Companies Can More Effectively Manage Their Corporate Card Programs with MasterCard Enhanced Folio Data from 8000 Hotel Properties; Expanded Marriott and Carlson Participation Further Strengthens MasterCard's Industry-Leading Program.

PURCHASE, N.Y. -- MasterCard International today announced that Marriott International and Carlson Hotels Worldwide have expanded their participation in MasterCard's hotel folio data program. With this addition, MasterCard corporate customers will receive enhanced hotel folio data from approximately 8000 properties in the U.S. and Canada.

"We are extremely pleased to expand our relationship with Marriott International and Carlson Hotels Worldwide," said Steve L. Abrams, senior vice president, Corporate Payment Solutions, MasterCard International. "With these additional properties, over 40% of corporate hotel transactions now have folio data available. Our hotel folio program -- the only one in the industry to include all of these leading hotel merchants for corporate travelers: Marriott International, Hilton Hotels Corporation, Choice Hotels International and Carlson Hotels Worldwide -- continues to experience unparalleled momentum and success. By offering enhanced hotel folio data with our suite of corporate payment solutions, we can help our issuers' corporate customers manage spending and uncover untapped opportunities for profit."

Marriott International will be adding all properties in the U.S. and Canada from their Fairfield Inn, SpringHill Suites and TownePlace Suites brands to its list of hotels that are now providing hotel folio data to corporate customers. Carlson Hotels Worldwide has expanded its participation in hotel folio to include its Country Inns & Suites brand properties.

The enhanced hotel folio program gives corporate customers access to room, tax, meal, telephone, business center fees and other itemized expense details at participating hotels. The transactions are presented back to the corporation electronically and can be reconciled to its monthly invoice, streamlining the employee expense reporting and the corporate accounts payable process.

MasterCard International issuers currently offering hotel folio data to their customers include GE's Corporate Payments Services unit, Citibank, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo.

"We know our customers are focused on ensuring T&E policy compliance, integration of their expense reporting systems, and overall cost controls," said Jeffery R. Dye, president and CEO of Corporate Payment Services, the commercial card unit of GE Consumer Finance. "The comprehensive information and integration tools from MasterCard International allow us to provide our corporate customers with the products, services, and tools they need to efficiently manage their finances."

About MasterCard Incorporated

MasterCard Incorporated is a leading global payments solutions company that provides a broad variety of innovative services in support of our global members' credit, deposit access, electronic cash, business-to-business and related payment programs. MasterCard, through its principal operating subsidiary, MasterCard International Incorporated, manages a family of well-known, widely accepted payment card brands including MasterCard(R), Maestro(R) and Cirrus(R) and serves financial institutions, consumers and businesses in over 210 countries and territories. The MasterCard award-winning Priceless(R) advertising campaign is now seen in 105 countries and in 48 languages, giving the MasterCard brand a truly global reach and scope. For more information go to www.mastercardinternational.com or refer to the filings of MasterCard Incorporated with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.