Sales attributed to new INOVA dashview GPS, AdSmart revenue program
Austin, Texas – May 3, 2006 – UpLink Corporation, the fastest growing GPS golf business solutions company, announces strong sales of its GPS-based golf business solutions following a successful showing at the PGA Merchandise Show in January 2006. Twenty-seven.5 18-hole (equivalent) courses installed UpLink’s solutions, generating in excess of $7.4 million in sales, following the show, where the company introduced INOVA, the world’s first car-integrated dashview GPS system. Interest in the new INOVA system has been strong, accounting for more than 50% of the installations and virtually all of the courses took advantage of UpLink’s unique GPS advertising programs to cover the cost of their GPS system.
"We’ve seen a great demand for our GPS solutions following the PGA show. And this is an industry changing result with more than half of the courses installing INOVA, a completely new point of view on GPS with seamlessly integrated widescreen dashview displays," comments UpLink president and CEO Glenn A. Pierce, Jr. "Additionally, over 95% of the courses selected the IQLink Fleet Manager option, available as a completely integrated module with both INOVA and our other complete GPS solutions. UpLink is thrilled that top courses are transforming their businesses with our exclusive applications."
Nearly all of the courses also named the innovative AdSmart revenue-generating program as a significant factor in their decisions to install UpLink. "We’ve perfected a program that takes only three to four days to roll-out, resulting in substantial advertising and sponsorship revenue for our courses, helping to cover the entire cost of the GPS system’s lease payments " states Mike Cronin, UpLink’s Sr. Vice President of Sales. "This is unprecedented, and with the strong interest and orders we are receiving, courses are recognizing UpLink as the safe choice in GPS."
UpLink’s solutions transform golf course operations and improve customer service with a better seamlessly integrated GPS view-screen and exclusive applications to improve golf car and maintenance vehicle management. With INOVA, courses can control car speeds, prohibit access to restricted areas and lockdown their fleet at night using the exclusive IQLink optional module. They can also track the location of golf cars and all maintenance vehicles in real-time, and replay vehicle paths to identify issues and recommend fleet usage improvements.
All this is in addition to robust revenue generating and game improvement applications. Courses generate more revenue with GPS advertising, tournament management, remote food and beverage ordering and in-house promotions. Golfers improve their games with graphic course views, distances to the pin, hazards and other golf cars and convenient pro-tips.
Courses which installed UpLink in the past few months include:
Congressional Country Club (Maryland) Weaver Ridge Golf Club (Illinois) Dakota Winds (North Dakota)
The Ledges of St. George (Utah) Plantation Preserve Golf Course (Florida) Sandia Golf Club (New Mexico)
The Oaks Golf Course (Wisconsin) Hickory Stick Golf Club (Indiana) Riverwood National
Prestwick Golf Club (Minnesota) Crystal Lake Golf and Country Club (Georgia) Rasberry Falls Golf & Hunt Club (Virginia)
Vista Ridge Golf Club (Colorado) Gordon Lakes Golf Course (Georgia) Fire Rock (Ontario, Canada)
Hawktree Golf Club (North Dakota) Lake Hills Golf Course (Montana) Houston Oaks Golf Course (Kentucky)
Chasta Town Course (Minessota) Whistle Bear Golf Course (Ontario, Canada) St. Johns Golf and Country Club (Florida)
Conklin Players Club (New York) Thousand Oaks (Michigan) The Gauntlet Golf Club (Virginia)
Little Mountain Country Club (Ohio) Celebration Golf Club (Florida)
About UpLink
Since 1998, Austin, Texas based UpLink Corporation has developed innovative GPS-based business solutions to help golf courses, clubs and resorts across North America engage their golfers, secure their fleets and transform their bottom lines. Considered the fastest growing GPS golf solutions provider, UpLink’s solutions are installed at renowned courses across North America including Walt Disney World Resort and Poppy Hills Golf Course. This year, UpLink introduced a completely new point of view on GPS with INOVA, a complete GPS golf business solution offering a number of industry firsts including integrated widescreen dashview or roofview GPS displays, multimedia audio, integrated maintenance vehicle tracking applications and multi-event GPS advertising. Committed to helping courses generate revenue while controlling costs, UpLink offers a turnkey sponsorship program to help courses transform GPS advertising into a long-term profit center. The last 20 courses to use this program averaged over $78,000 in advertising revenue. Moreover, UpLink offers the only GPS solutions with intelligent car control options, addressing the key issues of golfer safety, car theft and course damage. Committed to innovating the GPS golf industry, UpLink owns a number of patents and is the exclusive GPS partner to leading golf car manufacturer, Club Car, Inc. For more information, visit www.uplinkgolf.com.
Contact:
Corrine Perry-Rotan
Email: cperry@uplinkgolf.com
Tel: (512) 637-4884
