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Seeking Profitable Total Internet Solution, RFS Brings CAIS and HotelNet.com Together

Hotel Net Portal� Becomes the Start Screen When Guests use CAIS�  Internet Access

 
Denver, Colo., Washington, D.C., & Memphis, Tenn. � (September 14, 2000) � STS Hotel Net, CAIS Internet and RFS Hotel Investors, Inc. have partnered to provide a total Internet solution to hotel guests in some 24 states. The personalized Hotel Net Portal� becomes the start screen when guests use CAIS� high-speed Internet access at RFS� 62 managed U.S. hotels. 

Guests using the high-speed service will log on to www.HotelNet.com at no charge.  The portal features customized hotel-specific information; virtual tours of local restaurants; travel reservation options; personalized stocks, sports, weather, and news; online shopping; and a variety of business productivity tools. Should guests choose to access other Internet sites outside the Hotel Net Portal, they agree to a nominal fee.  

�The Hotel Net Portal�s personalized content and CAIS� high speed access is a combined service that will bring our guest relationships and our hotel offerings to a new level,� says Randy Churchey, President and COO of RFS Hotel Investors, Inc. 

�Deciding our Internet business strategy was first,� says Churchey. �After selecting HotelNet.com as the exclusive Portal to RFS Hotels, STS Hotel Net assisted us throughout the high-speed access RFP process. By bringing CAIS and HotelNet.com together, we believe we have a profitable total Internet solution that will be truly valuable for our guests.� 

The Hotel Net Portal will be the customized front page with hotel-specific information for each RFS hotel.  Guests logging on to the Hotel Net Portal will have a consistent online experience across RFS Hotel Investor�s multiple hotel brands. The free access to HotelNet.com is expected to drive guest use of CAIS' high speed Internet access.

The Hotel Net Portal provides online media and Internet applications for the traveler and the hospitality industry.  The Hotel Net Portal� provides guest specific content, local merchant information, business communication services, and e-commerce applications for shopping on the Internet.  Hotel companies who want to expand their brand presence and guest relationships use the Hotel Net Portal to create a customized online guest experience.  

The Hotel Net Portal is platform agnostic, meaning hotel guests can access HotelNet.com from a laptop, television, wireless device, personal digital assistant (PDA), or in-room PC, increasing the number of opportunities for use of the customized content and personalized services.  STS Hotel Net believes that delivering a tasteful, rich online guest experience, regardless of how the guest connects, is the single most important decision a hotel can make about its Internet strategy. 

This press release contains forward-looking statements and possible statements regarding future operating results and the timing and composition of revenues, among others. 

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Contact:
STS Hotel Net LLC
Corporate site: www.stshotelnet.com
Portal site: www.hotelnet.com 
1100 Stout Street, Suite 1400
Denver, CO 80204
Phone: 303.623.8880
Fax: 303.623.8881
 [email protected]

Also See MeriStar Hotels & Resorts Launches Total Internet Solution; The Hotel Net Portal, Powered by Wayport's High-speed Internet Connection / August 2000 
STS Hotel Net Raised $2.5 million in Venture Capital in Support of the Hotelnet.com Portal; Now Online in 800 Denver Hotel Rooms / March 2000 


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