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October 25, 1999
CINCINNATI, OH — October 25, 1999 - For the sixth consecutive year, Holiday Inn Cincinnati Airport has
received the Bass Hotels & Resorts Torchbearer Award, the company's most prestigious award given for quality service.
The Holiday Inn Cincinnati Airport is one of only five hotels in the nation to win the Torchbearer Award for six
consecutive years.
"Holiday Inn Cincinnati Airport owes much of its success these past six years to an incredibly dedicated core staff
that has worked tirelessly to make our hotel one of the best in the nation," says Holiday Inn Cincinnati Airport General
Manager, David Bowles.
The Holiday Inn Cincinnati Airport is one of only 30 full-service properties chosen from the entire Bass Hotels & Resorts
system of more than 2,700 hotels for maintaining the highest standards of excellence in product quality, hotel operations,
guest services, and profitability. A Torchbearer trophy, the company's symbol of excellence, will be placed on permanent
display at the hotel
"Because of its commitment to overall quality and customer service, it is my privilege to honor the Holiday Inn Cincinnati
Airport as one of the best hotels in the business," said Thomas R. Oliver, chairman and CEO or Bass Hotels & Resorts.
"This hotel has exceeded the highest standards of excellence, and is an example of why our properties are recognized for
quality and value around the world."
The 1999 Torchbearer Awards were presented during a special ceremony at the annual Bass Hotels & Resorts Global Investors
Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. General Manager David Bowles accepted the award on behalf of the hotel.
The Holiday Inn Cincinnati Airport is one of several joint ventures for Winegardner & Hammons, Inc. and Western-Southern
Life Insurance Company/Eagle Realty Group. Located at 1717 Airport Exchange Boulevard in Erlanger, Kentucky, the hotel is
convenient to the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, Turfway Race Course, Newport Aquarium, the future
site of the Kentucky Speedway, and downtown Cincinnati.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC. (NYSE:MAR) is a leading worldwide
hospitality company with nearly 2,600 lodging properties in the United States
and 66 other countries and territories. Marriott International operates and
franchises hotels under the Marriott, JW Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton,
Renaissance, Residence Inn, Courtyard, TownePlace Suites, Fairfield Inn,
SpringHill Suites and Ramada International brand names; develops and operates
vacation ownership resorts under the Marriott Vacation Club International,
Horizons, The Ritz-Carlton Club and Marriott Grand Residence Club brands;
operates Marriott Executive Apartments; provides furnished corporate housing
through its Marriott ExecuStay division; and operates conference centers. The
company is headquartered in Washington, D.C., has approximately 129,000
employees, and was ranked as the lodging industry's most admired company and one
of the best places to work for by FORTUNEŽ. For more information or
reservations, please visit the web site at www.marriott.com.
Eagle Realty Group, a full-service commercial real estate company,
offers a comprehensive range of services covering three core real estate areas:
Investment Management offers asset management and investment advisory services;
Residential Property Management serves apartment and condominium communities;
and NAI Eagle provides commercial property management and brokerage services.
The organization currently oversees investment portfolios consisting of over 25
million square feet of all types of real estate across the U.S. valued in excess
of $2.3 billion.
Winegardner & Hammons, Inc., is a full-service hotel management company with a reputation for progressive and successful hospitality management. The WHI
owned/managed portfolio includes resorts, all-suite, extended-stay, full service
and conference center hotels in many diverse markets across the U.S. WHI
currently manages over 30 hotels in the U.S. For more information on WHI, visit www.whihotels.com.
About The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company: The Western-Southern Life Insurance Company is
one of the highest rated insurance companies in the nation, earning top rating from Standard & Poor's, Duff &
Phelps, and A.M. Best, the insurance rating agencies. With assets exceeding $8 billion, the Western-Southern
Enterprise provides a wide range of insurance and investment services.
About Bass Hotels & Resorts: Bass Hotels & Resorts, the hotel business of Bass PLC of the
United Kingdom, operates or franchises more than 2,700 hotels and 450,000 guestrooms in more than 90
countries and territories.
The following are some of the service marks owned by Bass Hotels & Resorts, Inc., its subsidiaries
or affiliates: Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn Express, Holiday Inn Select, Holiday Inn Garden
Court, Holiday Inn SunSpree Resorts, Staybridge Suites, Holidex, Priority Club Worldwide, Inter-Continental
Forum, and Six Continents Club.
Bass Hotels & Resorts, Inc. offers information and reservations capability on its pages on the World Wide Web
of the Internet - www.holiday-inn.com for Holiday Inn Hotels,
www.hiexpress.com for Holiday Inn Express Hotels,
www.crowneplaza.com for Crowne Plaza hotels and resorts,
www.staybridge.com for Staybridge Suites,
and www.interconti.com for Inter-Continental hotels and resorts.
For more information, contact David Bowles, general manager of the Holiday Inn Cincinnati Airport by phone
at (606) 371-2233 or visit the Holiday Inn web site at www.holiday-inn.com/cvg-airport.
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