In the print edition, picked 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. The Web version, available at , posts additional companies in each category that were not among the 200 selected for the print edition.
"Our tremendous customer adoption rates undoubtedly had an impact on the Forbes editors' selection of as one of its top picks," said Larry Hall, president of .
In the month of June alone, has deployed more than 80 properties on its e-procurement site. More than 150 hotel properties are actively making transactions year-to-date and more than 1,000 are scheduled to go online by the end of the year.
"We will continue to stay very focused on our customers and making sure that their needs are met as we roll these properties out -- our customer care is definitely a differentiator that Forbes took into consideration," Hall added. "With so many new companies struggling to be recognized in the hospitality e-procurement, we are pleased to be recognized as a well- established, strong company backed by the top people in hospitality, e-commerce and customer service."
In addition to its top company listings, the Forbes Best of the Web: B2B guide also includes a number of articles addressing issues such as consolidation and longevity in the crowded B2B space. has additional information on this topic available in a recent report, Next Generation B2B Solutions: The Revolution's Winners, by hsupply CEO and acclaimed e-commerce author Dr. Ravi Kalakota at under News>Press Kit.
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is a leading B2B e-services company that is reinventing procurement for the $50 billion hospitality supplies industry. Its unique Next.0(tm) approach integrates the power of the Internet, customer relationship management and comprehensive supply chain management into a seamless, one-source destination site -- the 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 Marketplace facilitates the entire procurement process from search to settlement. For more information about , visit , contact Amy Schulz at 404-705-9450 x171, or send an e-mail to [email protected].