NEW YORK and ROSLYN HEIGHTS, NY- When the management at ICD Publications decided to create a groundbreaking portal site for the hospitality industry, it enlisted the expertise of AppliedTheory Corp., a leading provider of comprehensive Internet Business Solutions, and Perfect Solutions, a leading regional developer of business-to-business websites and e-commerce technology.
The partnership resulted in a new website called http://archive.hotelbusiness.com, which was launched earlier this month.
The new site is designed to be the home page for the hospitality community. Hotelbusiness.com is a one-stop resource where, in real time, industry professionals can read self-refreshing breaking news about their industry, buy or sell a property, compare different franchisers, check out financing options, or even look for a job or job candidates. The sites users will also be able to track personalized stock portfolios and view customized world news, sports and weather reports.
AppliedTheory, Perfect Solutions and ICD Publications collaborated on the development of the site, with Perfect Solutions architecting the overall site in terms of functionality and programming while AppliedTheory is providing the hosting, software infrastructure and ongoing management to establish a highly available and dynamic user destination.
ICD Publications CEO, Ian Gittlitz, said he selected Perfect Solutions because of its experience in designing industry-specific, business-to-business websites. He said he selected AppliedTheory because of its expertise in hosting robust, heavily trafficked sites that require sophisticated programming.
AppliedTheory cited Hotelbusiness.com as an example of the kind of site that will benefit from Delta Edge(TM), the companys new content distribution technology that accelerates the delivery of dynamic, or rapidly changing, data over the Internet. Delta Edge(TM) will be available to AppliedTheorys Web hosting customers later this year. (9/18/00)
