HOTRES.com Triples Number of New York City Hotels Offered New York’s Financial District and Airports Now Added to HOTRES.com’s Hotel Portfolio

Stamford, Conn.—June 6, 2001—www.HOTRES.com, a Web site where travelers to New York City can find and reserve hotel rooms at discounted prices, has added 60 hotels to its offerings to include accommodations located in the Wall Street area, Greenwich Village and at all three New York airports, as well as upper Manhattan. HOTRES.com customers can now make reservations at over 90 New York City hotels. Travel writers at both The New York Times and The Boston Globe complimented HOTRES.com’s user friendly software and deemed it one of the best for bargains in New York City.

“Originally we focused on the Midtown area as a way to establish ourselves,” said Kerrin Behrend, president of HOTRES.com. “Now, we are offering our customers an expanded service that includes hotels all over Manhattan as well as the three New York airports. With these expansions we are trying to meet all of our customers’ New York hotel needs.”

Among the new hotels offered by HOTRES.com are the Marriott Financial Center, Marriott World Trade Center, Millennium Hilton, Holiday Inn Wall Street, Washington Square Hotel, The Beacon Hotel and the Barbizon Hotel. Midtown hotels already offered by HOTRES include the Ramada New Yorker, Grand Hyatt, Novotel, Algonquin, Marriott Marquis, Intercontinental, Milford Plaza, Pennsylvania, Radisson, Sheraton and the Waldorf Astoria. HOTRES has also added a number of Midtown “boutique properties” including the Gorham, Mayflower, Morgan’s and Royalton Hotels.

All hotels offered by HOTRES are categorized as Moderate (two stars), First Class (three stars), Superior (four stars) and Deluxe (five stars). All offer single, double (one double or queen size bed) or twin (two beds) accommodations. In many hotels children under 15 stay free if they share a room with parents.

Making reservations at HOTRES.com is a simple process. Users simply enter their arrival date and length of stay; they then select a hotel (or category of hotel). HOTRES.com will then respond immediately with availability and pricing, and offer a number of available alternatives. After a selection is made, HOTRES.com confirms all the details and requests a credit card for billing. The user can print a confirmation page with a hotel voucher to present at check in. (A similar page is sent to the user’s e-mail address.) Reservations are guaranteed for the night of arrival. There are no minimums and with each reservation customers may book as many as three rooms for up to 14 nights.

Customer service is readily available around the clock to respond to e-mail inquiries and requests. “We continually get positive feedback from our customers about how much they appreciate our high standard of customer service,” said Behrend.

Reservations are confirmed against a guaranteed block of rooms. As a result, during busy periods HOTRES.com users can often get a confirmed reservation when the hotel itself is advising travel agents and the public that it is sold out.
HOTRES.com is designed for ease of use. Travelers unfamiliar with New York City can view maps that show the location of each of the offered hotels. One mouse click provides detailed information about a hotel’s facilities and services. For more information visit www.HOTRES.com or call them at (203) 329-1130.
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