Agreement with Bass Hotels & Resorts in Canada
BURNABY, BC, Jan. 13 /CNW/ - Canada Payphone Corporation
CDNX Symbol:CPY
Canada Payphone Corporation (CPC), Canada's first Competitive Pay
Telephone Service Provider, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an
agreement with Bass Hotels & Resorts to offer payphone services to all of
their hotels and resorts in Canada, which include Inter-Continental, Crowne
Plaza, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, and Staybridge Suites by Holiday Inn.
``I am pleased that Bass Hotels & Resorts has decided to take advantage
of CPC's state-of-the-art AT&T Canada branded payphone services and
interactive Internet kiosks,' said Bruce Clark, President and Chief Executive
Officer. ``This is one of our largest contracts to date for the deployment of
our payphones as it represents 230 Bass Hotels & Resorts. Each property will
accommodate 1 to 10 payphones.'
The hotel properties will be offered the luxury of using the new
Grapevine(T) Network Terminal presently being displayed at the ICSC Convention
in Whistler as announced in Canada Payphone's January 12, 2000 press release.
The AT&T Canada branded payphones accept all coins, credit and calling cards,
as well as provide full operator services and flat rate long distance charges
across Canada and to the United States. The interactive phones will also
display advertising and offer consumers access to the Internet for e-commerce
and personal information services.
Bass Hotels & Resorts: With over 2,800 hotels and 450,000 guest rooms in
more than 90 countries and territories, Bass Hotels & Resorts has an
established, international brand-name property to suit every guest's service,
amenity and lodging needs. Each year, more than 150 million people stay at a
hotel or resort bearing one of the Bass Hotels & Resorts lodging brands. Bass
Hotels & Resorts is the hotel business of U.K.-based Bass PLC. Bass PLC
American Depository Receipts trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the
symbol `BAS'. The following are some of the service marks owned by Bass
Hotels & Resorts, Inc., its subsidiaries or affiliates: Holday Inn(R), Crown
Plaza(R), Holiday Inn Select(R), Holiday Inn Garden CourtSM, Holiday Inn
SunSpree(R) Resorts, Staybridge SuitesSM, Holidex(R), Priority Club(R)
Worldwide, Inter-Continental(R), Forum(R), and Six Continents Club(R). Bass
Hotels & Resorts Inc. offers information and reservations capability on its
pages on the World Wide Web - www.holiday-inn.com for Holiday Inn hotels
www.hiexpress.com for Holiday Inn Express hotels, www.crowneplaza.com for
Crowne Plaza Hotels and Resorts, www.staybridge.com for Staybridge Suites, and
www.interconti.com for Inter-Continental Hotels and Resorts.
AT&T Canada: AT&T Canada is Canada's largest facilities-based
competitive voice, data and Internet telecommunications provider. Created
during 1999 from the merger of AT&T Canada long distance Services, MetroNet
Communications, Netcom Canada and ACC TelEnterprisee, AT&T Canada brings
together the country's largest competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC),
three of Canada's leading Internet Service providers (ISP), and Canada's
pioneer in competitive long distance. Deploying the most advanced fibre-optic
networking and digital switching platforms, AT&T Canada offers customers
across the country a full site of local and long distance voice, data and
Internet services - with excellent customer service, competitive pricing, and
sales and service locations from coast-to-coast. AT&T Canada is a public
company traded on the Toronto stock exchange under the symbol TEL.B and on the
NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol ATTC. For more information,
visit AT&T Canada's web site, www.attcanada.com.
Canada Payphone Corporation: Canada Payphone Corporation is the leading
national competitive pay telephone service provider (CPTSP) and the exclusive
provider installing AT&T Canada branded payphones and interactive public
Internet kiosks across Canada. CPC along with its Alliance Partner AT&T
Canada, provides new and innovative high quality payphone products and
services. Canada Payphone Corporation with offices located in Toronto and
Vancouver is a public company traded on the CDNX symbol ``CPY'. For more
information, visit CPC's web site at www.Canadapayphone.com.
THE CDNX HAS NOT REVIEWED AND DOES NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
ACCURACY OF THIS RELEASE
For further information: Stephen Niven, Executive Vice President, Canada
Payphone Corporation (800) 287-9334, Fax (604) 257-3399,
info@Canadapayphone.com |
