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Gazette, The (Colorado Springs), Aug 28, 2000

RITA SEELEY, owner of Rita Seeley Travel Service, has earned the designation of Master Cruise Counselor from the Cruise Lines International Association, a group comprised of 25 member cruise lines with ships sailing year-round throughout the world.

The Master Cruise Counselor program provides agents with the most advanced sales and cruise vacation training available.

The RADISSON INN AND SUITES at the Colorado Springs Airport has been presented an eighth President's Award by Radisson Hotels and Resorts. The hotel was selected from among more than 410 Radisson Hotels worldwide.

The President's Award is presented annually to a select group of Radisson Hotels which consistently receive the highest scores in qualifying criteria, including a quality performance review.

USAA'S LIFE INSURANCE and INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT companies were ranked No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, in a reader survey conducted by Worth magazine among their adult audience of more than one million.

Readers were asked to rate products and services they had used in the past five years - on a scale of 1 to 10 - based on how highly they would recommend them to someone like themselves.

ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS was honored with four awards by Inroads of Colorado, a national organization whose mission is to develop and place minority youth in business and industry, preparing them for corporate and community leadership.

EDS won the Corporate Plus Award for quality of internships, financial contributions and graduate placements; the Summit Award for innovative ideas and for making Inroads an integral part of EDS staffing strategies; the Business Coordinator of the Year award, won by senior manager Walt Porter, for dedication to intern development; and the Visionary Award, won by director Chuck Shellhouse, for personal impact on the Inroads program locally and nationally.