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Do I need to register to view Hotel Online?

Hotel Online is asking for voluntary registration. You register just once on your first visit. In the near future we may ask for your email address as an "id" to enter Hotel Online. The reasons for registration are to develop demographics of our users for marketing and contractual purposes. Our Business Plan allows for Hotel Online to always be a "free" service to the user.

If I have content that I wish to share with the Hospitality Industry...what do I do?

We likely have a spot for you in our Industry Resources. We want to provide you and your company with an "introduction to your firm" that our viewers will be able to interact with - meaning hyperlinks to your web site and direct email to you. Your “intro” includes all the online marketing you desire. In return Hotel Online will create an index of your articles and reports you wish to share with the industry. If you transmit your documents(s) to us via email as 'word.doc' attachment we can have your information online within hours. Your articles reside in our data base and are searchable. Depending on the quality of the content, particiaption in Industry Resources may be arranged for as little as US $50.00 per month.

How do your classifieds work?

Hotel Online has an efficient method to get your ad online...fast. Our classified categories are arranged by classification, then by country state and city. You may insert an ad of up to 500 words using the paste command from your word processor. Your email address provides you with a private response if you desire anonymity. The cost of the ad is just (US) $25.00 per classification for 30 days!

Where do you get the news?

Hotel Online has contracted with Knight Ridder Tribune Business News (over 70 papers in the US), Business Wire and PR Newswire to provide a continuous satellite feed of hospitality relevant news articles. The full text articles are archived for either 30 days or 60 days depending on the source of the news. On any given day we have upwards of 1,200 hospitality news articles online and easily searched using Hotel Online's Search Tool. Our Business Plan allows the news articles to be free to the viewer!

What is the purpose of the View Point Forum?

Got a question? Need to vent an idea? Looking for something? The View Point Forum is the 90's way to communicate with the entire world. Post your thought (no limit on length) to the View Point Forum text box and let the responses come in. The respondent may post a response privately to your email address or to the View Point Forum to keep the topic going.

Who owns Hotel Online?

Hotel Online was started by Richard L. Johnson in April, 1995 as a sole proprietorship. The service went online in November, 1996. Johnson is a 25 year veteran of the Hosptitality Industry. His industry experience provides the guide to what Hotel Online is publishing online.

How to Contact Hotel Online

1.  Richard L. Johnson dba Hotel Online provides information services (the "Services") to those persons ("Users") who utilize its Service.

2.  By using the Service, each User agrees to be bound by all of the Conditions of Use set forth in the following paragraphs.

3.  No User may reproduce, or otherwise utilize, for commercial purposes the information provided by Hotel Online through the Service without the written permission of Hotel Online. Consequently, without such written permission, no User may resell or commercially exploit the names, addresses or other data obtained by use of the service.

4.  Each User acknowledges that Hotel Online or it's information providers has copyrighted the contents of the Service as a compilation copyright and that reproductions, redistribution or publication of such content is prohibited without the express written consent of Hotel Online or it's information providers.

5.  Hotel Online reserves the right in its sole discretion to deny access to any User.

6.  By providing information to Hotel Online, each User hereby grants permission for Hotel Online to use such information for any purpose unless a restriction on such use is transmitted to Hotel Online by e-mail prior to such use. Hotel Online shall not, however sell such information to any person for the purpose of solicitation of any kind. .

7.  Each User hereby indemnifies Hotel Online and it's information providers against any liability relating to Hotel Online's use of information provided by such User or relating to such User's violation of these Conditions of Use.

8.  Each User agrees to discontinue any communication with persons listed within Hotel Online upon the request of such persons.

9.  Hotel Online undertakes no responsibility to review the contents of any information provided to Users, including but not limited to information accessed through links to other sites and forwarded e-mail, and by using the Service each User agrees that Hotel Online shall have no liability for such contents.

10.  These Conditions of Use may be modified by Hotel Online or it's information providers at any time by publication through the Service.

11.  EACH USER EXPRESSLY AGREES THAT USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT THE USER'S SOLE RISK. NEITHER Hotel Online NOR ANY OF ITS LICENSORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DOES Hotel Online OR ANY OF ITS LICENSORS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE SERVICE. THE SERVICE IS DISTRIBUTED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR OTHERWISE, OTHER THAN THOSE WARRANTIES WHICH ARE IMPLIED BY AND INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION, RESTRICTION, OR MODIFICATION UNDER THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO THIS SERVICE. NEITHER HOTEL ONLINE NOR ANY ONE ELSE INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DELIVERING THE SERVICE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF USE OF THE SERVICE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE OR OUT OF ANY BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY.