Company Press Release: Site59.com, Inc.
June 9, 2000
NEW YORK, NY -- The trendsetter for spontaneous consumers, Site59.com, yesterday announced an agreement with Bass
Hotels & Resorts (LON: BAS; NYSE: BAS (ADRs)) in the United States, to supply a wide range of hotel products
for Site59.com's ``Getaways.'' Offering value at the last minute, Site59.com's Getaways are inspiring pre-packaged
weekend and long-weekend packages from major U.S. gateway markets, compiled for busy consumers who are long on
life and short on time. As a Site59.com partner, Bass Hotels & Resorts will provide select inventory from its
Inter-Continental, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express and Staybridge Suites by Holiday Inn as a component
of travel packages available for purchase through Site59.com. A travel and lifestyle site that caters to human
nature by organizing offerings by mood, Site59.com provides new content everyday to consumers on a rolling 7-14
day window.
``With Bass Hotel & Resorts' wide range of properties, we are enhancing our already solid and growing roster
of spur of the moment travel offerings. Busy people will appreciate having even more spontaneous getaways to choose
from -- without being penalized for not planning ahead,'' said Site59.com CEO Michelle Peluso.
Bass Hotels & Resorts is the first major hotel company to sign an agreement with Site59.com since its inception
in March of 2000. Site59.com works with suppliers to distribute last-minute discounted inventory without brand
erosion by creating packages by mood, all assembled electronically with TRACE, a patent-pending, scalable operating
platform.
``Bass Hotels & Resorts is running an aggressive action program of e-commerce development, tailored by market
segment. This agreement with Site59 contributes to our strategy very well. Their business model -- innovative marketing
to last-minute impulse leisure buyers -- will give us another key outlet to drive Internet revenues,'' said Ravi
Saligram, chief marketing officer and managing director of global strategy for Bass Hotels & Resorts.
About Site59.com, Inc.
Named for spontaneous entertainment and lifestyle solutions -- Site59.com is the first and only online service
in North America to guarantee availability of high quality, good value, total solutions to consumers who need time
for life and the inspiration to act spontaneously. A full range of services and additional information can be viewed
at http://www.Site59.com.
About Bass Hotels
Bass Hotels & Resorts®, the hotel business of Bass PLC of the United Kingdom, operates or franchises more
than 2,900 hotels and over 480,000 guest rooms in more than 95 countries and territories.
The following are some of the service marks owned by Bass Hotels & Resorts, Inc., its subsidiaries or affiliates:
Holiday Inn®, Crowne Plaza®, Holiday Inn Express®, Holiday Inn Select®, Holiday Inn Garden CourtSM,
Holiday Inn SunSpree® Resorts, Staybridge Suites® by Holiday Inn, Holidex®, Priority Club® Worldwide,
Inter-Continental®, Forum®, and Six Continents Club®.
Additional information about Bass Hotels & Resorts and its brands is available at http://www.basshotels.com.
SOURCE: Site59.com, Inc.