360CityGuide

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November 1, 2011

New version of 360Show is launched. The new version of our web design format 360Show is optimized for all major web browsers including iPhone/iPad and Android devices.

The new 360Show will be used for all featured partners highlighted on our 360CityGuide website. The 360Show format can also be used by our clients "as is" for free or slightly modified for at a low cost.

For more information please contact:

Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide, Direct phone +46 739 600 901,

email: bill.blakeus@360worldguide.com

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October 20, 2011

360WorldGuide is changing the contract policy and will now include all clients under our high volume contract terms. As of today all clients will benefit from one single contract with reduced prices on all services.

Instead of spending time on negotiations and endless project meetings we have decided to simplify everything for us and our clients and use one single contract intead of individual contracts.

This change will enable all clients to benefit from our large volume production prices normally only available to very large global accounts such as Hilton and other hotel chains.

The reason for this change is the launch of our updated 360CityGuide project. In this project we will have photographers at many locations all over the world on a regular basis and any company can order a production at all inclusive fixed prices.

The only limitation is that we need a minimum of 5 productions that can be coordinated at the same time before we send a photographer or a team of photographers.

For more information please contact:

Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide, Direct phone +46 739 600 901,

email: bill.blakeus@360worldguide.com

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September 12, 2011

360WorldGuide is seeking expansion funds for the 360CityGuide website project and has decided to invite suitable investors to invest € 2,000,000 Euros in the project.

18 regional field offices will be established during 2012 for an accelerated expansion of the number of cities and destinations to be produced and highlighted.

For more information please contact:

Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide, Direct phone +46 739 600 901,

email: bill.blakeus@360worldguide.com

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October 26, 2010

Over 40 Hilton properties have now ordered our service to convert our tours on the Hilton brand websites to the Expedia format. The Hilton properties in Japan are the latest to be published on Expedia, Hilton Tokyo, Hilton Osaka and Hilton Nagoya.

To convert already produced tours for the Expedia website is very cost efficient and a fast Return on Investment is expected as tours on a hotel booking website generate a considerable increase in new room reservations.

For more information please contact:

Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide, Direct phone +46 739 600 901,

email: bill.blakeus@360worldguide.com

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January 20, 2010

Many already produced Hilton properties request our tours to be converted to the Expedia format. On the Hilton website our tours are QuickTime based but Expedia demand cylindrical projection for tours.

We take care of the entire procedure and project management needed to convert and deliver the correct format to Expedia. The hotels don't have to do anything at all as our converted tours already are quality screened by Expedia.

For more information please contact:

Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide, Direct phone +46 739 600 901,

email: bill.blakeus@360worldguide.com

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August 11, 2009

Release of the new 360Show Format. The 360Show CD application format has been a great success with over 100 productions sold. Initially this CD production was intended for offline use for computers, CD or usb memory sticks. The last year we have noted that our webhosting service 360Download have been increasingly appreciated by our clients and they create links to their 360Show presentation and also to specific individual 360-images on the presentation and send these links via email to clients and partners. The service in not only used for download and the capability to create their own links is now more important.

To make this even better we have decided to include the low resolution version of the 360-images, integrated in the new design, on the Enhanced Edition version at no extra charge. Previously the low resolution version was available as a separate production for online use at a cost, 50% of the initial cost of the production, but now it is integrated in the Enhanced Edition at no extra cost.

We have decided to start using this format for all our online webhosted services such as 360CityGuide, 360Map and on all contract we have with city tourist & convention organizations.

For more information please contact:

Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide

Direct phone +46 739 600 901

email: bill.blakeus@360worldguide.com

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June 16, 2009

350 hotels have now been produced by 360WorldGuide under the Hilton contract. Hilton Sanya in South China has now been produced with 360-images as well as still images and this production was coordinated with Hilton Shanghai. Earlier this year the Hilton Beijing, Hilton Chongqing and Hilton Hefei in China have been produced.

