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Daimler Financial Services Wins Customers Over With Innovative Digital Solutions

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— Industry-leading ‘myMBFS’ App downloaded over 100,000 times on iOS and Android
— Approaching a quarter of a million unique visitors to the Mercedes-Benz Financial Calculator in 2014
— Further enhancement of digital customer interfaces across the Africa and Asia-Pacific region underway

 

 

 

SINGAPOREJuly 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Daimler Financial Services Africa & Asia Pacific (DFS AAP) has reached an important milestone with over 100,000 downloads of the popular myMBFS App to date. The myMBFS App allows users to locate the nearest Mercedes-Benz dealer, contact a customer service representative, calculate monthly payments on a Mercedes-Benz of their choice and see current promotions from Mercedes-Benz Financial Services.

Over 100,000 downloads of the popular myMBFS App have been recorded to date
Over 100,000 downloads of the popular myMBFS App have been recorded to date

“Consumer behavior is changing, and the way we access information has become increasingly mobile. We constantly aim to be at the forefront of this digital movement, by providing excellent self-service tools to deliver the best customer experience,” commented Andreas Hinrichs, Regional Director and Head of Digital Touchpoints at Daimler Financial Services.

Another key achievement was the near 250,000 unique visitors to the industry-leading Financial Calculator in just over five months. The mobile device-friendly calculators allow users to easily browse vehicles of their choice and find out the monthly finance or leasing rate — all at the tip of their fingers.

Both the myMBFS App and the Financial Calculator benefit Mercedes-Benz dealers as they help to drive sales and generate leads by giving customers a tool they can use to shop even before walking into a dealership.

Hinrichs continued, “These benchmark numbers are a clear testament to the value existing and prospective customers see in our innovative digital solutions. Already, enquiries generated via the myMBFS App and the Financial Calculator have led to the successful acquisition of customers. And as customers increasingly move online for their car buying decisions, we expect these numbers to further increase.”

Looking forward, DFS will continue to enhance its digital offerings. For now, the myMBFS App with integrated online account management is progressively being rolled out across the region. This will give existing customers the added ability to manage their automotive financing in a secure manner from any smartphone and tablet device.

About Daimler Financial Services
Daimler Financial Services offers a comprehensive range of automobile-related financial services. The products extend from leasing to financing offers and financial services for dealerships to commercial fleet management, insurance solutions and banking and mobility services. On average, the company finances or leases around four out of ten Daimler vehicles and currently has more than three million vehicles in its portfolio. The company’s car2go mobility concept makes it a leading provider of flexible carsharing services. Daimler Financial Services operates in 40 countries and employs more than 8,000 people. At the end of 2013, Daimler Financial Services managed leasing and financing contracts worth approximately Euro 84 billion and recorded EBIT of around Euro 1.3 billion.

About Daimler
Daimler AG is one of the world’s most successful automotive companies. With its divisions Mercedes-Benz Cars, Daimler Trucks, Mercedes-Benz Vans, Daimler Buses and Daimler Financial Services, the Daimler Group is one of the biggest producers of premium cars and the world’s biggest manufacturer of commercial vehicles with a global reach. Daimler Financial Services provides financing, leasing, fleet management, insurance and innovative mobility services. The company’s founders, Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz, made history with the invention of the automobile in the year 1886. As a pioneer of automotive engineering, Daimler continues to shape the future of mobility today: The Group’s focus is on innovative and green technologies as well as on safe and superior automobiles that appeal to and fascinate its customers. For many years now, Daimler has been investing continually in the development of alternative drive systems with the goal of making emission-free driving possible in the long term. So in addition to vehicles with hybrid drive, Daimler now has the broadest range of locally emission-free electric vehicles powered by batteries and fuel cells. This is just one example of how Daimler willingly accepts the challenge of meeting its responsibility towards society and the environment. Daimler sells its vehicles and services in nearly all the countries of the world and has production facilities on five continents. Its current brand portfolio includes, in addition to the world’s most valuable premium automotive brand, Mercedes-Benz, the brands smart, Freightliner, Western Star, BharatBenz, Fuso, Setra and Thomas Built Buses. The company is listed on the stock exchanges of Frankfurt and Stuttgart (stock exchange symbol DAI). In 2013, the Group sold 2.35 million vehicles and employed a workforce of 274,616 people; revenue totaled Euro 118.0 billion and EBIT amounted to Euro 10.8 billion.

