BARCELONA, Spain, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Expedia(R) Corporate Travel (ECT), a full-service travel management company, today announced plans to launch service in Spain. Companies doing business in Spain will have access to fully localized service, content, language support and Web site providing a suite of online booking and travel management tools in Spanish.

ECT will provide local fulfillment services, which will allow ECT to offer corporate clients doing business in Spain a consistent global experience, while also offering Spanish clients seamless, world-class corporate travel services.

"Spain adds another piece to Expedia Corporate Travel's expansion of its global presence, ensuring we service each new market's unique needs while maintaining a globally consistent, high level of service," said Christophe Pingard, vice president Europe, Expedia(R) Corporate Travel. "Combining local market knowledge and service expertise with Expedia Corporate Travel's award-winning technology ensures that our customers will have the same consistent corporate travel management experience right from booking the meeting through the entire traveling process and all the way back home."

Spain will be ECT's sixth European point of sale, adding to its existing European presence in France, UK, Germany, Belgium and Italy.

For more information on Expedia(R) Corporate Travel, please visit http://www.expediacorporate.com/. For more information on Expedia(R) Corporate Travel Spain, please visit http://expediacorporate.es/.

About Expedia(R) Corporate Travel

Expedia(R) Corporate Travel is the No. 1 online corporate travel agency and fifth largest travel management company in the world. As part of Expedia, Inc., , the world's leading online travel company, empowering business and leisure travelers with the tools and information they need to easily research, plan, book and experience travel, Expedia(R) Corporate Travel brings together the best of technology and corporate support in a single-source solution that drives down costs. Business travelers have access to specialized tools, while companies can take advantage of rich management and reporting features.

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