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Priceline.com and Booking.com Announce Executive Appointments


    Priceline.com(R) (Nasdaq: PCLN) and its international business
    unit, Booking.com, announced today executive appointments within their
    European and Asian operations.

    The companies announced that Adrian Currie, who has served as
    Chief Financial Officer of Booking.com, will relocate to New Zealand,
    where he will help develop priceline.com´s business in the Asia
    Pacific region. In his new role, Mr. Currie will continue to serve as
    Chairman of Agoda.com, the Asian hotel reservation service acquired by
    priceline.com in November 2007, and will lead the expansion of
    Booking.com´s operations in Australia and New Zealand.

    "Adrian has been an integral part of our international leadership
    team that has successfully integrated and transformed priceline.com´s
    complementary acquisitions of Active Hotels and Bookings into Europe´s
    largest online hotel reservation service, available in over 60
    countries and 18 languages," said priceline.com President and Chief
    Executive Officer Jeffery H. Boyd. "Adrian´s broad experience makes
    him an ideal candidate to help the Agoda management team with
    integration priorities and lead the expansion of Booking.com in
    Australia and New Zealand."

    The companies also announced today that Erik Wienk has been named
    Chief Financial Officer of Booking.com. Mr. Wienk comes to Booking.com
    from Maxxium Worldwide, a leading global distributor of premium
    spirits and wines, where he was Global Director, Financial Planning
    and Control. Before Maxxium, he held financial positions with Gillette
    and Microsoft.

    "Booking.com is pleased to have an executive of Erik´s caliber
    join our organization," said Booking.com Chief Executive Officer Stef
    Norden. "Erik brings a wealth of experience in managing the growing
    international businesses of some of the most iconic global brands. We
    expect that his financial acumen and leadership skills will be
    additive to the increasing depth of our international management
    team."

    About Priceline.com(R) Incorporated

    Priceline.com Incorporated (Nasdaq: PCLN) provides online travel
    services in 23 languages in over 60 countries in Europe, North
    America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Priceline.com operates
    Booking.com, a leading international online hotel reservation service,
    priceline.com, a leading U.S. online travel service for
    value-conscious leisure travelers, and Agoda.com, an Asian online
    hotel reservation service.

    Priceline.com believes that Booking.com is Europe´s largest and
    fastest growing hotel reservation service, with a network of
    affiliated Web sites. Booking.com operates in over 60 countries in 18
    languages and offers its customers access to over 41,000 participating
    hotels worldwide.

    In the U.S., priceline.com gives customers more ways to save on
    their airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, vacation packages and
    cruises than any other Internet travel service. In addition to getting
    great published prices, leisure travelers can narrow their searches
    using priceline.com´s TripFilter advanced search technology, create
    packages to save even more money, and take advantage of
    priceline.com´s famous Name Your Own Price(R) service, which can
    deliver the lowest prices available.

    Priceline.com also operates the following travel websites:
    Travelweb.com, Lowestfare.com, RentalCars.com and BreezeNet.com.
    Priceline.com also has a personal finance service that offers home
    mortgages, refinancing and home equity loans through an independent
    licensee. Priceline.com licenses its business model to independent
    licensees, including priceline mortgage and certain international
    licensees.