YTB International, Inc. Names Andrew Cauthen Chief Operating Officer

Andrew Cauthen To Oversee Company Operations

    WOOD RIVER, Ill., Jan. 18 /-/ -- YTB International, Inc. (Pink Sheets: YTBLA) ("YTB" or the "Company"), a leading provider of Internet-based travel booking services for travel agencies and home-based independent representatives in the United States, announced today that Andrew Cauthen, the President of YourTravelBiz.com, Inc. and Corporate Secretary of YTB International, Inc., has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective January 1, 2008.

    "Andy has produced exceptional work for YTB International, and particularly YourTravelBiz.com since he joined us three years ago," said Scott Tomer, CEO of YTB International. "We are confident that as COO of the parent company, he will have even greater opportunities to leverage his years of executive management experience to benefit YTB and help guide our continued growth."

    Mr. Cauthen joined YTB as the COO of YourTravelBiz.com, Inc., the marketing arm of the Company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of YTB. He was later named President and Chief Executive Officer of YourTravelBiz.com. Under his leadership, the number of YTB home office staff has grown from 25 to over 330 today, and continuous improvements have been made to the corporate operations.

    "I'm honored to take on this new responsibility for YTB," said Mr. Cauthen. "Over the past three years, I've benefited from the Founders' philosophy and the mission of the Company, and observing their devotion to our RTAs and reps. I welcome the challenge of expanding my responsibilities and will continue my commitment to its success."

    Mr. Cauthen holds extensive administration, corporate operations, marketing and sales expertise from his many years in executive management positions. Before joining YTB in November 2004, Cauthen served as president and CEO of two billion-dollar plus asset-based companies and has had profit and loss responsibility for a $200 million budget and 2,000 employees.

    About YTB International

    Recognized as the 35th largest seller of travel in the U.S. in 2006 by Travel Weekly, YTB International, Inc. provides Internet-based travel booking services for travel agencies and home-based independent representatives in the United States, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It operates through three subsidiaries: YourTravelBiz.com, Inc., YTB Travel Network, Inc., and REZconnect Technologies, Inc. YourTravelBiz.com division focuses on marketing online travel agencies through a nationwide network of independent business people, known as 'Reps.' YTB Travel Network division establishes and maintains travel vendor relationships, books travel transactions of online travel agents (RTAs, now numbering more than 135,000), collects travel commissions and pays sales commissions. Each RTA sells travel through a personalized Internet-based travel website. The REZconnect Technologies division builds online reservation systems for suppliers within the travel industry. For more information, visit http://www.ytbi.com/investor.

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    Statements about the Company's future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, and all other statements in this press release other than historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange of 1934, and as that term is defined in the Private Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, and the Company's actual results could differ materially from expected results. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequently occurring events or circumstances.

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    Lauren Barker

    Levick Strategic Communications for YTB International, Inc.

    Phone: 202.973.1342

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    Investor Contact:

    Garth Russell / Yemi Rose

    KCSA Worldwide for YTB International, Inc.

    Phone: 212.896.1250 / 212.896.1233