Starwood Selects ICE Portal
To Deliver Internet Content MIAMI –
Starwood Hotels & Resorts has selected ICE Portal
(ICE) to host and deliver Internet content for the
chain’s more than 750 properties worldwide.
ICE will help Starwood manage and distribute rich
media content, including virtual tours, via ICE’s
extensive network of travel sites and search engines.
ICE will provide all Starwood brands with customized
content delivery their brand sites and to 1,000s of
third party travel sites.
"We needed a solution with maximum flexibility
and ease to deliver our best visuals to all Internet
distribution channels,” said Starwood Director
of Multimedia Production, Hank Sagman, “For
us ICE was the clear choice. They deliver a very efficient,
cost saving solution.”
“Today, because rapidly increasing numbers
of travelers research and buy travel on-line, it’s
become vital that hotel marketers manage their best
sales visuals in one central database,” explained
ICE Pres. Henry Woodman, “Now, with the new
ICE-Leonardo alliance we manage, host and deliver
more content to more distribution channels than anyone.”
About Starwood
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one
of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the
world with approximately 750 properties in more than
80 countries and 120,000 employees at its owned and
managed properties. With internationally renowned
brands, Starwood(R) corporation is a fully integrated
owner, operator and franchisor of hotels and resorts
including: St. Regis(R), The Luxury Collection(R),
Sheraton(R), Westin(R), Four Points(R) by Sheraton,
and W(R), Hotels and Resorts as well as Starwood Vacation
Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and
operators of high quality vacation interval ownership
resorts. For more information, please visit www.starwoodhotels.com
About ICE Portal
ICE Portal manages and delivers more rich media content
for hotels, cruise ships and destinations that any
other company. As the leading producer and distributor
of rich media content for the travel industry, ICE
Portal recently partnered with Leonardo to provide
a single point of entry for hotels interested in management
and deliver of all there visual media. ICE Portal’s
content can be seen globally on over 20,000 travel
and search related websites and can be displayed in
multiple-languages. ICE Portal also offers production
of rich media content including videos, 360° virtual
tours and Flash WebShows.
For more information, please contact visit ICE Portal
online at info@iceportal.com
or call 1-954-893-6778 in Hollywood, FL USA.
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