Chicago USA | Open World Ltd has been awarded the ‘Best Hotel and Lodging Web Site’ for Warwick International Hotels by the Web Marketing Association. Highly coveted by web developers, designers and IT professionals throughout the world, the Web Marketing Association's annual ‘Best in Industry’ awards recognise Internet excellence at its best. The Warwick International Hotels’ web site scored the highest marks on all levels with special recognition given to the creative design's visual impact.

Sweeping away the competition, Open World also received four additional accolades for outstanding achievement in web site development with awards for ‘Outstanding Web Site’ for The Argyll Townhouse Hotels, Le Meridien Hotels and Resorts, The Trafalgar London and The Milford Plaza New York web sites. ‘Standard of Excellence’ awards also were given by the Web Marketing Association for Open World’s Airport Guides, Hilton Hotel Kuala Lumpur’s Studio, Rembrandt Hotel Bangkok, Habtoor Hotels and Resorts and WORLDHOTELS.

The Web Marketing Association's WebAward competition is now in its 9th year, this premier annual award competition judges web site development against a continuously increasing Internet standard and against peer web sites within their industry. The 2005 competition included more than 2,100 web sites from 33 countries. Entries were judged on design, copy writing, innovation, content, interactivity, navigation, and use of technology.

“We are extremely pleased to be recognised again by the Web Marketing Association for the ‘Best in Category' web award,” said Mr Christopher Shallis, Founder and CEO of Open World. “Our success is largely due to the close partnerships that we have fostered with our clients over the past 10 years. Frequent dialogues with our clients and their customers have kept our creative designs and technology continuously ahead of the game.”

Our award winning entries can be viewed at the following URLs:

• Best Hotel and Lodging Web Site: Warwick International Hotels: www.warwickhotels.com
• Outstanding Web Sites: The Argyll Townhouse Hotels: www.argylltownhousehotels.com Le Meridien Hotels and Resorts: www.lemeridien.com The Trafalgar Hotel London: www.thetrafalgar.com The Milford Plaza Hotel New York: www.milfordplaza.com
• Standard of Excellence: Open World Airport Guides: www.worldairportguides.com Hilton Hotel Kuala Lumpur: www.kl-studio.com Rembrandt Hotel Bangkok: www.rembrandtbkk.com Habtoor Hotels and Resorts: www.habtoorhotels.com WORLDHOTELS: www.worldhotels.com

The Web Marketing Association The Web Marketing Association (WMA) was founded in 1997 to help set a high standard for Internet marketing and corporate web development on the World Wide Web. Staffed by volunteers, the organization is made up of Internet marketing, advertising, PR and design professionals from around the country who share an interest for improving the quality of advertising, marketing and promotion used to attract visitors to corporate web sites.