Club Hotels by Doubletree and OfficeMax Agree to Form Alliance to Offer Business Services to Hotel Guests.PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 1997--Doubletree Hotels Corporation (Nasdaq: TREE) today announced that it has formed a strategic alliance with OfficeMax, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : OMX OMX Office Max (stock symbol) ), to offer business services to hotel Guests at the company's mid-market Club Hotels by Doubletree brand properties. OfficeMax will equip each Club Hotel's Business Club Room with a CopyMax digital printing and publishing business center, featuring a fax machine, photo copier and laser printer, all credit card accessible, and a complete Federal Express service station. OfficeMax also will provide complimentary office supplies Office supplies is the generic term that refers to all supplies regularly used in offices by businesses and other organizations, from private citizens to governments, who works with the collection, refinement, and output of information (colloquially referred to as "paper work"). and tools. The Business Club Room was designed by Doubletree to offer frequent business travelers access to all of the necessary tools which duplicate an office environment while on the road. Each Club Room is equipped with productivity 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. designed by Steelcase, Inc., a cafe restaurant by Au Bon Pain Au Bon Pain (French: At the Place with the Good Bread) is a fast-casual bakery/cafe chain headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Louis Rapuano and Louis Kane founded Au Bon Pain in 1978. Pavailler contributed baking machinery to the venture. Bakery Cafe, and a self-service business center. Club Hotels has pioneered the concept of blending these highly desirable business amenities together in one central location. "Business travelers want to be as efficient while on the road as they are in the office. They want access to work tools that will keep them from getting behind the clock before they reach their destination," said Thomas W. Storey, president of Club Hotels by Doubletree. "Our strategy is to co-brand with other strong national names outside the hotel industry which are leaders in providing the goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. that frequent business travelers need." Each Business Club Room will have direct computer access to CopyMax production centers throughout the U.S. through its CopyMax LINK software. Guests requiring color copying, collating and numerous other services will be able to transmit documents to a conveniently located CopyMax production facility for reproduction and next-day pickup or delivery. Additionally, Guests may order from an inventory of over 7,000 office products from OfficeMax and have the supplies delivered to their home offices. "OfficeMax's core philosophy is to meet customers needs regardless of location," said Michael Feuer Michael Feuer (1958-)[1] is a Californian politician and lawyer. He now represents the 42nd Assembly District which includes Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, and part of Los Angeles in the California State Assembly. He was elected in 2006 on the Democratic ticket. , chairman and chief executive officer of OfficeMax. "We are delighted to be a strategic partner with Club Hotels by Doubletree, the only brand specifically addressing the office needs of the business traveler." OfficeMax is the nation's largest office products retailer in terms of number of stores and breadth of geographic coverage. OfficeMax has approximately 600 locations in over 230 markets in 48 states, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. , and Mexico. Doubletree Hotels Corporation, headquartered in Phoenix, is one of the largest U.S. hotel management companies with more than 240 hotels and approximately 57,000 rooms in 39 states, the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). , Mexico, and the Caribbean. Doubletree properties currently extend into three markets: Doubletree Hotels -- upscale, first-class, full-service hotels; Doubletree Guest Suites -- first-class, full-service, all-suite hotels; and Club Hotels by Doubletree -- mid-market hotels targeted to the frequent business traveler. For reservations for all Doubletree hotels, call 800-222-TREE. CONTACT: Doubletree Hotels Corporation, Phoenix David Trumble or Cathy Planchard, 602/220-6822 |
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