SHOW AND SELL ONLINE - UNIBEX ANNOUNCES SHOWCENTRAL

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:   Fred Krazeise   
   Unibex, Inc.   
   202-478-7007   
   krazeise@unibex.com   

SHOW AND SELL ONLINE -- UNIBEX ANNOUNCES SHOWCENTRAL

Internet Software Combines Event Management with e-Commerce Tools

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- February 28, 2001 -- Unibex, Inc., a provider of electronic marketplace infrastructure for online business communities, today announced the availability of ShowCentral, an Internet software product that allows trade show organizers and associations to manage their physical trade shows online. This product extends the value of those shows by creating online, or virtual, trade events. It includes tools to design, configure, manage and promote physical trade shows and their virtual counterparts. The virtual trade show includes a complete online catalog with full shopping-cart functions.

Trade show organizers or trade associations can use ShowCentral to manage single or multiple events. Although the product can be scaled to augment trade shows of almost any size, it is targeted more to the mid-level organizer or association that manages shows with up to 1000 exhibitors. ShowCentral optimizes a trade show's ROI by utilizing its trade show management tools to reduce a live trade show's cost and by creating new online revenue streams.

ShowCentral is sold as an ASP service. The price includes a license fee and subscription fees for virtual trade booths. There are additional charges for trade show design and creating a custom look and feel based on the requirements of the trade show organizer.

For show organizers ShowCentral provides a number of benefits, including:

o   Reduced administrative costs through online registration of attendees and exhibitors
o   Increased attendance through online promotion
o   Increased revenue stream through the sale of virtual trade booths and advertising that allow exhibitors to participate in pre-, at-event, and post-event value-added marketing campaigns

ShowCentral offers significant benefits to exhibitors, such as:

o   Opportunities to sell products before, during and after the show using ShowCentrals complete e-commerce capability
o   Ability to meet with sales prospects by setting up appointments online
o   Create an integrated marketing campaign by linking online trade booths with existing websites

ShowCentral improves the experience for trade show attendees by allowing them to register for events and conferences online, plan a complete event itinerary, book all travel and hotel arrangements, browse the trade show ahead of time and schedule appointments with vendors in advance or purchase directly from their online catalog.

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About Unibex, Inc.
Unibex provides software infrastructure and services to build open, scalable private e-commerce marketplaces. These marketplaces are all created with the Unibex Collaborative Commerce Platform. This Platform has two major components: software tools to build e-marketplaces and to access e-services, as well as a collaborative work environment to manage existing and new business relationships over the Internet. The Unibex Platform currently powers 12 e-marketplaces in industries such as manufacturing, health and fitness, consumer package goods and telecommunications. For more information about Unibex, or to contact a Unibex sales representative, call 1-877-7UNIBEX (1-877-786-4239), extension 4, or visit the companys web site at www.unibex.com.