A 360Show presentation of the property is available. Requires a fast Internet connection as the 360Show CD production is loaded with high resolution versions of the 360-images, intended to run offline: www.360worldguide.com/download/hiltonsanya

For more information please contact:

Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide, Direct phone +46 739 600 901,

email: bill.blakeus@360worldguide.com

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November 15, 2008

360Show has a new design format. 30 CD productions in the 360Show formats have now been produced and a new standardized design is now introduced. It is now also possible to add extra language text as requested by many hotels and museums. It is also possible to add a map if several properties are sharing a production.

The 360Show format is highly standardized to make it possible to keep a reasonable price and avoid making a project simply to discuss design and format. With the 360Show format it is easy to make a purchase decision as the design is set and the price is fixed.

The 360Show is available in 2 editions, Basic Edition and Enhanced Edition and can be used online as well as offline. Can be downloaded to unlimited number of computers and can be copied to CD or usb memory sticks. This is a perfect gift to major clients and partners.

Please look at the 360Show presentation of the property via this link. Requires a fast Internet connection as the 360Show CD production is loaded with high resolution versions of the 360-images, intended to run offline:www.360worldguide.com/360MicroWeb/client/Hilton_Madrid_Airport_360Show/360Download

For more information please contact:

Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide, Direct phone +46 739 600 901,

email: bill.blakeus@360worldguide.com

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February 20, 2008

50 CD productions in the 360Show formats have now been produced. This production was for Hilton Seychelles Northolme Resort & Spa.

Please look at the 360Show presentation of the property via this link. Requires a fast Internet connection as the 360Show CD production is loaded with high resolution versions of the 360-images, intended to run offline:www.360Worldguide.com/360MicroWeb/client/Hilton_Seychelles_360Show/start

For more information please contact:

Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide, Direct phone +46 739 600 901,

email: bill.blakeus@360worldguide.com

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February 1, 2008

360Download is a new web service launched by 360WorldGuide today. It enables clients with a 360Show CD production to distribute the application online to clients and partners via links in an email. This is a much faster and easier way of distribution than burning the application on a CD or memory stick.

The 360Download service also give the opportunity to create specific links to each 360-image on the 360Download application and simply cut and paste into an email. This service is available on an annual fee basis.

Please look at the 360Download function via this link. Requires a fast Internet connection as the 360Show CD production is loaded with high resolution versions of the 360-images, intended to run offline: www.360Worldguide.com/360MicroWeb/client/Hilton_Seychelles_360Show/start

For more information please contact:

Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide, Direct phone +46 739 600 901,

email: bill.blakeus@360worldguide.com

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January 28, 2008

Conrad Rangali Island Maldives Hotel is the first Conrad property to be produced by 360WorldGuide, with 360-images, as part of the Hilton contract.

Conrad is part of the Hilton family of luxury brands.

A resort such as the Conrad Maldives is quite different from a photography aspect compared with a business hotel. This property is spread over 2 private islands with long distance between each room to produce. The resort is also far away from the capital city and a seaplane is the only practical way of transportation. A business hotel can be produced during 2 days while resorts usually require 4-6 days production time at location.

You can view the 360-images via this link:

http://conradhotels1.hilton.com/en/ch/hotels/virtualTour.do?ctyhocn=MLEHICI

For more information please contact:

Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide, Direct phone +46 739 600 901,

email: bill.blakeus@360worldguide.com

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March 30, 2007

QASR AL SHARQ, is the first Property in The Waldorf Astoria Collection that has been produced with our 360-images as part of the Hilton contract. The Waldorf Astoria Collection is part of the Hilton family of luxury brands.

The Waldorf Astoria Collection is comprised of unsurpassed luxury hotels known for their character, timeless architecture and authentic history. Each hotel possesses its own distinct personality and allure while offering the amenities and services you would expect from the most extraordinary properties in the world.

With 18 properties in this group the Qasr Al Sharq must be considered a special treat. It certainly was a treat for the photographer to spend time at the lovely property designed to cater for the local sheiks with plenty of gold details and very specious suites.

