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SEATTLE – June 24, 2010 – Off & Away, which officially launched to the public on May 24, 2010 at TechCrunch Disrupt, announced today site enhancements that will benefit its growing customer base.

The site originally promoted one or two auctions a day in various cities. Off & Away will now highlight and run both a New York and a California hotel suite auction on weekdays as well as one or two additional auctions in other locations. “Our most popular destinations have been New York and California, so we’re making sure our customers can consistently find great auctions in those regions,” said Doug Aley, CEO and co-founder. “We are working towards being able to run one auction per day in every region where we have a proven consumer demand. Expect more regions to be added regularly.”

The company has also made it easier to browse and book regular rooms from its list of over 50,000 properties. “We believe our biggest differentiator among travel sites today is our unique auction platform that allows people who do not win auctions to apply their used bids towards another room. The ability to browse what you can book before participating in an auction helps customers understand just how large our selection is and how competitively priced it is vs. other major travel sites,” Aley stated.

Another way that Off & Away is listening to customer feedback is by adding in support for residents of Canada. Not surprisingly, this is the second largest country that visits offandaway.com and by including this new support feature, Off & Away’s neighbors to the north will have easier access to purchasing bids and participating in auctions.

On the property side of things, Off & Away has been auctioning properties in Mexico since it launched and it plans to add different country destinations, including Canada, in the coming months.

Additional Enhancements Include:

• Ability to “Watch” an auction: Sign up to be notified when an auction goes live and when it enters its last hour
• Daily email notifications: Receive a daily preview of all ending and upcoming auctions
• Upcoming availability calendar: Now you can see availability on upcoming auctions, not just live auctions, which should help your with planning

About Off & Away
Off & Away offers exceptional travel experiences to its customers in new, fun and unique ways. The company believes that people deserve to experience more when they travel and when they shop for travel. Off & Away works with its premiere hotel partners to provide these experiences. Off & Away was founded by former Amazon.com and travel industry executives, and is backed by Madrona Venture Group, the venture capital firm behind Amazon.com, Farecast.com (now Bing Travel) and VacationSpot (now a part of Expedia). For more information and to see how Off & Away will change how people shop for travel, visit www.offandaway.com or blog.offandaway.com. You can also follow the company on Facebook at www.facebook.com/OffAndAway, or Twitter at www.twitter.com/offnaway.

About Madrona Venture Group
Madrona Venture Group (www.madrona.com) primarily invests in early-stage technology companies in the Pacific Northwest and has played a role in some of the region’s most successful technology ventures. The firm is investing Fund IV across the information technology spectrum, including consumer Internet, software, digital media and advertising, and wireless. Madrona currently manages nearly $700 million and was an early investor in companies such as Amazon.com, Sharebuilder, Farecast.com (now Bing Travel) and Isilon Systems, to name a few.