Online reservations for campgrounds and RV parks: Friend Communications

Press Release: May 6, 2004
For more information, contact:
Deb Kohls
Friend Communications
(888) 333-9383, Ext. 223

Alan Kobran
President and CEO
LinkSpot Networks
(703) 620-6300

Partnership Offers Online Reservations and Wireless Internet Access
to Parks and Campgrounds

Reston, VA – LinkSpot Networks, Inc., a wireless Internet provider to campgrounds and RV parks, has partnered with Friend Communications, Inc. to offer clients real-time, online reservation capabilities.

“This partnership is a natural fit,” explained Alan Kobran, President and CEO of LinkSpot. “All of our customers are computer savvy and appreciate Internet capabilities, so adding the Friend reservation system seemed logical.”

LinkSpot provides campgrounds with wireless Internet access and assists guests in locating parks with those capabilities through its Web site, thisRVpark.com portal, and toll free ParkFinder service. “This alliance is another way that LinkSpot and Friend are helping to market their joint customers’ locations by making it easy for consumers to find parks with wireless Internet access and take advantage of online reservations all at the same time,” Kobran explained.

Consumers can be connected while at home making reservations and while relaxing at the campground. “LinkSpot and Friend offer campgrounds and parks cutting edge technology that consumers demand,” said Gary Pace, President of Friend Communications. “This partnership will help make parks more appealing to the rapidly growing number of computer proficient guests and it will help increase revenues for park owners.”

Joint clients of the two companies receive the benefits of both systems. Mike Gurevich, owner of Cherry Hill Park, College Park, Md., is one of those clients. “Park owners and consumers want online technology that is convenient and easy. Friend and LinkSpot provide just that,” said Gurevich.


LinkSpot Networks, Inc. uses the latest technology to provide products and services to help park management increase occupancy, increase revenue per guest, improve efficiency, decrease operating costs and protect existing customer base. LinkSpot Networks is the leading provider of Wi-Fi high-speed Internet service to RV parks and campgrounds. A privately held company, LinkSpot was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Reston, Va. Visit LinkSpot's website at www.linkspot.com LinkSpot... Connecting the Great Outdoors.

Friend Communications Inc., a subsidiary of Leisure Holding Inc., provides an integrated portfolio of services, including online reservation technology, advertising infrastructure and marketing services to the outdoor recreation industry. Friend is committed to delivering best-of-breed products and marketing support to unite the businesses that makeup this vertical. Through industry partnerships and its sister company, Camping.com, Friend enhances the consumer's online experience by providing outdoor recreation-centric information, resources and an extensive online reservation network for locating RV parks and campgrounds. More information is available toll-free at 888-333-9383, ext. 223; on the Web at www.friendcommunications.com; or by e-mail at marketing@friendcomm.net.

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