ARLINGTON, Va. – Oct. 23, 2004 – Interstate Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: IHR - News), the nation's largest independent hotel management company, is offering an iPod mp3 music player ($240 value) to anyone booking a meeting or catered event worth $5,000 or more in revenue now through December 2004* at up to 180 full-service locations across the United States.
Additionally, Interstate Hotels & Resorts is donating 50 cents per room booked to local chapters of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, estimated at $20,000 total. As a special incentive for registering, planners are entered into a drawing for a three-day, two-night stay for two, including round-trip airfare to New York City or Los Angeles and breakfast and dinner for two each day.**
From the secluded setting between New York and Philadelphia at Doral Forrestal and the bayside vistas at Sheraton San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf to the windy city convenience of the Holiday Inn Chicago O'Hare International and the rolling ravines of Doral Tesoro Hotel and Golf Club (Fort Worth, Texas), Interstate provides a multitude of options tailored to individual business needs ideal for smaller-size meetings and retreats (25-100 people) or larger groups (up to 2,000 or more).
"Interstate Hotels & Resorts is pleased to present this HOT incentive to planners while tying in a donation to a worthwhile organization such as Cystic Fibrosis," said Sean Worker, senior vice president, sales, Interstate Hotels & Resorts. "As the largest independent hotel management company we offer an array of environments to exceed planners' needs, corporate or pleasure."
To ensure a successful event with the quality and attention to detail consistent throughout Interstate Hotels & Resorts and to register to win an iPod, visit http://www.tuneupyourmeetings.com.
*Meeting must be held by Dec. 31, 2004. Not valid for previously booked business.
Winner of the trip will be selected on Jan. 5, 2005.
**Winner receives choice of three-day, two-night stay at either The Roosevelt Hotel in New York City or The Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles, including round-trip airfare for two and breakfast and dinner for two each day.
