Leisureplanet, the leading European on-line travel services company and Nomade.fr, a major portal for the French speaking Internet community, today announced the signing of a distribution agreement guaranteeing Leisureplanet extensive promotion as a travel services provider on the Nomade.fr portal site, and delivering users to Leisureplanet to complete their travel plans. Nomade.fr attracts over 15 million page views per month and features 75,000 indexed sites, and is currently growing at a rate of 4,000 sites monthly.

Under the terms of the agreement, Nomade.fr will offer Leisureplanet integral promotion throughout the site through an extensive electronic campaign including banners and buttons - totally targeted towards travel.

“As a result of this agreement with Nomade.fr, and our existing deals with Lycos.fr and Yahoo.fr, Leisureplanet now has the best distributed Internet travel service in France”. Said Pierre Kleinhans chief executive officer of Leisureplanet. “Our agreement with Nomade.fr is complementary to our strategy to build distribution in European and international markets. Furthermore, Leisureplanet now has access to the majority of online consumers in France. This targeted distribution opportunity presented to us by Nomade.fr provides powerful additional reach for the Leisureplanet brand”

According to Jean Postaire, Nomade.fr chief executive officer, “We are very pleased to have signed this agreement with Leisureplanet, a major player in online travel. Judging by the sheer scale of the campaign, this agreement is confirmation that the French market has reached a new peak in the field of on-line distribution.”

The agreement gives Leisureplanet access to a large proportion of the French Internet community, achievable only through partnership with one of France’s leaders in portal services, reinforcing Nomade.fr’s position as a leading player in the French e-commerce market.

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