12% increase in guest satisfaction a significant selection factor
Austin, Texas – October 26, 2005 – UpLink Corporation, the fastest growing GPS-based course management solutions provider, has installed its system on Disney’s Magnolia and Disney’s Palm Golf Courses at the Walt Disney World® Resort in Orlando, Florida. These two courses join Disney’s Eagle Pines and Disney’s Osprey Ridge Golf Courses in applying UpLink’s Course Management System to give guests at the Walt Disney World® Resort a unique and enjoyable golfing experience.
"Our Eagle Pines and Osprey Ridge Golf Courses received a 12% higher customer satisfaction rating than our similar courses with the only difference being the UpLink Course Management System.. In fact, additional financial gains, including an increase in food and beverage revenue and attracting more golfers, further justified our decision to install UpLink’s system on two more of our courses, " said Jennifer Gaddy, Manager of Golf Operations for Walt Disney World Resort. "UpLink’s commitment to deliver exceptional products, along with their unwavering focus on customer satisfaction, makes them an ideal partner for Walt Disney World Resort."
With UpLink, the Walt Disney World golf courses will be able to improve on every aspect of their golf course operations by:
– attracting and retaining more golfers with interactive GPS caddies featuring full color graphics of each hole, precise distances to the pin, hazards and other golf cars (behind and ahead), electronic scoring and food and beverage ordering,
– generating more revenue with fully integrated Vision Perfect tournament management software and providing a better tournament experience with on-car scoring and live leaderboard,
– generating in-house promotion with the AdSmart â?¢ GPS caddy advertising program, and
– increasing business efficiencies with on-course GPS Marshal Caddies and management reporting.
"We are proud that Walt Disney World Golf selected UpLink’s GPS-based Course Management System for two additional courses, making this four out of their six courses to benefit from the system," says Glenn A. Pierce, Jr., president and CEO of UpLink Corporation.
Pierce continues, "Walt Disney World® is known for providing their guests with a memorable experience and we are honored that we can contribute to their golfers’ enjoyment and, more importantly, their operations. This is truly a testament to UpLink’s value and recognition in the marketplace as a trusted solutions leader and further justifies why UpLink is the fastest growing GPS golf company with more than 150 installations nationwide."
About UpLink
Headquartered in Austin, Texas with regional offices throughout the United States, Uplink Corporation has the industry’s fastest growing base of GPS-based course management systems with more than 150 installations. UpLink’s Course Management System helps courses increase revenue, reduce costs and improve customer service (attract and retain golfers). Moreover, UpLink’s founders developed the patent that enables GPS on golf courses and UpLink owns the exclusive rights to the patents that permit advertising and sponsorships on all GPS systems used at golf facilities, considered the largest single untapped source of revenue available to courses today.
UpLink is a member of Club Car’s Solutions Networkâ?¢, an alliance of leading providers of value-added products and services offered to Club Car customers. For more information on UpLink, visit www.uplinkgolf.com or call 1-877-787-5465.
About Walt Disney World Golf
Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company, the Walt Disney World Resort is home to four theme parks, two water parks, five 4 and 41/2 -star rated (as rated by GOLF Magazine) and Gold Medal Golf Resort (as rated by Golf Digest) golf courses; including Disney’s Eagle Pines, Disney’s Lake Buena Vista, Disney’s Osprey Ridge, Disney’s Palm, Disney’s Magnolia and Disney’s Oak Trail – the nine-hole walking course; more than twenty resort hotels, and various shopping and entertainment areas in Orange and Osceola Counties, Florida.. The Walt Disney World Resort opened on October 1, 1971. It is the largest theme park resort in the world.
Contact:
Corrine Perry-Rotan
512-637-4884
cperry@uplinkgolf.com
