BARCELONA, May 12, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Travelzoo (NasdaqGS:TZOO - News), a global Internet media company, today announced that it has launched its popular newsletter, the Travelzoo Top 20(tm) in Spain. This is the first Spanish language edition of the popular travel newsletter, which already has a subscriber base of 13 million weekly subscribers in 10 markets worldwide, including the UK, Germany and France.

Chris Loughlin, managing director of Travelzoo in Europe said, ``The launch of the Travelzoo Top 20(tm) in Spain is an important strategic step in Travelzoo's global expansion strategy. Spain boasts one of the fastest-growing internet populations in Europe, with over 22 million users, and continues to occupy second position in the world for inbound tourism, attracting more than 58 million visitors each year. It is also home to some of the most important and largest travel advertisers in the world, including existing Travelzoo advertisers such as RIU Hotels & Resorts and Sol Melia Hotels & Resorts. Spain is an obvious springboard from which to launch into other Spanish-speaking territories.''

Travelzoo has operated an advertising sales office in Barcelona, Spain since November 2006. Mr. Luis Marti, formerly Editor at eDreams will serve as Publisher of the Travelzoo Top 20(tm) in Spain.

About Travelzoo

Travelzoo is a global Internet media company. Travelzoo's media properties, which reach more than 13 million travel enthusiasts in the US, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Spain, Taiwan and the UK, include the Travelzoo(r) website (http://www.travelzoo.com), the Top 20(r) e-mail newsletter, the Newsflash(tm) e-mail alert service and SuperSearch(tm), a travel search engine. Travelzoo publishes offers from more than 900 advertisers. Travelzoo's deal experts review offers to find the best travel deals and confirm their true value. Travelzoo's global headquarters are in New York City.

About Travelzoo in Europe

Travelzoo has operated in Europe since 2005. Travelzoo's European media properties, which reach more than 1.7 million travel enthusiasts in the UK, Germany, France and Spain through its newsletters, include the Travelzoo Top 20(tm) e-mail newsletter, the Newsflash(tm) e-mail alert service, and the Travelzoo(r) websites (http://www.travelzoo.co.uk, http://www.travelzoo.de, http://www.travelzoo.fr, http://www.travelzoo.es).

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         Travelzoo (Europe) Ltd
         Katie Kogan
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         kkogan@travelzoo.com