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To: Boolish who wrote (971)	6/25/1999 12:18:00 PM
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Well it happened!!!!!! Bid.Com International and SCS Solars Establish Strategic Alliance For Online Travel Business-to-Business Market TORONTO, June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Bid.Com International Inc. (Nasdaq: BIDS - news; Toronto: BII - news), one of North America's leading online auction companies, today announced that it has entered into a strategic alliance with SCS Solars Computing Systems Inc. (Vancouver: SCS - news), a leading developer and marketer of online travel information. This online alliance creates an exciting opportunity to achieve global scale in the growing business-to-business market of discounted airline tickets, cruises, destination resorts and packaged holidays. A newly formed and wholly owned subsidiary of SCS Solars has licensed the online auction technology of Bid.Com, which will allow travel consolidators to offer travel agents these discount travel products. Bid.Com will both host and enable these transactions. ''We are excited to add Solars to our growing roster of strategic alliances,'' said Paul Godin, Bid.Com's Chairman. ''The travel market is extremely well suited to the auction format and establishing a strong position here has been a strategic objective for the Company. Through our alliance, we look forward to supporting Solars in their efforts to become a leader in the provision of discounted travel and vacation products.'' Frank Wells, Chairman of SCS Solars commented, ''Through the license of Bid.Com's auction technology, we are able to offer a new and innovative benefit to the travel consolidations industry. Our ability to link travel agents with the supply of travel-related products from around the world adds real value to the services we provide. We look forward to continuing to work with Bid.Com in turning perishable and surplus inventory, such as unsold airline seats or vacation packages, into positive returns for our customers.'' Founded in 1995, Bid.Com is one of the Internet's leading online auction sales and marketing organizations, with offices in Toronto and Tampa, Florida. The company offers a compelling, entertaining and cost-effective method of selling a wide array of goods and services over electronic distribution channels. Bid.Com is strategically positioned to leverage its business-to-consumer technological leadership by offering the pre-eminent online auction platform for co-ventures in business-to-business markets; for the licensing of custom branded e-commerce solutions; and for distribution through broadband/cable media. The company's shares trade on both the Nasdaq National Market and the Toronto Stock Exchange. Through its SOLARNET Travel Network, SCS Solars Computing Systems Inc. improves the productivity and profitability of travel vendors and travel retailers worldwide by developing and delivering Internet and Intranet GDS/CRS on-line travel information. SCS Solars Computing Systems Inc. is a public company, trading on the Vancouver Stock Exchange under the symbol SCS. SOURCE: Bid.Com International Inc.