Travelzoo Surpasses 500,000 Subscriber Milestone in Spain

BARCELONA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Travelzoo (NASDAQ: TZOO), a global Internet media company, announced today that it now has more than 500,000 unduplicated subscribers to its Spanish publications, including the Travelzoo Top 20® and Newsflash™ email alert service. In the past twelve months, Travelzoo’s audience in Spain grew by 53%.

“We are very pleased with our momentum in Spain. Despite a difficult economy, we have attracted a large, affluent audience of travel enthusiasts who trust our recommendations. We have reached this milestone thanks to our strong focus on quality, in the subscribers we attract and the deals we recommend.”

Subscribers have also become more engaged with Travelzoo’s publications in Spain. In the first seven months of 2010, average weekly clicks to the Spanish edition of the Travelzoo Top 20 grew 64% over the prior year period, ahead of the rate of new subscribers. On average subscribers clicked 144,197 per week, up from an average of 88,080 clicks per week in 2009. The single biggest week so far this year, in terms of click volume, was 28 July, when Travelzoo subscribers clicked a record 215,869 times on deals recommended in the Travelzoo Top 20.

Christoph von Bülow, Country Manager, Travelzoo Spain said, “We are very pleased with our momentum in Spain. Despite a difficult economy, we have attracted a large, affluent audience of travel enthusiasts who trust our recommendations. We have reached this milestone thanks to our strong focus on quality, in the subscribers we attract and the deals we recommend.”

According to a recent survey*, Travelzoo’s 500,000 Spanish subscribers have an average household income nearly double the national average. Most subscribers say they will travel at least twice in the next six months, and 80% of Travelzoo subscribers “will find the money” to travel if they see an irresistible deal recommended by Travelzoo.

To view this week’s Spanish edition of the Travelzoo Top 20 visit www.travelzoo.es.

*Sources: www.elcomerciodigital.com 06.03.2010, average household income in Spain 17.659€; Travelzoo Spain subscriber survey, 29 July - 3 August, 2010, n=700. The survey was completed online and no incentives were offered. Travelzoo Spain subscribers’ average household income 33,494€.

About Travelzoo
Travelzoo Inc. is a global Internet media company. With 21 million subscribers in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific and 22 offices worldwide, Travelzoo® publishes deals from more than 2,000 travel and entertainment companies. Travelzoo's deal experts review offers to find the best deals and confirm their true value. In Asia Pacific, Travelzoo is independently owned and operated by Travelzoo (Asia) Ltd. and Travelzoo Japan K.K. under a license agreement with Travelzoo Inc.

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