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 3 December 2002
Hotelevision and FelCor Enter Into Agreement To Provide Access to 30,000 Hotel Rooms
 NEW YORK, New York and IRVING, Texas - Hotelevision, Inc. announced today the signing of a five year corporate agreement with FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated
[NYSE: FCH]
, one of the nation's largest hotel real estate investment trusts, to provide its 10 channel free-to-guest cable programming package. The agreement will include approximately 130 FelCor-owned hotels across the United States with brands such as Crowne Plaza®, Doubletree®, Embassy Suites® and Sheraton®.
Hotelevision's current 10 cable network package includes: The Biography Channel, Court TV, CNBC, ESPN Classic, Fox News, The Golf Channel, History Channel International, MSNBC, The Weather Channel and STARZ! Hotelevision extends the reach of its network partners by bringing them into hotels where they had previously been unavailable.
"This announcement is an exciting development in reaching our goal of expanding Hotelevision's audience within the upscale hotel market," said Morgan Lambert, Senior Vice President of Distribution and Content for Hotelevision. "Our growing relationship with upscale hotels reinforces Hotelevision's values," Ms. Lambert added.
"We're pleased to enter into this agreement with Hotelevision," said Thomas J. Corcoran, Jr., FelCor's President and CEO. "The additional programming package will supplement our hotels' existing channel offerings at no additional cost and also will provide our guests with more options for in-room entertainment."
FelCor joins Hotelevision's impressive list of corporate partnerships that include Hyatt Hotels, Loews Hotels, Millennium Hotels and Resorts, Omni Hotels, and Winegardner & Hammons. Hotelevision's programming can be found in many Doubletree, Embassy Suites, Hilton®, Hyatt®, Marriott®, Radisson®, Sheraton and Westin® hotels nationwide. Currently, Hotelevision is installed in more than 130,000 rooms in more than 370 hotels nationwide.
Hotelevision, Inc., based in New York, NY, is a leader in the free-to-guest hotel television industry. Hotelevision markets and sells national advertising time to advertisers of premium products and services across its ad-supported cable networks. Using its private satellite distribution system, Hotelevision integrates commercials targeted at traveling professionals and affluent consumers into the programming, and delivers this modified feed to hotels nationwide. Additional information can be found on the company's website at www.hotelevision.com.
FelCor is the only lodging REIT that owns a diversified portfolio of nationally branded, upscale and full-service hotels managed by strategic brand managers such as Hilton Hotels, Six Continents Hotels, and Starwood Hotels & Resorts. FelCor is competitively positioned to deliver superior shareholder returns through its strong management team, strategic brand manager alliances, diversified upscale and full-service hotels, value creation expertise, and financial strength. FelCor's hotel portfolio consists of 183 hotels with nearly 50,000 rooms and suites and is concentrated primarily in the upscale and full-service segments. FelCor is the owner of the largest number of Embassy Suites, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn and independently owned Doubletree branded hotels. Other leading hotel brands under which FelCor's hotels are operated include Sheraton Suites, Sheraton and Westin. FelCor has a current market capitalization of approximately $3.0 billion. Additional information can be found on the company's website at www.felcor.com. CONTACT
Luisa Rivera
Phone: 212-317-0868, ext. 212
Email: lrivera@hotelevision.com
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