Boeing Chooses Gelco for Travel Reengineering.

Business Editors/Aerospace Writers

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 2000

Aerospace Leader to Automate Business Travel

using Gelco Travel Manager(R) Software.

Gelco, Minneapolis, Minn., announced that The Boeing Company, Seattle, Wash. (NYSE: BA), has chosen Gelco to provide automated e-business travel solutions using Gelco Travel Manager(R) software. Terms of the agreement were not released.

The new system provides the key e-business infrastructure for a totally paperless process enabling Boeing employees to initiate, route and approve their travel, as well as to be reimbursed for their travel expense reports.

"Boeing has made a serious commitment to business travel process reengineering," said Neil Vill, Gelco President and CEO. "From the start, they have been enthusiastic and supportive of our partnership. With Gelco's Web based browser and e-business application at its core, Boeing will have the most advanced travel management system in the industry." Boeing employees will use Gelco Travel Manager(R) v7.1E, a fully web-based solution that provides seamless integration with the existing financial, human resource and other systems to form a complete end-to-end travel solution.

"The unique aspect of this offering is the organic nature of all the components," said Jon Klem, Gelco Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Government Division. Typically, an integration effort of this magnitude involves numerous vendors, significant resources and an unclear focus -- this is simply not the case with this project. Gelco and Boeing have teamed together to provide the expertise, software and integration efforts required to form a seamless e-business travel management solution to employees."

About The Boeing Company:

The Boeing Company, based in Seattle, Wash., is the largest aerospace company in the world, as measured by total sales, and the nation's leading exporter. The company has an extensive global reach with customers in 145 countries and operations in 27 U.S. states.

About Gelco:

Gelco is the largest and most experienced provider of e-business software and services for global optimization of business expense management and reimbursement, as well as electronic business solutions to the consumer goods industry. Leveraging its business-to-business infrastructure through technology from Microsoft, Sun, Cisco, Oracle and EMC, Gelco serves over 1.3 million users in more than 1,300 corporations and organizations worldwide. These include Ericsson, Coors Brewing Company, BellSouth, and Reebok International, Ltd., and 120 federal agencies and installations, including the Department of Defense. Visit the Gelco web site at www.gelco.com or call 1-800-444-6588, ext. 3. Gelco Travel Manager is available on GSA Schedule.