Contact:

Michael Braunmichael.mi.braun@daimler.com, Tel: +65 6849 5632

Further information from Daimler is available at:
www.media.daimler.com and www.daimler.com

Calculate your monthly finance or leasing rate with ease
Calculate your monthly finance or leasing rate with ease

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Source: Daimler Financial Services

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July 8, 2014 at 4:25 pm

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Winner of Apprentice Asia joins the Panel of Speakers at the 5th Annual Shared Services & BPO Philippines

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-August 18 – 19, 2014
-New World Makati Hotel, Makati City, Philippines

SINGAPOREJuly 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Today Metro Manila has edged out Mumbai to take second place in a worldwide ranking of top business process outsourcing (BPO) destinations. Now not only is the country the world’s largest exporter of voice-driven services, in non-voice BPO the Philippines is showing its prowess. Providing traditional back-office services and increasingly complex value-added services, the Philippines is currently a strong second to India and shows no sign of slowing down and the industry is expected to hit the 1 million full-time employees-mark and generate about $18 billion in revenue this year. However with the growth comes certain challenges; spotting and growing new leaders, maintaining cost arbitrage and ensuring robust governance and control to name just a few.

SSON is delighted to confirm the participation of Jonathan Yabut as the Big Idea speaker for the 5th Annual Shared Services & BPO Philippines. 

Jonathan Yabut, the Season 1 winner of the hit pan-Asian reality TV show, earned his first national award – the Mansmith Fielders Young Market Master Awardee for Brand Management.  This is an award bestowed to the top 7 marketers in the Philippines under the age of 35. Jonathan Yabut is also, The Apprentice Asia. Currently based in Kuala LumpurJonathan Yabut, works as the Chief of Staff of AirAsia with Tony Fernandes and will share his insight into how to spot rising stars and inspire and retain young leaders at the forum.

The forum which starts on the 18th of August and runs over 2 days, is tailored specifically for those leading shared or business services in the region, as well as consultants, outsourcing and solution providers in the local market.

As veterans of the Shared Services & Outsourcing industry (our SSOW event in Singapore is now in its 17th year), SSON looks forward to another fantastic gathering of leading Shared Services and Outsourcing leaders.

For media enquiries, please contact:

Ms Rani Kuppusamy
Marketing Director
SSON
Tel: +6567229399
Email: rani.kuppusamy@ssonetwork.com
Web: http://www.ssophilippines.com

Source: Shared Services and Outsourcing Network (SSON)

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July 8, 2014 at 3:20 pm

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Advanced First Aid Research appoints Allen Loh as Chief Executive Officer

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Appointment geared to growth and establishing Aluminaid as world-leading First Aid company from Singapore

SINGAPOREJuly 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Singapore healthcare company, Advanced First Aid Research Pte Ltd, an innovator in first aid and the creator of the revolutionary Aluminaid burn relief solution, today announced the appointment of Allen Loh as its Chief Executive Officer. Mr Loh is tasked with further cementing the company’s presence in the ASEAN retail market as well as enterprise and government sectors. The objective is to establish Aluminaid as a leading global first-aid brand from Singapore.

Allen Loh Appointed Advanced First Aid Research CEO
Allen Loh Appointed Advanced First Aid Research CEO

Mr Loh brings a proven track record as a results-oriented leader of high performing teams and generating accelerated growth. Following a successful tenure with regional golfing enterprise, Pan-West Pte Ltd, he was a former Senior Vice President, Circulation Division at Singapore Press Holdings Limited and headed the business development for SPHere Exhibits, a subsidiary of Singapore Press Holdings Limited where he further served as Managing Director of SPH Magazines Pte Limited. Prior and in between, he was the General Manager, Sustainable Development at Keppel Corporation Limited. Mr Loh was most recently a Senior Director with APM Property Management Services Pte Ltd where he was responsible for the strategy and implementation of revenue opportunities.

Aluminaid Chairman, Joe Marten, expressed his delight at Mr Loh’s appointment: “The decision to locate our business in Singapore was based on Singapore’s reputation as a leading research and development hub as well as its ability to nurture and support innovative businesses with regional and global ambition. The availability of world-class management talent in Singapore was also a major consideration.

“We have found a CEO with extensive local and international experience who is ideally equipped to lead our business forward. As a committed Singapore-based enterprise, we identified at an early stage that we would benefit from the guidance and acumen of a standout Singaporean business leader. In Allen we have that.”

