Toronto, August 30, 2004- Thomas Cook Travel Canada which is part of the global Thomas Cook AG group with 220 company-owned and franchised travel agencies in Canada, announced today that it has chosen Farematrix as the preferred supplier to provide web fare and leisure search solutions for its travel operations throughout Canada.

Farematrix allows the Thomas Cook to gain a competitive advantage by simultaneously searching over 125 consolidator, airline, tour operator and mega online travel web sites from all over the world in seconds. Farematrix also provides the Thomas Cook Travel Canada access to the newly launched Vacation Matrix. Vacation Matrix allows a Travel Counselors to gain a competitive advantage by simultaneously searching 13 Canadian Tour Operators in seconds.

Thomas Cook business and leisure customers benefit by having more low-cost options and with the peace of mind that Thomas Cook travel counselors are searching the Internet for the best options available.

Warren Tom Managing Director of Thomas Cook Travel Canada says "we thoroughly researched all of the competing products in the market and decided that Farematrix meets our market needs best for our 220 company-owned and franchised travel agencies"

Tom adds " We are confident using Farematrix will allow our current and future travel agencies to become more efficient and maximize their revenues".

"We are delighted to have been chosen and will work with Thomas Cook to ensure that we continue to provide the best solutions for the Canadian travel agency community" stated, Naman Budhdeo, CEO of Farematrix.

Farematrix is a Canadian web based travel software company. Farematrix searches from over 125 travel Consolidator, airline, tour operator and mega consumer web sites at one time. Fares are displayed in a single browser for an easy analysis of rates. As a user of Farematrix, Travel Agents will no longer need to remember multiple passwords and visit multiple web sites. Farematrix has made it possible to find fares originating from Canada, United States, Europe, Australia and Asia. For more information, please visit: www.farematrix.com

Thomas Cook Travel Canada is part of the global Thomas Cook AG group, a vertically integrated organization with over 4,000 travel agencies worldwide serving over 14,000,000 leisure travellers. Thomas Cook AG also operates 5 airlines with 85 aircraft, 30 tour operator brands and 113 hotels in Europe. Thomas Cook Travel in Canada has 220 company-owned and franchised travel agencies operating under the Thomas Cook Travel and Marlin Travel banners.