Hawaiian Airlines Chooses Get2Hawaii's Online Solution

HONOLULU, HAWAII April 20, 2001- Get2Hawaii, an affiliate company of Honolulu-based Panda Travel and the first business-to-business application service provider in the Hawaii travel market, announced it has signed its first, major agreement for the provision of online Hawaii travel packaging with Hawaiian Airlines, one of the largest carriers in the Hawaii travel market. With the agreement, Hawaiian becomes the first carrier to integrate the Get2Hawaii Web-based application for real-time inventory management into its current distribution strategy. Hawaiian will use the new technology to augment sales of its HotTrips, an e-commerce offering of inter-island travel packages that include air, hotel and car accommodations.

"The Get2Hawaii solution adds an important new distribution channel for Hawaiian, ensuring that we'll be able to sell more inventory in a highly perishable market. What's more, we'll have the tools to help Hawaii travel resellers, as well as our own reservations agents, easily and quickly create attractively-priced travel packages for their customers and corporate clients," said Paul Casey, vice-chairman and chief executive officer of Hawaiian Airlines.

"Our partnership with Hawaiian, a top-tier player in the Hawaii travel market, provides a crucial element of credibility and underscores the need for the Get2Hawaii solution in the Hawaii market," said Susan Scott, CEO of Get2Hawaii.

According to Scott, the partnership is particularly synergistic in terms of providing a solution for Hawaiian at a time when Get2Hawaii is introducing its new application and can benefit enormously from the feedback of a major customer such as Hawaiian Airlines.

Likewise, the Get2Hawaii offering allows Hawaiian to benefit from a software application that was designed by travel industry professionals who understand the urgent business needs of managing inventory in order to increase load factors, and distribute inventory in real time. Because the Hawaiian Airlines partnership comes at a time relatively early in the product development cycle, the airline will be in a position to impact current and future product features and functionality, allowing the acquisition of a customized application without having to incur the costs and lengthy cycles of internal software development and lost productivity.

"The timing couldn't be more perfect," said Scott. "It's a classic 'win-win' strategic partnership for everyone. Hawaiian's participation, coupled with Panda's entrenched relationships with Hawaii travel suppliers, allows Get2Hawaii to offer resellers the option of extremely competitive package pricing via a single, online source for Hawaii travel bookings."

According to Scott, the functionality, scalability and easy interface of the Get2Hawaii solution requires minimal training, a short implementation process and can be integrated into partners' existing Web sites seamlessly, retaining the same look and feel in order to preserve partners' brand identity.

The commercial release of the Get2Hawaii Web-based application is slated for mid-year, 2001. For more information about Get2Hawaii, go to www.get2hawaii.com.

About Hawaiian Airlines
Founded in Honolulu 71 years ago, Hawaiian Airlines is Hawaii's longest-serving and largest airline, and the nation's 12th largest carrier. With more than 3,400 employees and a fleet of 31 jet aircraft, Hawaiian Airlines provides award-winning service on 175 flights a day among the islands of Hawaii, to five cities on the mainland and two destinations in the South Pacific. Recently named the top U.S. airline for "Premium" service in the 2001 Zagat Survey, Hawaiian recently began replacing its entire inter-island DC-9 fleet with the first of 13 state-of-the-art Boeing 717-200 aircraft, a program that will be completed by year's end. Additional information on Hawaiian and its services is available via the company's Web site at www.hawaiianair.com.

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 of revenue and yields. Get2Hawaii's patent-pending technology suite will provide travel suppliers, and resellers 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 some of the largest inventories of Hawaii travel services.