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To: simarx who wrote (3708)1/7/1999 9:56:00 AM
From: RAVEL  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 4761
 
Anyone think that IFLY could be an acquisition target??? There seems to ba a tremendous amount of consolidation going on in the travel business.

Affinity International Travel Systems to Acquire Prestige Travel
Services Bringing Combined Projected Gross Revenues to $28.5 Million
Per Year

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. (Jan. 7) BUSINESS WIRE -Jan. 7, 1999--Affinity
International Travel Systems Inc. (OTC BB: TRIP) Thursday announced
that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Prestige Travel
Services II Inc., a Tampa, Fla.-based retail travel network focused on
the leisure segment of the travel industry, and its related travel
agent and cruise businesses.

Prestige is expected to post 1998 gross revenues of approximately $17
million. This marks the third acquisition the company has announced in
the last two weeks and brings Affinity's projected revenues to more
than $28.5 million on an annual basis.

Dan Brandano, chief executive officer of Affinity International Travel
Systems Inc., stated, "We have been very successful in meeting our
goals of rapid growth via acquisition similar to that of Travel Systems
International (Nasdaq: TRVL), and we will continue to do so.

"We have also begun to focus on strategic alliances and the acquisition
of companies with substantial internet presence, or companies that are
providers to major travel websites such as Yahoo's (Nasdaq: YHOO)
popular site, Yahoo! Travel (http://travelyahoo.com)

"The internet travel business is projected to be over $8 billion by the
year 2001 and we intend to be a major participant in it."

Included in the agreement is Prestige's Independent Travel Agent
Program which provides training, technical connectivity, and support
services for over 1,200 outside sales agents in the U.S.

In addition to the standard travel agency revenues, the program
generates income through enrollment and training fees, and enables
outside agents to book travel and airline tickets over a dedicated
Internet connection to the Tampa headquarters. Also included in the
acquisition is the recently integrated Tampa-based Internet cruise
marketing subsidiary, Cruise Brokers.

Prestige is licensed and bonded to sell travel in Florida and
California, accredited by the Airlines Reporting Corp. (ARC) and the
International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN), and a member of
the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA). The company utilizes
both the Sabre and Amadeus airline computerized reservation and
ticketing systems.

Both Prestige and Cruise Brokers market vacation services over the
Internet at www.ptstravel.com and www.cruisebrokers.com, respectively.

Affinity International Travel Systems is a holding company that has,
over the past two years, developed a technology platform in conjunction
with The Sabre Group (NYSE: TSG), and Internet strategies designed to
allow quick integration of acquisitions, dramatically cutting their
operational costs while increasing their revenues and profitability.

The company plans to continue its dramatic growth by aggressively
seeking out acquisition candidates while providing competitively
priced, specialized services to travel agents and individual consumers.

Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the
"safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995.

Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve
risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, continued
acceptance of the company's products, increased levels of competition,
new products and technological changes, the company's dependence upon
third-party suppliers, and other risks detailed from time to time in
the company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.



To: simarx who wrote (3708)1/7/1999 11:12:00 AM
From: Im-patient  Respond to of 4761
 
Uh...that's JULY 21, 1999....for those measley 350,000 extra shares....

Just showing you that I'm reading carefully<g>.

--Fred



To: simarx who wrote (3708)1/7/1999 3:24:00 PM
From: Sir Auric Goldfinger  Respond to of 4761
 
Yeah Si, I know quite a bit about securities law and this is ONLY an annual event for IFLY. Only crim stocks do this all the time. It's rare for every one else. 01/06/99 18:13:26

3,321,800 REDEEMABLE COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANTS
(and 3,321,800 shares of Common Stock Issuable under the Warrants)

Of the securities offered hereby 3,105,000 Redeemable Common Stock
Purchase Warrants (the "Warrants") were sold (along with 1,350,000 shares of the
Company's Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock")), by 800
Travel Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") in its initial
public offering which closed on January 21, 1998 and January 23, 1998 (the
"IPO"). The Common Stock and the Warrants (collectively, the "Securities") were
offered and sold separately and not as units, and each is separately
transferable. Prior to the IPO, there was no public market for the Common Stock
and the Warrants. The initial public offering price was $5.00 per share of
Common Stock and $.125 per Warrant.

The Company hereby offers 3,321,800 shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of the Warrants, including the 3,105,000 Warrants sold in the IPO. Each
Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Common Stock at a price of
$6.25 per share during the five-year period commencing January 21, 1998. The
Warrants are redeemable by the Company for $.05 per Warrant on not less than 30
nor more than 60 days written notice if the closing price for the Common Stock
for seven trading days during a 10 consecutive trading day period ending not
more than 15 days prior to the date that the notice of redemption is mailed
equals or exceeds $10.00 per share, subject to adjustment under certain
circumstances and provided there is then a current effective registration
statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
with respect to the issuance and sale of Common Stock upon the exercise of the
Warrants. Any redemption of the Warrants until January 13, 1999 will require the
written consent of First London Securities Corporation, one of the
representatives of the underwriters of the IPO (collectively, along with First
Liberty Investment Group, Inc., the "Representatives"). The Company has agreed
to pay a solicitation fee (the "Solicitation Fee") in connection with the
exercise of the Warrants equal to 5% of the exercise price. See "Description of
Securities."

The initial public offering prices of the Common Stock and Warrants and
the exercise price and other terms of the Warrants were determined through
negotiations between the Company and the Representatives and are not related to
the Company's assets, book value, financial condition or other recognized
criteria of value. Although the Common Stock and Warrants are listed on the
Boston Stock Exchange under the symbols "IFL" and "IFLW", respectively, and on
the Nasdaq SmallCap Market under the symbols "IFLY" and "IFLYW," respectively,
there can be no assurance that an active trading market in the Company's
securities will be sustained. On December 31, 1998, the closing bid prices of
the Common Stock and Warrants were $12 1/4 and $6 1/8, respectively.
The Registration Statement relating to this Prospectus also covers the
offering by selling securityholders (the "Selling Securityholders") of 478,284
shares of Common Stock (the "Registered Shares") and 250,000 warrants (the
"Registered Warrants") identical to the Warrants (and 250,000 shares of Common
Stock issuable thereunder) (collectively, the "Registered Securities"), which
were not underwritten but which may be sold from time to time pursuant to
arrangements made by the Selling Securityholders. Sales of the Registered
Securities and other shares previsously subject to lock-up agreements or the
potential of such sales at any time, may have an adverse effect on the market
prices of the securities offered under this Prospectus. See "Shares Eligible for
Future Sale." The Company will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of
the securities by the Selling Securityholders. The Company will bear all
expenses incurred by the Selling Securityholders, other than brokerage fees and
commissions and fees of independent counsel, if any.

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THESE ARE SPECULATIVE SECURITIES, AND AN INVESTMENT IN THE
SECURITIES OFFERED
UNDER THIS PROSPECTUS INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK AND
IMMEDIATE SUBSTANTIAL
DILUTION FROM THE PUBLIC OFFERING PRICE OF THE COMMON
STOCK AND SHOULD BE
CONSIDERED ONLY BY INVESTORS WHO CAN AFFORD THE LOSS OF
THEIR ENTIRE INVESTMENT.
SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 5 AND "DILUTION."

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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY
THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION NOR HAS THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION PASSED
UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY
REPRESENTATION TO THE
CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

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The date of this Prospectus is January ___, 1999

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