Mr Loh said, “I sincerely thank Joe and the Board of Advanced First Aid Research for this opportunity. I am looking forward to the challenge ahead as Advanced First Aid Research is an exciting company with high-growth potential and a strong sense of vision and social purpose.

“The global market for next generation burn care and first aid solutions is significant. Our location at the intersection of world markets, backed by world-leading research and development support in Singapore, creates enormous opportunity. I look forward to building and leading a team to realise this opportunity.”

Advanced First Aid Research has quickly established a presence in the Singapore and Malaysian markets, providing consumers with access to innovative burn care dressings that remove the pain from first and second-degree burns based on a revolutionary, patented technology.

For more information or to request further comment, please contact: 

Denise Vrontas

Gerald Leong

Edelman Public Relations

Edelman Public Relations

Denise.Vrontas@edelman.com 

Gerald.Leong@edelman.com

+65 9772 9934

+65 6494 1596

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About Advanced First Aid Research

Advanced First Aid Research is an innovative medical device company headquartered in Singapore that has developed a series of topical, non-surgical bandages that are used to relieve the pain from first and second-degree burn injuries. Advanced First Aid Research comprises an ethically driven management, medical specialists and engineers dedicated to maintaining world-class design practices and quality procedures in order to meet customer expectations and international regulatory requirements. Aluminaid is currently in partnership with A*STAR and SimTech to develop new technologies to improve the treatment rate of burns and potentially heal scarring. Advanced First Aid Research’s commitment is to continue to develop and manufacture products that will keep it at the forefront of first aid treatments.

Source: Advanced First Aid Research

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July 8, 2014 at 3:08 pm

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Consumers Who Bought Gray Line or CitySights “Hop-On, Hop-Off” Bus Tours in New York City Could Get a Refund Up to $20 Per Ticket

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NEW YORK /PRNewswire/ — The following is being released by the law firm of SUSMAN GODFREY LLP.

There is a $19 million settlement with Twin America, LLC, Coach USA, Inc., International Bus Services, Inc., CitySights LLC, and CitySights Twin, LLC (together called the “Defendants”).

The lawsuit pending in federal court in New York City claims that Coach and CitySights conspired to form a joint venture, Twin America, against state and federal law.  The lawsuit claims that this new company dominated the “hop-on, hop-off” bus tour business in New York City enabling the Defendants to fix ticket prices and reduce competition – resulting in higher ticket prices for customers. The Defendants deny that they did anything wrong.

Generally, the settlement includes anyone who bought Gray Line or CitySights “hop-­on, hop-off” bus tours in New York City from February 1, 2009 until June 16, 2014.

The Settlement Fund will pay:

  • Consumers up to $20 per eligible Hop-On, Hop-Off ticket.
  • The cost to administer the settlement as well as attorney fees and the payments to the Class Representatives.

If there is any money left in the Settlement Fund after claims, costs, and taxes have been paid, it will be given to the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, and/or the New York Attorney General’s Office.

Important Information

  • Consumers must file a claim online or by mail no later than January 19, 2015 to receive payment.
  • Consumers who do nothing will not get a payment and give up the right to sue.
  • Consumers who want to keep the right to sue the Defendants must exclude themselves by September 5, 2014.
  • Consumers who stay in the settlement can object to it by September 5, 2014.
  • The Court will hold a hearing in this case on October 20, 2014, to consider whether to approve the settlement and a payment of attorneys’ fees up to one-third of the Settlement Fund, plus reimbursement of expenses, and a special service payment of$20,000 each to two Class Representatives.

For more information about the settlement or to get a claim form, visit www.TourBusSettlement.com or call 1-866-431-9265.

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July 8, 2014 at 2:10 pm

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Kaspersky Lab: The Miniduke Attacks Are Back in Force

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MOSCOW /PRNewswire/ — Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered that the old style Miniduke implants from 2013 are still around and are being used in active campaigns that target governments and other entities. In addition, Miniduke’s new platform — BotGenStudio — may be used not only by APT style attackers, but by law enforcement agencies and traditional criminals too.

Although the Miniduke APT actor stopped its campaign, or at least decreased its intensity, in the wake of theannouncement made by Kaspersky Lab with its partner, CrySyS Lab, last year, in the beginning of 2014 they once again resumed attacks in full force in early 2014. This time around we have noticed changes in the way attackers act and tools they use.

