A private platform to connect leisure properties and hotels with corporate, high-spend customers for their leisure travel needs

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1 A private platform to connect leisure properties and hotels with corporate, high-spend customers for their leisure travel needs

2 We are a restricted-access platform for self-booking vacation hotels and resorts. Access to OutofOffice.travel is only available to current employees of the elite group of domestic and international corporations that we partner with. For our hotel partners, we provide a private and direct channel to our coveted demographic. We allow properties to offer our members special benefits and rates that are never published in the wider market only on our private site. 1

3 HOTEL AND VENDOR BENEFITS Dedicated and exclusive access to high-spend corporate clients Our typical guest spends on spa, room service, extras Maximize the Tzell Travel Leaders SELECT program New client acquisition: Access to high-spend clientele whom are not yet familiar with your brand Introduce your brand and your new properties to travellers whom are traditionally loyal to other brands, and haven t yet stayed with you The ability to extend your market reach to the leisure market with corporate travelers whom are already loyal clients of your corporate destinations Free targeted marketing and new-property showcase Place your brand and showcase your new properties among our finely edited selection, and in front of the right clients 2

4 in more detail... How does OutofOffice.travel work? OutofOffice.travel is a restricted-access website for use by the employees of certain participating, large corporations and other organizations (i.e., without a designated corporate address such as EmployeeName@citibank.com, users cannot access the site). We provide self-booking tools for leisure travel at negotiated rates. Through our offering, employees of participating organizations can access leisure travel content and rates. Our negotiated rates and specific curated options are much like that of traditional corporate travel programs that our members are already familiar with. We have a carefully curated selection of leisure properties, paired with smart content and reviews, targeted specifically to our traveller demographic (i.e., high-spend, frequent global travellers). Which services and benefits does OutofOffice.travel offer? OutofOffice.travel is a trusted leisure-travel advisor. We have narrowed the selection of participating vendor properties to only those which cater specifically to our customers and their markets, therein minimizing the time spent online hunting, researching, and booking travel. We cater to a specific high-spend customer base, and our brand reflects that: our careful selection of properties; our presentation, graphics and reviews; our packages and benefits; our location guides; and our services. Working with vendors, we put the right properties, at the right rate, at the right time, in front of the right customer. Our services and benefits include: added upgrades and amenities (i.e., early check-in, late check-out, upgrades, spa coupon, complimentary bottle of champagne, etc); curated leisure-travel options; and special rates exclusive to OutofOffice.travel members. Which functions and content does OutofOffice.travel have? Access to OutofOffice.travel is restricted to employees of designated and participating organizations membership and login is resitrcted to those with a participating organization 3

5 in more detail... address, e.g., For the launch version of OutofOffice.travel, we are planning the following functions and content: self-booking tool for hotels and other leisure content only accessible to employees of the participating organizations; destination guides; property reviews by users colleagues and corporate peers; 24-hour telephone customer service; and a leisure help desk for more complicated and custom trips. What market needs does OutofOffice.travel address? We address the needs of our three key constituents: travelers, vendors, and participating corporate partners. Here s how Travelers: High-spend corporate travelers are accustomed to discounted rates through their existing corporate travel programs. But why can t these travelers access special rates, or similar rates, for their leisure travel? Vendors: Hotel brands and leisure properties are keen to develop relationships and loyalty with these highly coveted travelers to acquire new clients and to market their properties on a select channel. Further, luxury brands do not currently have an online channel that allows them to discreetly list their low occupancy dates and special inventory on a restricted-access website, thereby protecting their pricing-model credibility in the wider market. Corporate Partners: Leading companies are always competing to attract and retain top talent, and HR is always looking for meaningful programs and benefits to offer their employees especially those that operate at no cost to the organizations. This is a great perk for employees. How can my property join OutofOffice.travel? If you are interested in learning more about OutofOffice.travel and joining our program, we would love to hear from you. Please contact Michael Share at: (917) mshare@outofoffice.travel 4

