Boca Raton, FL. - December 22, 2003 - Grand Expeditions has selected Longitude™ for their tour and cruise system. Initial launch of Longitude™ will be with Grand Expeditions' Travcoa brand. The system will eventually be rolled out to all of Grand Expeditions' tour operating brands in the travel company's portfolio of luxury travel and adventure travel products.

Travel Sciences, Inc., a Hartford, CT-based travel software development company, developed Longitude™ as a browser-based, fully-integrated enterprise system including CRS and booking and reservations, CRM, e-marketing, accounting and back office, supplier management and business reporting modules, and robust inventory management and dynamic packaging modules all designed to meet the sophisticated requirements of tour operators, cruise lines, and other travel suppliers. Travel Sciences is also the developer of Travel Office™, which is the retail travel distribution desktop version of the core accounting, CRM, and booking and reservation applications underpinning Longitude™.

"We chose to work with Travel Sciences because we believe it has assembled the best team of travel and technology experts and that the Longitude™ system represents the most comprehensive and cohesive tour, cruise, travel management, and travel distribution technology in the marketplace. It is also the only technology that can handle the variety and multitude of brands and products our company represents, it is the missing ingredient in previous attempts at building multiple brand and rollup tour companies such as ours," said Hans Birkholz, President & COO of Grand Expeditions.

Longitude™ was recently launched this year with Los Angeles-based Uniworld, America's leading river cruise and tour company, which has seen significant business advantages as a result of the Longitude™ technology.

"Longitude™ is the first deployable web-enabled and browser-based system that includes true CRM functionality along with automated active and intelligent management of internal and external inventories, and dynamic packaging," said Michael Stone, Chairman and CEO of Travel Sciences. "The technology is a next generation, business-based platform that recognizes the need for enterprises to have a fully integrated, real-time data and application environment that provides a synchronized, coherent view of what is going on within a travel business: from the back office to inventory management, product building, marketing and promotions, reservations and booking, and most importantly to the customer."

Grand Expeditions, based in Boca Raton, Florida, is a collection of travel companies offering unique, high quality, high-end vacation experiences to destinations around the world. Founded in 1998 with the mission of merging best-in-class companies within the travel and tour operator industries, Grand Expeditions is committed to providing discerning travelers with unforgettable adventure, luxury, cultural, and natural history journeys. Guests who choose to travel with Grand Expeditions seek educational and active vacation alternatives.

The company offers soft-adventure, cultural, and historic travel products to travelers seeking educational and active vacation alternatives. The Grand Expeditions brands include:

Country Walkers, specializing in walking tours to destinations around the globe
International Expeditions, the leader in nature and environmental travel
The Moorings, the world leader in sailing vacations
NauticBlue, power yacht vacations throughout the Caribbean
Park East, featuring natural history travel to Africa and other destinations worldwide
TCS Expeditions, the world leader in private jet expeditions
Travcoa, the pioneer in escorted exotic and adventure luxury travel

Travel Sciences, Inc., was established by Ft. Lauderdale, FL-based Gestation, Inc., initially to address technology and software development opportunities, such as Travel Office™, that was not being met by existing travel technology and technology providers. Travel Sciences is comprised of highly skilled technology, telecommunications, and travel professionals, and is positioned to work with all types of travel companies.

For More Information Contact:
Monica Kowalski
(954) 525-5995
mkowalski@travelsciences.com