Milestone Internet Marketing, Inc. Wins 5 WebAwards
Excellence in Internet Marketing for Hotels
SANTA CLARA, CA, October 1, 2008. Milestone Internet Marketing, a leading provider of Internet marketing solutions for the lodging industry, announced today that it won five awards in the recently concluded Web Marketing Association's 12th Annual WebAward competition. The websites won the Outstanding Websites and Standard of Excellence awards in the Hotel and Lodging category.
The websites were judged using seven criteria including design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copywriting, and ease of use. The highlights among the award winning websites were:
---|- Best Western Premier (www.bestwesternpremier.com) and Intercontinental Toronto which won the Outstanding Websites Award (http://www.torontocentre.intercontinental.com).
---|- Best Western Premier (http://www.bestwesternpremier.com) is developed using Milestone's recently released GalexiTM Content Management System that is targeted for the hospitality chains and brands. The website received an almost perfect score in all categories including a perfect 10 for ease of use.
The other 3 websites that won the Standard of Excellence award include the following:
---|- Experience Baltimore (http://www.travelguidebaltimore.com)
---|- Hotel Renew (www.hotelrenew.com)
---|- Wingate Inn Las Vegas (www.wingatelasvegas.com)
Experience Baltimore is a Web 2.0 Destination Blog website targeted for Social Media Optimization for a group of hotels based in Baltimore. The website provides information about the destination and at the same time offering the guests an opportunity to interact with the hotels and one another. Intercontinental Toronto and Hotel Renew are both targeted at the upscale luxury segment targeting consumers seeking branded upscale hotels or boutique hotels respectively. Wingate Las Vegas website represents the best in class in the mid-scale branded segment of the hospitality industry. The website won the award for its great appeal, richness of its content, and its search engine optimization that drives significant revenue to the hotel.
These awards for multiple websites, each with a different theme and a target market, ranging from a sophisticated 90+ hotels "Best Western Premier" to Social Media enabled "Experience Baltimore Blog," demonstrate Milestone's cutting edge strategies in multiple segments of the hospitality market. For more information about our products and company, visit www.milestoneinternet.com or blog.milestoneinternet.com, or call (888) 350-8396,
Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) is a global leading lodging company based in Bethesda,Maryland, USA, with more than 4,200 properties in 80 countries and territories. Marriott International reported revenues of nearly $14 billion in fiscal year 2014. The company operates and franchises hotels and licenses vacation ownership resorts under 19 brands, including: The Ritz-Carlton®, BVlgari®, EDITION®, JW Marriott®, Autograph Collection® Hotels, Renaissance® Hotels, Marriott Hotels®, Delta Hotels and Resorts®, Marriott Executive Apartments®, Marriott Vacation Club®, Gaylord Hotels®, AC Hotels by Marriott®, Courtyard®, Residence Inn®, SpringHill Suites®, Fairfield Inn & Suites®, TownePlace Suites®, Protea Hotels® and MoxyHotels®. Marriott has been consistently recognized as a top employer and for its superior business ethics. The company also manages the award-winning guest loyalty program, Marriott Rewards® and The Ritz-Carlton Rewards® program, which together surpass 50 million members. For more information or reservations, please visit our website at 
