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MENLO PARK, Calif. -- GetThere.com(TM) GTHR, a provider of Internet-based business-to-business travel booking systems, today announced that MetLife, a leading provider of insurance and financial products and services, has chosen to pilot GetThere.com's corporate travel procurement system. Upon successful completion of the pilot program, MetLife will offer Global Manager to its 7,000 business travelers. GetThere.com's corporate system is based on the GetThere Exchange(TM), the company's procurement platform that allows travel suppliers and buyers to conduct commerce on the Internet.

Currently rolling out the initial phase of the program, MetLife expects GetThere.com Internet-based travel system will give its travelers an easy-to-use option that reduces the cost of purchasing travel. MetLife conducted a comprehensive comparison of online systems and ultimately selected GetThere.com because of the company's successful deployments and flexibility in linking with different travel agencies and their traveler information.

"Internet-based travel booking transforms the model for procuring travel, giving us efficiency that helps manage a growing number of travel requests without an exorbitant increase in resources to assist our travelers," said Tom Molesky, Corporate Travel Manager at MetLife.

"MetLife is a valuable addition to the wave of corporations using online booking through the GetThere Exchange to rein-in their travel costs," said Gadi Maier, president and CEO of GetThere.com. "We believe the documented savings at our customers provides evidence that online booking is more than an alternative to phone booking – it is a redefinition of the whole travel procurement process."

GetThere.com offers full-service booking and corporate travel management functionality via corporate intranets. It provides corporate travel departments with customized functionality, comprehensive reporting and an easy-to-use booking tool for employees. GetThere.com works with any major global distribution system (GDS) and travel agency to adapt to diverse customer requirements.

About MetLife

Headquartered in New York City since 1868, MetLife is a leading provider of insurance and financial products and services to a broad spectrum of individual and group customers. The company, with $404.2 billion of assets under management as of September 30, 1999, on a pro-forma basis, including the acquisition of GenAmerica Corp., provides individual insurance and investment products to approximately 9 million households in the U.S. In addition, the corporations and institutions that MetLife provides with group insurance and investment products have approximately 33 million employees and members. MetLife also has international insurance operations in 10 countries, with a focus on the Asia/Pacific region, Latin America and selected European countries. For more information about MetLife, please visit the company's Web site at .

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, Chevron, Boeing, Cisco Systems, Lucent, Texas Instruments and Procter & Gamble. GetThere.com's FlightRe(TM) system is used by United Airlines, All Nippon Airways, National Airlines and Northwest Airlines. The company also provides the online booking capability to several e-commerce sites including Trip.com and .

GetThere.com, the GetThere.com logo, Global Manager and FlightRez are trademarks of GetThere.com, Inc.

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Dan Toporek
Senior Manager, Public Relations
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