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Lastminute.com

Lastminute.com is a company that is 10 years old. From a fledging company it has grown into a worldwide business employing a 1900+ staff and is one of the most successful travel corporations on the planet. In March 2000, lastminute.com floated on the London Stock Exchange.

In May 2005, lastminute.com was purchased by Travelocity, part of the Sabre family of travel companies. Sabre, now owned by venture capitalist Texas Silverlake Partnership, is a leading travel technology companies that powers the travel industry with its fleet of products including its flights distribution tool.

Lastminute.com is an online travel agency and was founded by Martha Lane Fox and Brent Hoberman in 1998 that became an icon of the UK internet boom of the late 1990s, floating at the peak of the dot com bubble.

The company's headquarters are at 39 Victoria Street, London, and it was publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol LMC until its purchase by Travelocity for 577 million pounds - the same amount of money it floated for in March 2000.

Lastminute continue to deliver their trademark subversive/quirky culture; via such devices as terming their customers 'fearless funmongerers', and creating a rock group - Release 41 (named after the current release of the lastminute.com website).

Their mission is to serve the Last Minute traveler. Cheap travel packages, discounted airfare, bargains on hotel accommodations, car rentals, cruise specials and more to the top traveled destinations worldwide. Their charge at Last Minute Travel.com is to provide the ultimate one-stop superstore for the time-sensitive, deal-seeking traveler. LastMinuteTravel.com claims to offer consumers the best prices, bar none, on last minute travel bargains. From hotel deals to airline tickets, to great cruise and vacation packages, LastMinuteTravel.com has consistently been performing really well compared to other websites.

Last Minute Travel (http://www.LastMinuteTravel.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Travel Holdings, Inc., LastMinuteTravel.com was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Orlando, FL. The Company has received numerous recognitions including: Travel & Leisure Magazine; Forbes as a 'Best of the Web'; and Smart Money Magazine. Last Minute Travel is a registered trademark, and LastMinuteTravel.com is the trademark of LastMinuteTravel.com, Inc. Over the past year LastMinutetravel.com has been recognized by savvy travelers as the best site for last minute deals because of its millions of great offers, and easy to use booking features.

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