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Six Continents Hotels is a leading global hotel group whose brands include InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express and Staybridge Suites. Six Continents Hotels owns, operates or franchises more than 3,300 hotels and over 515,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world. Six Continents(SM) Hotels, the hotel business of Six Continents PLC of the United Kingdom [NYSE: SXC] (ADRs), owns, operates or franchises more than 3,300 hotels and 515,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories. The following are some of the service marks owned by Six Continents Hotels, Inc., its parent, subsidiaries or affiliates: Holiday Inn®, Crowne Plaza®, Holiday Inn Express® in the Americas, Express by Holiday Inn(SM) in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Holiday Inn Select®, Holiday Inn Garden Court(SM), Holiday Inn SunSpree® Resort, Staybridge Suites® by Holiday Inn®, Holiday Inn Family Suites(SM) Resort , Holidex®, Priority Club®, InterContinental® and Forum®. Centra® in Canada and Mexico; Centra(SM) in the U.S.; Parkroyal(SM) in the U.S. and Canada; Parkroyal® in Mexico.
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Eric Pearson is Vice President, E-Commerce, for Six Continents Hotels (), the hotel business of Six Continents PLC SXC, the leading global hospitality group. Six Continents Hotels owns, manages, leases or franchises more than 3,300 hotels and 515,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world. Its properties bear some of the most recognized hotel brands in the world: InterContinental® Hotels and Resorts, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn®, Holiday Inn Select®, Holiday Inn Garden Court SM, Holiday Inn SunSpree® Resort, Holiday Inn Express®, and Staybridge Suites® by Holiday Inn®. Each year, Six Continents Hotels hosts more than 150 million guests. As Vice President, E-Commerce, Mr. Pearson is responsible for Six Continents Hotels' overall e-commerce strategy, which includes business-to-consumer and business-to-business initiatives focused on the Americas. These initiatives include more than a dozen Web sites and wireless services that are designed to capture business opportunities with customers and partners, as well as streamline hotel operations and communications. As part of his range of responsibilities, Mr. Pearson oversees the day-to-day management of these initiatives, which entail product development, strategic alliances, and business development. Prior to being named Vice President, E-Commerce, Mr. Pearson served as the Senior Director of Emerging Technologies at Six Continents Hotels, and was responsible for all Web development, guest service technologies, and research and development. In this capacity, he directed the development and deployment of the industry's first extranet site, which allowed Six Continents Hotels to access more than 40,000 pages of sales and marketing, online reporting, purchasing, and training content. Before joining Six Continents Hotels, Mr. Pearson worked for The Walt Disney Company, IBM, and NASA in different management and technical capacities. Mr. Pearson holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Central Florida.
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Kevin Heilbronner is the US Editor for hsyndicate.com, wiredhotelier.com and hospitalitynet.org, providing content for these websites in the form of articles and both audio and video interviews. Based outside of Washington DC, Heilbronner has worked with Hospitality Net to conduct interviews at several hospitality trade shows in the US and Europe over the last year. A familiar voice in Washington, DC, Heilbronner is the stadium announcer for the NBA's Washington Wizards, WNBA's Washington Mystics, WUSA's Washington Freedom and DC United of MLS. He resides in Centreville, VA and can be reached via [email protected].