COMPUTER CITY EQUIPS AMERICAN AIRLINES ADMIRALS CLUBS WITH COURTESY COMPUTER CENTERS.FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 3, 1995--More than 30 American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the Admirals Clubs 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. have just been equipped with state-of-the-art computer equipment by Computer City, North America's pre-eminent computer superstore retailer. The equipment will be featured at Courtesy Computer Centers located in each of the clubs. Computer City's Corporate Sales Division has installed AST (AST Computer, Irvine, CA) A PC manufacturer founded in 1980 by Albert Wong, Safi Quershey and Tom Yuen (A, S and T). It offered a complete line of PCs that sold through its dealer channel. Pentium- based multimedia PCs, Canon printers, and Kensington peripherals in the clubs. Computer City will also provide necessary system maintenance. "This creates a win/win for business travelers," said Computer City President Alan Bush Alan Bush (December 22, 1900 – October 31, 1995) was a British composer and pianist. Bush was born in London first attending Highgate School and then the Royal Academy of Music. . "They now have the ability to fly on American Airlines and work in an area provided by North America's pre-eminent computer superstore retailer." "Admirals Clubs provide and ideal environment for business people to work as well as relax, and the Courtesy Computer Centers will provide more tools than ever before to transact An earlier e-commerce system for the Web from Open Market that included order capture and secure order fulfillment using credit cards, ecash and other payment systems. It included customer service and subscription administration capabilities as well as an integrated database for reporting business while on the go," said Mike Gunn, American's senior vice president of Marketing. Courtesy Computer Centers served by Computer City will be located in Admirals Clubs in the following markets: -0- Atlanta Austin Boston Chicago O'Hare Cleveland Dallas/Fort Worth Denver Detroit Honolulu Kansas City Los Angeles Miami Nashville Newark New York (JFK/LGA) Orange County Philadelphia Phoenix Raleigh-Durham San Diego San Francisco San Jose Seattle San Juan, P.R. St. Louis Toronto Washington (Dulles/National) American Airlines has 45 Admirals Clubs located around the world. The Clubs offer comfort, convenience and a quality business environment. Services include professional assistance with airline reservations, seat selection and boarding passes on American Airlines and American Eagle flights, complimentary local phone calls, complimentary coffee and hot tea, television, magazines and newspapers, and personal check-cashing privileges. All U.S. clubs also offer a full range of business services, including work desks, calculators, faxes and photocopiers, notary notary or notary public Public officer who certifies and attests to the authenticity of writings (e.g., deeds) and takes affidavits, depositions, and protests of negotiable instruments. service and message service, and private conference rooms. A division of Tandy Corporation Tandy Corporation was a family-owned leather goods company based in Fort Worth, Texas, which is best known for purchasing and giving its name to the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based RadioShack Corporation. , Computer City is the only computer superstore retailer authorized to carry Apple, AST, Compaq, Hewlett Packard, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Leading Edge, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Packard Bell See Packard Bell NEC. , Tandy, U.S. Logic (in the U.S.) and Canadian Logic (in Canada) personal computer products under one roof. Comparison shopping is easy and convenient with more than 5,000 name brand items, including computers, printers, software and furniture. Computer City currently operates 78 locations in 46 domestic and six international markets. By the end of 1995, the company plans to operate as many as 100 locations in North America and Europe. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Computer City is a registered service mark of Tandy Corporation. Tandy and U.S. Logic are registered trademarks of Tandy Corporation. The absence of a (R) or a (TM) in connection with the marks identifying products of other vendors does not indicate the absence of registration of those marks. CONTACT: Computer City Mieke Henderson, 817/347-7624 or American Airlines Bill Dreslin, 817/967-2805 |
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