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SolarNet Announces Live Booking Capabilities 95% of Travel Agencies Worldwide Can Now Book Consolidator Airfares in Real-Time Via SolarNet's Desktop Connection to All the Major GDS Networks NLK / Vancouver, BC, January 14, 2002 - SolarNet (Solars Computing Systems Inc.; listed CDNX "SCS" and OTC US "SCSIF"), a leading provider of business-to-business information management and electronic distribution solutions for the travel industry, announced today the launch of its new Real-Time Booking Engine. The addition of live booking capabilities completes SolarNet's consolidator fare management and distribution solution. Trans Am Travel is SolarNet's first Consolidator customer to utilize the real-time booking engine, having been a SolarNet LiveLinx user since February 1999 and a SolarNet LiveLinx*Plus user since March of 2001. Now 95% of travel agencies worldwide, an estimated 450,000 travel agents, have instant access --free of charge-- to Trans Am's fare inventories through SolarNet to: check seat availability; view fare rules; complete a live booking; and receive a confirmed Passenger Name Record (PNR). Travel agents have desktop access to SolarNet 24/7 through their GDS simply by typing in the appropriate SolarNet GDS access code listed below: Amadeus: 1TVO.SOLARNET Apollo: L@@SOLAR Galileo: @@SLN/SOLAR Sabre: XXORG/SOLARNET Worldspan: @@TVL/SOLARNET Trans Am, based in Alexandria, VA, is one of the largest airline ticket Wholesaler/Consolidators in the United States. Trans Am has been serving the retail travel agent community for over 20 years, moving over one million passengers per year, offering airfares to some 500 destinations in 116 countries worldwide. Trans Am's airfares cover cities in all 6 continents served by their 35 airline partners from almost any city in the United States and Canada. "We are really excited about the innovation that Solarnet has developed allowing agents to fully book our airfares from any GDS using the Solarnet booking system," said William Gomes, Trans Am's Operations Manager. The official debut of SolarNet's Real-Time Booking Engine will take place at the United States Airline Consolidators Association (USACA) convention in Sacramento, CA on January 24th, 2002. About SolarNet SolarNet (Solars Computing Systems Inc.; SCS: CDNX) is a leading provider of flexible and affordable information technology solutions for the travel industry. SolarNet's core competency is the electronic distribution of applications and information throughout the travel industry supply chain via its proprietary network, SolarNet. SolarNet can take content from any source and distribute it via a powerful combination of the Internet and the established travel industry GDS networks --Sabre, Galileo/Apollo, Amadeus and Worldspan-- that are used by 95% of the world's travel agents. SolarNet's proprietary products include: SolarNet, LiveLinx, LiveLinx*PLUS, NewsWire and TourTek. SolarNet is a public company, listed CDNX "SCS" and OTC US "SCSIF". For more information see www.solars.com/ For further information on SolarNet, contact: For media inquiries, please contact: Sherry Boisvert ITPR (for SolarNet) [phone] [e-mail] For all other inquiries, please contact: Greg Lytle SolarNet VP Corporate Communications Direct: [phone] [e-mail] This Media Release may contain forward-looking statements, which reflect the Corporation's current expectations regarding future events. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Actual events could differ from those projected herein and depend on a number of factors including the success of the Corporation's sales strategies. Maximum News Dissemination by Newslink Network Ph: [phone] Fx: [phone] www.newslinknetwork.com Listen to Market Radio on Yahoo at www.broadcast.com/shows/marketradiofm © 2001 NewsLink Network