RNS Number:4470I
Online Travel Corporation PLC
07 March 2003



7 March 2003



Online Travel Corporation plc ("OTC")



Holding in Company



On 7 March 2003, OTC was notified by Merrill Lynch Investment Management Limited
that, following the purchase of 1,150,000 ordinary shares of 1p each in OTC ("
Ordinary Shares"), BNY Trust Company Ltd. as a trustee of the MLIT-Merrill Lynch
Alpha Special Situations Investment Fund holds 4,126,984 Ordinary Shares
representing 3.6 per cent. of OTC's issued shares.





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Online Travel Corporation plc

Mark Jones             020 8607 9281




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