The site, located at http:/www.hotel-intl.com, has offered the most comprehensive database of hotel listings on the Internet since its founding in 1995. The database includes detailed information on more than 100,000 properties in 17,500 cities worldwide. The website offers online booking at more than 58,000 properties.

With the addition of airline reservations, rental car reservations, and e-commerce with Aaron's Travel Store, Aaron's Travel Resource Center becomes a strong player in the online travel market, which is estimated to exceed $29 billion by 2003.

"With our entry into the full-service business, we're making a long-haul commitment to our customers and potential customers to be their number one source of travel information and online booking," said Mark Plihcik, company spokesperson.

According to Plihcik, what distinguishes Aaron's Travel Resource Center from other players in the market is content. "We have more information on more hotels than any other travel site, period," he noted. "All of the other sites have linked in with the CRS, and with some minor differences, list the same 30,000 to 40,000 hotels. We offer online booking at more than 58,000 hotels and lodging properties worldwide, and detailed property information on more than 100,000 hotels. Combine that with comprehensive airline ticketing and global rental car reservations, and that gives us a real advantage when it comes to offering a consumer value, choice, and flexibility in making their business or leisure travel plans."

The addition of the e-commerce is also adding value to the consumer experience, Plihcik noted. "We offer many products which the vast majority of consumers will have a difficult or impossible time finding because they don't live or work near a retail outlet which stocks them," he said. The company plans to add new products over the next several months.

Aaron's Travel Resource Center will continue to develop its proprietary lodging properties database. The company offers free web pages to all hotels and lodging properties as well as the ability to offer real-time confirmed reservations on the property's own web page with no monthly fees. Additional enhancements, such as photographs, 360-degree panoramic photos, and streaming video, are available for annual fees.

About Aaron Corporation

Aaron Corporation (http:/www.hotel-intl.com), founded in 1995, owns and operates a full service online travel website offering airline, car rental, lodging reservations, and many ancillary travel related resources.  The company owns and maintains the largest, most content rich database of online lodging properties in the industry providing unparalleled consumer choice. Accommodation properties worldwide can add their property online or e-mail [email protected], or phone 1-888-675-0024.  The company provides local and regional reservation services for convention and visitor bureaus, chambers of commerce, and other websites.

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