Budgethotels Network, Inc.: Hotel Reservation Traffic up 198%; New Online System Attracts Thousands of New Visitors.Business Editors/Travel Writers POINT ROBERTS Point Roberts, uninc. town (1990 pop. 750), Whatcom co., NW Wash., on the Strait of Georgia near the tip of the Point Roberts peninsula, extending south from British Columbia, Canada, and separated from the Washington mainland by Boundary Bay. , Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2003 Budgethotels Network: After reviewing the first three months of web traffic to the new hotel reservation system, the Company (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :BUDH) is pleased to announce that traffic is up nearly 200% at www.budgethotels.com. "The new site has passed its first test with flying colors Noun 1. flying colors - complete success; "they passed inspection with flying colors" flying colours success - an attainment that is successful; "his success in the marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success" ," said William Marshall William Marshall is a name shared by several people:
Budgethotels began a ground up re-engineering of their online hotel reservation booking site over 1 year ago. The major changes were completed in the late fall of 2002. Since December of 2002 the site has seen traffic (as measured by total hits and total visits per month) increase 178% and 198% respectively. "This is very encouraging," said Marshall, "we are about to embark upon new marketing initiatives for our web reservation system as well as a major push toward cross promotion; but those efforts have not even begun yet. This shows me that Budgethotels is in the right space, at the right time, with the right product for this market....and that is very exciting." With the re-engineering of the web site now nearly complete, Budgethotels will focus on broadening its base of unique value-oriented hotel partners as well as traditional and web-based marketing to further increase traffic and online revenue. About Budget Hotels Budgethotels Network, Inc. provides services for the 'budget' traveler, primarily through two compatible networks; (1) Reservation Centers, and (2) Online Travel Reservations. (1) Reservation Centers - Advertising is sold by the Company on its illuminated Reservation Center boards to travel industry suppliers, primarily hotels. These boards are presently located in 86 transportation terminals placed under long term, exclusive agreements with Greyhound, Amtrak Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corp., authorized to operate virtually all intercity passenger railroad routes in the United States. Amtrak was created by Congress in 1970 in response to more than two decades of continuous operating deficits by privately run , Via Rail and the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Port Authority. These boards at current utilization rates of 25% are generating more than 600,000 room night bookings annually and the Company is test marketing additional methods to increase their revenues from this source. (2) Online Travel Reservations The Company's primary website, www.budgethotels.com, features more than 45,000 hotels, motels, youth hostels and bed & breakfast locations across the USA, Canada and throughout the world. More than 61 million households in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. will book travel online this year according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Forrester Research Forrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. Corporate facts
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