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Nassau Paradise Island Promotions Board (NPIPB) Contracts with HotelView in a Pioneering Promotional Venture
POMPANO BEACH, FL – June 13, 2000 – The Nassau Paradise Island Promotions
Board (NPIPB) and HotelView Corporation, a subsidiary of Visual Data Corporation
(NASDAQ:VDAT), have jointly announced
that the NPIPB has become the first tourism board to join the HotelView’s
innovative Internet video content delivery program. As a result of this agreement, HotelView adds a new dimension to
its rapidly expanding portfolio – promoting entire destinations through on-line
streaming video. As the NPIPB sets the
standard for other tourism boards to reap the benefits of online video touring,
millions of Internet users will be able to custom tailor a vacation with
greater ease then ever before. They
will have the capacity to fully explore not only the hotels and resorts of a
particular destination, but also its key area attractions and recreational
activities.
“We decided to sign with HotelView because
the company is globally recognized as a leader in online streaming video presentations,”
said Michael Rigg, executive director of NPIPB. “We also realize, in this age of technology, how important it is
for viewers to get a good sense of what the properties as well as the
destination’s attractions look like prior to embarking.”
Said David Chestler, general manager for HotelView, “We are delighted that NPIPB has
proactively sought us out to promote their destination. Nassau and Paradise Island have embraced our
premiere travel planning Internet tool as a means to gain the greatest exposure
for their constituency. There’s no doubt in my mind that other tourism boards will be inspired by NPIPB and follow
suit.”
HotelView will work with the NPIPB to enhance the Nassau website as well as establish links to
the NPIPB property videos from a wide variety of other travel related
sites. Viewers will then be able to surf among 25 NPIPB member properties, both independent and brand-affiliated,
and an assortment of area attractions and recreational activities on Nassau
through various links created by HotelView.
HotelView’s extensive library currently features compelling, interactive video tours of over 150
individual properties, both independent and brand-affiliated, worldwide. These range from premier
luxury resorts to business-oriented city center hotels, throughout 17 states within the U.S. as well as Canada,
Mexico, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia. And their ranks continue to grow.
HotelView produces
high-quality hotel video “vignettes” for the Internet that take viewers on a
compelling interactive video tour of the property. A sales aid for travel and meeting planning professionals and a
marketing tool for hoteliers, the videos are strategically distributed through
an extensive network of travel-, leisure- and business-related sites that can
be reached from various sources on the Web such as Yahoo!® Broadcast,
MADSearch, All-Hotels, TravelWeb(Pegasus), Snap (NBCi) and RoadRunner among
others. They are also accessible
through the hotel’s own web site and the HotelView library at http://www.hotelview.com.
HotelView
Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Visual Data Corporation (NASDAQ:
VDAT). It is the flagship of the company’s Visual Data Travel Group, which also includes AttractionView®,
GolfersView® and ResortView®, with CruiseView™, and DestinationView® sites
premiering soon.
This press release contains
forward looking statements which involve numerous risks and uncertainties.
Actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those
anticipated in such forward looking statements as a result of certain factors,
including those set forth in the Company's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements, which involve numerous risks and uncertainties. Actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward looking statements as a result of certain factors, including those set forth in the Company's filings with the securities and Exchange Commission.
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