Wyndham Opens State-of-the-art Hotel in the Heart of Massachusetts' High-Tech Corridor; Wyndham Billerica Designed for Today's Business Traveler

Business Wire, May 18, 1999

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 1999--

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has opened Wyndham Billerica, its newest hotel in the heart of Massachusetts' high-tech corridor, according to James D. Carreker, chairman and CEO of Wyndham International, Inc., and CEO of Patriot American Hospitality, Inc. (NYSE:PAH).

The newly constructed, 210-room hotel is located 30 miles north of Boston in a high tech office park at 270 Concord Road in Billerica, Mass., and was designed to meet the needs of today's business traveler and provide the community with an upscale venue for social events.

"Because Wyndham Billerica enjoys an outstanding location in a high-tech office park, it was important for us to design a suburban hotel product that would not only satisfy the needs of the business traveler, and but also become a social destination for the community," said Carreker. "Guests will find that Wyndham Billerica provides both the great personal service that is usually indicative of a smaller hotel, while also providing amenities of a larger hotel like room service, high-speed Internet access, a wedding coordinator and bell man," he added.

All guest rooms feature Wyndham's standard "Business, The Wyndham Way" amenities which include voice mail, data ports, in-room coffee makers, oversized work desks, complimentary newspapers, Wyndham's "Toiletries You Forgot" program, irons and ironing boards, hair dryers, and Bath & Body Works(R) bathroom amenities. Hotel features include a business center, state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment, T-1 Internet access lines in the ballroom, mail and package service, complimentary parking, over-sized bath sheets, and top of the line guest room mattresses. Wyndham Billerica also has 4,346 s.q. ft. of flexible meeting space that is ideal for most social occasions, but is flexible enough to accommodate small business meetings. A distinct feature of the hotel is "TerraNova," Wyndham's new restaurant concept that features a harmonious blend of two great culinary heritages, rich in delicious history and diversity, centered around the wine country of Northern California and Tuscany, Italy (Cal-Ital Cuisine). Guests can either dine-in or experience Cal-Ital cuisine using Wyndham's new in-room dining program, "Wyndham A La Carte".

The program includes a delivery alert to let the guest know when an attendant is on the way with the order so that the guest can be prepared; new, healthier menu items such as more salad alternatives; the use of light, low-fat sauces instead of heavy creams; and, an attractive, upscale dining presentation, featuring quality place mats, napkins, dinnerware and tray service designed to make the guest feel at home.

Wyndham Billerica is Wyndham's fifth hotel in Massachusetts including the 362-room Wyndham Boston (opening Aug. 1999), the 322-room Tremont Boston -- A Wyndham Grand Heritage Hotel, the 180-room Wyndham Garden Hotel -- Burlington, and the 148-room Wyndham Garden Hotel -- Waltham.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is an upscale, full-service hotel chain with products located in urban, suburban, and select resort markets and tailored to best serve its core customer, which include business and leisure travelers. For reservations, call a travel planner, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts at 800-WYNDHAM, or visit Wyndham on the Internet at www.wyndham.com.

The Wyndham brand is one of the fastest growing upscale brands in North America, and is a proprietary brand of Wyndham International, Inc., the paired operating company of Patriot American Hospitality, Inc. (NYSE:PAH), one of the nation's largest hotel companies with its portfolio of 472 owned, managed, leased or franchised hotels and resorts with a total of more than 100,000 rooms. Wyndham International, composed of the Grand Bay Hotels & Resorts Division, the Wyndham Hotel Group, the All-Suites Division and PAH Management Services, leases, manages and franchises primarily upscale and luxury hotel and resort properties represented by its proprietary brands and provides management services for third-party owned hotels and resorts. The Companies recently announced their intent, subject to shareholder approval, to merge Patriot American with a subsidiary of Wyndham International, Inc. and terminate Patriot's status as a REIT.