that specializes in the design, development, and marketing of high-profile entertainment and lifestyle-oriented Internet and CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). solutions. Weblink's clients include BIG Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : BIGE) at www.bige.com, Time Warner, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TWX (TeletypeWriter eXchange Service) A U.S. and Canadian dial-up communications service that became part of Telex. In 1971, the Bell System sold TWX to Western Union. TWX transmitted 5-bit Murray code or 7-bit ASCII code at up to 150 bps. See Telex. ) at www.timewarner.com, and JAZZIZ Magazine at www.jazziz.com. Milor Entertainment Group Milor Entertainment Group owns, operates, and manages several entertainment concerns. JAZZIZ is the largest jazz magazine in the world and comes with a music and multimedia CD. Great Taste, a partnership with Valley Entertainment and American Express American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler's cheque businesses. Publishing which is a division of American Express Co. (NYSE:AXP The brand name Digital gave to its first family of Alpha-based computers. In 1998, Digital was acquired by Compaq. See Alpha. ), is an elegant and functional cookbook with recipes from the world's greatest master chefs which comes with a complimentary music CD. IE Music is a recording label partnership with PolyGram Records, a division of PolyGram N.V. (NYSE:PLG PLG Plasminogen PLG Poly(Lactide-co-Glycolide) PLG Progressive Librarians Guild PLG Private/Light Goods (UK vehicle taxation class) PLG Programming Languages Group PLG Professional Liability Group ), which works with artists such as Al Jarreau and several other entertainment-based properties. Affinity International Travel Systems Affinity International Travel Systems, Inc. is a holding company acquiring compatible leisure and travel businesses. The Company's expansion strategy is focused on utilizing its superior technology and Internet presence to provide competitively priced, specialized services to travel agents and individual consumers. Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the "safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, continued acceptance of the Company's products, increased levels of competition, new products and technological changes, the Company's dependence upon third-party suppliers, and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For additional updates, see www.otcfn.com/trip and www.sunstyle.com |
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