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To: Lawrence Burg who wrote (18)	3/29/2000 8:05:00 PM
From: David Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36

Today's Press Release. Looking good. Wednesday March 29, 9:31 am Eastern Time Company Press Release Concierge Announces Additional Media Exposure Prior to New Product Release Initial Shipment on Schedule for April 7 LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2000--Concierge Inc., which is proceeding with plans to merge with StarFest Inc. (OTCBB:SFST - news), today announced that its executive team will participate in three television news programs during the week of March 27. The programs include a segment for CNBC, which will be filmed on March 29 and aired in early April, and two local Southern California financial programs. The CNBC program will cover a thorough overview of the technology including a demonstration of the first product release, scheduled for April 7. The CNBC program will also include an introduction to the three follow-on PCA offerings of the planned server, Web and handicapped products. ``The timing for all four of our product offerings couldn't be better. Our partnership with Emerald Solutions on the integration and development side of our product has already proven to be a success as they have been diligent in not only meeting our target release date, but in building links in the PCA single user products to easily add new products. The new products will provide Concierge the ability to address vertical markets and to develop strategic alliances with key players in the emerging wireless market, among other areas,' stated Allen Kahn, president and CEO of Concierge. ``At Emerald, we look to partner with companies like Concierge that are bringing exciting, innovative products to the marketplace,' said Kevin Pereau, vice president of Emerald Solutions. ``With these new PCA products we are helping Concierge provide e-mail service and support to the handicapped community and paving the way for new technologies in a brand new market. As the development team working with Concierge, we look forward to meeting the demands of not only the wireless market, but serving the Internet market as well.' In addition to the CNBC program, a Southern California financial station (KJLA, Channel 57) will air live interviews with Kahn and Patrick Flaherty, Concierge's executive vice president, along with question-and-answer sessions on both Thursday and Friday of this week. The show is called ``You're on the Line', and is aired live at 2:00 p.m. PST. Kahn and Flaherty have appeared three times previously on the show, which is directed at the Southern California business community. Concierge Inc. was founded by Kahn to design, market and support a new class of unified messaging products. These products integrate voice technology and pioneering software as a solution to the remote access needs of Internet e-mail, fax and voice mail users. The company is preparing to introduce a moderately priced software package with a $39.95 purchase price, the Personal Communications Attendant. The company also plans to offer a server-based product that will enable corporate users to gain access to their important e-mail from inconvenient locations such as airplanes, airports or other locations where computer access is unavailable. It will connect to a modem bank providing the same capabilities available in the single user version to multiple users. Each user can access e-mail by calling in on any telephone anywhere in the world, providing a user id and password by simply speaking to the computer. The computer with PCA will then read the customer's e-mail messages aloud. Once deployed, the server-based PCA product can be seamlessly integrated with call center applications such as Siebel, Vantive, or Clarify to provide traveling customers with up-to-the-minute information. Concierge plans continued enhancements to the PCA, including full unified messaging, foreign language versions, a version for visually or manually impaired individuals and has additional unique products under development. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this news release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the ``safe harbor' provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. The company disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: Self & Associates Trudy M. Self, 818/880-5437 or John Everding, 925/243-9099 or pcahome.com