POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (February 11, 1999) - Visitors planning a trip to Hawaii soon will be able to view full-motion video tours on the Internet of the Outrigger Reef, Outrigger Waikiki and three Otaka Resorts - the Hawaiian Regent, the Hawaiian Waikiki Beach Hotel and the Kona Surf Resort on Hawaii's Big Island. HotelView, the world's largest travel and tourism video library distribution network, is producing the video tours for the resorts. 

HotelView, a wholly owned subsidiary of Visual Data Corporation (NASDAQ: VDAT), produces high-quality hotel video tours for the Internet. The aim of this new technology is to entice viewers with a visually stimulating presentation that encourages them to book their reservation instantaneously from the hotel's own Web site. 

HotelView already has produced Internet video tours for two other major Hawaii hotels - the Hilton Hawaiian Village and the New Otani Kaimana Beach Hotel. 

"Hawaii is already the number one destination Web site on the Internet as far as number of hits. Outrigger and Otaka resorts, as well as our other clients in the state, recognize the need to move beyond the norm with a Web presence that makes an even greater impact and generates sales," says HotelView General Manager David Chestler. "HotelView works because video on the Web has an impact that is more like television than still photographs and print." 

The newest addition to the Hawaii hotel video library is Otaka's Hawaiian Regent at Waikiki Beach. 

"Adding on-line video to our new hotel Web site puts the Regent at the leading edge of 21st century technology. HotelView has the technical expertise, the network capabilities and the vision necessary to meet the expectations of both the travel industry professional and consumer," says Verna Makanani, Director of Sales and Marketing. "HotelView is a valuable tool for not only closing the sale, but for instantly increasing our potential client reach by 50 million. Internet users can now access not only information on our Web site, but can also enjoy a walking tour of the property with an audio guide in English, Japanese or German, all with the click of a button. HotelView doesn't just promise you the world, they deliver it." 

HotelView video tours are accessed through the hotel's own Web site using either existing footage, or new footage produced in-house by HotelView that is available for use by the hotel's sales force. In addition, HotelView maintains an Internet library of hotel videos that can be accessed at www.hotelview.com. 

Distribution, however, is a key element of HotelView's success. Through the Internet, hotels have the potential to reach millions of customers worldwide at any time of the day, seven days a week at a fraction of the cost of traditional advertising and direct mail. HotelView reaches approximately 55,000 viewers a month through the Web sites of its member hotels, the HotelView site or through links with HotelView's more than 650 online partners. 

In addition, TravelWeb (www.travelweb.com), one of the world's largest Internet reservation services, and the American Society of Travel Agents (www.ASTAnet.com) recently reached agreements to feature HotelView hotel videos as well. 

Visual Data Corporation, founded in 1993, specializes in the production, marketing and distribution of full-motion visual information via the Internet and various media, including interactive television. The Company also develops full-motion video libraries containing concise vignettes on a wide range of topics from business information, travel and education to health, fitness, medicine and consumer products. 

For more information contact HotelView in the United States at 954/917-6655 or toll-free 800/468-8139. In Hawaii, contact HotelView representative Jim Cone at 808-523-2820. 

Certain statements in this press release constitute "forward looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In particular, statements contained herein regarding expectations with respect to future sales and management's options based upon facts currently known to the company are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of Visual Data Corporation, which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from anticipated results, performance or achievements. Factors that might affect such forward looking statements include, among others, overall economic and business conditions, the demand for services and products, competitive factors in the industries in which Visual Data Corporation competes and regulatory approvals.