UK's Largest Hotel Group Builds Online Reservation System On Ebone's Network.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 2001 Customers of Best Western GB - the UK's largest group of independently owned hotels - can now book rooms 24 hours a day using a new Internet-based reservation system that uses Ebone's network to make fast, secure and reliable booking transactions. Customers booking online can quickly search and select hotels, complete booking forms and submit reservations without suffering slow page downloads and information processing information processing: see data processing. information processing Acquisition, recording, organization, retrieval, display, and dissemination of information. Today the term usually refers to computer-based operations. times. The online reservation system is particularly useful to customers, since they can book hotels in other time zones across the world. Best Western's UK reservation system, which is restricted to 12-hour availability, complements the online system and is part of Best Western's global booking system serving around 50 million guests world-wide each year. Mike Goryl, Head of IT at Best Western said: "Quality of service is paramount in the hospitality sector, and we had to ensure that this was reflected by our chosen network partner. Having considered a variety of operators, Ebone demonstrated the quality of service associated with such an experienced provider with a robust and secure network infrastructure." Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. McCloskey, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Ebone said: "When integrating traditional business practices with Internet-based services, it is vital for businesses to feel they have the support and security from their network partner. Our experience and infrastructure allow us to deal with these issues, letting our customers focus on what they do best - serving their users. We continue to be at the cutting edge of innovation, assisting businesses such as Best Western to realise the true power of IP." Best Western's new online reservation web site uses Ebone's IP and broadband network to deliver high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. , high performance service. Best Western GB has 350 independently owned two, three and four star quality hotels within its portfolio ranging from busy city centre hotels to quiet retreats in country and coastal locations. As an Ebone customer, Best Western has direct access to Europe's largest, 10Gbps fibre-optic Internet backbone (communications, networking) Internet backbone - High-speed networks that carry Internet traffic. These communications networks are provided by companies such as AT&T, GTE, IBM, MCI, Netcom, Sprint, UUNET and consist of high-speed links in the T1, T3, OC1 and OC3 ranges. and backed up by over a decade of IP and broadband networking experience. Flexibility in Ebone's network service capability means it can expand to meet Best Western's requirements at any given time. About Best Western Best Western International is the world's largest hotel chain with more than 4,000 hotels in more than 80 countries and territories. It is a membership organisation of independently owned and operated hotels that provides marketing, reservations and operational support to its member hotels. About Ebone Ebone, a division of Global TeleSystems, Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). :GTLS GTLS Gaseous Tritium Light Source(s) ; NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on EUROPE:GTSG; Frankfurt:GTS GTS abbr. gas turbine ship ) is the original and most experienced broadband IP and optical networking Communications between computers, telephones and other electronic devices using light. An optical network is far more reliable and has far greater potential transmission capacity than networking in the electrical domain. See optical fiber. company in Europe. Its fibre network extends more than 25,000 kilometres, reaching virtually all major European cities and serves 25% of European Internet users. It was the first IP network to operate at 10 Gbps. Ebone delivers tailored networking services to over 150 European and North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. telecommunication carriers and service providers and 4,000 European and multinational corporations
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