18 March 2008

Multimap, one of the world's leading online mapping providers, will be showcasing its recently expanded mapping coverage in Asia, in addition to its other industry leading services at the Travel Distribution Summit, Singapore, on the 18th and 19th March, 2008. Visitors to the Multimap booth (no. 5) can hear how about the benefits the services deliver to leading travel websites, including Agoda, PYO travel, HolidayCity.com and Hotels valued.com.

Multimap's Chinese and Indian mapping is now available on multimap.com and the Multimap API, the one-stop mapping and location service for business. New maps of China are available with a choice of Chinese or Western character labels, a first for the online mapping market. The service offers the ability to switch between different map types for the same region, and allows consumers and businesses to choose their preferred language.

Multimap will also be showcasing Microsoft Virtual Earth, which is now available to Multimap customers directly or as part of the Multimap product suite. Microsoft Virtual Earth provides a highly-immersive online experience, and additional regional coverage including maps of Japan.

Chris Warrick, Managing Director of Multimap Australasia, commented, " Location is key when people are researching a trip, and now with our vast map coverage of Asia we are able to provide more choice to consumers and businesses, in addition to allowing them to custom tailor their map styles for the best user experience - for example when finding the Olympic stadium in Beijing, and printing a Chinese language map for the taxi drive.

About Multimap

Multimap is one of the world's leading providers of mapping and location-based services. The company delivers more online maps, point-to-point driving directions and geo-spatial ("where's my nearest?") searches to more companies than any other supplier in Europe. All services are offered on mobile, PDA, kiosk, and interactive TV platforms and in multiple languages.

The public website, www.multimap.com, provides a range of free, useful services to assist with everyday life. Key features include street-level maps of Europe, USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and many countries in Asia; road maps of the world; door-to-door travel directions; aerial photographs; links to location information; and services such as hotel, restaurant and entertainment booking. The public site attracts over 10 million unique users, registers more than 180 million page impressions every month, and is one of the top 10 most visited websites in the UK.

Multimap operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Microsoft, as part of the Virtual Earth and Search teams in the Online Services Group.