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LONDON, UK – 28 March 2006 – Commission Junction, a leading provider of advanced affiliate marketing solutions is working with the TUI holiday group (under the Thomson Holidays, Portland Holidays Direct and Simply Travel brands), to develop innovative and exclusive new media content for affiliate websites.

TUI's top ten destinations guides are currently available as videos and audio podcasts on the Commission Junction network, to destinations including Turkey, Majorca, Gran Canaria and Ibiza(1). Within the next 3 months, Commission Junction will to increase the number of videos to 15, have user reviews, and provide RSS feeds to affiliates. In addition, Thomson Ski holidays and ‘build your own holiday' creatives, (where users can fill in search fields to search for a bespoke holiday for them) will be launching on the Commission Junction network by the end of April this year.

The benefits to affiliates having the new media creatives available to them is clear – to ultimately to give users more reasons to return to them – making them a destination site.

TUI is looking to capitalize on this growth by launching ‘Thomson Talk Back', a new project to share the success of their affiliate marketing programme with Commission Junction to new website owners and the travel industry. The initiative will see TUI undertake a consultation process with their top affiliates, during the first half of 2006.

Tina Judic, Client Development Director at Commission Junction said “The technology and creatives that are currently available to Commission Junction are unprecedented within the affiliate marketing space. In conjunction with TUI we're committed to giving publishers what they want – we actively consult with our affiliate partners, to understand which new tools and creatives they believe will drive the most revenue, conversion to sale and the best user experience.”

She added “These developments with the TUI Group are a prime example of the way in which we can customize affiliate marketing programmes to satisfy both the advertiser and the affiliates.”

Pete Norwood, New Media Affiliates Manager at TUI said “We are seeing continued, sustained growth with our affiliate programme, running with Commission Junction. We are working closely with the team at Commission Junction to develop new, exciting ways to deliver creatives to our publisher network, with the ultimate aim of increasing revenue for us and our affiliates.”

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About TUI:
The World of TUI, the largest tourism and services group in the world, employs 80,000 people in 500 companies around the world.

The World of TUI is a world class, innovative and customer focused company which owns many of Europe's best known holiday brands and has leadership positions in its airline, inclusive tour business, and travel agency sectors. The group employs 17,500 people in the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.


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