SideStep to Power Travel Search on washingtonpost.com

Business Wire, Sept 10, 2007

SideStep Provides washingtonpost.com Readers Comprehensive Comparison Travel Search Including Flights, Hotels, Car Rentals, Activities and Vacation Packages

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- SideStep, Inc. (www.sidestep.com), the Internet's first travel search company, today announced a distribution partnership with washingtonpost.com, the award-winning news and information Web site. The partnership brings SideStep's award-winning search technology to washingtonpost.com, enabling its readers to take advantage of dynamic, real-time access to the most comprehensive online travel search information available - more than 600 airlines, 170,000 hotels and 30,000 car rental locations worldwide.

The SideStep search box on washingtonpost.com includes air, hotel, car, vacation package and activities search functionalities. The offering pairs unbeatable breadth of information with incredible depth by searching a broad network of travel resources, including major suppliers like American Airlines and Hilton hotels as well as low-cost suppliers such as JetBlue and Holiday Inn.

"SideStep is thrilled to extend our award-winning travel search capabilities to the 8 million+ monthly readers of washingtonpost.com," said Rob Solomon, president and CEO, SideStep, Inc. "The incorporation of SideStep's search function into washingtonpost.com creates a robust travel resource that allows its readers to leverage a broad range of travel-related content and assets."

"SideStep's travel search is an excellent addition to our popular travel section," said Jim Brady, Executive Editor, washingtonpost.com. "We are pleased to offer comprehensive access to travel information and deals alongside the top-quality, interactive content and insight washingtonpost.com readers expect."

In addition to offering its price comparison services via SideStep.com and the SideStep Toolbar, SideStep also powers travel search services for Discovery Travel Media's TravelChannel.com, Forbes' luxury travel Web site ForbesTraveler.com, and Web portal Orange in the United Kingdom.

About SideStep, Inc.

SideStep, the Internet's first travel search company, delivers the most comprehensive selection of travel choices at the best prices to more than 6 million consumers each month. SideStep has been named one of TIME Magazine's "50 Coolest Web Sites," a PC World "World Class Site" and one of its "Best Products of 2006," and declared "Best of the Web" by both Forbes and BusinessWeek Online. The company has direct relationships with the largest travel suppliers in the industry and works with a variety of leading world-class brands, providing relevant information regarding travel products from more than 600 airlines, 170,000 hotels and 30,000 car rental sites worldwide. The Company also operates TravelPost.com (www.travelpost.com), the Web's largest independently owned hotel review community, and TripUp.com (www.tripup.com), the fastest growing community and social travel network on the Web. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, SideStep is privately held and has raised more than $30 million in funding from Trident Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, PAR Capital, Saints Capital and Leader Ventures. For more information, visit www.sidestep.com.

About washingtonpost.com

washingtonpost.com is the award-winning news and information Web site of the Washington Post. It offers world-class journalism, a remarkable blend of traditional reporting, and innovative, multimedia content that provides an unmatched level of depth and texture to breaking stories as well as features, plus unique ways for reader to engage with the site, its capabilities and content.

One of four online properties published by Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, washingtonpost.com is the recipient of the first-ever Emmy for original video journalism online and has won numerous other awards, including an EPpy Award for Best Overall Newspaper-Affiliated Site, several Digital Edge Awards, a 2007 National Journalism Award for Web Reporting, National Press Photographers' Association Best of Photojournalism Award, and three consecutive Edward R. Murrow Awards for Overall Excellence for Non-Broadcast Affiliated Website, among others. According to the 2007 Project for Excellence in Journalism, washingtonpost.com is a "High Achiever" as an online news site, earning strong marks in terms of branding, content customization, multimedia and user participation.

For more information, please visit www.washingtonpost.com.

About Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive

Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive (WPNI) is the online publishing subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE:WPO). Its mission is to create truly interactive platforms that offer unmatched user experiences by developing editorial products with world-class reporting, multimedia features and award-winning content.

WPNI's news and information sites, which include washingtonpost.com, Slate, Newsweek.com, BudgetTravelOnline and Sprig.com, inform and encourage conversation and debate while reaching millions of unique and active users each month. WPNI properties' long lists of awards include the first-ever Emmy for original video journalism online awarded to washingtonpost.com, as well as National Journalism Awards, Pictures of the Year International Award, several Digital Edge Awards, multiple Edward R. Murrow Awards and White House New Photographer's Association Awards, among others. The company is headquartered in Arlington, VA.