First-of-its-Kind Online Golf Resort Tee Time and Lodging Reservation System Now Available at Willow Crest Golf Club and Crane’s Landing Golf Club
Orlando, FL – September 19, 2006 – Marriott Golf, the world’s largest resort golf management company, today announced that the "Rounds & Rooms" program is now available at Willow Crest Golf Club, at the Oak Brook Hills Marriott Resort in Oak Brook, IL and Crane’s Landing Golf Club at the Lincolnshire Marriott Resort in Lincolnshire, IL. A first-of-its-kind golf resort reservation system designed to simplify travel planning by allowing golfers to simultaneously book tee times and hotel rooms, "Rounds & Rooms" is now being offered at a total of 21 properties and 32 courses worldwide.
Available at www.marriottgolf.com, golfers can select a participating golf resort and book their tee times and hotel rooms instantly online. The new service marks the first time a collection of leading golf resort properties, based throughout the world, have come together to offer a one-stop booking solution that includes both tee times and lodging. Marriott Golf, the golf management organization of Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE:MAR), is offering this service in collaboration with GolfHero, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based global technology leader in the golf travel industry, and EZLinks, operator of the world’s largest network for golf reservations.
"We are thrilled to add Willow Crest and Crane’s Landing to the Rounds & Rooms program," said Tom Enders, Director of Marketing, Marriott Golf. "The portfolio of destinations offering this unique program continues to grow, and we look forward to the addition of even more properties, both internationally and within the US, by the end of 2006."
In addition to Willow Crest Golf Club and Crane’s Landing Golf Club, the golf resorts participating in "Rounds & Rooms" include: Camelback Golf Club (Scottsdale, AZ), Cattails at MeadowView (Kingsport, TN), Doral Golf Resort & Spa (Miami, FL), The Frog Golf Club (Villa Rica, GA), Griffin Gate Golf Resort (Lexington, KY), Hawk’s Landing Golf Club (Orlando, FL), Grande Pines Golf Club (Orlando, FL), The Faldo Golf Institute (Orlando, FL), The Rookery at Marco (Naples, FL), Mirage City Golf Club (Cairo, Egypt), Royal St. Kitts Golf Club (Basseterre, St. Kitts), Seaview Resort & Spa (Galloway, NJ), Stone Mountain Golf Club (Stone Mountain, GA), Desert Springs Golf Resort and Shadow Ridge Golf Club (Palm Desert, CA), Westfields Golf Club (Clifton, VA), Wildfire Golf Club (Phoenix, AZ), Dalmahoy Country Club (Edinburgh, Scotland) and Forest of Arden Country Club (Meriden, England).
About Marriott Golf
Marriott Golf currently manages 60 golf courses at 45 facilities in 14 countries, offering more than 1,000 holes of championship golf. Marriott has been managing golf operations since 1970 and is currently one of the largest resort golf operators in the United States. Marriott provides golf management and consulting services to a variety of operational environments including resort, private club, daily fee, golf school and franchises.
About GolfHero
GolfHero is the first totally online packaging solution for the golf travel industry. GolfHero is a division of TravelHero, well known within the travel industry as one of the top ten online travel portals in North America, with offices in Scottsdale, AZ.
About EZLinks
Founded in 1995, EZLinks Golf, Inc. operates the world’s largest network for golf reservations, as well as the highest volume tee time call center in the industry. EZLinks provides tee sheet management software, 24-hour live-operator reservations support, customizable web booking tools, database marketing applications, integrated point-of-sale services, and a regional association handicap system to over 900 golf facilities, hotels and travel companies worldwide.
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