VRX Signs Global Agreement with Millennium & Copthorne Hotels

. October 14, 2008

VANCOUVER, BC, December 7, 2005. VRX Worldwide Inc. (TSX-V: VRW) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary VRX Studios Inc. ("VRX") has been appointed the Official Online Content Provider of Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc. ("Millennium & Copthorne"). This agreement paves the way for VRX to begin providing hotel coverage in new markets such as New Zealand, Singapore, and Malaysia where Millennium & Copthorne is a leading hotel chain.

Millennium & Copthorne is a global hospitality company which owns, manages, and operates over 88 hotels in 16 countries under three distinct brands - Millennium Hotels, Copthorne Hotels and Kingsgate Hotels. Under the agreement, VRX will create high quality, web-friendly 360-degree virtual tours and still images of each luxurious amenity, facility, and room type offered by the different properties located in the different regions. Once created, the 360-degree virtual tours will be integrated into three-dimensional interactive maps of the facade of each hotel. All content created by VRX under the agreement, will be certified as "accurate and up to date" by Millennium & Copthorne before being added to VRX's Hotel Archive. VRX will make the new certified content available to all third party travel websites.

"The rapid growth in Internet bookings has made it necessary for us to ensure that there is a uniform presentation of high quality visual content of our hotels' accommodation and facilities across all our online channels," commented Darren Ng, Global E-Marketing Manager of Millennium & Copthorne. "To accurately capture the true ambience and character unique to each of our properties, we needed a company that could not only produce top-class online visual content consistently for our properties, but also has a successful track record of doing so. With VRX's expertise in this area, we look forward to making our guests' experiences a memorable one, even before they step into our hotels."

VRX's Hotel Program helps hotel companies such as Millennium & Copthorne manage the integrity and presentation of their brand across all their online distribution channels. VRX produces the highest quality and most user-friendly online visual content while delivering a consistent user-experience across every hotel in its Hotel Archive. The quality, consistency, and reliability of VRX's Hotel Content attracts and retains more online customers and increases their online booking confidence.

"We are continually expanding our coverage of the world's popular hotels and destinations," stated David MacLaren, President and CEO of VRX. "Our agreement with Millennium & Copthorne will expedite our entry into many exciting new markets and drive our coverage of many of the leading hotels and attractions in Asia and the South Pacific. This new coverage will greatly enhance and diversify our Hotel and Destination Content. We are pursuing a variety of global partnerships with companies such as Millennium & Copthorne, these partnerships are a cornerstone to our global growth strategy."

About Millennium Hotels

Millennium Hotels are four star deluxe and five star properties situated in premier locations in major international gateway cities or prominent business locations around the world. They offer travelers comfortable, stylish and interesting surroundings, which are sympathetic to the regional character of their geographical location. The hotels serve international business and leisure travelers and offer impeccable facilities and standards of service. Superior IT and business facilities are a particular feature of all Millennium Hotels, with access to technological facilities for all guests as standard.

About Copthorne Hotels

Copthorne Hotels are four star properties in major regional business centers or resort locations in the UK, Germany, New Zealand, Malaysia and Singapore. A well established European brand, Copthorne's international expansion started in New Zealand, where it has now become the country's largest four star hotel group. Copthorne Hotels have received a succession of major industry awards in recognition of their quality, service excellence and distinctive style of operation.

About Kingsgate Hotels

With a total of 16 hotels, Kingsgate Hotels and Resorts is New Zealand's largest three-star hotel group. The hotels provide business, leisure and family travellers with a consistent level of accommodation and true "kiwi" hospitality which can be found in 15 key locations throughout the country.

About VRX

VRX Studios, a wholly owned subsidiary of VRX Worldwide Inc. (www.vrxworldwide.com), is the world leader in producing and syndicating high quality, web-ready visual content that educates, inspires, and compels travel consumers. Leading travel brands such as Carnival, Hyatt, Sandals, Priceline.com, Southwest Vacations, and many more rely on VRX's stunning visual content to attract, retain, and engage customers. Each month, millions of consumers interact with VRX's Destination and Hotel Content in their search for their perfect vacation. To find out more about VRX Studios' products and services, visit www.vrxstudios.com

VRX Worldwide Inc.

per: "David MacLaren"

David MacLaren

President and CEO

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