IRVINE, CALIFORNIA � January 6, 2003 - Robert Fadel, a well-respected veteran in the hospitality industry, has been appointed Vice President and Area Director, Middle East and West Asia, for Hospitality Marketing Concepts (HMC), the world�s leading provider of travel industry membership and database management programs.   

Fadel will be stationed in Dubai and will lead the company�s most dynamic and fastest growing region, with specific objectives to capture the tremendous organic and geographic growth opportunities.   HMC already offers its proprietary CLUBHOTEL membership program through more than 700 hotels in over 75 countries around the world.  Expansion of its Middle East and West Asia region will greatly enhance its hotel network and increase business and revenue potential for all its hotel clients.

�The Middle East and West Asia is an area of significance to HMC and we have searched extensively for the right talent to continue HMC�s phenomenal growth in this region where revenue doubled annually for each of the past three years and slated to grow another 110% in 2003,� says Mokhtar Ramadan, CEO of Hospitality Marketing Concepts.  �Robert has the management style and a market driven entrepreneurial approach with a developed sense of commercial urgency that will be essential to the region�s success.  His leadership qualities and his intimate understanding of the market and the industry are certainly key assets to this position.  We�re delighted he has joined us�.

Most recently, Fadel was Vice President Operations of Le Meridien Middle East and West Asia.  His 26 years tenure in the hospitality industry include 10 years as a hotel general manager and 16 years in various senior management positions with Sheraton, Radisson SAS Hotels and Le Meridien. 

About Hospitality Marketing Concepts

Headquartered in Southern California, Hospitality Marketing Concepts is the world's leading provider of travel industry membership and database management programs with 500,000 members and a network of over 700 premier hotel and resort clients around the world, including Le Meridien, Hilton, Shangri-la, Ritz, Mandarin Oriental, St. Regis, Husa and Orbis. For more information about Hospitality Marketing Concepts or CLUBHOTEL, contact Tom Maloof, Chief Financial Officer at 949/454-1800 or via email at [email protected]. 

More information about Hospitality Marketing Concepts and CLUBHOTEL can be found on the company�s web site at www.clubhotel.com and http://hmc.clubhotel.com.