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GetThere.com Selected to Link Internet Travel Procurement Into Concur Business A
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TO BUSINESS, TRAVEL AND TECHNOLOGY EDITORS:
GetThere.com Selected to Link Internet Travel Procurement Into Concur Business
Advantage
Extends GetThere Exchange Presence in Leading Business-to-Business Offerings
MENLO PARK, Calif., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- GetThere.com (Nasdaq: GTHR), a
provider of Internet-based business-to-business travel booking systems, today
announced that it has been selected to link its GetThere Exchange(TM) travel
procurement system into Concur Technologies (Nasdaq: CNQR) newly announced
Concur Business Advantage(TM) trading network. The GetThere.com system,
already used by many of the world's leading corporations, provides convenient
online booking to corporate travelers, while helping reduce travel costs.
Concur Business Advantage is a global trading network connecting users
over the Internet directly to a pre-integrated network of market-leading
suppliers. Through Concur Business Advantage, customers can link to the
comprehensive GetThere Exchange travel procurement platform.
The GetThere Exchange allows travel suppliers and buyers to conduct
commerce on the Internet. GetThere.com provides corporate travel departments
with customized functionality, comprehensive reporting and an easy-to-use
booking tool for employees. GetThere.com works with all major global
distribution systems (GDS) and any travel agency to adapt to diverse customer
requirements.
"GetThere.com's Internet-based travel system is delivering some of the
most pronounced savings in the business-to-business procurement area," said
Steve Singh, chairman and chief executive officer of Concur. "Through Concur
Business Advantage, our customers can now provide their employees with the
most powerful Internet booking technology available, and the impressive
savings it can provide."
"Concur continues to deliver innovative options to help customers reap the
advantages of integrated procurement services," said Gadi Maier, president and
CEO of GetThere.com. "Our linking to the Concur Business Advantage program
allows an even greater population of users to access the potent travel
procurement capabilities of the GetThere Exchange."
About Concur Technologies
Concur Technologies, Inc.(TM) (www.concur.com) is the leading provider of
workplace eCommerce solutions that automate costly and inefficient business
processes among employees, partners, suppliers, and service providers. Its
flagship product, Concur eWorkplace(TM), integrates Concur's suite of
workplace eCommerce solutions -- corporate procurement, human resources
self-service, and travel management -- through a common business portal. The
Concur eWorkplace suite is available in two distinct models: licensed and
Application Service Provider (ASP). Both models enable users to access
critical information and services thus reducing operating costs, increasing
productivity, and improving supplier management. Concur's customer base is
comprised of more than 320 companies, representing over 2.4 million employees,
across more than 20 countries. AT&T, Baxter International, DaimlerChrysler,
Exxon, and Pfizer are among the companies that have selected Concur's
workplace eCommerce solutions. Concur's global trading network, Concur
Commerce Network(TM), links buyers throughout the workplace together with
suppliers to conduct business-to-business eCommerce in real time. The Concur
Global Alliance Network(TM) is comprised of over 50 world-class organizations
including ADP, American Express, Exodus, KPMG, Microsoft, Nortel Networks, and
SAFECO.
About GetThere.com
GetThere.com is a provider of Internet-based e-commerce systems for
business-to-business travel procurement. The company offered the first
corporate Internet travel booking system in 1996 as Internet Travel Network
(ITN). Today, GetThere.com provides travel procurement solutions to major
corporations, travel suppliers, and e-commerce sites. GetThere.com's Global
Manager(TM) system is used by leading global companies such as Nike, Lucent,
Chevron, Boeing, Cisco Systems, Texas Instruments and Procter & Gamble.
GetThere.com's FlightRez(TM) system is used by United Airlines, Alitalia, All
Nippon Airways, National Airlines and Northwest Airlines. The company also
provides the online booking capability to several e-commerce sites including
AmericanExpress.com, Trip.com and buytravel.com.
NOTE: GetThere.com, the GetThere.com logo, Global Manager and FlightRez
are trademarks of GetThere.com, Inc.
Information in this press release that involves GetThere.com's
expectations, beliefs, hopes, plans, intentions or strategies are
forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. All such
forward-looking statements are based upon information available to
GetThere.com as of the date of the release, and GetThere.com assumes no
obligation to update these statements. These statements are not guarantees of
future performance, and actual results could differ materially from current
expectations. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those in the forward-looking statements are described in GetThere.com's
reports and documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including GetThere.com's Registration Statement on Form S-1.
SOURCE GetThere.com, Inc.
/CONTACT: Dan Toporek, Senior Manager, Public Relations of GetThere.com,Inc.,
650-752-1627, or dtoporek@GetThere.com/
/Web site: getthere.com
Feb-23-2000 14:30 GMT
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