Marriott Golf Debuts Rounds & Rooms
PHOEONIZ, AZ, August 5, 2005. Marriott Golf, the world's largest resort golf management company, today introduced a first-of-its-kind golf resort reservation system, "Rounds & Rooms," designed to simplify travel planning by allowing golfers to simultaneously book tee times and hotel rooms at 19 golf properties featuring 29 leading golf courses worldwide.
Now available at http://www.marriottgolf.com, golfers can select a participating golf resort and book their tee times and hotel rooms instantly online. The new service marks the first time a collection of leading golf resort properties, based throughout the world, have come together to offer a one-stop booking solution that includes both tee times and lodging. Marriott Golf, the golf management organization of Marriott International, Inc., is offering this service in collaboration with GolfHero, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based global technology leader in the golf travel industry, and EZLinks, operator of the world's largest network for golf reservations.
"Through the GolfHero technology, Marriott Golf is able to bring our portfolio of leading golf resorts together to provide golfers a simple method for booking their golf vacation," said Ed Utz, director of marketing for Marriott Golf. "Golfers have always been forced to find a resort, book a lodging package and then call for tee times. Now, we provide an entire system for reserving a complete golf vacation online, with a choice of 29 premier golf courses."
The participating golf resorts include: Camelback Golf Club (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Cattails at MeadowView (Kingsport, Tenn.), Doral Golf Resort (Miami, Fla.), The Frog Golf Club (Villa Rica, Ga.), Griffin Gate Golf Resort (Lexington, Ky.), Hawk's Landing Golf Club, Grande Pines Golf Club and The Faldo Golf Institute (Orlando, Fla.), The Rookery at Marco (Naples, Fla.), Mirage City Golf Club (Cairo, Egypt), Rancho Las Palmas Golf Club (Rancho Mirage, Calif.), Renaissance PineIsle Golf Resort (Lake Lanier Island, Ga.), Royal St. Kitts Golf Club (Basseterre, St. Kitts), Seaview Golf Resort (Galloway, NJ), Stone Mountain Golf Club (Stone Mountain, Ga.), Desert Springs Golf Resort and Shadow Ridge Golf Club (Palm Desert, Calif.), Westfields Golf Club (Clifton, Va.) and Wildfire Golf Club (Phoenix, Ariz.). Marriott Golf currently manages a portfolio of 45 properties, including 60 golf courses, and expects participation in the "Rounds & Rooms" program to increase substantially by the end of 2005.
"We are very excited about this partnership with the world's leading golf resort management company," said Roy Staten, founder of GolfHero. "Given Marriott's collection of golf resorts, this reservation service will set the standard for booking golf vacations online."
"Marriott Golf has been an important partner to EZLinks since 1997, and we are always excited to help them find new, innovative ways to increase service and value for their loyal customers," said Andy Weeks, CEO of EZLinks.
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 
