Travelweb LLC announced it has signed an agreement with Pleasant Holidays to become the exclusive provider of private-label net-rate hotel inventory for the PleasantHolidays.com
vacation travel Web site.

Pleasant Holidays is one of the world`s largest vacation package providers and this agreement marks the first time the company will offer travel agents net-rate hotel products for their clients via the Internet.

According to the agreement, Westlake Village, Calif.-based Pleasant Holidays plans to begin offering its affiliates Travelweb LLC`s wide selection of net-rate hotel room inventory under private label in the first quarter of 2003.

Pleasant Holidays currently boasts leisure product distribution affiliations with more than 20,000 travel agencies nationwide, including AAA Travel, American Express Travel Related Services and Carlson Wagonlit Travel, which greatly expands Travelweb LLC`s distribution reach for its participating hotel brands and properties. AAA`s individual local travel clubs offer Pleasant`s packaged vacation products to more than 45 million members through PleasantHolidays.com and AAA.com. Pleasant Holidays` affiliates American Express Travel and Carlson Wagonlit Travel are ranked the top two travel agencies, respectively, in the United States in 2002 by Travel Weekly Magazine.

Travelweb LLC
, owned by Hilton Hotels Corporation, Hyatt Corporation, Marriott International, Inc., Six Continents Hotels, Starwood Hotels, and travel technology provider Pegasus Solutions, Inc., offers an innovative new method for the online distribution of hotel

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