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SRS Hotels Selects WorldRes and Places to Stay as its Newest Internet Booking System

SAN MATEO, C.A., June 3 -- SRS Hotels, a consortium of more than 330  hotels in 56 countries, has selected WorldRes, Inc. as its newest  Internet booking system.  The announcement was made jointly today by
Peter Agel, chief executive of SRS Hotels (based in Frankfurt,  Germany) and Eric Christensen, chief executive officer of WorldRes.

With this agreement, SRS properties will be featured on WorldRes'  Places To Stay Web site (http://www.placestostay.com) with online  reservation capability. According to Agel, "We were attracted to WorldRes because of its  superior Internet booking engine and its ability to interface with our
central reservation system, TRUST International, and our existing Web  site (http://www.srshotels.com)."  SRS Hotels was also attracted to  Places To Stay, WorldRes' technologically advanced hotel site on the
Web, which includes a wide-area search function.

                               "The WorldRes search function is of enormous benefit, because it  enables consumers to quickly determine hotel availability by a  particular city or region without taking the time to check each hotel
individually," said Edward N. Brill, vice president of the Americas,  SRS Hotels.  "They can easily find and select a property, make a  reservation, and receive immediate booking confirmation." WorldRes  will assist SRS Hotels with proactive Internet marketing programs,  including targeted marketing via e-mail to online travelers.  SRS
Hotels also will use WorldRes to market SRS properties to a wide range  of customers worldwide on Places To Stay and other major travel and  destination sites.

                                WorldRes' CEO Eric Christensen said the agreement "links two  highly innovative companies, and our partnership will enable us to  develop and implement a complete Internet sales and marketing strategy
for the collection of SRS Hotels. SRS Hotels is widely recognized as  providing a high level of global sales and marketing services to some  of the world¹s finest properties.  We are very proud to have our  technology selected and endorsed by one of the world¹s leading hotel  companies."

                                SRS Hotels offers three highly recognizable collections of hotels,  including "The Deluxe Collection," hotels of refined elegance and  luxurious comfort; "The First Class Collection," hotels of casual
elegance, superior class and high quality; and "The Comfort  Collection," hotels characterized by casual ambiance, intimate  atmosphere and moderate price.  The consortium provides a wide variety  of corporate, group and leisure marketing and sales programs,  including Dollars & Sense, a special rate program of up to 50% off  normal rates for travelers.

                                WorldRes, Inc. (http://www.worldres.com), founded in 1995,  provides Internet sales and marketing technologies and services to  hotel properties around the world, at no fixed cost.  Using the latest
Internet technology, WorldRes allows individual hotels and hotel  companies to take reservations from multiple sources, using a single  interface.  Based in San Mateo, California, WorldRes also operates the  consumer travel Web site, Places To Stay  (http://www.placestostay.com).  Properties and hotel companies  interested in enrolling in the WorldRes system can contact WorldRes  sales at (415) 372-1700, or apply online on the WorldRes Web site.
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CONTACTS:

Lissa Dutton                       Rick Keating                         Kurt M. Genden
WorldRes, Inc.                   Keating Communications   Middleton & Gendron, Inc.
(415) 372-1715                     (212) 760-2400                       (212) 980-9060
[email protected]    [email protected]              [email protected]

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