Hyatt Hotels Selects AT&T for Web Hosting

HostReview.com
Tuesday, February 22, 2005; 01:21 PM

AT&T (www. att.com) announced today it has renewed a three-year contract with Hyatt Corp. to provide a comprehensive set of managed hosting services for Hyatt.com (www.hyatt.com), the company's award-winning Web site.

The three-year contract extends and expands an existing agreement and continues AT&T's long-standing relationship as Hyatt's primary networking services provider. Hyatt.com will continue to be hosted at AT&T's Chicago-area Internet Data Center (IDC). AT&T owns and operates 26 IDCs around the world.

Under the new agreement, AT&T will fully manage applications that support the Hyatt.com interface, online reservations and an interactive loyalty program experience. Additionally, AT&T provides business continuity capabilities.

"AT&T's scalability and technical expertise in critical areas like bandwidth and performance management are impressive," said Joan Lowell, vice president of Electronic Distribution for Hyatt. "AT&T's fully managed solution allows us to focus on our core business, while offering our customers superior performance on Hyatt.com."

Through the secure AT&T BusinessDirectÒ portal, Hyatt gains around-the-clock online access to real-time reports on network performance and direct connection to electronic billing and trouble management systems.

Currently, there are 211 Hyatt hotels and resorts around the world. Hyatt Corporation (www.hyatt.com) and its affiliates manage, franchise or operate 120 hotels and resorts in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean. Affiliates of Hyatt International Corporation manage, franchise or operate 91 hotels and resorts in 39 countries.

For more than 125 years, AT&T (NYSE 'T') has been known for unparalleled quality and reliability in communications. Backed by the research and development capabilities of AT&T Labs, the company is a global leader in local, long distance, Internet and transaction-based voice and data services.

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