To: Stock Watcher who wrote (26624 ) 2/15/2000 11:23:00 AM From: ErnestPoe Respond to of 52051
SW, WIZZF looking great on news!! Check it out! WSi Interactive Appoints Hospitality GuruTo Head Its Internet Industry Vertical VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- WSi Interactive (OTC Bulletin Board: WIZZF) (CDNX: WIZ) today named Tim Ellison, CCC, DMATP as Director of WSi's new hospitality vertical. The hospitality vertical encompasses three individual proprietary sites that bring together the wine, food and restaurant industries. The vertical serves a $900 billion industry in North America, one that employs over 20 million people. In addition to providing significant content and resource material, the vertical will incorporate employment and procurement services for the industry. Tim brings to WSi a wealth of information and a high profile within the hospitality industry which has been achieved through over 25 years experience in the hospitality industry both in the US and Canada. A Certified Chef-de Cuisine from the Canadian Culinary Institute and a National Board Member for the Association of Tourism Professionals, Tim's expertise in the industry is both well known and highly regarded. He is a recent board member of the Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission's Food and Beverage Server Advisory Board as well as being a chairperson of the technical committee for the Restaurant Service Competition for Skills Canada. Prior to joining WSi Tim consulted with the Pacific Rim Institute of Tourism, and is currently President of the Food and Beverage Association of B.C. In keeping with WSi's mandate of launching new Internet businesses, Tim will be responsible for the new hospitality vertical, encompassing all the content and site management duties of the three proprietary sites, as well as overseeing all aspects of the marketing and revenue-generation. His expertise in the hospitality industry will prove Tim to be an invaluable asset to the WSi management team, and strikes a perfect complement to the sound marketing and technology infrastructure of the company. The Business of WSi WSi Interactive Corporation is an innovative Internet business development and marketing firm, whose objective is to capitalize on direct marketing opportunities on the Internet. WSi builds, manages and markets online businesses in the financial, e-tailing and e-commerce, entertainment and e-advertising sectors.