Westin St. Francis Takes Top Honors as San Francisco Reservations Announces Second Annual Golden Suitcase Awards

Press Release: Topaz Hotel Services, LLC
January 15, 2002
OAKLAND, CA -- San Francisco Reservations(TM) (SFR), a division of Topaz Hotel Services, has announced that the Westin St. Francis placed at the top in eight of twelve categories in SFR's Second Annual Golden Suitcase(TM) Awards, including being chosen as ``Favorite San Francisco Hotel.'' Every year, SFR customers are asked to select their favorite San Francisco hotels based upon excellence in twelve different categories. Three lucky SFR customers won two-night stays at selected hotels in San Francisco for completing the survey on SFR's website at www.HotelRes.com.

The Donatello, a European-style boutique hotel located one block from Union Square, won in the ``Best Hotel Value'' category, a new category for this year. An important key to SFR's 15-year success is providing customers with great hotel values. With SFR's exclusive Value Index(TM), customers can select hotels that offer the best value based upon a number of criteria, including price, location, amenities and other factors. Golden Suitcase winners in each of the twelve categories are listed below. A listing of the top three winners in each category can be found at www.HotelRes.com.

     Favorite San Francisco Hotel -- Westin St. Francis
     Favorite Hotel when Traveling for Business -- Westin St. Francis
     Most Romantic San Francisco Hotel -- Westin St. Francis
     Best Hotel to Stay With Children -- Westin St. Francis
     Most Convenient Location -- Westin St. Francis
     Best Hotel With a View -- Mark Hopkins
     Favorite Hotel Restaurant -- Postrio (Prescott Hotel)
     Best Hotel Lobby -- Westin St. Francis
     Best Overall Service -- Westin St. Francis
     Best Hotel Exercise Facility -- Grand Hyatt
     Favorite Hotel Bar -- Compass Rose (Westin St. Francis)
     Best Hotel Value -- Donatello


Since 1986, San Francisco Reservations has served both hotels and consumers by offering the largest selection of value rated hotel room throughout the Bay Area. SFR currently processes over 200,000 hotel rooms a year via the toll-free number at 800-677-1500. For more information about San Francisco Reservations or the Golden Suitcase Awards, please contact Dean Foster at 510-628-4477 or via email at dfoster@hotelres.com.

Topaz Hotel Services, LLC

Topaz Hotel Services (THS) is a privately held company that provides reservations systems and Internet services to the hotel industry. THS makes it easier for travelers and hotels to make better decisions by providing customized and in-depth information and immediate reservations capabilities. Processing over 200,000 room nights per year, THS companies include San Francisco Reservations, Silicon Valley Reservations, ResOnCall, BookAbility.net and HotelRes.com.

SOURCE: Topaz Hotel Services, LLC