BarStar announces GoldStar Bar Program for bars and nightclubs nationwide

Leading online bar and nightclub directory to provide enhanced directory listings for members. Along with additional marketing, aggressive growth goals established by newly hired VP of Sales and Marketing.

Chicago, IL/Raleigh, NC - August 16, 2002 -- BarStar.com, one of the largest and longest running bar guides online, featuring bars, nightclubs and local music, announced today the launch of the GoldStar Bar Marketing and Sales Program as well as the hiring of Vince Matal as Vice-President of Sales and Marketing.

The GoldStar Bar Program provides a unique marketing opportunity for owners of bars and nightclubs to present information about their businesses to the visitors of BarStar.com. By providing in-depth information, including current daily specials, amenities, online maps and more, bars and nightclubs will be able to provide their patrons with the information they need to decide where to go an what to do.

I am proud to announce the GoldStar Bar Program", stated BarStar founder Bob McCartney. BarStar has always been the premier location on the Internet for nightlife information. By making the additional information available through the GoldStar Program, we allow bar and nightclub owners across the country to give their customers pertinent information about their offerings as well as provide the highest quality and quantity of information to the visitors of BarStar.com."

In conjunction with the GoldStar Bar Program, BarStar announces the hiring of Vince Matal as Vice-President of Sales and Marketing. Based in Raleigh, North Carolina, Matal will be responsible for the overall success and growth of the GoldStar Bar Program and BarStar.com. He will also head up all marketing efforts, including the implementation of BarStar sites into new metropolitan areas.

I am very excited about the opportunity with BarStar," said Matal. Bob has created an amazingly comprehensive directory for the industry. My job will be to simply build upon his vision of making BarStar the top destination on the Web for people looking for information on local nightlife. We have very aggressive plans for the growth of BarStar and I am eager to face the challenge of taking BarStar.com to the next level."

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With over 5,000 listings of local bars and nightclubs in 13 cities nationwide, BarStar.com is the leading online directory for bars, night clubs and local bands. Combined with a local band directory comprised of over 10,000 local bands, BarStar.com makes available the most complete information for people seeking information about local nightlife.