Ken Green Joins Luxury Link

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ken Green has joined Luxury Link, the world's leading luxury travel web site (http://www.luxurylink.com/), as Senior Vice President, Advertising Sales.

"This is an important step in Luxury Link's expansion as a portal for luxury goods and services," commented Diane McDavitt, President and COO. "With our new site launch and our increasing content outside the Travel space, there is great opportunity for promotion of the luxury lifestyle to our high-end consumers. Ken's extensive experience in Internet publishing is a huge asset as we enter this new phase."

Mr. Green called Luxury Link "a real jewel. I am excited at the opportunity to take this unique luxury venue to the advertising marketplace."

Before coming to Luxury Link, he held several managerial and sales positions with The New York Times Company. At The New York Times newspaper, Ken was the Managing Director of Classified Advertising sales primarily focused on real estate, recruitment, and autos revenues. Most recently, he was Group Director of Advertising Sales at New York Times on the Web, with revenue responsibility for national advertising sales as well as revenue and product responsibility for all of the online classified categories.

Before working at The New York Times, Ken was a Senior Financial Analyst at Thomson McKinnon and before that a senior internal auditor at Merrill Lynch & Company. Ken has a Masters of Business Administration from Hofstra University, and is vice-president on the Board of Directors of the Stonewall Community Foundation and Board President of Generation Next (a fund to support Gay and Lesbian youth services).

He will be based in New York and will direct the Advertising Sales staff in Luxury Link's New York and Los Angeles offices.

Founded in 1997, Luxury Link, LLC is the leading provider of luxury travel on the web, including research, special offers, and travel auctions, updated daily. Gannett Company, Inc. holds a minority interest in the Company. LuxuryLink.com has been recognized as a leading travel web site by numerous entities including Travel & Leisure, Forbes, the New York Times, The Washington Post, Inc. Magazine, and USA Today, and received a Webby Award nomination in 2004.