OpenTable.com Appoints Peter Holmes To Vice President, Sales and Distribution
August 22, 2000
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CHICAGO, Ill. (August 22, 2000) — OpenTable.com, the leading provider of Internet-enabled customer relationship management, yield management and marketing solutions to the restaurant industry, today announced the appointment of Peter Holmes to the position of vice president, sales and distribution. Holmes has more than 20 years of experience successfully selling technological advances to the restaurant and hospitality industries, most recently at Rockville, Maryland-based Cyntergy Corporation — a provider of training and project management tools to the North American hospitality market.
Holmes will lead OpenTable.com’s sales, support and distribution efforts including continued rapid adoption of the company’s Internet-enabled electronic reservation book (ERB) by restaurants in the US and Europe. He will also lead OpenTable.com’s industry-leading sales force in the introduction of the company’s new products; addressing restaurateurs as well as others in the hospitality industry, including hotel concierges and travel agents.
“Peter’s experience in working with restaurateurs and hospitality professionals, and educating them about the benefits that technology can bring to their business, made him the ideal candidate to fill this important new position,” said Jeff Edwards, the company’s CEO. “As we scale both our technology and our support and service to meet the increasing demand from large restaurant groups and hotel chains, Peter’s experience will be invaluable in helping us maintain the close customer relationships that are so important to our company, and that we’ve become known for throughout the hospitality industry.”
“As the leaders in Internet-based management tools for restaurants, OpenTable.com presents a unique opportunity to introduce an entirely new way of doing business to restaurant and travel professionals,” said Holmes. “The powerful influence that the Internet will have on restaurant operations and profitability is just beginning to be widely understood, and I am pleased to work for the company that will continue to bring new time and money-saving tools to restaurants around the world.”
About OpenTable.com
OpenTable.com is dedicated to harnessing the power of the Internet for restaurants and providing dining consumers with the best possible reservation experience. The company’s proprietary electronic reservation book (ERB) introduces revolutionary customer relationship management, marketing, and yield management tools, as well as real-time online reservations, to the restaurant industry. OpenTable.com has strategically partnered with leading Internet and media companies including America Online (AOL) Digital City, OracleMobile.com, The Chicago Tribune’s Metromix.com, The New York Times NYToday.com and The Boston Globe’s Boston.com. OpenTable.com’s customers include more than 800 of the nation’s top restaurants. The company is backed by leading venture capital firms Impact Venture Partners and Benchmark Capital, as well as American Express. OpenTable.com is based in San Francisco, California, and has offices in seventeen cities including New York, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Washington DC. For more information about OpenTable.com or its online restaurant reservation network visit www.opentable.com or call 1.800.OPENTABLE.
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