EXHIBIT 99.1

                 CENDANT RAISES $750 MILLION THROUGH OFFERING OF
                 SENIOR ZERO-COUPON ZERO-YIELD CONVERTIBLE NOTES

         COMPANY RAISES 2001 ADJUSTED EPS PROJECTION TO $1.01 FROM $1.00

                 FOURTH TIME COMPANY HAS INCREASED 2001 OUTLOOK

New York, NY, April 30, 2001 - Cendant Corporation (NYSE: CD) today announced
that it has agreed to sell $750 million of zero-coupon zero-yield convertible
senior notes due 2021 in a private offering resulting in proceeds of
approximately $750 million. The initial purchaser will also have a 30-day option
to purchase up to an additional $150 million of notes to cover over-allotments.

The Company also announced that this offering is expected to be accretive to
earnings per share in 2001. In addition, the Company's business units continue
to perform at or ahead of expectations. Accordingly, the Company has raised its
projected adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations for 2001 to
$1.01 from $1.00, with the benefit coming in the second half of the year. This
represents the fourth time this year that Cendant has raised its adjusted
earnings per share projection for 2001.

The notes have not been registered under United States securities laws and may
not be offered or sold in the United States except to qualified institutional
buyers. The offering is scheduled to close on May 3, 2001. Cendant will use the
proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes.

Cendant Corporation is a diversified global provider of business and consumer
services primarily within the real estate and travel sectors. The Company's
fee-for-service businesses include hotel, real estate and tax preparation
franchising; rental cars, fleet leasing and fuel cards; mortgage origination and
employee relocation; customer loyalty programs; vacation exchange and rental
services and vacation interval sales. Other business units include the UK's
largest private car park operator and electronic reservations processing for the
travel industry. With headquarters in New York City, the Company has
approximately 60,000 employees and operates in over 100 countries.

Statements about future results made in this release constitute forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. These statements are based on current expectations and the current
economic environment. The Company cautions that these statements are not
guarantees of future performance. Actual results may differ materially from
those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Important
assumptions and other important factors that could cause actual results to
differ



materially from those in the forward-looking statements are specified in the
Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000.

Such forward-looking statements include projections. Such projections were not
prepared in accordance with published guidelines of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants or the SEC regarding projections and forecasts, nor
have such projections been audited, examined or otherwise reviewed by
independent auditors of Cendant or its affiliates.

In addition, such projections are based upon many estimates and are inherently
subject to significant economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies,
many of which are beyond the control of management of Cendant and its
affiliates. Certain of such uncertainties and contingencies are specified in
Cendant's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000.

Accordingly, actual results may be materially higher or lower than those
projected. The inclusion of such projections herein should not be regarded as a
representation by Cendant or its affiliates that the projections will prove to
be correct.

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