Hotelevision Renews Corporate Partnership with Wyndham International
Renewed Partnership Continues Hotelevision Service in 130 Properties
New York, NY —- Hotelevision Inc. has renewed its corporate contract with hotel company Wyndham International, extending its partnership through 2005. Hotelevision currently provides its package of cable programming to 130 Wyndham International hotels representing over 35,000 rooms. Wyndham International was one of the first corporate hotel companies to sign a contract bringing Hotelevision service to its guests, back in 1999.
"We are delighted to continue our partnership with Wyndham International for another year," commented Morgan Lambert, Senior Vice President of Hotel Marketing and Distribution. "It has been a pleasure to work with Wyndham in providing their guests with more options for in-room entertainment. They've shown great faith in being the first to sign with us, and it has proven to be a smart decision. We look forward to continued success."
Hotelevision is an upscale, advertiser-supported television medium that delivers premium top-tier cable networks to hotels for free. Along with their renewed corporate contract with Wyndham International, Hotelevision has corporate contracts with Hyatt Hotels, Omni Hotels, and Winegardner and Hammons. The company also recently added Davidson Hotel Company and Hostmark Hospitality Group to their impressive list of corporate partnerships. Numerous hotel brands are often managed under one management company thus, Hotelevision can also be found in many Hilton, Marriott, Sheraton, Embassy Suites, and DoubleTree hotels nationwide.
Hotelevision is installed in more than 110,000 hotel rooms and has an average install rate of approximately 8,000 hotel rooms per month. Currently Hotelevision has over 130,000 rooms under contract in more than 375 properties across the country.
"Hotelevision's business approach is changing the dynamics of in-room hotel programming," says Tony Reiss, director of purchasing, national accounts and hotel systems for Wyndham. "Not only do our guests receive enhanced broadcast viewing options, but Wyndham's costs have been greatly reduced due to Hotelevision's advertiser-supported business structure. This win-win partnership made renewing our contract through 2005 the right choice for Wyndham."
Wyndham International, Inc.
The New York, NY-based Hotelevision, Inc. markets and sells national advertising time to advertisers of premium products and services on ten cable television networks. Using its private satellite distribution system, Hotelevision downlinks the signals of participating networks, integrates commercials targeted at high-end traveling professionals into the programming, and uplinks its modified feed to its transponder. Michael J. Goldstein and Paul K. Fiorello co-founded Hotelevision in 1996.