| January 14, 2010 Budget Center Signs Agreement with Industry Leader to Develop its Budget Resorts URL | |
| Jan. 13, 2009 Las Vegas, NV Budget Center Inc. (OTC: BDGN.PK) (the "Company) is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into an agreement with Connexions CLTS, the preferred provider of San Francisco based EzRez Software Inc., to develop its URL owned www.budgetresorts.com. The agreement outlines plans for Connexions to develop and launch Budget Center's URL owned www.budgetresorts.com and to provide the largest inventory of travel content available on the internet including accommodations, air travel, and rental cars all at "budget" prices. Following the launch of www.budgetresorts.com, Connexions IT department will complete a full build-out of the site including multiple landing pages and SEO relevant marketing. President and CEO, Bob Chalmers commented, "We are looking forward to launching the budget resorts site as it will add a strong revenue stream to Budget Center. The Company will receive attractive booking commissions while providing great value to our budget minded customers. The response to our recent launch of www.budgethotels.com has been overwhelming thus far and we plan to continue developing our Budget owned group of travel websites and reporting on our progress. Our goal of building the "Budget" brand globally by offering the best possible deals in the online travel industry is well underway." Budget Center currently ranks #1 on Google search for its travel website www.budgethotels.com. TravelMole, the online community for the travel and tourist industry, recently reported that "Consumers are expected to embrace thrift for the long term and operators need to adapt to this." About Connexions: As the largest U.S. based provider of travel solutions for loyalty programs, they have strong support from travel industry suppliers, strong economies of scale, and a focus on quality service delivery. As part of a $7.1 Billion travel sales organization, they leverage the knowledge, supply, and technologies developed for multiple verticals to create market leading solutions for travellers. Solutions include unique travel products, creative redemption solutions, multi-point bank connectivity, international recognized COPC contact center, and market leading online travel redemption solutions. They also hold Level 1 Service Provider and Merchant PCI certification through Trustwave Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS). They are leading the way in security standards for the travelling public! Headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, Connexions Loyalty Travel Solutions currently employs over 600 talented team members with offices in Boise, ID and St. Louis, MO. Consummate brands include Vacations Direct, Online Reward Exchange(TM), Fly4Less.com(TM), Distinctive Departures, Getaway Points(TM), Member Vacation Center and Insignia Personalized Products About ezRez Software, Inc. ezRez Software, Inc. enables its partners to sell any combination of travel products including air, car, hotel, trip activities, packaging and travel insurance to anyone, anywhere in the world. Its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform allows clients to easily launch full online travel agency functionality with the look and feel of a customized implementation at a fraction of the cost. ezRez provides access to more than 200,000 travel suppliers and its clients include some of the world's largest airlines, hotels, travel agencies and banking loyalty programs such as American Airlines, American Express, JetBlue, IHG, LAN Airlines, and Starwood Hotels & Resorts. Based in San Francisco, ezRez was founded in 2003 and has secured $17.1 million in venture funding led by Canaan Partners with participation from Azure Capital Partners. About Budget Center Inc. Budget Center Inc has commenced the development of its "budget" category domain network in the online travel and related industries. This program will include the development of the following highly relevant and valuable "budget" brand domains: budgetairlines.com, budgethotels.com, budgetresorts.com, budgetravel.com, budgetskiing.com, budgetadventures.com, budgetentertainment.com, and budgetcharters.com. Budget Center is dedicated to delivering great value to its clients and customers. Through its websites, the Company will strive to offer a range of the best possible travel options for every budget. When shopping at any of the Company owned websites, visitors will receive great value and service always at budget prices. The Company will continually strive to meet its customer's needs through ongoing market research, partnerships, and quality offerings at the best savings available. For more information contact: Bob Chalmers, CEO 1 702 460 7501 Forward-looking Statement: This news release contains forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 - forward-looking statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events of performance and underlying assumptions and other statements which are other than statements of historical facts. These statements are subject to uncertainties and risks including, but not limited to, product and services demand and acceptance, changes in technology and in economic, political and regulatory conditions and to all of the risks generally associated with a company at Budget's stage of development. All such forward looking statements, whether written or oral, and whether made by or on behalf of the company, are expressly qualified by these cautionary statements. In addition, the Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof. | |
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