Affinity International Successfully Completes Installation of Datalex Java Based Internet Booking Engine - IBE - for FarAway.com.Business Editors ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 2000 Affinity International Travel Systems (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :AFFT AFFT Affidavit AFFT Americans for Fair Taxation ) announced today the successful installation and integration of Datalex's new Java based Internet booking engine (IBE IBE International Bureau of Education IBE Internet Booking Engine IBE Institut für Medizinische Informationsverarbeitung, Biometrie Und Epidemiologie (LMU, Muenchen, Germany) IBE Ion Beam Etching ) for its travel solutions Web site, FarAway.com. "This installation marks the first deployment of the Java version of the Bookit! CONSUMER application, run over the Sabre GDS GDS Global Distribution System GDS Google Desktop Search (Google) GDS Goodie Domain Service (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) GDS Guards system, to be hosted and operated at the customer's location. Installation is complete and we are pleased with the system's performance," said Kathy Walker, Datalex project manager. "With the integration of this engine now complete, we are poised for progress with the new site's other content and components. Those items will be incorporated into the FarAway.com Web site and will allow us to move forward toward our launch," stated Affinity CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Daniel Brandano. Affinity International Travel will be one of the first companies to launch a travel website based on the new Java version of the Datalex booking engine operating on the Sabre hosting platform. FarAway.com will feature the Datalex engine for air, car and hotel reservations. Affinity is also developing a second booking engine for its vacation and cruise package products utilizing Affinity's Tourscape software system. About Datalex Datalex is a leading global provider of full-service, end-to-end Information Technology solutions to the airline and travel industry. Founded in 1985, the company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and maintains offices in Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Johannesburg, South Africa; Manchester, England; Melbourne, Australia; and Portland, Oregon, USA. The company's core competence Core competence Primary area of expertise. Narrowly defined fields or tasks at which a company or business excels. Primary areas of specialty. is in devising solutions for e-Commerce, Enterprise Application Integration and Customer Relationship Management. Each day Datalex products and solutions are used throughout the world by major airlines, travel agencies and thousands of travel consumers. For more information please visit the company's Web site at www.datalex.com. About Affinity International Travel Systems Affinity International Travel Systems is owner of FarAway.com, an online business-to-business travel solutions website that is currently under development. AITS is implementing a business strategy that utilizes the Internet as a delivery platform in both business-to-business (B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business ) and business-to-consumer (B2C (Business to Consumer) Refers to a business communicating with or selling to an individual rather than a company. See B2B. ) arenas for its inventory of travel products. This release contains forward-looking statements, made subject to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995, that involve risks and uncertainties that might cause the actual results to differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the following: the Company may encounter difficulty in developing its Web sites; it may have difficulty raising the capital it needs to develop and market its Web sites and fund its operations; the Internet may not attract the degree of travel business that the Company expects; the Company may have difficulty competing with other travel companies, portals; market awareness and acceptance of the Company's Web site and product offerings; changes in government regulations affecting the Company's business; and overall market demand for travel services. |
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