Each Advisory Board Member will serve at the Company�s pleasure for a minimum one-year term, as will each Associate Member. The newly-appointed Board Members and Associate Members, are:

Board Members

Grace Abingayan-Hernandez
Director of Sales and Marketing, Sutton Place Hotel, Chicago

Steven Andre
General Manager, Hotel Derek, Houston

Hans Bruland
Vice President and General Manager, The Hay Adams Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Susan Cullen
Director of Sales and Marketing, The Lenox Hotel, Boston

Cathleen Flowers
Director of Sales, La Valencia Hotel, La Jolla

Stephen Galvan
Director of Sales and Marketing, Heathman Hotel, Portland

Kurt Kuen
Vice President, Sherlock Holmes Hotel & Plaza on the River,  London

Debbie McCarthy
Corporate Director of Sales, RockResorts, Denver

Mary Lou Pollack
General Manager, The Alex Hotel, New York City

Erin Campbell
Director of Corporate Sales, Quorum Hotels and Resorts, Denver

Gary Grant
Director of Sales and Marketing, Hotel Orrington, Evanston/Chicago

Marissa Hoppe
Director of Sales and Marketing, Westminster Hotel, Livingston, New Jersey

Tracie Houston
Director of Sales, Hotel ZaZa, Dallas

Jeff Jobe
General Manager, Heathman Hotel

Sydney Joung
Director of Sales and Marketing, Amalfi Hotel, Chicago

Michael McBride
Managing Director, The Hempel Hotel, London

Brian Tkac
Regional Director of Sales, Amalfi Hotel, Chicago

Charles Woo
President, The Sutton Place Hotels Group, Irvine, CA

A Time for Celebration and Focus

Carino said, �We are thrilled to announce our new Advisory Board Members and Associate Members, and are honored and grateful that such a prominent group of professionals is willing to serve.� He added, �The marketplace has recognized our track record of growth and innovation, and we are pleased to widen our circle of advisors by drawing on the knowledge, insight and energies of these distinguished individuals. We welcome each Member to the Board.�

Together, the Members bring an unmatched diversity of hospitality experience and expertise, gained at some of the most distinctive hotels in the world. CARINO counts among its member hotels more than 60 hotels in 48 cities and on four continents.

Carino also announced that the first meetings of the Advisory Board will be held in conjunction with the Meeting Planners International (MPI) conference in Miami, July 10-July 12, 2005.  He concluded, �We will meet in a spirit of celebration and also determination - as we reaffirm our commitment to becoming not only the fastest-growing, but also the most focused and customer-oriented sales representation company in the world.� 

About The CARINO Collection 

 With more than 60 hotels in nearly a dozen countries and the industry�s leading web-acessible database of corporate, leisure and group account information, The CARINO Collection is the only sales representation company that provides a centralized customer database, RFP tools and sales and marketing support for luxury hotels worldwide.  With offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Washington, D.C, and Philadelphia, CARINO is a full service sales and customer information company dedicated to assisting hotels with the sales process. 

For further information, visit us at www.carinocollection.com or contact Peter Kressaty at [email protected] or (212) 808-6590, fax (212) 808-6507. 

SalesConnect2.0TM is CARINO�s proprietary, real-time web-accessible database of corporate, leisure and group account information.  It enables hotel sales departments to maximize sales potential by accessing real-time, up-to-date contact and business profile information and historical travel statistics, on existing and potential clients. SalesConnect2.0TM is the only truly end-to-end  sales system, in which call reports and traces are integrated in real time, creating the hotel industry's first interactive, online data mining strategy tool.

Michael G. Frenkel
MFC PR
(212) 808-6556
[email protected]