Halifax, Nova Scotia, Sept 6, 2004 – www.NeedaHotel.ca partners with Scotia Prince Cruises to provide travel information between Maine and Nova Scotia and save travelers a full day of driving. Need A Hotel provides consumers reservation and information service for over 3000 hotel rooms in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

Portland, only 90 miles north of Boston, is the southernmost departure point in New England for travelers to Nova Scotia. Passengers on board Scotia Prince Cruises enjoy live entertainment and casino. Following a good night's sleep passengers awaken refreshed and relaxed in friendly, beautiful Nova Scotia, with their vacation already well started.

Since 1970, Scotia Prince Cruises have provided service to almost 6 million passengers and 1 million vehicles. Many Americans going to Nova Scotia arrive on Scotia Prince Cruises. Separate vehicle decks for car, motorcycle, van, or RV. Passengers save 1500 miles of round-trip driving while enjoying fine dining, live entertainment, and Las Vegas style casino.

“3000 hotels, motel, resort, inn and lodge bedrooms in the Maritimes are now available for consumers to call our toll free number and receive information or reserve a room.” said Clark Squires, Director. “ Consumers are savvy and many build custom vacations while sitting in the comfort of their own homes. Our goal is to provide information on how to get to the destination and destination information on-line by linking directly with quality suppliers of this information.”

Need a Hotel is marketed on interactive kiosks, in hotels lobbies, in hotel rooms, billboards, magazines, retail locations, newspapers, visitor information centres and on the internet at www.NeedaHotel.ca. “Users can also make reservation requests online or call toll free to our bilingual reservation call center” said Val Kalliecharan, General Manager, Intergy.

Intergy, a division of Pacrim Hospitality Services Inc, provides ECommerce and call centre services to Pacrim hotels and affiliate hotels and tourism operators worldwide. Intergy develops strategic marketing and sales programs to support hotel sales and also manage, market and maintain the following sites; www.GoEasternCanada.com , www.GoNovaScotia.com , www.GoNewBrunswick.com , www.NeedaHotel.ca , www.PacrimHotels.com and 25 hotel sites. Intergy handles thousands of inbound phones calls each week at its reservation call center and thousands of unique Internet users visit its internet site each week. Intergy uses leading edge information technology and applies it to market and sell the tourism and hotel industry.

Contact: Val Kalliecharan 902-450-2720 val@pacrimhospitality.com
Clark Squires 902-450-2725 ccsquires@pacrimhospitality.com






####