ATLANTA US Franchise Systems (USFS), parent company of the franchisors of the Microtel Inns & Suites, Hawthorn and Best Inns & Suites brands, has teamed with Sunnyvale, CA-based Vicinity Corp. to integrate a hotel locator on each of its brand websites. Vicinity enables USFS on-line consumers to locate hotels within a specific mile radius and attain door-to-door driving directions.
Furthermore, USFS and each of its hotel brands are now also part of Vicinity s Web and wireless distribution network, which includes distribution on Palm VII, OmniSky, AT&T PocketNet, Verizon, Nextel, Lycos, Excite, AltaVista and Vicinity s MapBlast! (5/7/01)