Kerry Club Sparks Technology Partnership With Lexington Services

Business Wire, Sept 20, 2001

Business Editors

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 2001

Lexington's Reservations Technology to Complement Kerry Club's

Hotel Representation Services for 14 Properties - With Major Growth

Potential Through a Private-label GDS Code

Lexington Services, a subsidiary of Travel Services International, Inc., today relaunched its partnership with Kerry Club for hotel reservations technology.

Kerry Club will use Lexington Services' new SPIRIT(TM) hotel reservation system, powered by CSC Services (NYSE:CSC), and will operate with its own access code, "KH," within the Global Distribution Systems.

Lexington Services is the largest provider of hotel reservations in North America and second largest in the world, with development representative offices in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Australia and Asia. Lexington Services is a major component of Travel Services International's Lodging segment.

With the new technology partnership, Lexington Services will provide hotel reservation services for the following Kerry Club member hotels:

-- International House, New Orleans

-- Avalon Hotel, Beverly Hills, Calif.

-- Maison 140, Beverly Hills, Calif.

-- The Beach House, Hermosa Beach, Calif.

-- Hotel Majestic, San Francisco

-- Hotel Parisi, La Jolla, Calif.

-- The Beach House, Half Moon Bay, Calif.

-- Caliente Tropics Resort, Palm Springs, Calif.

-- The Suites of Dorchester, Miami

-- Mojave, Palm Desert, Calif.

-- Inn of the Spanish Garden, Santa Barbara, Calif.

-- The Mercury, Miami

-- Hotel Chelsea, Miami

-- Whitelaw, Miami

The new SPIRIT system, through LexLink(R) OnLine, offers truly integrated functions to hotels, such as seamless connectivity to major distribution channels; automatic rate changes in the SPIRIT, GDS and Internet Distribution Systems; major reporting enhancements with more access to production and marketing data; and marketing management features, like Confirmation Marketing Message management, that will allow Kerry Club to immediately implement and control marketing messages for each of its properties.

Kerry Club is a national sales and marketing company for hotels based in Los Angeles with an office in New York City, and plans to open future regional offices around the U.S. and develop long-term reciprocal marketing agreements with independent hotel companies around the world. The company represents creative and unusually minded hotels across the U.S. by maintaining relationships with travel agents and offering value-added perks for the consumer including special rates, VIP status and upgrades on availability. More information about Kerry Club is available at www.kerryclub.com.

Lexington Services is the largest provider of reservations and centrally hosted technology services to hotels in North America and second largest in the world. As the exclusive marketer and distributor of the SPIRIT(TM) Reservation System, Powered by CSC Services, Lexington capitalizes on the power of the travel agent global distribution systems (GDS), Internet travel portals, marketing alliances and its own call center strengths to manage and process hotel reservations electronically. Servicing nearly 4,000 hotels, encompassing 28 brands in 81 countries worldwide, Lexington has corporate offices in Dallas/Las Colinas, Los Angeles, Miami, London and Paris, and has development representative offices in Germany, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Australia and Asia. More information about Lexington Services is available at www.lexres.com.

Travel Services International, Inc., is a leading specialized distributor of leisure travel products including cruise vacations, vacation packages, domestic and international airline tickets and European auto rentals, and is a leading provider of travel services, such as electronic hotel reservation services, specialized hotel programs and services and incentive travel programs. The company provides services to both travel agents and travelers, offering a unique combination of specialized expertise, the ability to compare options from multiple providers and competitive prices. More information about Travel Services International, Inc., may be obtained through their Web site at www.mytravel.com.