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Metamend Selected
by Club Intrawest
For Search Engine Optimization
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| Victoria, B.C. (Jan. 13, 2005) -- Metamend today announced
the firm's search engine optimization technology and website
optimization services have been selected by Club Intrawest, for www.clubintrawest.com. Thousands of skiers and golfers rate Intrawest among the leaders in the leisure industry. With a network of vacation destinations ranging from towering ski mountains to endless miles of emerald green championship golf courses and unspoiled, pristine beaches, the Club Intrawest network of Club locations has captured the hearts of a loyal and growing vacation club customer base. The private resort club features nine exclusive resorts around the world, each one designed to reflect the culture and architecture of the region. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Club Intrawest is the private resort club operation within the Intrawest Corporation, which is a publicly traded company listed on the New York (IDR) and Toronto (ITW) stock exchanges. Metamend's (www.metamend.com) optimization service incorporates years of web page optimization skills combined with proprietary website optimization software which together tune web sites to reach their maximum performance within the world's top search engines.  Metamend's SEO
technology contextually analyzes a web site's content, and uses that
data as the base on which to promote the web site. The process is
designed to both remove existing search engine barriers and ensure that
the search engines can properly index and classify a web site based on
its content, thereby maximizing a web site's potential for attracting
search engine traffic by achieving higher relevant search engine
rankings from organic search results.Hannah Payne, Manager, Web Services says ìWe are very excited to be working with Metamend. We believe their SEO technology will significantly improve the visibility and exposure that www.clubintrawest.com gets through internet searches.î Richard Zwicky, Metamend CEO issued the following statement. "We are very proud to have been selected by Club Intrawest to provide our optimization services to this world class organization. They are a market leading Fortune 1000 company, respected across all industries. Earlier this year we introduced optimization services specifically targeting the hotel and tourism industry. The hospitality industry is a highly competitive marketplace, where individual properties are competing for customers not just with direct competitors but also with consolidators, agencies, discounters, and their affiliates. We are witnessing the leaders in the field recognize that the search engines offer a key strategic advantage in reaching potential customers and extending their market reach. We look forward to working with Club Intrawest, and helping drive customers to their properties." About Metamend Metamend's search engine optimization service is a popular choice for marketing firms, web design houses, and ISP's wishing to outsource non-core business services to specialized providers. The company also offers hosting companies and managed service provider's white labeled web site optimization services for their clients. The company currently has successful clients on 5 continents and in 54 countries around the world. About Club Intrawest.  Club Intrawest is managed by Intrawest Resort Club Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intrawest Corporation, North America's leading developer and operator of four-season destination resorts. Club Intrawest's locations include: Whistler/Blackcomb, rated North America's #1 winter resort destination; Panorama, British Columbia; Vancouver, British Columbia; Blue Mountain, Ontario; Tremblant, Quebec; Palm Desert, California; Kauai, Hawaii; Sandestin, Florida and Zihuatanejo, Mexico. |
| Contact: Jacqueline Voci Director of Marketing Club Intrawest Telephone: 604-689-8816 Fax: 604-685-5695 www.clubintrawest.com |