Get2Hawaii Provides Travel Distribution Chain with Complete Web Solution
B2B Web Application Provides Efficiency in Inventory, Customer Service Management

HONOLULU, HAWAII, March 29, 2001 - Get2Hawaii, an affiliate of Panda Group, one of the nation's largest travel wholesalers specializing in the Hawaii market, is the first locally-based business-to-business, application service provider (ASP) to offer an online solution designed by travel professionals for travel professionals. At the core of the Get2Hawaii offering is an online booking engine that provides cost-efficiencies along the entire travel distribution chain in the Hawaiian travel market, from supplier to end-customer.

The new company was created to meet the growing need among travel resellers for a trusted, online, comprehensive source for all their travel service needs. As an affiliate company of Panda Group, Get2Hawaii has access to Panda's vast network of industry contacts and relationships that make Panda such a major force in the Hawaii travel market.

"Get2Hawaii represents the latest example of Panda Group's understanding of the wholesale travel market. The strategy leverages their financial stability and existing relationships with travel suppliers and retailers to expand into new, electronic distribution channels," said Bob Fishman, CEO, Hawaii Tourism Authority.

Leveraging the Web as a delivery mechanism for the software service will provide Get2Hawaii customers, such as travel resellers, with access to an unprecedented real-time inventory of hotel rooms, flights, car rentals, and attractions, as well as automated customer service features. For travel suppliers, the Get2Hawaii application will provide a much-needed, low-cost distribution channel combined with access to a broader target market.

"Having been in the Hawaii travel market for over 20 years, we thoroughly understand the needs of the suppliers and travel resellers," said Jack Tsui, Get2Hawaii chairman and founder of Panda Group. "With Get2Hawaii, we are committing to provide the Hawaii travel market with additional tools to assist them in selling more inventory and lowering their costs."

"The key to extending Panda's existing business on to the Web is understanding the customer and how an alternate distribution channel can help them. Ultimately, there must be measurable benefits to the suppliers and retailers or the product will not succeed. Our conclusion after an on-going dialogue with these providers was that there is a clear and immediate need for such a channel," said Susan Scott, CEO of Get2Hawaii.

Get2Hawaii Management Team
Jack Tsui, founder and chairman of Panda Group is also founder and chairman of Get2Hawaii. With over twenty years in the Hawaii travel market, Mr. Tsui has a keen eye for spotting trends early in the travel industry. He recognized the implications of the 1978 deregulation of the airlines industry and launched a successful wholesale travel business. With the launch of Get2Hawaii, he extends that insight into the next big opportunity for the Hawaii travel market.

Susan Scott, chief executive officer brings extensive experience in the Internet start-up arena. A veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, as CEO of TRUSTe, Ms. Scott was instrumental in launching the widely recognized "trustmark" that has become the global standard for Internet privacy certification. She also was CEO and publisher of Upside magazine, the first publication to cover the digital technology industry from a strategic business perspective. Ms. Scott returns to her hometown after 17 years in Silicon Valley. She has a BBA degree from the University of Hawaii and an MBA from San Jose State University.

CJ Villa, Chief Technology Officer, brings over twenty years as a product designer to Get2Hawaii. Mr. Villa will draw on his extensive knowledge of Java and other Internet programming and communications protocols as he oversees the strategic technology direction of the company and leads the software development efforts. Specifically, his background includes stints as president of a mini-computer software firm, Pantechnic, and an Internet software firm, Kona Systems. Mr. Villa graduated cum laude from Yale University.

According to company officials, timing for release 1.0 of the Get2Hawaii application is scheduled for second quarter, 2001. For more information about Get2Hawaii, go to www.get2hawaii.com or call (808) 945-3300.

About Panda Group
Panda Group established in 1978 by Jack Tsui, Panda Group founder and chairman, is one of Hawaii's largest wholesale and retail travel agencies responsible for providing wholesale travel inventory to over 1,000 travel agencies, representing the vast majority of the total Hawaii market. Panda Group includes Pan Tours Hawaii, Panda Travel, Pali Travel, PIII Travel and Kaiko'o Travel.

About Get2Hawaii, Inc.
Get2Hawaii, Inc., founded in 2000, is the newest affiliate of Panda Group. Get2Hawaii's software solution will minimize travel sellers' sales and support costs while also allowing maximization revenue and yields. Get2Hawaii's patent-pending technology solution will provide travel suppliers, and retailers with a comprehensive set of Web-based services that addresses the needs of their customers and travel partners, such as real-time inventory management, a low-cost distribution channel, and automated customer service options. As an affiliate of Panda Group, Get2Hawaii also will provide its customers with access to one of the largest inventories of Hawaii travel services.