6 Team Bios... Michael Share Co-Founder, CEO Michael currently serves as a Managing Partner in corporate travel at NEXT Corporate Travel, based in New York City. NEXT Corporate Travel handles managed travel for large corporate accounts. Formerly, Michael founded Advanced Travel Management (ATM), a corporate travel management company. During Michael s ten years as President, ATM grew to be one of the leading multi-regional travel agencies in the US and in 2001, ATM was ranked by Business Travel News as the 15th largest corporate travel company in the US. In 2002, ATM merged with Sea Gate Travel. The newly created company, Sea Gate/Advanced Travel, became the largest independent corporate travel management company in the US with sales exceeding $600 million. Sea Gate s roster of clients included Walt Disney Company, Deutsche Bank AG, Condé Nast Publications, Bloomberg LLP, News Corporation and Fox Entertainment Group, Viacom and MTV Networks, Gap, Inc., Bristol Meyers Squibb, Putnam Investments, Omnicom Group, WPP plc, National Basketball Association and many others. Sea Gate Travel Group was purchased Hogg Robinson in 2004 and became the base for Hogg s expansion in the US. Shortly after rebranding its North American operation to HRG North America in 2006, Hogg Robinson became a public company listed on the London Stock exchange. Michael became President of HRG North America and a member of the North American Board of directors. Michael holds a bachelors degree from UCLA and a masters degree from Université Paris-Sorbonne. Michael can be reached at mshare@ outofoffice.travel. Nicholas Zaillian Co-Founder, CTO Nicholas is a New York-based software developer and consultant. He s worked with high-profile, New York technology companies developing core infrastructure including Chloe + Isabel ($12m raised to date from Ashton Kutcher and top-tier venture capital firms), Trunkt (acquired by Etsy in 2012) and Kikin (mobile search infrastructure provider with major-carrier integrations). He has a BA in computer science from Columbia University s Columbia College and was a 2011 HackNY fellow ( hackny.org). He also contributes to several widelyused open source projects. He can be found online at and reached by at nzaillian@outofoffice.travel. Jerry Behrens Board Member, Advisor Jerry also serves as Senior Vice President of Strategic Development for Travel Leaders Group, a North American travel company that generates gross travel sales of approximately $18 billion and directly employs over 1,000 staff, managing operations of more than 6,000 company-owned, franchised and affiliated travel agencies in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia. Today, Travel Leaders Group has over 40,000 travel agents working directly for the organization or under one of its brands. Mr. Behrens reports directly to Travel Leaders Group CEO Barry Liben. Mr. Behrens also serves as Senior Vice President for Tzell Travel Group, a mini-mega TMC within Travel Leaders Group with projected 2013 ARC sales of $1.25 billion and total sales just under $2 billion. Mr. Behrens responsibilities include overall strategy for the group, airline relations and acquisitions. Mr. Behrens has spent his entire working career in the travel industry, starting with Amtrak as a Red- Cap at Los Angeles Union Station in In 1979, Mr. Behrens began a 16 year career on the airline side when he was hired by Continental Airlines. At Continental, he worked in reservations, revenue management and sales. Over this span, he moved six times throughout the United States, leading up to serving in New York City as Continental s Senior Director of sales for the Northeast U.S. In 1995, he left Continental for Tzell Travel. Mr. Behrens sits on numerous airline advisory boards as well as ARC s Travel Executive Council. Brook Armstrong Strategic Planning Brook has over twelve years of experience working with start ups, both in-company and on the financing/venture capital side. He served as CMO and co-founder of WebMedia, which tied click-to-play video software with an SMS billing platform. Later, as an analyst at Archstone Consulting, a global management consulting group, Brook worked for a number of Fortune 500 clients, including Schering-Plough, Pfizer, CVS, and AAR, with experience extending from M&A HR, project mapping, strategic sourcing, quantitative analysis and strategic HR retention initiatives. As a Senior Associate with GP Capital, a boutique venture capital group with offices in Boston and London, Brook worked with a range of drugdelivery, consumer software, and energy-efficiency software companies, structuring and managing seed- and first round financing, totalling $25m, each completed prior to proof-of-concept/product completion. Brook is a graduate of Columbia University, magna cum laude. Brook can be reached by at barmstrong@outofoffice.travel. 5