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 Hotel Booking Solutions Incorporated Selected by Unique Vacations
to Provide Demand Management for Sandals and Beaches Resorts
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Atlanta, Georgia, (May 2, 2006) Hotel Booking Solutions Incorporated (HBSI) a leading provider of Demand ManagementSM technologies and services to the global travel industry, announced today that Unique Vacations Inc., the worldwide representatives for Sandals and Beaches Resorts, has signed an agreement to implement Demand Management technologies and services at 16 Sandals,  Beaches Resorts and Royal Plantation properties located across five of the most idyllic islands in the Caribbean � Jamaica, St. Lucia, Turks and Caicos, Bahamas and Antigua. 

The companies have collaborated on plans to establish an interface through HBSI�s Demand GatewayTM technology platform that enables Unique Vacations Inc. to manage their numerous tour operators and online distribution channels from a single source, providing them access to real-time rates and availability. Until now, due to previous technology limitations, a large majority of the resort company�s numerous tour operators and wholesale partners were required to build and maintain rates and availability in their own systems. HBSI Demand Management will simplify Unique Vacations� complex distribution environment by streamlining their entire product distribution process, allowing the resort company to become the supplier of choice due to its innovative connectivity solution that increases efficiency and lowers costs for its tour operators. 

�This long-term Demand Management initiative with Hotel Booking Solutions provides a new and improved vehicle for our tour operators.  It will significantly simplify the selling of Sandals and Beaches Resorts and Royal Plantation, while making the distribution process more cost efficient for them,� said Dan Snepp, Senior Vice President of Distribution and Revenue Management for Unique Vacations Inc.  �We are delighted to be working with such a forward-thinking organization as HBSI, and are looking forward to the impact that this initiative will provide in improved efficiencies and positive working relationships with our tour operators.� 

HBSI�s Demand GatewayTM technology integrates the multitude of complex distribution channel models that make up Unique Vacations� channel partners, irrespective of channel size, relationship, or technical sophistication, and provides a single, robust two-way interface from those channels directly into the company�s proprietary reservation system.   From the Demand Gateway, Unique Vacations Inc. will enable automated movement of room availability, rates, reservations, restrictions and other data elements from its properties to any distributor with whom the company has a contractual relationship.  Initial connections as part of this Demand Management initiative will include members of HBSI�s Demand Partner NetworkSM that includes well-respected companies such as Certified Vacations, Liberty Travel/GoGo Worldwide Vacations, Mark Travel, Travel Impressions and US Airways Vacations. 

�HBSI is very excited about our new relationship with Unique Vacations and the value we bring to this organization,� said Alan Young, Vice President of Sales for HBSI.   �It is great to see Sandals and Beaches, the leader in ultra all-inclusive vacations, become part of this forward-thinking technology initiative.  Their combination of luxury product and guest experience coupled with HBSI�s leading Demand Management technologies and services is clearly a winning formula.� 

About Hotel Booking Solutions Incorporated

Hotel Booking Solutions Incorporated provides Demand Management technologies and services to the global travel industry. As the established thought and practice leader in the emerging discipline of Demand Management HBSI and its intelligent Demand Management solutions bring order and simplicity to travel distribution, enabling travel companies to unlock the revenue potential that lies within their complex distribution environment. HBSI�s proven Demand Management technology and services enable sophisticated operators including Harrah�s Entertainment, LibGo Travel, Travelocity and Intrawest Leisure realize significant improvements in their customer relationships, inventory optimization and financial performance. Hotel Booking Solutions Incorporated, with headquarters in Atlanta and offices in Dallas, Toronto and Zell am See, Austria, represents one of the fastest growing companies in the Demand Management discipline. For more information, visit www.hotelbookingsolutions.com.

About Unique Vacations, Inc.
Founded in 1981, Unique Vacations serves as the exclusive worldwide representative for both Sandals and Beaches Resorts. Based in Miami, Florida, Unique Vacations serves as the brands sales center, travel agent liaison, and the focal point for marketing, consumer loyalty programs, mailing and collateral fulfillment as well as advertising and public relations activities.

About Sandals Resorts
Sandals Resorts is the largest operator of luxury, ultra-inclusive resorts in the Caribbean. Sandals has a total of 12 couples-only properties, including seven in Jamaica, three in St. Lucia, one in Antigua and one in Nassau, Bahamas. Recently unveiled are the newly refurbished Sandals Dunn�s River Villaggio Golf Resort & Spa and the Sandals Grande Ocho Rios Beach & Villa Resort, and the brand-new Sandals Whitehouse European Village & Spa.

About Beaches Resorts
Beaches Resorts has been the ultimate family getaway since 1997, where both parents and kids can enjoy a vacation of their own. Here the best of everything is included in one simple price -- gourmet meals, anytime snacks and premium brand drinks, land and watersports, luxurious accommodations, and even tipping. New amenities include Butler Service for top category suites, Red Lane Spas - combining European traditions with a Caribbean flair - and Preston Bailey Signature WeddingMoons�. Four locations, on the Caribbean's best beaches in Jamaica, Turks and Caicos, include Kids Kamps, signature Xbox Game Oasis video games centers, water theme parks and expert childcare provided by Beaches' own Ultra Nannies. Beaches Resorts is part of the Sandals' family, the Caribbean's largest operator of luxury, ultra all-inclusive resorts.  For more information about Beaches Resorts, call 1-800-BEACHES or visit the Web site at www.beaches.com.

About Royal Plantation:
Quietly elegant and perched on two private white-sand beaches overlooking the Caribbean Sea, Royal Plantation in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, is a stylish and luxurious British Colonial-inspired, 74 ocean-view suite beach hideaway with a three-bedroom private villa. Built almost five decades ago with classic Colonial Caribbean style, this historically rich and recently renewed oceanfront property has recaptured the subdued grace of days gone by and installed a level of time-honored genuine Jamaican service that evokes its roots. A member of The Leading Small Hotels of The World and Leading Spas of the World, Royal Plantation is also the recipient of three American Academy of Hospitality Science Five Star Diamond Awards and winner of the Resort and Great Hotels Connoisseurs Choice Award for 2004, and is Green Globe Certified. For more information, visit www.royalplantation.com or call 1-888-48-ROYAL (487-6925).

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Contact:

Kevin Ruhman
Hotel Booking Solutions Incorporated
(972)335-0027
[email protected]

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Also See: Harrah's Selects Hotel Booking Solutions Incorporated for Room Demand Management Solution / April 2006
Can HBSI's Demand ManagementSM unlock your hidden revenue potential? CEO Larry Hall discusses this emerging discipline that brings order and simplicity to the complex travel distribution environment / March 2006
Hotel Booking Solutions Incorporated Enters into Alliance with IBS Group to Expand Its Ability to Offer Leading Demand ManagementSM Solutions for the Travel Industry / February 2006
Hotel Information Systems Taps Hotel Booking Solutions Incorporated, Increasing Distribution Channels For Its Clients / October 2005


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