For more information please contact:

Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide, Direct phone +46 739 600 901,

email: bill.blakeus@360worldguide.com

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March 10, 2007

200 hotels have now been produced by 360WorldGuide under the Hilton contract. Hilton Abu Dhabi has now been produced with 360-images as well as still images and this production was coordinated with Hilton Baynunah and Hilton Corniche Hotel Apartments in Abu Dhabi as well as with Jeddah Hilton and Qasr Al Sharq in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

For more information please contact:

Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide, Direct phone +46 739 600 901,

email: bill.blakeus@360worldguide.com

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December 1, 2006

Change of ownership at 360WorldGuide. The company started up 1999 founded by Niclas Johansson and Bill Blakeus with 50% each of the company chares. On December 1, 2006 Bill Blakeus acquired all company shares and is now the sole owner of the company.

360WorldGuide has developed a unique business model and production methodology based on the photography of 360-images. The key component of the success has been the project management approach to photography designed to cater for large volume contracts and the need for global businesses and organizations to simplify the process of acquiring photography services with a standardized look & feel and easy to understand legal terms.

A large part of all contracts are designed to be able to coordinate with each other, such as the contracts with Hilton, Scandic, First Hotels and tourist & convention organizations via European Cities Tourism and BestCities. For their members this brings many benefits including very low prises due to high volume contracts but also the benefit of using the 360-images on several websites at one cost, such as their own corporate website, the city official website and also on the 360CityGuide website.

360WorldGuide also have created a number of standardized applications and platforms such as the 360Show CD production, 360PostCard, 360Map and 360CityGuide. 360ImageBank is a database with thousands of 360-images from all over the world available for website owners who wish to spice up their website with already made 360-images.

For more information please contact:

Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide, Direct phone +46 739 600 901,

email: bill.blakeus@360worldguide.com

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November 11, 2006

Scandic hotels is the leading hotel organization in Scandinavia with over 140 properties. Scandic is owned by Hilton International and over 100 Scandic properties have now been produced with 360-images and still images by 360WorldGuide as part of the Hilton Contract.

For more information please contact:

Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide, Direct phone +46 739 600 901,

email: bill.blakeus@360worldguide.com

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February 9, 2006

100 hotels has now been produced by 360WorldGuide under the contract with Hilton and Hilton Buenos Aires was number 100. The project management team at 360WorldGude together with staff photographers and the post production team at 360WorldGuide celebrated this today. The number of people involved for the Hilton contract is now 7 staff members.

For more information please contact:

Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide, Direct phone +46 739 600 901,

email: bill.blakeus@360worldguide.com

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August 8, 2005

360WorldGuide has been awarded a contract to produce 360-images, virtual tours, for BestCities Global Alliance.

BestCities Global Alliance is the worlds first and only convention bureau alliance with eight partners on five continents, Vancouver, Cape town, Copenhagen, Dubai, Melbourne, San Juan and Singapore.

For more information please contact:

Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide, Direct phone +46 739 600 901,

email: bill.blakeus@360worldguide.com

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Juni 30, 2005

360WorldGuide has been awarded a contract to produce 360-images, virtual tours, for all Regus properties in Scandinavia.

Regus is the world's largest provider of workplace solutions, offering the widest range of products and services that allow individuals and companies to work however, wherever, and whenever they need to. Regus operates over 1000 business centers across 450 cities in 75 countries.

In Scandinavia 16 offices will be produced with 360-images, in Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo, Helsinki and Göteborg.

The productions will be coordinated with our other projects with Hilton and Scandic in order to reduce the cost of travel.

For more information please contact:

Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide, Direct phone +46 739 600 901,

email: bill.blakeus@360worldguide.com

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June 1, 2005

360WorldGuide has been awarded a renewed contract with European Cities Tourism (ECT). The initial contract from June 19, 2003 has been updated and further improved.

This contract is available to each city member of the European Cities Tourism organization. A project agreement must be signed by each city in order to activate the contract and the city tourist & convention bureau will actively promote the services provided by 360WorldGuide and get free access to all produced 360-images from that city.

