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  Loews Hotels, Inc. Utilizing TravelCLICK�s 
Phaser and Hotelligence Reports for Detailed Rate 
and Reservation Reports Specific to Their Competitive Set

Chicago, Aug 21, 2000 -  Richard W. Gray, chairman and co-CEO of TravelCLICK, Inc., announced today that Loews Hotels, Inc. has subscribed to TravelCLICK�s Phaser and Hotelligence Reports data product lines on a brand-wide basis. 

The new Phaser and Hotelligence Reports will provide each of Loews 16 U.S.  and Canadian properties with detailed rate and reservation reports specific to their competitive set. This historical and future pricing and promotion information will empower Loews to strategically position their properties to travel agents and potential guests throughout the world and, thus, maximize revenue. 

Phaser integrates information from Central Reservation Systems (CRS) and Global Distribution Systems (GDS) to provide property executives with diagnostic tools to adjust future pricing, promotions and restrictions.  Hotelligence Reports deliver sales and marketing information, help evaluate promotional offers and produce performance baselines against select competitive sets. 

�TravelCLICK�s Phaser and Hotelligence Reports give us the tools to evaluate our market penetration and placement, and adjust our offerings accordingly,� said Charlotte St. Martin, executive vice president, Sales and Marketing, Loews Hotels, Inc. �Not in a long time have I seen a product as exciting as Hotelligence � one that aggregates the information we need to determine both short-term and long-term marketing strategies.� 

�We are extremely pleased that Loews has chosen to make TravelCLICK�s comprehensive reporting products their distribution management tools of choice,� said Gray. �By offering customized, consultative solutions tailored to their distinct requirements, TravelCLICK will arm Loews Hotels with detailed data essential to examining their current business position and setting a course for their future promotions.� 

�TravelCLICK data reporting tools offer a one-stop reporting source to help our hotel clients plan the most effective promotion strategies for their market needs,� said Ray Cohen, president and co-CEO, TravelCLICK. �We look forward to helping Loews track market share and travel agency booking information, as well as providing them with distribution system analysis and revenue management tools.� 



Take control of your hotel's financial future and get the advice you need to exceed your performance goals.  TravelCLICK offers a cost-effective and flexible way to communicate promotional messages to travel agents and consumers. We also provide customized reports to help you analyze the competition.
Data Products

TravelCLICK data products empower hotel managers and the hospitality industry to track historical and future pricing and promotion trends, and adjust their property offerings accordingly. 

PHASER integrates information from Central Reservation Systems (CRS) and GDS. This powerful set of diagnostic tools enables hotel executives to adjust future pricing, promotions and restrictions, and thus, maximize a property�s potential revenue. 

Hotelligence Reports deliver sales and marketing information, evaluate promotional offers, and produce baseline product and service evaluations against a specific competitive set. These historical reports equip hotel executives with broad-based data assessments to enhance their strategic and operational decision-making and are invaluable in predicting trends in guest traffic and average daily rate (ADR). Worldspan information will soon be added to the service�s existing data from Galileo, Sabre, Abacus and Axcess.  Currently, Hotelligence boasts a 95 percent subscriber retention rate. 

ChannelTRAC, the industry�s preeminent benchmarking service, compiles and normalizes information provided by member hotels in order to analyze a property�s productivity and consumer demand. 

Media Products

TravelCLICK�s media products provide an extremely effective and efficient way to offer consumer - specific hotel packages and property news directly to the travel agent. These media products are interfaced with the travel agents� system so that only client-relevant offers are displayed. 

Galileo Headlines are targeted, relevant messages that appear on air, hotel and car availability screens at the point of sale on more than 121,000 terminals worldwide. 

Sabre and ABACUS PromoSpots are specific promotional messages used to reach travel agents at the point of sale on more than 149,000 terminals worldwide. 

Galileo Featured Property provides hotels with priority display status across all Galileo/Apollo terminals. Client hotels appear at the top of property lists and are highlighted throughout the screen. 



Established in 1996 as Global Marketing Services (GMS), the company entered into an investment partnership with Bain Capital, Inc. in 1999 to fuel its expansion. Recently, the company changed its name to TravelCLICK to reflect an expanded product base.

TravelCLICK has a rapidly growing workforce of over 270 employees spanning more than 140 countries. The company has divisional offices in New York; Chicago; San Francisco; Geneva, Switzerland; and Melbourne, Australia. 


TravelCLICK data products provide hotel managers and the hospitality industry with specified rate and reservation reports culled from the world�s most comprehensive data sets available. The company�s media products provide hotels and other travel suppliers with highly targeted, cost-effective ways to offer packages and property news to travel agents. 

Established in 1996 as Global Marketing Services (GMS), the company entered into an investment partnership with Bain Capital, Inc. in 1999 to fuel its expansion. Recently, the company changed its name to TravelCLICK to reflect an expanded product base, including PHASER, Hotelligence Reports, ChannelTRAK, Galileo Headlines, Sabre and Abacus PromoSpots, Sabre Virtually There and Galileo Featured Property. 

TravelCLICK customers include thousands of individual properties from national and international hotel and resort chains, and other travel suppliers, such as Accor; AirFrance; Avis; British Airways; Choice Management & Realty Services; Delta Hotels & Resorts; Fairmont Hotels & Resorts; Forte Hotels; Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts; Hilton Hotels Corporation; Hyatt Hotels & Resorts; Kimpton Hotel Group; Leading Hotels of the World; Loews Hotels, Inc.; Lufthansa; Marriott Hotels, Resorts and Suites; The Peninsula Group; Radisson; The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co.; SAS; The Savoy Group; Shangri-La Hotels; Sol Melia; Starwood Hotels & Resorts; USAirways; Utell International; and Virgin Atlantic.

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Contact:
TravelCLICK, Inc. 
Nancy Hill, 847/969-0822 
[email protected] 
www.travelclick.net

Also See Hyatt International the First to Subscribe to TravelCLICK�s Hotelligence Reports On a Brand-Wide Basis / May 2000


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