Leonardo Announces New Organization for Growth

Leonardo restructures to meet high demand of all major industry players

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. October 14, 2008

LONDON, UK, September 30, 2005. Leonardo, the proven hotel and travel industry content hub announces a company restructure to meet the growing needs of the major industry players and the booming demand for rich content management and distribution across the global travel chain.

Established in the late nineties Leonardo has since become the industry hub for rich content management and distribution. As such Leonardo has become the rich content management and distribution partner for the leading companies in the travel industry including:

Amadeus

Opodo

Cendant/Galileo/WizCom

Sabre/SynXis

Yahoo!

Pegasus

Leading Hotels of the World

Small Luxury Hotels

World Hotels

Preferred Hotels and Resorts

Intercontinental Hotels Group

Carlson Group Worldwide

Leonardo has responded to the needs of the major companies by providing 'single point of entry' solutions for the management and distribution of content. The economy and efficiency offered by Leonardo make it practical for these companies to aggregate and distribute all types of content to GDS, Switches and channels using Leonardo solutions. These solutions are provided in 'off the shelf' or customised product formats.

Leonardo estimates that growing demand for their rich content management and distribution solutions will treble the business within 2 years. The objective of restructuring is to ensure Leonardo's ability to deliver the high quality of service that its clients require. Accordingly, London has been named as the Headquarters for the Leonardo organisation and the existing Executive Directors will assume the following roles:

David Elton, with Leonardo since 2000 has been appointed as CEO and Managing Director for the group on a worldwide basis. Mark Ejlenberg, with Leonardo since 1998 has been appointed Executive Director - Corporate Finance, Strategic Planning and Corporate Affairs. Neil Hucksteppe , with Leonardo since 2001 has been appointed Executive Director - Technology and MD Asia Pacific. Sally Richards , with Leonardo since 2002 has been appointed to the group as Commercial Director, based in the London office. Christian Jennings joins the team as Financial Director coming to Leonardo from William Grant and will also be based in the London office. A senior position based in the US will be announced shortly together with a marketing position based in London.

Elton commented " Ours is a dynamic industry and one which is constantly changing and facing new challenges especially in the area of technology. Leonardo has established itself as the only truly global player in this space and as such we face high demand from our global customer base to grow and expand.

It is very exciting to assemble such a uniquely talented team with unparalleled experience in this field - our next phase of growth will be a truly interactive one!"

About Leonardo Media

Leonardo is a world leader in travel content management, e-marketing and content distribution across the global travel chain. Leonardo online solutions are designed to simplify the management of rich content and the automation of distribution to the GDS, travel channels and their travel partners. For all travel partners, Leonardo services provide the largest 'one stop' aggregated source of digital content for hotels, destinations and attractions in the travel industry.

Leonardo works with over 50,000 hotels, including many prominent global hotel chains such as Intercontinental Hotels and Resorts, Carlson, Worldhotels, raffles/Swissotel, Rosewood, Jumeirah International, Preferred Hotel Group, Kersner International, Small Luxury Hotels, Leading Hotels of the World, Le Meridien, Nikko, Peninsula, Starwood, Aston, Luxe, Destination Hotels and Resorts, Park Plaza. lEonardo also works with over 80 Tourist Boards, including Singapore, Portugal, The Hague, and Antigua and Barbuda. Its major travel channel partners include Amadeus, Galileo, Sabre, Worldspan, Pegasus, WizCom, Worldres along with Lodging. com, Cheaptickets, Yahoo Travel, Opodo, Vista, Planetgo, Aergo, Widderoe, and NorthStar Travel Media.