The “new” Miniduke backdoor

After the 2013 exposure, the actor behind Miniduke started using another custom backdoor, capable of stealing various types of information. The malware spoofs popular applications which are designed to run in the background, including file information, icons and even file size.

The main “new” Miniduke backdoor (aka TinyBaron or CosmicDuke) is compiled using a customisable framework called BotGenStudio, which has flexibility to enable or disable components when the bot is constructed. The components can be divided into 3 groups:

1. Persistence — Miniduke/CosmicDuke is capable of starting via Windows Task Scheduler, a customised service binary that spawns a new process set in the special registry key or is launched when the user is away and screensaver is activated.

 

2. Reconnaissance — The malware is able to steal a variety of information, including files based on extensions and file name keywords, like *.exe; *.ndb; *.mp3; *.avi; *.rar; *.docx; *.url; *.xlsx; *.pptx; *psw*; *pass*; *login*; *admin*; *vpn; *.jpg; *.txt; *.lnk; *.dll; *.tmp., etc.

The backdoor has many other capabilities including: keylogger, general network information harvester, screen grabber, clipboard grabber; Microsoft Outlook, Windows Address Book stealer, password stealer for Skype, Google Chrome, Google Talk, Opera, TheBat!, Firefox, Thunderbird, Protected Storage secrets harvester, Certificate/private keys exporter, etc.

3. Exfiltration — The malware implements several network connectors to exfiltrate data, including uploading data via FTP and three various variants of HTTP communication mechanisms.

Storing exfiltrated data is another interesting feature of MiniDuke. When a file is uploaded to the C&C server it is split in small chunks (~3Kb), which are compressed, encrypted and placed in a container to be uploaded to the server. If the file is large enough it may be placed into several different containers that are uploaded independently. All these layers of additional processing guarantees that very few researchers will be able to get to the original data.

Unique features

Each victim of MiniDuke is assigned a unique ID which allows the pushing of specific updates to an individual victim.

For self-protection, it uses a custom obfuscated loader which heavily consumes CPU resources before passing execution to the payload. Doing so, they prevented antimalware solutions from analysing the implant and detect malicious functionality via an emulator. It also complicates analysis of the malware.

Main Findings:

C&Cs — twofold purpose. During the analysis, Kaspersky Lab experts were able to obtain a copy of one of the CosmicDuke command and control servers. It appears it was used not only for communication between actors behind the CosmicDuke and infected PCs, but also for other operations by the group members including hacking into other servers on the Internet with the goal of collecting everything that can lead to potential targets. For this purpose, the C&C was equipped with range of publicly available hacking tools for searching for vulnerabilities in websites using different engines and compromising it.

Victims. Interestingly, while the old style Miniduke implants were used to target mostly government entities, the new style CosmicDuke implants have a different typology of victims. Other than governments, there are diplomatic organisations, energy sector, telecom operators, military contractors and individuals involved in the traffic and selling of illegal and controlled substances.

We have analysed both CosmicDuke and old style Miniduke servers. From the latter ones we were able to extract a list of victims and their corresponding countries, and so experts have found out that users of the old style Miniduke servers were interested in targets in AustraliaBelgiumFranceGermanyHungaryNetherlands,SpainUkrainethe United States. Victims in at least three of these countries belong to the “government” category.

One of the analysed CosmicDuke servers had a long list of victims (139 unique IPs) starting from April 2012. In terms of geographic distribution and top 10 countries, victims belong to GeorgiaRussia, U.S., Great Britain,KazakhstanIndiaBelarusCyprusUkraineLithuania. The attackers were also slightly interested in expanding their operations and scanned IP ranges and servers of Republic of AzerbaijanGreece and Ukraine.

Commercial platform. The most unusual victims discovered were individuals which appeared to be involved in the traffic and reselling of controlled and illegal substances, such as steroids and hormones. These victims have been observed only in Russia.

“It’s a bit unexpected — normally, when we hear about APTs, we tend to think they are nation-state backed cyber espionage campaigns. But we see two explanations for this. One possibility is that malware platform BotGenStudio used in Miniduke is also available as a so-called “legal spyware” tool, similar to others, such as HackingTeam’s RCS, widely used by law enforcement. Another possibility is that it’s simply available in the underground and purchased by various competitors in the pharma business to spy on each other,” commented Vitaly Kamluk, Principal Security Researcher at the Global Research & Analysis Team, Kaspersky Lab.

