Critical Path Selected by Promus Hotel Corp. to Provide Outsourced Messaging Services to Six Major Hotel Brands.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 1999-- Partnership Represents Critical Path's First Fortune 1,000 Customer Relationship and Significant Foray into Verb 1. foray into - enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly" raid encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon, invade - to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my the Enterprise Market Critical Path, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTH), a leading provider of business-to-business Internet messaging solutions for corporations, Internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISPs), Web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. companies, and Web portals, today announced its milestone relationship with Promus Hotel Corporation Promus Hotel Corporation was a hotel management and franchise company from Memphis, Tennessee. History Promus Hotel Corporation's beginnings are tied to the original Holiday Inn company in Memphis, Tennessee. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :PRH PRH Prolactin-Releasing Hormone (also seen as PRLH) PRH Personnalité et Relations Humaines (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) PRH Pacific Region Headquarters PRH People's Republic of Haven ). Promus is one of the world's largest hotel companies with more than 1,360 hotels comprising over 194,000 rooms, and 1998 annual revenues of more than $5 billion. Promus is Critical Path's first Fortune 1000 customer and signifies the company's first major inroad in·road n. 1. A hostile invasion; a raid. 2. An advance, especially at another's expense; an encroachment. Often used in the plural: Foreign products have made inroads into the American economy. in the enterprise market. Through this strategic relationship, Critical Path will create and maintain a virtual private network (VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. ) for Promus allowing potentially 40,000 employees across the unique hotel brands to transfer email messages quickly and securely. Critical Path's Internet-based messaging services also permit the aggregation of disparate email platforms among the six Promus franchise brands and enable the rapid inclusion of new franchises as they develop. "As a true industry leader and visionary, Promus clearly recognizes the myriad benefits of outsourcing its Web-based messaging services to Critical Path," said Doug Hickey, Critical Path's President and 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. . "This momentous relationship validates our value proposition and ability to serve some of the world's largest enterprise businesses." "Critical Path's robust carrier-class messaging services will enable Promus to confidently leverage the strength of its brand equity without compromise," said Don Mabry, Sr. Director Strategic Ventures, Promus. "As a company committed to excellence and 100% customer satisfaction, we chose Critical Path because they deliver the reliability, service, and scalability imperative to our thriving global business - allowing us to remain focused on our core competencies and customers worldwide." About Critical Path, Inc. Critical Path, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTH) is a leading provider of business-to-business Internet messaging solutions for corporations, Internet service providers (ISPs), Web hosting companies, and Web portals. Critical Path has built an industry-leading global infrastructure with data centers connected to key Internet exchange points See IXP and NAP. , and currently reaches millions of end-users through its partnership agreements. Critical Path provides reliable, secure, and scalable email, and a flexible suite of enhanced messaging services Abbreviated as EMS, an application-level extension to Short Message Service (SMS) for cellular phones available on GSM, TDMA and CDMA networks. An EMS enabled mobile phone can send and receive messages that have special text formatting (such as bold or italic), animations, to partners such as E
RADE, Network Solutions, U S WEST, StarMedia,
Sprint, and AOL/ICQ. Critical Path is headquartered in San Francisco,
California, with offices in locations nationwide and in Germany and
the UK. More information on Critical Path can be found at www.cp.net.
About Promus Hotel Corporation
Promus Hotel Corporation (NYSE:PRH) is one of the world's
premier lodging companies, with system-wide annual revenues of over $5
billion. The company operates, franchises or owns hotels throughout
the United States and in Canada, Mexico and Latin America. It is the
franchisor and operator of the Doubletree Hotels and Guest Suites,
Embassy Suites, Homewood Suites Hotel, Club Hotel by Doubletree,
Hampton Inn, Hampton Inn & Suites, Embassy Vacation Resort and Hampton
Vacation Resort brands. The company also manages non-Promus branded
hotels as well as facilities in its University Hotel & Conference
Center division. More information on Promus Hotel Corporation can be
found at www.promus.com.
Critical Path and the Critical Path logo are the trademarks of
Critical Path, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their
holders.
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