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Universal Travel Group Reaffirms Revenue and Earnings Guidance for 2008

June 08, 2008



Universal Travel Group Inc. (OTCBB: UTVG) ("Universal Travel Group" or the "Company"), a fast growing travel services provider in China specializing in online and customer representative services to the travel service industry offering packaged tours, air ticketing, hotel reservation and air cargo transportation, reaffirmed its 2008 full year revenue and earnings guidance.

The Company has carefully assessed the impact of the devastating earthquake in Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008 on its business and continues to expect Revenue between US$69 million and US$73million and Net Income between US$12 million and US14 million for the year 2008, not including stock based compensation.

About Universal Travel Group

Universal Travel Group, a fast growing travel services provider in China, is engaged in providing reservation, booking, and domestic and international travel and tourism services throughout China via the internet and through customer representatives. Under the theme "Wings towards a more colorful life" the company's core services include tour packaging for customers, booking services for air tickets and hotels as well as air cargo transportation. In 2007, Universal Travel Group completed the acquisitions of Speedy Dragon, specializing in air cargo transportation; Xi'an Golden Net, specializing in travel packaged tours; Shanghai LanBao, specializing in hotel reservation and Foshan Overseas International, a China-based company that handles domestic and international travel inquiries as well as corporate travel, offering specialized packages that include national and international air ticket booking, hotel reservations, conference center reservations and rental cars. Universal Travel's goal is to become China's leading travel services provider in all fields of the tourism industry including the aviation, cargo, hotel booking and tour packaging segments. For more information, visit http://us.cnutg.com.

Forward Looking Information

Universal Travel Group ("we" or the "Company") desires to take advantage of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This report contains a number of forward-looking statements that reflect management's current views and expectations with respect to our business, strategies, future results and events and financial performance. All statements made in this annual report other than statements of historical fact, including statements that address operating performance, events or developments that management expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, including statements related to future cash flows, revenues, profitability, adequacy of funds from operations, statements expressing general optimism about future operating results and non-historical information, are forward-looking statements. In particular, the words "believe," "expect," "intend," " anticipate," "estimate," "may," "will," variations of such words and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements and their absence does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including those discussed below.