Business Travel: Oakwood Brings DVDs into the Guest Room.Business Editors & Travel Writers LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2002 The hottest technology in the entertainment industry is at last reaching the world of hotels and serviced apartments. At its new properties in Asia, Oakwood Worldwide (www.oakwood.com) has become the first global lodging firm to place DVD players A stand-alone device that plays DVDs. It contains a DVD drive and the electronics to decode the digital video. The device may play only manufactured DVDs, or it may be able to play DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs. DVD players are cabled to a TV or home theater system for display. in every guest room. The DVD players are debuting at Oakwood's new properties in Korea and Japan. In the past month, the firm has just opened the 280-room, five-star Oakwood Premier Coex Center in Seoul, Korea; and also two new properties in Tokyo, Oakwood Residence Aoyama and Oakwood Apartments Shirokane. Oakwood's serviced apartments (also sometimes referred to as "extended stay hotels Extended Stay Hotels (ESH) is a hotel brand that is the culmination of a rapid expansion in the extended stay hotel extended stay lodging market. Extended Stay Hotels is now one of the most recognized brands in the extended stay industry. " or "corporate housing") combine the spacious size of a private apartment with the furnishings furnishings the extra type or quantity of hair on the head, tail, ears or legs, specified for a particular breed. For example, the feathers in setters, the beard in Bearded collies, the eyebrows in Schnauzers. , service and security of a hotel. "Oakwood's clientele is the extended stay guest, who will have the opportunity to rent, buy or bring their own DVDs during their stay," says Robert Philips, a spokesman for Oakwood Worldwide. "Oakwood's Asia design team added the DVD player as a must-have new amenity a·men·i·ty n. pl. a·men·i·ties 1. The quality of being pleasant or attractive; agreeableness. 2. Something that contributes to physical or material comfort. 3. to our rooms." Oakwood will also be announcing plans soon to offer DVD players to its guest rooms throughout the U.S., on an optional basis for each guest. Privately-held, Los Angeles-based Oakwood Worldwide is the global leader in serviced apartments and corporate housing, with locations throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Asia, and Europe. Reservations or general inquiries about Oakwood Worldwide can be made at: www.oakwood.com, 1.800.888.0808 (U.S. Toll Free), 81.3.5786.7800 (Japan) or 82.2.3466.7000 (Korea). |
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