Travelclick, the provider of e-commerce solutions for hotels, announced a joint initiative to raise $1 million to assist victims of the U.S. Gulf Coast hurricanes and the South Asia earthquake. The partnership includes the four major Global Distribution Systems (GDS) - Amadeus, Galileo, Sabre and Worldspan.

Hotels that donate $1,000 or more to the relief effort will receive GDS-based travel agent advertising of equal value for free.The GDS will match the hotel donations by placing the advertising on their systems and Travelclick will manage the adplacements.To qualify for the matching campaign, contributing hotels need to have a Travel Agent Media program in place, Travelclick`s network of GDS advertising products, for 2006.The two charities these donations will assist are The David Toms Foundation and Americares.

Travelclick and our partners are committed to helping the people of the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast and earthquake-destroyed South Asia regions, said Robert Post, President and CEO of Travelclick. These natural disasters have caused loss and devastation to many people worldwide, including colleagues and associates, and we encourage hotels globally to join in this initiative to pledge their support.