SILVER SPRING, MD— Choice Hotels International has launched a new version of its e-commerce website, ChoiceBuys.com, that is expected to simplify the ordering process and enhance the site’s research, tracking and budgeting capabilities, noted company officials. The newest version of ChoiceBuys.com is powered by Comergent Technologies, a provider of sell-side e-business software. Comergent’s e-business clients include Cisco Systems, Goodyear, Maytag, Nissan, Symbol Technologies and DuPont. The ChoiceBuys.com hardware is all new, the product database has been redesigned and the software has been improved to allow customers to use the system quickly and efficiently, noted Choice. ChoiceBuys.com was launched in April 1999 as one of the industry’s first e-procurement systems.
