Kuoni´s Bookings Climb 11 Percent

Kuoni Group´s 2006 booking volumes to May 14, 2006 are 11 percent above their prior-year levels, the company will announce at its Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in Zurich Friday.

The Board of Directors will ask the meeting to approve a reduction in the nominal value of registered shares A and B and to elect Raymond D. Webster as a new Board member.

Bookings for the Kuoni Group´s tour operating business to May 14, 2006 are 11 percent higher in Swiss-franc terms than they were for the same period last year.

After already reporting very encouraging booking levels at its Annual Results Media Conference in March, Kuoni has seen further positive booking trends over the past eight weeks.