Attribution and Artifacts. Although the attackers use English in several places indicating knowledge of this language, there are certain indicators — like strings in a block of memory appended to the malware component used for persistence — which make experts believe they are not native English speakers.

Kaspersky Lab experts were also able to indicate the activity of the Miniduke/CosmicDuke attackers on a Day-of-the-Week basis. It appears the attackers follow the Mon-Fri work week, however, they are not holding back from working the weekends from time to time. In terms of activity hours, the attackers appears to be working between6am-7pm GMT. Most of the work is done between 6am and 4pm though.

Detection. Kaspersky Lab products detect CosmicDuke backdoor as Backdoor.Win32.CosmicDuke.gen and Backdoor.Win32.Generic.

For more information, read our blog at Securelist.com.

Jesmond Chang
Phone Number: +603-7962-5913
Email: jesmond.chang@kaspersky.com

Source: Kaspersky Lab

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July 8, 2014 at 11:42 am

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Former Trade Minister Lord Green Appointed a Trustee of Asia House

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LONDON/PRNewswire/ —

Former Minister of State for Trade and Investment Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint has been appointed a Trustee of Asia House.

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Lord Green, who is member of the House of Lords, is the 20th person to join the Board of Trustees at Asia House, which provides governance and strategic direction to the organisation.

He was Minister of State for Trade and Investment from 2011 to 2013, responsible for all matters relating to trade and investment in both the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. During that time he spoke at Asia House at its ‘Asia Trade – Shaping the 21st Century’ conference.

Lord Green is currently Chairman of the Natural History Museum Board of Trustees, Chairman of the Advisory Council of TheCityUK, and an honorary Trustee of Peking University. His previous roles include Group Chief Executive and Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings plc, Chairman of the British Bankers’ Association, a Trustee of the British Museum and a non-executive director of BASF SE.

Chairman of the Board of Trustees Sir John Boyd KCMG said: “I am delighted. Lord Green has a formidable knowledge of Asia, has given great impetus to the development of links with the region and has been a consistent advocate of what Asia House aims to achieve. His advice will be invaluable. ”

About Asia House

Asia House is a centre of expertise on Asia. Our mission is to bring the UK and Asia closer through our pioneering events on business, policy and politics, and arts and learning. We are the leading pan-Asian organisation in the UK, having built our reputation on our extensive network, our objectivity and our independence.

Asia House: Connecting – Informing – Engaging

Asia House is a non-profit, non-political organisation. http://www.asiahouse.org

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For media enquiries, please contact Su-Lin Allen at su.lin-allen@asiahouse.co.uk or on +44(0)207-307-5451.

Source: Asia House

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July 8, 2014 at 11:23 am

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The Expedia group Announces Agreement To Acquire Wotif Group

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— Adds Asia-Pacific Portfolio to Collection of Travel’s Most Trusted Brands

BELLEVUE, Washington and BRISBANE, Australia /PRNewswire/ — The Expedia group (NASDAQ: EXPE) today announced that it entered into an agreement to acquire Wotif.com Holdings Limited (Wotif Group) (ASX: WTF), an Australian-based online travel company, for total cash consideration of A$703 million or A$3.30 per share – a premium of approximately 30% to Wotif Group’s volume weighted average share price for the five trading days leading up to and including July 4, 2014 (equivalent to US$658 million or US$3.09 per share based on July 4, 2014 exchange rates).

“Wotif Group is well positioned in the Asia-Pacific region with a portfolio of leading travel brands,” said Dara Khosrowshahi, President and Chief Executive Officer, the Expedia group. “This acquisition will allow both companies to continue driving growth opportunities by leveraging the unique strengths each brings to the table. Wotif Group will add to our collection of travel’s most trusted brands and enhance our Asia-Pacific supply, while Expedia will expose Wotif Group’s customers to our extensive global supply and world-class technology,” Khosrowshahi added.

Wotif Group operates online travel brands in the Asia-Pacific region including, Wotif.com, lastminute.com.au, travel.com.au, Asia Web Direct, LateStays.com, GoDo.com.au and Arnold Travel Technology. Wotif Group recorded A$593 million in gross bookings (total transaction value) and A$76 million in revenue, in addition to generating 3.2 million room nights, during the six months ended December 31, 2013. Its multi-product portfolio focuses primarily on hotel and air, offering consumers more than 29,000 bookable properties in destinations around the world.

