Venere.com Names New Chief Technology Officer

ROME - Venere.com, the European online hotel reservations specialist recently acquired by Expedia Inc., has appointed Philippe Vimard to lead its technology department.

In this role Philippe will be responsible for the company’s technological strategy and drive forward the technological development of the Venere.com global point of sales.

“We are delighted to have Philippe join the senior management team at Venere.com,” comments Emmanuel de Rycker, Managing Director at Venere.com. “Philippe brings to the position a deep knowledge of Expedia’s lodging products and systems, strong experience in hotel system connectivity, and knowledge of high-transaction volume web sites.”

Philippe joined Expedia in 2002 through the acquisition of Newtrade technologies, a Montreal-based company specializing in hotel connectivity and distribution solutions. In the past 7 years, he has been involved at multiple levels in the Expedia Supply organization from Group Program Manager of the Direct Connect technology to Senior Director of Lodging Supply System. In 2008, after spending 2 years as GM of the Cars, Cruises and Trains supply platforms at Expedia headquarters in Bellevue (Washington), he returned to Canada to head the Montreal section of the Lodging Supply Team. Philippe will now be relocating to Venere’s Rome office in this new role.

About Venere.com

Since its launch in 1995, Venere.com has become one of the most renowned sites for online hotel reservations worldwide. During the past years, Venere.com has progressively added a host of new properties, and today provides a choice of over 32,000 hotels, B&B’s, serviced apartments and other accommodation solutions to its customers. Venere.com attracts users by its simplicity, the free online search and booking service, multilingual detailed hotel descriptions and information, high quality images and the exclusive interactive maps. The approximately 600,000 hotel reviews provide customers with a range of unbiased opinions to help them to choose the right accommodation for the right price. Venere.com is an Expedia Inc. company (for more information visit www.expediainc.com/ NASDAQ: EXPE) and has offices in Rome, London and Paris.

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Source: Venere.com

For further press information please contact: Micaela Zanarini - PR&Communications Manager - mailto press at venere.comFor further press information please contact: Micaela Zanarini - PR&Communications Manager - mailto press at venere.com; Micaela Zanarini, zanarini at venere.com, +39(06)36-19-2-322