Go Online Kiosk Division Adds Marriott Resort Hospitality Corporation of Orlando to its Network; Info Touch Technologies to Introduce SurfNet Premier to Go Online's Customers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BUENA PARK Buena Park (bwā`nə), city (1990 pop. 68,784), Orange co., S Calif.; inc. 1953. Food processing, the manufacture of aircraft, and tourism are important to the city's economy. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2000 Joe Naughton, Chairman/CEO of Go Online Networks, Corp. (OTC-BB: GONT) and Hamed Shahbazi, Chairman/CEO of Info Touch Technologies (CDNX CDNX See Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX). :IFT IFT Institute of Food Technologists IFT Institut für Fenstertechnik (German: Institute for Window Technology) IFT Illinois Federation of Teachers IFT Integrated Flight Test IFT Interfacial Tension IFT Institute for Tropospheric Research ) today jointly announced the introduction of SurfNet Premier, an enhanced software developed by Info Touch to advance the user's kiosk experience and allow better remote management. Go Online Kiosk Division currently operates more than 240 Internet kiosk units, servicing more than 215 hotels located throughout 40 U.S. states and one Canadian Province. Go Online's clientele includes hotels and motels operated by Marriott, Hyatt, Sheraton, Ramada ra·ma·da n. Southwestern U.S. 1. a. An open or semienclosed shelter roofed with brush or branches, designed especially to provide shade. b. An open porch or breezeway. 2. Inn, Days Inn, Quality Inn, and Comfort Inn. Go Online's newest client is Marriott Resorts Hospitality Corporation (MRHC MRHC Mcalester Regional Health Center (McAlester, OK) MRHC Maryland Roller Hockey Club (College Park, MD) ) headquartered in Orlando, FL. MRHC has agreed to locate multiple Go Online Kiosk units in its Grande Vista Condominium Resort property, located in Orlando. This facility features 120, 2- and 3-bedroom luxurious villas for its customers. Info Touch has been contracted by Go Online over the past year to build more than 170 of the Internet Kiosk units comprising Go Online's current network. SurfNet Premier has been developed to enhance the end users ability to share feedback and suggestions directly to Go Online, expanded the Help section to orientate or·i·en·tate v. To orient. the customers on how to use the kiosk, and developed an integrated dial pad allowing the customers to have the ability to make phone calls via the Internet. Additionally, this software upgrade also enhanced Go Online's ability to remotely manage each kiosk as well as a finer control of directed geographical advertising. Also included in the upgrade is advertiser sponsored "Free Access" buttons and enhanced advertising through the use of animated graphics and movies. Mr. Shahbazi provided further insight about this project, stating "...we are targeting a completion date for SurfNet Premiere by February 2001; however, as key milestones are completed we are confident that Premiere's installation will be completed sooner than scheduled. Info Touch and Go Online have been performing methodical project management ensuring that all back-end support structures are fluid providing maximum support for the launch of Premiere. Through our close working relationship, both companies are realizing the commercial potential of the combination of Go Online's network locations and Info Touch's software based e-commerce potential and transactional revenue model; we have begun discussions surrounding joint-ownership opportunities for hotel kiosk locations throughout North America." Both companies will deploy 30 kiosks within the next month, featuring SurfNet premier. About Infotouch Info Touch is the clicks n' mortar provider, bringing the Internet to public domain in a secure environment. The Company has developed the world's premier kiosk security and management software package, SurfNet. Info Touch partners with, and provisions Fortune 1000 companies with Public Internet/Intranet access through IFT designed middleware and clicks n' mortar solutions. As "dot coms" and brick-based companies business models gyrate gy·rate v. 1. To revolve around a fixed point or axis. 2. To revolve in or as if in a circle or spiral. adj. In rings; coiled or convoluted. toward the Internet/Intranet, Info Touch Technologies becomes the sought-after clicks n' mortar Convergence Company. About Go Online Networks Corp. Go Online Networks Corp. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :GONT - news) is a Buena Park Internet technology and marketing concern, consisting of Internet divisions, Go Online Kiosk Division, Shop Go Online, and its Business-to-Business subsidiary GoOn-line.com. Shop Go Online Division: Shop Go Online is an e-commerce business, offering a wide variety of consumer products for purchase online. Many products are displayed using state-of-the-art streaming video and audio technology, along with Panoscan and 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) Hot Media, enhancing the shopping experience. GoOn-line.com B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business Division: GoOn-line.com's B2B division offers unsurpassed designs for e-commerce sites for companies, in either business-to-business (B2B) or business to consumer (B2C (Business to Consumer) Refers to a business communicating with or selling to an individual rather than a company. See B2B. ) realms, utilizing the latest in technology available on the Web today. Go Online Kiosk Division: The Go Online Kiosk Division owns and operates audiovisual Internet Kiosk systems custom designed to provide consumer's access to the Internet from public locations throughout the United States. The current focus is on obtaining multi-year exclusive site agreements from national hotel franchisees. Consumers can access the Internet by paying with cash or credit card and can surf the World Wide Web or send and receive e-mails. Additional revenues can be obtained by selling screen saver, banner ads and popup advertisements. This press release contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions of the Private Securities Litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. Act of 1995. Expression of future goals and similar expressions reflecting something other than historical fact involve risks and uncertainties. The actual results the company achieves may differ materially from any forward-looking statements due to such risks and uncertainties. |
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