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Palm Springs Area Golf Now Being Promoted Through �teetime-online��
 
 
PALM SPRINGS, CA AUGUST 13, 1998 --- Designed to avoid sand traps when making tee time reservation on area golf courses, locally based companies, Desert Publications Inc. and SofTime Inc, have joined forces to promote Palm Springs area golf through �teetime-online��. The announcement of the joint Internet venture was made at a recent meeting with area golf club managers.  Golf courses were encouraged to reserve their web site with teetime-online� by September of 1998 in preparation for this season�s golf visitors. 

Expanding on an existing Internet service currently provided to Desert Falls Country Club by SofTime Inc, teetime-online� will provide current and potential club members, area residents and visitors, hotel concierges, travel agents and others with easy 24-hour access to tee time reservations at participating public, private and semi-private valley golf courses. 

According to Todd May, webmaster for Desert Publications, Inc. which also oversees the Palm Springs Desert Resorts Visitors & Convention Bureau�s website, desert-resort.com, �teetime-online� is being designed as a very user-friendly Internet service.  Clubhouse computers will host the tee time reservation system to ensure quick, proper handling of all reservations.  As an added benefit to clubs, each individual golf course website will be linked to desert-resorts.com, an established valley website, which received an average of over 500,000, hits a month from around the world.  Choosing teetime-online� will not only provide area golf courses with that necessary edge in today�s competitive market, it will also provide them with the higher profile they desire for their websites.� 

Golfers who make reservations through teetime-online� will be greeted by a customized website and online display of the tee times available nearest their requested time.  A confirmation number is provided for each reservation and cancellations can also be handled, according to each individual club policy, through the club�s website. 

�Traditional methods of securing tee times over the phone can be a nightmare for golfers, especially in season,� said Peter Hughes, Vice-President of SofTime.  �We expect this promotion and the added convenience of teetime-online� to have a very positive effect on the valley�s golf economy.  We also expect that area golf clubs will broaden their membership appeal through these new teetime-online� services, and that Palm Springs will continue to be promoted as the world�s premier golf resort destination.� 

Hughes believes that private golf clubs who sign up for teetime-online� will enhance their exclusivity through well designed sites and by member passwords and e-mail addresses associated with the prestigious golf course names. 

SofTime Inc is located in La Quinta, California.  The company�s reservation management software, teetime-online� was created by a golf professional in collaboration with a systems architect and programmer.  Kenneth Waxlax is SofTime�s Chief Executive Office and Michael Stone is Executive Vice President.  For more information about SofTime, please call 760-564-5168 or visit their website at www.teetime-online.com

Nationally known Epoch Internet of Irvine, California will provide the networking system for teetime-online�. A new addition to SofTime�s Internet service, Epoch brings a vast knowledge and experience of up-to-date networking technology. 

Desert Publications, Inc. in Palm Springs, which publishes the award-winning Palm Springs Life magazine, as well as many other well-known publications, publishes the Palm Springs Desert Resorts Convention and Visitors Bureau�s Website, desert-resorts.com.  Webmaster, Todd May, has created and maintained over 75 websites and has served as a consultant for several commercial web design firms. 
 

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Contact:
SofTime Inc
Telephone (888) 400-1113 
E-mail [email protected] 
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Also See:
EZLinks Golf Partners with Virtual Visits to Expand Online Tee Times / July 1998 

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