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by Marriott International |
| CHICAGO - May 28, 2002 -- Ray Cohen, president and co-CEO of TravelCLICK,
Inc., the leading provider of digital media and data solutions to the travel
industry, today announced that Marriott International, Inc. will offer
the company's portfolio of electronic marketing and informational tools
to its 2,400 hotels worldwide.
TravelCLICK's products and local consultants will help Marriott properties in every geographic region of the world raise their profiles on electronic shelves and boost revenues. "TravelCLICK will equip our hotels with planning tools that help them successfully execute strategies to improve performance within their market and across electronic sales channels," said Shafiq Khan, vice president of E-Commerce of Marriott International, Inc. "Optimizing sales performance in these rapidly growing electronic channels is one of the keys to our future success." TravelCLICK's Electronic Media Networks, which provide promotional messaging at the "point and moment of sale," are recognized as the most targeted and cost-effective way for hotels to market to travel agents, consumers and meeting planners. The company's information products, Hotelligence and PHASER Complete Access, provide rate and electronic booking data from the Global Distribution Systems (GDS) and many Internet sites for both individual properties and their local competitors - including information on business sources, rates, market demand, and length-of-stay patterns. "We are gratified that a company with the stature and reputation of Marriott International has chosen to offer TravelCLICK products chain-wide," continued Cohen. "Marriott has won the prestigious CIO-100 award for three consecutive years from CIO magazine for leveraging technology to deliver outstanding customer service. The new partnership between our two companies allows Marriott to enhance its business data gathering capabilities with technology tools that deliver outstanding sales and marketing results." About TravelCLICK  TravelCLICK
(www.travelclick.net) is the leading
provider of digital media and data solutions to the worldwide travel industry.
The company's products and consultants help hotels and other travel industry
suppliers improve profits through electronic distribution channels. TravelCLICK's
exclusive electronic marketing networks allow hotels and other travel related
suppliers to target promotional messages to specific travel agents, consumers,
and group meeting planners when they are booking travel. The company's
competitive benchmarking reports provide hotels with price and booking
performance information unavailable through any other source. Established
in 1996 and headquartered in the Chicago area, TravelCLICK operates in
more than 140 countries around the world. The company has over 6,000 clients,
including national and international companies such as Accor, Air France,
Avis, Best Western International, British Airways, Choice Hotels, Fairmont
Hotels & Resorts, Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, Hilton Hotels
Corporation, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, Kempinski Hotels & Resorts,
Leading Hotels of the World, Loews Hotels, Lufthansa, Marriott International,
The Peninsula Group, Radisson, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, SAS, The
Savoy Group, Shangri-La Hotels, Sol Melia, Starwood Hotels & Resorts,
Thistle Hotels, USAirways, Virgin Atlantic and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts.
About Marriott International, Inc. Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE:MAR), a leading worldwide hospitality company celebrating its 75th Anniversary in 2002, has nearly 2,600 operating units in the United States and 64 other countries and territories. Marriott International operates and franchises hotels under the Marriott, JW Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, Renaissance, Residence Inn, Courtyard, TownePlace Suites, Fairfield Inn, SpringHill Suites and Ramada International brand names; develops and operates vacation ownership resorts under the Marriott Vacation Club, Horizons, The Ritz-Carlton Club and Marriott Grand Residence Club brands; operates Marriott Executive Apartments; provides furnished corporate housing through its Marriott ExecuStay division; and operates conference centers. Other Marriott businesses include senior living communities and services, and wholesale food distribution. The company is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and has approximately 140,500 employees. In fiscal year 2001, Marriott International reported systemwide sales of $20 billion. For more information or reservations, please visit our web site at www.marriott.com |
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Kristina Paider 847/585-5238 [email protected] http://www.travelclick.net |
| Also See | Worldwide Hotel Room Nights Booked Electronically Through the Global Distribution Systems Down 12% Versus 4th Qtr Last Year / eMonitor / Feb 2002 |