CompleteHome.com Changes Name to Move.com; Cendant's Home-Related Services Portal to Provide Consumers with Better Way to Move; Move.com to Go Live by End of January.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 2000 CompleteHome.com, Cendant Corporation's (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CD) soon-to-launch Internet portal which will offer a broad range of home-related services, today announced that it has changed its name and will now be branded as Move.com. The new name is more in line with the company's vision to guide consumers throughout the moving process by assisting them with everything they need before, during and after their move. "Our aim at Move.com is to change the way people move -- from planning a move through living in a new home," said Move.com CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Sarah Nolan. "'Move.com' is short, memorable and the perfect brand name for our new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. services portal. Our new name will add even more power to the major media campaign that we will initiate in connection with the launch of the site." About Move.com Move.com is a soon-to-launch Internet portal which will offer a broad range of home-related services. The site will assist consumers with virtually everything they need before, during and after their move. Move.com will integrate and enhance the online efforts of Cendant's residential real estate brands -- the CENTURY 21(R), COLDWELL BANKER(R) and ERA(R) franchise systems -- and its real estate business units Cendant Mobility, Cendant Mortgage, National Home Connections, Rent Net, and Welcome Wagon/GETKO. Move.com is headquartered in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . About Cendant Corporation Cendant Corporation is a global provider of consumer and business services. The company's core competencies A core competency is something that a firm can do well and that meets the following three conditions specified by Hamel and Prahalad (1990):
Firm that prepare tax returns for a fee. and real estate brokerage offices. The real estate division also includes Welcome Wagon/GETKO and Move.com, the company's residential real estate services Internet portal. As a provider of outsourcing solutions, Cendant is the world's largest vacation exchange service, a major provider of mortgage services to consumers and the global leader in employee relocation. In direct marketing, Cendant provides access to insurance, travel, shopping, auto, and other services primarily to customers of its affinity partners. Other business units include NCP (1) (Network Control Program) See SNA and network control program. (2) (NetWare Core Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in a NetWare network. , the UK's largest private car park operator, and Wizcom, an information technology services provider. Headquartered in 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 , the company has approximately 30,000 employees and operates in over 100 countries. More information about Cendant, its companies, brands and current SEC filings may be obtained by visiting the company's Web site at www.Cendant.com or by calling 877-4INFO-CD (877-446-3623). |
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