Appointment of Adviser

    eboookers plc appoints UBS Investment Bank as global financial adviser     

4 August 2003 - ebookers plc, the pan-European leisure specialist online (LSE:
EBR, Nasdaq: EBKR), today announces the appointment of UBS Investment Bank as
its global financial adviser. Evolution Beeson Gregory will continue as
ebookers' appointed Broker in the UK.

Dinesh Dhamija CEO ebookers plc comments:

"The Company is now of a size and nature that we need a major international
financial institution as our Adviser. We need to maximise the value from our
strategies of organic growth, acquisitions and developing our BPO business in
India and finance the Company accordingly. UBS with its extensive global
experience in travel and technology is well positioned to assist us in further
developing ebookers. Evolution in London and Brean Murray in New York have done
excellent broking work for us and we will continue to work closely with them."

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For further information:

ebookers plc

Oliver Strong [phone]

[e-mail] [phone]

Cubitt Consulting (UK)

Peter Ogden [phone]

[e-mail]

About ebookers plc

ebookers is a leading pan-European online travel agency with websites in 12
European countries - UK, France, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Spain, Holland,
Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland. It specialises in the mid-
and long-haul modular leisure segments of the European travel industry. It also
specialises in selling discount merchant fares, which are negotiated directly
with leading travel suppliers in order to help them sell their excess capacity
without damaging their pricing structure and brands. ebookers has a low-cost
BPO facility in New Delhi, India with a staff of over 600, which carries out 13
separate functions from email sales to software development. The Company has a
multi brand marketing strategy. Its brands include ebookers.com, Flightbookers,
Travelbag, Travelbag Adventures Bridge the World, and MrJet. ebookers plc is
listed on the London Stock Exchange and quoted on Nasdaq in the United States
of America.

Forward Looking Statements

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed
in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
in such forward looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include,
without limitation, the company's ability to identify, acquire and integrated
companies across Europe including Travelbag Holdings, its ability to
significantly increase its online revenues and sales volumes, to maintain and
develop relationships with travel suppliers and strategic partners and to
attract and retain customers, potential adverse changes in its gross mark up or
in commission rates, reduce its operating costs through outsourcing certain
functions to India, unforeseen events affecting the travel industry, and the
company's dependence on its ability to establish its brand. The foregoing list
of important factors is not exhaustive. When relying on forward-looking
statements, readers should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other
uncertainties and events, as well as factors described in documents ebookers
plc files from time to time with regulatory authorities in the United Kingdom
and the United States, including annual reports on Form 20-F filed with the US
Securities and Exchange Commission. Any forward-looking statements speak only
as of the date on which they are made and except as required by the rules of
the UK Listing Authority, the London Stock Exchange and applicable law,
ebookers plc undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any
forward-looking statements.



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