October 2, 2008; 06:20 AM
Santa Clara, CA, October 02, 2008 --(PR.com)--
Milestone Internet Marketing, a leading provider of Internet marketing
solutions for the lodging industry, announced today that it won five
awards in the recently concluded Web Marketing Association’s 12th
Annual WebAward competition. The websites won the Outstanding Websites
and Standard of Excellence awards in the Hotel and Lodging category.
The
websites were judged using seven criteria including design, innovation,
content, technology, interactivity, copywriting, and ease of use. The
highlights among the award winning websites were Best Western Premier
(www.bestwesternpremier.com) and Intercontinental Toronto
(http://www.torontocentre.intercontinental.com) which won the
Outstanding Websites Award. Best Western Premier
(http://www.bestwesternpremier.com) is developed using Milestone’s
recently released GalexiTM Content Management System that is targeted
for the hospitality chains and brands. The website received an almost
perfect score in all categories including a perfect 10 for ease of use.
The other 3 websites that won the Standard of Excellence award include the following:
Experience Baltimore (http://www.travelguidebaltimore.com)
Hotel Renew (www.hotelrenew.com)
Wingate Inn Las Vegas (www.wingatelasvegas.com)
Experience
Baltimore is a Web 2.0 Destination Blog website targeted for Social
Media Optimization for a group of hotels based in Baltimore. The
website provides information about the destination and at the same time
offering the guests an opportunity to interact with the hotels and one
another. Intercontinental Toronto and Hotel Renew are both targeted at
the upscale luxury segment targeting consumers seeking branded upscale
hotels or boutique hotels respectively. Wingate Las Vegas website
represents the best in class in the mid-scale branded segment of the
hospitality industry. The website won the award for its great appeal,
richness of its content, and its search engine optimization that drives
significant revenue to the hotel.
These awards for multiple
websites, each with a different theme and a target market, ranging from
a sophisticated 90+ hotels “Best Western Premier” to Social Media
enabled “Experience Baltimore Blog,” demonstrate Milestone’s cutting
edge strategies in multiple segments of the hospitality market. For
more information about our products and company, visit
www.milestoneinternet.com or blog.milestoneinternet.com, or call (888)
350-8396; email: sales@milestoneinternet.com.
About Milestone
Milestone
Internet Marketing, Inc. is a leading provider of Internet marketing
solutions for the lodging industry. Milestone’s portfolio of services
included Website Design, Search Engine Optimization, Pay-per-Click
marketing, Email marketing, and several Social Media Optimization
initiatives like Online Videos, Blogs, RSS, etc. Milestone currently
works with over 700 hotels and drives over $85M in annual revenue for
its clients. Milestone is a preferred vendor for several major lodging
industry brands and works with some of the leading management companies
in the US. Milestone is also well known as a lodging industry educator
for its Hotels to HTMLsTM internet marketing workshops and book.
Contact information:
Milestone Internet Marketing, Inc.
Teresa Soriano
408-492-9055 x 6871
tsoriano@milestoneinternet.com
www.milestoneinternet.com
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