For more information please contact:

Claes Bjerkne, President of European Cities Tourism and General Manager of Göteborg & Co, Phone: +46 31 368 40 00, claes.bjerkne@goteborg.com

Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide, Direct phone +46 739 600 901,

email: bill.blakeus@360worldguide.com

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May 10, 2005

360WorldGuide has been awarded the contract to produce 360-images, virtual tours, as well as digital still images for the First Hotel website.

First hotel is a leading Scandinavian hotel chain with some 40 properties at key locations in Scandinavia. This contract will be coordinated with the Scandic and Hilton contract as well as with the contracts already in place via tourist & convention organizations in Scandinavia.

For more information please contact:

Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide, Direct phone +46 739 600 901,

email: bill.blakeus@360worldguide.com

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May 5, 2005

360WorldGuide has been awarded the contract to produce 360-images, virtual tours, as well as digital still images for the Hilton International website.

Hilton International has been looking for a way to acquire 360-images and digital images for their website projects for several years. The problem has been to find suitable photographers at the location of their properties. The issues have been contractual and the difficulty to manage a photography project with over 450 properties all over the world. To use local photographer would require massive project management resources and a great challenge to enlist local photographers for a relative small number of properties each. The legal issues would be complex with international immaterial law rights and a very detailed photo brief would be needed to communicate a specific look & feel for all images.

The 360WorldGuide approach to use one single contract including full project management is an easier way forward and this capability has now been tested with several trials during the last 6 months and the contract has now been signed on May 5, 2005.

For more information please contact:

Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide, Direct phone +46 739 600 901,

email: bill.blakeus@360worldguide.com

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August 18, 2004

360WorldGuide has been awarded a preliminary contract to produce 360-images, virtual tours, as well as digital still images for the Hilton International website. The first properties to be produced are Hilton London Paddington, London Docklands Riverside and London Hilton Park Lane.

The 360WorldGuide approach to use one single contract including full project management is an easier way forward and this capability will now be tested.

For more information please contact:

Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide, Direct phone +46 739 600 901,

email: bill.blakeus@360worldguide.com

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April 26, 2004

360WorldGuide has been awarded a contract with Wonderful Copenhagen to produce 360-images for the official city website, www.visitcopenhagen.com. Wonderful Copenhagen is the official tourist and convention bureau in Copenhagen.

360WorldGuide is producing interactive content for the website. The contract is a full service contract and cover project management, production of the 360-images as well as webhosting of the 360-images on 360WorldGuide servers.

The contract is part of the ECT (European Cities Tourism) contract covering over 100 cities tourist & convention organizations.

The 360-images for hotels are highlighted under the hotel reservation and distribution system Citybreak™ used by Wonderful Copenhagen. The system has already been prepared to "automatically" load the links from 360WorldGuide and marketing staff at Wonderful Copenhagen don't have to do anything as everything is managed by 360WorldGuide project management.

The contract also covers production of 360-images from city attractions as well as museums and restaurants.

The main benefit with the contract is to acquire 360-images from one single production partner, with a standardized look & feel and also to avoid any potential legal problem regarding immaterial legal rights. A tourist & convention bureau usually don't have the time and resources to check the legal rights for every image published on their websites. This problem is avoided with the contract and the images can be used forever and wherever as long as the 360WorldGuide byline is used under each published image.

The prices are based on a very large volume contract with 1/3 of the standard normal cost in order to make it possible for even the smallest hotel or museum to be highlighted with 360-images.

For more information please contact:

Rie Ulrich, Internet Project Manager, Wonderful Copenhagen, Direct Phone: +45 3355 7451,

email: rul@woco.dk

Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide, Direct phone +46 739 600 901,

email: bill.blakeus@360worldguide.com

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April 20, 2004

360WorldGuide has been awarded a contract with Stockholm Visitors Board to produce 360-images for the official city website, www.stockholmtown.com.

Stockholm Visitors Board is the official tourist and convention bureau in Stockholm.

The contract is part of the ECT (European Cities Tourism) contract covering over 100 cities tourist & convention organizations.

