Hotel Online Special Report 
hsupply.com Named to InfoWorld’s top 100 e-businesses hsupply.com only hospitality e-procurement marketplace named to the list ATLANTA, Oct. 18, 2000 – hsupply.com has been selected one of InfoWorld’s top 100 e-businesses in its annual “InfoWorld e-Business 100.” hsupply.com is the only hospitality e-procurement marketplace named to the list.
InfoWorld selected hsupply.com among 100 e-businesses that it views as “innovative and viable.” The magazine chose top companies spanning 19 industries for the special section, which is available in the current print and online editions of the publication. The “InfoWorld e-Business 100” can be viewed online at http://www.infoworld.com/iw100/iw100list.html.
“We looked for companies that used technology to enhance external customer or trading partner relationships, to revamp current business transactions using Internet-based technology, to reinvent the business model, or to create new market opportunities,” InfoWorld states in its introduction to the “e-Business 100” section. “We chose these companies to represent a wide diversity of e-businesses’ approaches, ones that we think are innovative and viable.”
More than 400 hotel properties are actively making transactions on hsupply.com and customer retention is at 96 percent. In addition, more than 25 management companies representing more than 30 brands have signed on to procure supplies through an hsupply marketplace.
“A successful e-business must incorporate so much more than technology,” said Ravi Kalakota, CEO of hsupply.com and a best-selling author on e-business. “For hsupply.com, a strong business model, top-notch customer service and close relationships with both suppliers and buyers are our most important considerations. We integrate smart business operations with cutting-edge technology, which is why, we believe, InfoWorld named us among the top e-businesses.”
Earlier this year, hsupply.com was named to Forbes Best of the Web: B2B guide, where the company was among 200 of the most promising and competitive e-commerce companies based on criteria including each company’s strategy, execution, financial staying power and web site.
“We continue to gain national recognition because we are steadily deploying properties and adding value to our customers’ businesses,” said Larry Hall, president of hsupply.com. “The technology is proven and hsupply is taking costs out of this industry’s supply chain, from placing orders to making payments – all attesting to our success.”
About hsupply.com
hsupply.com is a leading B2B e-services company that is reinventing procurement for the $50 billion hospitality supplies industry. Its unique Next.0™ approach integrates the power of the Internet, customer relationship management and comprehensive supply chain management into a seamless, one-source destination site – the hsupply.com Marketplace – to allow product selection, ordering, fulfillment, tracking, payment, and reporting to be performed via one easy-to-use tool. Designed to meet the disparate needs of hotel buyers, franchisors and suppliers, the hsupply.com Marketplace facilitates the entire procurement process from search to settlement.
Contact: Amy Schulz hsupply.com 404/705-9450, ext. 171 [email protected] http://www.hsupply.com Also See Sealy and United Stationers Integrated with hsupply.com to Realize Extended Market Reach / Sept 2000 hsupply.com Customizing its e-Procurement Channel for Asian American Hotel Owners Association / August 2000