Hyatt to Adopt StarCite's Real-time Electronic Small Meeting Solution

Companies Extend Technology Partnership to Add Small Meeting Solution/Integration and Renew Extensiv

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. October 14, 2008

PHILADELPHIA, PA, February 26, 2008. StarCite Inc., the leading provider of On Demand Meeting Management Solutions, today announced a renewed partnership with Hyatt Hotels & Resorts which will include a new implementation of StarCite's Small Meeting Solution. This new capability will allow Hyatt to provide meeting planners with real-time online access to Hyatt's inventory of guest rooms, meeting spaces and associated meeting services. The StarCite Small Meeting Solution will enable Hyatt to more effectively secure and manage smaller meetings of 50 people or less - a lucrative and largely untapped segment that can comprise as much as 80 percent of some companies' meeting activity.

"Recognizing our customers' growing desire to plan and book small meetings with the ease and efficiency of electronic tools, we are proud to be among the first hotel brands to adopt StarCite's Small Meeting Solution," said Jack Horne, vice president - Sales, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts. "This furthers our mission of providing the best in customer service and efficiency while better positioning Hyatt to serve the small meeting segment of the corporate market."

Through its renewed partnership with StarCite, Hyatt will also continue the use of its E-mmediate ResponseTM technology, which enables any Hyatt hotel or resort in the U.S., Canada or the Caribbean to respond to meeting planner requests-for-proposals with real-time booking data on the Hyatt.com website. In 2005, in conjunction with StarCite, Hyatt.com became the first corporate hotel website to provide this capability.

In addition, StarCite will continue to provide its private labeled technology for Hyatt's website meeting portal and Hyatt has renewed its marketing agreement with StarCite.

"We are thrilled with Hyatt's adoption of the Small Meeting Solution, a natural evolution of our long-standing technology partnership," said Michael Boult, president and chief executive officer, StarCite. "We're proud to work together with Hyatt to develop new standards and best practices for the meeting industry, extending the benefits and efficiencies of automation and online tools to the small meeting segment."

About StarCite, Inc.

StarCite(R), Inc. provides a technology platform that makes meeting and event planning, booking, and management simpler, easier and more cost-effective for corporations, hotels, venues and meeting suppliers worldwide. StarCite delivers visibility, cost savings, and control over meeting spending for businesses and enhanced revenue opportunities for suppliers. Through Web-based, on-demand technology, StarCite automates and supports every key element of the meeting planning and procurement process: planning, budgeting, buying attendance, payment, and results measurement. Using StarCite's proprietary online marketplace, meeting buyers can connect and conduct business with over 93,000 hotels, venues, destinations and suppliers globally. StarCite is based in Philadelphia. StarCite's equity holders include Internet Capital Group (NASDAQ: ICGE), TPG Growth, Norwest Venture Partners (NVP), and TL Ventures. For more information about StarCite or its technologies and services, please visit www.starcite.com.