"We selected .Com Marketing due to their expertise in online marketing and their specialty in interactive hotel marketing," said Curtis Neely, CEO of Curtis Reservation Software System.

Low cost is one of the many appealing features of Curtis Reservation Software. The reservation software is leased for a yearly flat-fee -- often as low as $2,000. Most other systems use a percentage-based fee per room night booked. Some hotels report startling yearly commission costs soaring well into the tens of thousands using percentage-based companies. "Hotels that make reservations online will save thousands of dollars in commissions when they switch over to our flat-fee system," said Hillary Bressler, president of .Com Marketing.

Added Bressler: "Curtis Reservation Software is more user-friendly and faster than other hotel reservation systems, which translates into less waiting for consumers and more bookings for the hotel." Other features that distinguish the Curtis system from its competitors include no restrictions on the number of offers the hotel can make; flexibility to add wholesale rates; and a sister property search capability. All hotels using Curtis Reservation Software are also marketed online on such sites as www.sleepspot.com and www.orlandokingdom.com, the first Orlando hotel directory to link directly back to hotel Web sites, which is scheduled to launch in the second quarter of 2000.

Orlando-based Grand Theme Hotels, owned by Richard C. Kessler, is the first hotel group to move their online reservations to CIRS. Kelly Smith, vice president of operations for Kessler Enterprises, Inc., said "we found this system to be more robust than other online systems, and much more lucrative than using the standard commission based structure."

To see Curtis Reservation Software System in action, visit www.grandthemehotels.com. To find out more about the system, see .Com Marketing at www.commarketing.com/curtis.

.Com Marketing is a leading Internet marketing and advertising firm specializing in driving traffic to Web sites. Founded in 1997, the company serves such leading organizations as Cox Interactive Media, Orlando Sentinel Interactive and Universal Studios Escape. .Com's President, Hillary Bressler, was named one of Orlando's top Internet entrepreneurs by Orlando Magazine.