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Monday February 22, 9:04 am Eastern Time

Company Press Release

SOURCE: OAG Worldwide

OAG Signs Agency-Wide Intranet Agreement With the U.S. Postal Service

OAK BROOK, Ill., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- OAG Worldwide, the world leader in government travel solutions, recently announced that it has signed an agency-wide Intranet license for the OAG Official Traveler Travel Information System with the United States Postal Service. The agreement brings the benefit of travel planning with OAG information to all U.S. Postal Service travel arrangers and frequent travelers.

OAG's Official Traveler Travel Information System provides government and military travelers access to all published worldwide direct and connecting flights and over 68,000 domestic and international hotels.

The Official Traveler Travel Information System also displays full details on all GSA contract flights and government discount hotels, as well as worldwide government per diem rates, Fire Safety Act (FSA) certified properties and worldwide city destination information.

Noted George Sperry, Sales Manager for Civilian Accounts at OAG Worldwide, ``According to the United States Postal Service headquarters library, of all the information available on the USPS Intranet web site, the OAG Official Traveler information has far and away been the most popular site among the USPS employees. The popularity of the OAG information with U.S. Postal Service employees from its inception on the Intranet is a strong testimonial to the value of the product. We are confident U.S. Postal Service travelers will find the OAG Official Traveler Travel Information System to be a truly invaluable travel planning tool.''

``We are delighted to have the opportunity to help the U.S. Postal Service enhance its travel arranging capabilities, and save money as well,'' added Curt Reilly, Publisher of OAG's Government Business Unit. ``The OAG Official Traveler Travel Information System was developed to serve the specialized needs of the government travel market, and will greatly ease the process of planning business trips for all U.S. Postal Service travel arrangers and travelers.''

The OAG information available on the U.S. Postal Service Intranet will be updated monthly. OAG Worldwide, a division of Reed Business Information and a member of the Reed Elsevier plc group, publishes travel information products in print and electronic format under the OAG brand, including OAG Pocket Flight Guides, OAG FlightDisk, OAG HotelDisk, OAG World Airways Guide and OAG Desktop Flight Guide. OAG's data is also transmitted to the world's global distribution systems used by travel agents, airlines and associated organizations throughout the world.