| Canada NewsWire, 05/4/2001 16:54 
 Envoy company extends reach to Caribbean
 
 Watt International to design retail complex for Nassau's Atlantis Paradise Island Resort
 
 TORONTO, May 4 /CNW/ - Geoff Genovese, President and CEO of Envoy
 Communications Group (Nasdaq: ECGI/TSE: ECG), today announced the award-
 winning retail design division of the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Watt
 International, has secured a contract to design a new retail complex for the
 prestigious Atlantis Paradise Island resort in Nassau, Bahamas. The project
 marks Envoy's first work in the Caribbean.
 
 "The Atlantis Paradise Island project in Nassau is yet another example of
 Envoy's global growth strategy at work and in providing best-of-breed services
 on an international scale," said Genovese. "Everyday, Envoy further expands
 its global footprint for each of the Company's core disciplines: design,
 marketing and technology."
 
 "The Bahamas win further expands the international scope of Watt's full-
 suite of branding and design services," said Ron MacLachlan, Managing Director
 of Watt's retail design division. "We are pleased to be providing strategic
 design solutions to such an esteemed client as Atlantis Paradise Island
 Resort, a true luxury resort whose reputation and clientele are second to
 none."
 
 About Watt International
 ------------------------
 Watt International Inc. (www.wattinternational.com) is one of the world's
 largest brand strategy and design consultancies, with offices in North
 America, the United Kingdom, Europe and Scandinavia. For the past thirty-five
 years, Watt has applied its strategies to drive client profitability in more
 than two dozen industries, spanning 35 countries for companies like Wal-Mart,
 Home Depot, LCBO, Famous Players, Microsoft, Duty Free Stores Worldwide,
 Kraft, Oxford Properties Group, Inc., Bell Canada, General Electric, Virgin,
 Shell Oil, Armstrong World Industries Inc., CDNOW, Borden Foods, Loyalty Group
 (Air Miles) and Steelcase Inc. (USA).
 
 About Envoy
 -----------
 Envoy (www.envoy.to) is an international company, committed to delivering
 "best-of-breed" services in each of its core disciplines: design, marketing
 and technology. Through the convergence of its core disciplines, the Envoy
 Communications Group of companies provides innovative business building
 solutions for marquee, international clients that include adidas-Salomon,
 BASF, CIBC, Castrol, CDNOW, FedEx, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Honda,
 Panasonic, Pizza Hut, Prudential (USA), Safeway, SalomonSmithBarney, Sprint
 Canada, Steelcase and Wal-Mart.
 
 For further information: Corporate Investor Relations: Jason Mandel,
 (416) 599-2256, jasonm(at)envoy.to; Media Relations: Darren Karasiuk,
 (416) 593-4181 x405, darrenk(at)communique.to/
 
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