SPRINGFIELD, MO Jeff Wasson, CEO of TravelNow.com, reported that the company booked its one-millionth hotel room for the year.
In addition to the growing consumer confidence in booking travel online, TravelNow.com attributes the landmark number to enhancements in technology and the growth of its affiliate network. The company has completed the implementation of BEAs WebLogic server and increased its bandwidth. Both features boost the number of visitors capable of logging on to the site simultaneously, increase the capacity to process transactions, and decrease server downtime. TravelNow.com also added approximately 5,000 affiliates to its network, which now totals over 9,000 members. (11/27/00)