Singapore, 13 April 2009 – Wego, Asia’s fastest growing travel search engine, today launched a viral competition to promote the Wego Deals Newsletter. The prize is a VIP Getaway to Phuket for 6 people, with a retail value of approximately S$15,000. Winners will stay at the new IndoChine Villas  and the VIP treatment will follow them throughout their holiday.

The Wego Competition winner will receive:

• 6 return tickets to Phuket from either Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur or Singapore
• 3 nights stay in a private villa at the brand new IndoChine Santi Villas
• A private chef to create culinary masterpieces on demand
• A private butler to provide outstanding personal assistance
• A chauffeur-driven limo to provide smooth, luxurious local transportation
• Access to a private speed boat for exploration of the nearby islands

The competition is open to residents within the ASEAN region who sign up to receive Wego’s weekly top deals newsletter. Wego’s top deals newsletter can turn all travelers into VIPs by helping them save money on exciting trips . Consumers who enter the competition can increase their chances of winning by referring friends to sign up for bonus entries.

The competition closes on 31^st May 2009 with the lucky draw of the prize winner taking place on 12 June 2009. Consumers can enter the competition by completing the entry form on www.wego.com/vipgetaway

About Wego.com

Wego.com (formerly Bezurk.com) allows travelers to search for flights, hotels, packages, travel deals and information across 100+ travel websites in the time that it normally takes to search just one. Wego searches travel websites in real-time so that the latest pricing and availability are shown. Travelers are then linked through to partner websites to book. Wego.com was founded in 2005 by former executives from Intercontinental Hotels Group (NYSE: IHG), Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), Priceline (NASDAQ: PCLN) and ZUJI. News Digital Media, the Australian digital arm of News Limited and part of News Corp (NYSE: NWS), is an investor. In 2007, Business 2.0 magazine named Bezurk as one of “31 of the world’s hottest international web startups”. For more information, please visit http://www.wego.com/about.

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National news website, news.com.au, today announced the launch of ‘Holiday Deals’, powered by Wego at http://www.holidaydeals.news.com.au. The new page hopes to inspire Australians to travel with an aggregation of the best travel deals available from over 100 travel websites.

‘Holiday Deals’ sees Wego’s popular Deals section incorporated into the news.com.au/travel website and collects the best holiday, flight and package deals from Wego’s suite of partners.

Publisher of news.com.au, Sigrid Kirk said that the new page was created in response to readers’ requests for cheap travel deals.

“We have seen a significant rise in search engine enquiries around holiday deals and short break holidays from our readers. With the current state of the economy, Australians are looking for the best travel deals to ensure they are spending their money wisely.

“‘Holiday Deals’, saves travellers’ time by listing the latest deals available in one spot.”

On ‘Holiday Deals’, travellers can choose to view the latest Flight Deals, Hotels Deals and Package Deals as well as the Top Deals from all three areas. They can also refine their search depending on which Australian city they are departing from and which continent they are looking to visit.

Sam Lindner, Australian marketing manager for Wego said that not everyone always knows exactly where they want to holiday to, sometimes they need a little inspiration.

The new ‘Holiday Deals’ page has been designed with that in mind, aimed at providing travel inspiration ideas for travellers who are now looking to be much more informed for finding the best travel deals.

“Consumer travel confidence took a bit of a beating over the last couple of months which has caused hesitation with travel plans.

However, the new year has seen the market stimulated again by the release of some really hot travel deals, both internationally and domestically, as travel operators attempt to stimulate consumer confidence for travelling.”

‘Holiday Deals’ also offers a great opportunity for travel operators to display their best deal through the premium Weekly Featured Deals spots.

Wego also powers the Travel Search Box on news.com.au/travel and on all of News Limited’s online metropolitan masthead websites.

Kirk added: “Our readers have responded positively to the integration of the Wego brand into news.com.au/travel to help them compare travel prices. I look forward to continuing our strong partnership with Wego in the future.”

For the last six months of 2008, http://www.news.com.au/travel averaged 381,473 unique browsers*.