MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 2000--
Bass Hotels & Resorts (LON:BAS) (NYSE:BAS) (ADR) today announced that it will pay a 15% commission to agency consortia, agency service providers and BTA's who book travel at any Inter-Continental Hotel and Resort in Central and South America, from January 1 through June 30, 2001.
We see this initiative as an excellent venue to further introduce our expanded Inter-Continental hotels portfolio in Latin America, says Jorge Mejia, Vice President Sales & Marketing, Bass Hotels & Resorts Latin America. The offer is even more compelling in light of recent commission reduction announcements throughout the travel industry.
Participating properties include:
Argentina
Hotel Inter-Continental Buenos Aires
Brazil
Hotel Inter-Continental Rio
Hotel Inter-Continental Sao Paulo
Chile
Hotel Inter-Continental Santiago
Colombia
Hotel Tequendama (Bogota)
Hotel Inter-Continental Cali
Hotel Inter-Continental Medellin
Costa Rica
Camino Real Inter-Continental San Jose
Dominican Republic
V Centenario Inter-Continental Santo Domingo
El Salvador
Camino Real Inter-Continental San Salvador
Guatemala
Hotel Inter-Continental Guatemala
Honduras
Camino Real Inter-Continental San Pedro Sula
Camino Real Inter-Continental Tegucigalpa
Nicaragua
Hotel Inter-Continental Managua
Inter-Continental Metrocentro Managua
Panama
Miramar Inter-Continental Panama
Venezuela
Tamanaco Inter-Continental Caracas
Hotel Inter-Continental Guayana
Del Lago Inter-Continental Maracaibo
Hotel Inter-Continental Valencia
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Bass Hotels & Resorts(R) (LON:BAS) (NYSE:BAS) (ADRs), the hotel business of Bass PLC of the United Kingdom, operates or franchises more than 3,000 hotels and 490,000 guest rooms in 100 countries and territories.
The following are some of the service marks owned by Bass Hotels & Resorts, Inc., its subsidiaries or affiliates: Holiday Inn(R), Crowne Plaza(R), Holiday Inn Express(R), Holiday Inn Select(R), Holiday Inn Garden Court(SM), Holiday Inn SunSpree(R) Resorts, Staybridge Suites(R) by Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Family Suites(SM) Resort, Holidex(R), Priority Club(R) Worldwide, Inter-Continental(R), Forum(R), and Six Continents Club(R). Centra(R) in Canada and Mexico; Centra(SM) in the U.S.; Parkroyal(R) in the U.S. and Canada; Parkroyal(R) in Mexico.
Bass Hotels & Resorts, Inc. offers information and reservations capability on the Internet - www.basshotels.com, www.interconti.com for Inter-Continental Hotels and Resorts, www.crowneplaza.com for Crowne Plaza Hotels and Resorts, www.holiday-inn.com for Holiday Inn hotels, www.hiexpress.com for Holiday Inn Express hotels, www.staybridge.com for Staybridge Suites by Holiday Inn, and www.priorityclub.com.
For the latest news from Bass Hotels & Resorts, visit our new online Press Office at http://www.pressoffice.basshotels.com.
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Israel Kreps/Sofia Freire
305/663-3543
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