NEWTON, Mass-August 21, 2008 – Questex Media Group, Inc., a global, diversified business-to-business media company announced today it has named Gideon Dean, a 25-year travel and hospitality industry veteran, its Executive Vice President, Travel Media Group, which includes Travel Agent, Luxury Travel Advisor, and Home-based Travel Agent magazines, Travel Agent University, TravelAgentCentral.com, the Premier Hotels & Resorts directory, Five Star Alliance and additional related digital media products. Dean joins Questex September 2 and will be based in Alexandria, Virginia.

"We are very pleased to have an executive with Gideon's background and industry experience joining Questex to lead our travel industry team. We have successfully completed significant product development, launch and acquisition initiatives during the last year enabling us to further strengthen our position as the most comprehensive integrated B2B media, information and transaction platform serving the travel industry," said Kerry Gumas, Questex President and CEO. "The addition of Gideon to our senior management team demonstrates our continued commitment to serving the travel industry-professionals, suppliers and consumers alike-in new and innovative ways. Gideon brings a customer-focused vision, extensive hospitality and travel market knowledge and an impressive background in electronic distribution and internet marketing to the role, as well as a clear understanding of our clients' and customers' objectives and the know-how to best align our resources to serve them."

Dean joins Questex from TIG Global, LLC, a provider of interactive marketing services for the hospitality and travel industry, where he was Senior Vice President of Global Hospitality Sales & Marketing. Before joining TIG Global, Dean operated in key sales and executive management roles over a ten-year career with Pegasus Solutions, one of the largest third-party marketing and reservation providers in the world. At Pegasus Solutions, he ran international operations from the London office before moving to the US to lead the worldwide sales, account management and service delivery functions for all Pegasus' products and services. Dean also has a background in hotel operations, including five years with Southern Sun Hotel Corporation in South Africa. He has also held management positions with Utell International and Reed Travel Group for six years.

In addition to the appointment of Dean, Questex also announced the promotion of John McMahon to the position of Vice President-Sales & Marketing/Group Publisher, and Ruthanne Terrero to the position of Vice President-Content/Editorial Director, of the Questex Travel Media Group. McMahon and Terrero will report to Dean.

John McMahon was most recently Group Publisher of Luxury Travel Advisor, Premier Hotels & Resorts and Hotel & Motel Management magazines and led the launch of Luxury Hotelier magazine and the HotelWorld Expo. In his new role, McMahon will have management oversight and responsibility for the group's sales strategy and operations as well as business development and major account initiatives.

Ruthanne Terrero was most recently Editorial Director of the Questex Travel Group. In her new role, Terrero will continue to provide editorial oversight to the existing properties in the Group, while leading the development and implementation of dynamic strategies to acquire, develop, manage and distribute content across all of Questex's multiple media channels and editorial platforms serving the global travel industry.

Questex Travel Media Group
The Questex Travel Media Group is comprised of :

• Five Star Alliance (www.fivestaralliance.com) - The leading online luxury hotel booking website, offering luxury hotels and consumers a new approach to online interaction. FiveStarAlliance.com is changing the way consumers find hotels by providing exclusive insight and advice combined with a worldwide selection.


• Travel Agent - The leading publication serving travel professionals for more than 80 years. Publishing every two weeks in print, supplemented with substantial daily and weekly online delivery of news, supplier profiles, destination guides, marketing/sales programs, and educational material. The Travel Agent portfolio of print and online products provides agents the tools which help them sell more effectively.


• Home-based Travel Agent - Home-based Travel Agent magazine is a unique publication targeted to the specific needs of home-based travel agents.


• Luxury Travel Advisor - The first and only publication dedicated to the unique and specific needs of luxury travel counselors. Every issue imparts intricate information that enables luxury professionals to enhance their sales skills.


• Premier Hotels & Resorts - The resource luxury agents rely on to advise their elite clientele on the world's top luxury properties. This directory resource features more than 450 of the world's best hotels.


• TravelAgentCentral.com - Travel Agent Central is a new comprehensive online space dedicated to providing multimedia intelligence for travel professionals. In addition to the latest news and destination information, the site also features web-only content, a vertical search component, video and audio resources, access to daily and weekly newsletters, our blog, and exclusive deals.


• Travel Agent Custom Solutions - Develops tailored branding materials including brochures, specialized ads, direct mail, digital communications and much more.


• Travel Agent University - Travel Agent University is the industry's leading online travel education site for agents.

About Questex Media Group, Inc.
Questex Media Group, Inc. is a global, diversified business-to-business integrated media and information provider, headquartered in Newton, MA. Questex serves multiple industries including technology, beauty, spa, travel, hospitality, leisure, home entertainment, industrial specialties and service industries through a range of well-established, market-leading publications, events, interactive media, research, information and integrated marketing services.

Questex places a strong strategic focus on the travel and hospitality sector. In addition to the Travel Media Group, the company serves the sector through its Luxury Travel Expo and Incentive Travel Exchange events and the leading media group serving the hospitality industry including its flagship publication Hotel & Motel Management, as well as Hotel Design, Luxury Hotelier, The Hotel Times, Nightclub and Bar and Restaurant Marketing magazines and industry-leading events including IHIF-the International Hotel Investment Forum, the Russia & CIS Hotel Investment Conference, HOTEC Management, and HOTEC Design and International Hospitality Week, a multi-venue event staged annually in Las Vegas that includes the International Restaurant Show, the Nightclub & Bar Convention and Tradeshow, Previews and Perspectives and the HotelWorld Conference and Expo.

The company's businesses are managed through operating companies including Questex Media Group and five subsidiaries; InfoTrends, Inc., the world's leading strategic research and advisory services provider to the document management and communications industries; McLean Events International, Ltd, a world-leading producer of appointment-based events; Imaging Network, a leading business-to-business multimedia marketing company serving the office products channel; Five Star Alliance, the leading online luxury hotel booking service for the affluent traveler; and, Oxford Publishing, Inc., publisher and tradeshow producer serving the beverage and food industries; and FierceMarkets, a leading online B2B media company serving the telecommunications, life sciences, healthcare, IT and finance industries. The company's combined operations include more than 450 employees in offices throughout North America, South America, Asia and Europe.