“Joining Expedia allows us to rapidly advance two of our strategic initiatives – strengthening offshore supply and improving our customer and supplier value propositions through enhanced technology,” said Scott Blume, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Wotif Group. “We believe this will help solidify our position as the premier travel brand in Australia and New Zealand, grow our business across the Asia-Pacific region and increase our exposure and brand awareness to inbound international travellers,” added Blume.

The completion of the acquisition is subject to approval by the shareholders of Wotif.com Holdings Limited and other customary closing conditions, including applicable regulatory approvals. Subject to receipt of such approvals, the transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2014.

Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are not guarantees of future performance. These forward-looking statements are based on Expedia, Inc.(“Expedia”) or Wotif.com Holdings Limited (“Wotif Group”), as appropriate, management’s expectations as of the date hereof and assumptions which are inherently subject to uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. Any statements that are not statements of historical fact (including statements containing the words “will,” “allow,” “believe,” “expects” or variations of such words, or similar expressions, or other comparable terminology) should also be considered forward-looking statements. Similarly, statements herein regarding the consummation and future impact of the Wotif Group transaction and other statements of Expedia or Wotif Group management’s beliefs, intentions or goals are also forward-looking statements. It is uncertain whether any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do, what impact they will have on Expedia’s results of operations, financial condition or the price of its stock. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to the possibility that (i) we may be unable to obtain regulatory approvals required for the proposed transaction or may be required to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the transaction, (ii) we may not receive approval by the shareholders of Wotif Group, (iii) the time required to consummate the proposed transaction may be longer than anticipated, (iv) the proposed transaction may involve unexpected costs, (v) the businesses may suffer as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed transaction, and (vi) the parties may be unable to meet expectations regarding the timing, completion and accounting and tax treatments of the transaction, as well as other risks and important factors detailed in our public filings with the SEC, including our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 and subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking or other statements in this release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

About the Expedia group
The Expedia group is one of the world’s largest travel companies, with an extensive brand portfolio that includes leading online travel brands, such as:

  • Expedia.com®, the world’s largest full service online travel agency, with localized sites in 31 countries
  • Hotels.com®, the hotel specialist with sites in more than 60 countries
  • Hotwire®, a leading discount travel site that offers opaque deals in 12 countries throughout North America, Europe and Asia
  • Egencia®, the world’s fifth largest corporate travel management company
  • eLong™, the second largest online travel company in China
  • Venere.com™, the online hotel reservation specialist in Europe
  • trivago®, a leading online hotel metasearch company with sites in 45 countries
  • Expedia Local Expert®, a provider of online and in-market concierge services, activities and experiences in hundreds of destinations worldwide
  • Classic Vacations®, a top luxury travel specialist
  • Expedia® CruiseShipCenters®, one of North America’s leading retail cruise vacation experts
  • CarRentals.com, the premier car rental booking company on the web.

The company delivers consumers value in leisure and business travel, drives incremental demand and direct bookings to travel suppliers, and provides advertisers the opportunity to reach a highly valuable audience of in-market consumers through Expedia Media Solutions. Expedia also powers bookings for some of the world’s leading airlines and hotels, top consumer brands, high traffic websites, and thousands of active affiliates through Expedia® Affiliate Network. For corporate and industry news and views, visit us at www.expediainc.comor follow us on Twitter @expediainc.

Trademarks and logos are the property of their respective owners.  © 2014 Expedia, Inc.  All rights reserved.  CST: 2029030-50

About Wotif.com Holdings Limited
Wotif Group operates leading online travel brands in the Asia Pacific region: Wotif.com, lastminute.com.au, travel.com.au, Asia Web Direct, LateStays.com, GoDo.com.au and Arnold Travel Technology, and a network of other travel content and destination websites, such as Phuket.com and Bangkok.com. Wotif.com launched in 2000, and listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in June 2006 as Wotif.com Holdings Limited, trading under the ASX code “WTF”. The Company has offices in Australia, including its head office in Brisbane, with additional offices in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, the United Kingdom and Vietnam. For more information, visit www.wotifgroup.com.

Source: The Expedia group

Related stocks: Australia:WTF NASDAQ-NMS:EXPE

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July 8, 2014 at 10:51 am