SeaWorld Orlando Names "Preferred" Hotel

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 30, 2000
Contact: Claudia LEngle Hafling
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   ORLANDO, Fla. --    The Sheraton World Resort on International Drive has been named a preferred hotel" by SeaWorld Orlando.
   The Sheraton World Resort, set on 28 lush acres, is adjacent to SeaWorld. Guests may walk to the theme park on a private path that leads from the hotel to SeaWorld.
   As a preferred" hotel, the Sheraton World offers guests a special SeaWorld Adventure Package, featuring two nights of hotel accommodations plus two admission tickets to SeaWorld. The package rates are only $254, plus tax, for double occupancy. Up to four people may stay in the room on existing bedding.
   When the newest Anheuser Busch Adventur Park, the much-anticipated Discovery Cove, opens on July 1, the Sheraton will be offering the Discovery Cove Adventure Package. This package will include two nights hotel accommodations, plus -
two reserved dolphin swim experiences;
unlimited access to the Coral Reef, Ray Lagoon, Resort Pool, Tropical River and Aviary; A meal for two; complimentary parking; use of snorkel equipment, wet suits, towels and lockers, and, two seven-consecutive-day passes for unlimited admission to SeaWorld.
   The package rate for all this is $556, plus tax, based on double occupancy.
Additional nights and tickets are available.
   For reservations, call 1-800-327-0363.
   This arrangement with SeaWorld is a coup for our guests and for SeaWorld visitors who need a close, convenient and enjoyable place to stay," noted Sheraton World General Manager Keith Wolling. SeaWorld has no hotels of their own, but with us right next door, theme park visitors have no need to drive far after a tiring day in the park. Weve got everything they could ask for right here, at affordable rates."
   The Sheraton World features 789 newly renovated resort rooms, with 305 new Tower rooms scheduled for completion in late July. Each room features refrigerators, coffeemakers, cable television and telephones with data ports for email and Internet acccess.
   Also featured are three swimming pools, a kiddie pool, whirlpool, playground, video arcade and miniature golf course. For dining, guests have the choice of the hotels charming Blue Marlin restaurant plus Maxs Deli for a quick meal. And, Coconuts Lounge is open seven days a week, as is the poolside tiki bar.
   Along with the new Tower, which features its own meeting rooms for conferences, the hotel also has renovated and enlarged its East Conference Center. The new Center features all new carpeting, upscale lighting and accouterments, as well as a stunning new 10,000-square-foot grand ballroom that can be divided into four smaller rooms. These new facilities bring the hotels total meeting space to 55,000 square feet.
   SeaWorld is a tremendous asset to this resort and it was more than time that we took advantage of it and formed an alliance," Wolling said. We are very proud to be associated with Anheuser Busch and its Orlando parks."
   The Sheraton World Resort, a preferred SeaWorld hotel, is located adjacent to SeaWorld at 10100 International Drive. The hotel is owned and operated by Remington
Hotels, Inc. Remington, a 25-year-old company headquartered in Dallas, owns 37 hotels throughout the U.S., of which the Sheraton World Resort, with its 1102 rooms over 28 acres, is the largest.
   For more information on the Sheraton World Resort, phone (407)352-1100 or visit online at http://www.sheratonworld.com.

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