Centralized Group and Family Reservations Launch

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April 30, 2003

REAL-TIME CENTRALIZED RESORT RESERVATIONS LAUNCHES IN MAMMOTH LAKES Mammoth Lakes, California- The City Concierge, the epicenter for information on the Mammoth Lakes Resort announces the addition of real-time centralized lodging reservations for group and family travel available online at www.MammothLakes.info and www.CityConcierge.com The new service is made possible through a joint venture with Stay-USA.com, Inc., developers of real-time internet productivity tools for the vacation rental industry. The venture enables Mammoth visitors to book real-time reservations, at a single location, eliminating the need to call each agency or visit various web sites to see what is available. City Concierge connects travelers wanting up to the minute vacation information, and now reservations, with an easy to use interface that shows pictures of each unit along with the detailed specifications.

The service enables real-time searching of individual condominium and rental properties based on criteria such as quantity of bedrooms, price range, and location in addition to the travel days. Each unit displayed has pictures of the interior, description, along with its price and availability. The entire rental transaction is handled on secure servers so that users can feel completely comfortable reserving the unit with a credit card.

The launch of this new service at the City Concierge web sites is a major undertaking, as the Town of Mammoth Lakes attempted a similar project before but was unable to connect to each management companies reservation system. The Stay-USA Portal software automatically communicates with each management company's Property Plus reservation system, eliminating any additional effort from the companies. This new service compliments the guest services already provided to visitors by the City Concierge such as activity and event information, travel packages, special deals and real estate info.

"This comes at a perfect time for Mammoth." says Jefferson Lanz, owner of the City Concierge, "We are experiencing huge growth in visitor days because of 9/11 and Mammoth is a driving destination. Our ski season is longer than any other resort." Ted Miller, CEO of Stay-USA agrees "The town is finishing their 800 million dollar makeover. We are very happy to have the City Concierge as our partners." For both, the system comes online just as Fishing Season opens, and the busier summer season starts.

The City Concierge exemplifies the changes in the travel industry as most travelers turn to the web to help plan trips, find vacation packages, and all the services they may need. They won't have to spend time on the phone during business hours, or while on their trip doing research, when they should be out having fun.

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MAMMOTH LAKES CITY CONCIERGE: The City Concierge delivers vacation information and reservation travel services for individuals and groups that speak to visitors from the U.S. and many countries so they can have an active vacation with style. Developing powerful marketing solutions for the travel, sports and hospitality industry, the City Concierge works with local businesses and outfitters to help them reach larger audiences through strategic marketing programs and advertising. The City Concierge (www.cityconcierge.com) is owned by Flip Worldwide, Inc. (www.flipworldwide.com) a marketing company.

STAY-USA: Stay-USA.com, Inc. (www.stay-usa.com) and Instant Software, Inc. (www.instantgroup.com) provide leading edge, comprehensive software solutions to the vacation rental industry. Independently owned and operated vacation management companies seamlessly integrate real-time e-commerce systems, via virtual reservationist, with their own web sites and connect to other Portals all from within their Property plus reservation system.