June 28, 2004-Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Pre-Dating Events (www.Pre-Dating.com) today announced its leadership position as the world's largest speed dating company for single professionals. With 4 national speed dating services and dozens of smaller, one or two market services, Pre-Dating has emerged as the leader in speed dating which is widely considered the most popular dating trend in the country. Pre-Dating holds monthly speed dating events in 63 metro markets with it's next largest competitor in 56 markets and the smallest of the national companies only in 38 markets.

"Doing offline live events can be challenging and many of the companies that tried starting a speed dating service are now out of business. The fact that Pre-Dating has been able to build an infrastructure of software, processes and event hosts that has scaled so large to handle over 60 distinct markets with events held consistently each month is pretty impressive." says Rich Gosse, Founder of the International Association of Dating Websites.

Marketdata, a Tampa, FL, based market research firm, states that "Introduction services" are riding a wave of popularity, fueled by the proliferation of dating-related reality TV shows and estimates the dating services market to be a $1.08 billion business in the U.S. Although online dating makes up a large portion of the dating services market, offline dating options like speed dating have been rapidly growing in popularity due to their more personalized face-to-face nature.

Pre-Dating's differentiators include its focus on single professionals, its patent-pending technology to minimize the chances of participants who have attended in the past from meeting the same people in future speed dating sessions, 7 day a week telephone customer service, and its offering of specially targeted events to meet a variety of age, ethnicity, religion and interest preferences.

"The selection of upscale venues, our 6-minute dating format, quality of participants and the added flexibility of selecting people as a friend or business connection in addition to possible dating, among many other things really appeals to the busy single professionals that attend our speed dating events." Says Elizabeth Floyd, Chief Operations Officer of Pre-Dating.

With its leadership position in the marketplace established, Pre-Dating plans to target new business development opportunities in 2004.

ABOUT SPEED DATING
The speed dating concept was originated in 1999 by Jewish Rabbi Yaacov Deyo to facilitate intra-faith marriage among those of the Jewish faith. In the past several years a number of companies have started to offer these fun and efficient events to a wider audience beyond those who are Jewish. Speed dating gives couples a chance to briefly meet and speak with each other before going on an actual date. They talk one-on-one for a short time (such as six minutes) at a local restaurant or bar, before a bell rings to change partners and start the process again. After each "pre-date" participants mark on their Match Sheet whether they would like to exchange contact information or not. In less than 2 hours, on-the-go singles waste no time and get to meet about a dozen new people. The next day they get the results.

ABOUT PRE-DATING EVENTS, LLC
Pre-Dating Events, LLC, is the world's largest speed dating service, with monthly events in over 63 US cities. Founded in South Florida in December of 2001, it is the only national speed dating company that focuses on single professionals. A typical Pre-Dating event consists of up to 12 men and 12 women meeting for a period of 6 minutes each. Within 24 hours after the event, attendees conveniently receive the results of their pre-dating in email. For less than the cost of an average date, singles pay $30 to $40 to attend an event.

Customers interested in getting more information or to register for Pre-Dating speed dating events, may visit www.Pre-Dating.com or may call Pre-Dating customer service at 1-877-iPreDate (877-477-3328). Pre-Dating's Corporate Office can be reached at 954-741-3670.