The 360-images for hotels are highlighted under the hotel reservation and distribution system Citybreak™ used by Stockholm Visitors Board. The system has already been prepared to "automatically" load the links from 360WorldGuide and marketing staff at Stockholm Visitors Board doesn't have to do anything as everything is managed by 360WorldGuide project management.

The contract also covers production of 360-images from city attractions as well as museums and restaurants.

The prices are based on a very large volume contract with 1/3 of the standard normal cost in order to make it possible for even the smallest hotel or museum to be highlighted with 360-images.

For more information please contact:

Maria Ehn-Notrica, Marketing Project Manager, Stockholm Visitors Board,

Direct Phone: +46 31 61 52 77, email: maria.ehn@svb.stockholm.se

Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide, Direct phone +46 739 600 901,

email: bill.blakeus@360worldguide.com

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June 19, 2003

360WorldGuide has been awarded a contract with Göteborg & Co to produce 360-images for the official city website, www.goteborg.com. Göteborg & Co is the official tourist and convention bureau in Göteborg.

The contract is part of the ECT (European Cities Tourism) contract covering over 100 cities tourist & convention organizations.

The 360-images for hotels are highlighted under the hotel reservation and distribution system Citybreak™ used by Göteborg & Co. The system has already been prepared to "automatically" load the links from 360WorldGuide and marketing staff at Göteborg & Co doesn't have to do anything as everything is managed by 360WorldGuide project management.

The contract also covers production of 360-images from city attractions as well as museums and restaurants.

The prices are based on a very large volume contract with 1/3 of the standard normal cost in order to make it possible for even the smallest hotel or museum to be highlighted with 360-images.

For more information please contact:

Claes Bjerkne, President of European Cities Tourism and General Manager of Göteborg & Co,

Phone: +46 31 368 40 00, claes.bjerkne@goteborg.com

Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide, Direct phone +46 739 600 901,

email: bill.blakeus@360worldguide.com

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June 19, 2003

360WorldGuide has been awarded a contract with European Cities Tourism (ECT). This contract enables member Tourist & Convention Bureau organizations to acquire 360-images from one single production partner, with a standardized look & feel and also to avoid any potential legal problem regarding immaterial legal rights. A tourist & convention bureau usually don't have the time and resources to check the legal rights for every image published on their websites. This problem is avoided with the contract and the images can be used forever and wherever as long as the 360WorldGuide byline is used under each published image.

The contract is valid for all members and over 100 cities are members at European Cities Tourism (ECT) today.

The prices are based on a very large volume contract with 1/3 of the standard normal cost in order to make it possible for even the smallest hotel or museum to be highlighted with 360-images.

For more information please contact:

Claes Bjerkne, General Manager of Göteborg & Co,

Phone: +46 31 368 40 00, claes.bjerkne@goteborg.com

Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide, Direct phone +46 739 600 901,

email: bill.blakeus@360worldguide.com

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August 19, 2002

The 360CityGuide/Stockholm launch was a big success. 360CityGuide is a marketing format owned and produced by 360WorldGuide together with the Sweden based technology partner ImageBranding.

The 360CityGuide format is based on our own produced interactive maps loaded with our 360-images from 46 local partners. 18 of Stockholms finest hotels are featured as well as selected museums, restaurants, fashion shops and Stockholms most important sights.

With the 360CityGuide concept online visitors can browse around inside hotels and museums and make a virtual tour before they make their purchase decision. Online reservations is available at each hotel we highlight.

For more information please contact:

Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide, Direct phone +46 739 600 901,

email: bill.blakeus@360worldguide.com

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June 12, 2002

The 360CityGuide/Göteborg is now launched. 360CityGuide is a marketing format owned and produced by 360WorldGuide together with the Sweden based technology partner ImageBranding.

The 360CityGuide format is based on our own produced interactive maps loaded with our 360-images from 46 local partners. 20 of Göteborgs finest hotels are featured as well as selected museums, restaurants, fashion shops and Göteborgs most important sights.

For more information please contact:

Bill Blakeus, CEO, 360WorldGuide, Direct phone +46 739 600 901,

email: bill.blakeus@360worldguide.com

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