Rosewood Hotels and Sun Country Airlines Take First Place Away From Industry Leaders

Market Metrix, LLC, the leading provider of customer and employee feedback and performance tools for the hospitality industry, announced results of the Market Metrix Hospitality Index (MMHI) for the third quarter of 2007. Kimpton Hotels, Sun Country Airlines and Enterprise Rent-a-Car ranked number one in hotel, airline and rental car industry customer satisfaction, respectively.

For the first time Rosewood Hotels and Resorts scored highest in Customer Satisfaction among Luxury Hotels and outpaced industry heavyweight and perennial leader, Ritz-Carlton. Rosewood customers rave about the employees and especially appreciate the friendly and respectful front desk staff. Rosewood has earned this praise despite a rapid pace of growth over the last three years, reflecting the strength of its product and brand. Kimpton Hotels won the Upscale segment and also posted the highest score (91.7) among all hotels in the industry. Overall, customer satisfaction with hotels is up slightly from last quarter but remains below last year's levels.

Also for the first time, Sun Country Airlines took the top spot in customer satisfaction among all airlines. "We think Sun Country is the best kept secret in the airline industry," said Tom Petters, Chairman and CEO of Petters Group Worldwide, the company that recently acquired the airline. Sun Country Airlines is a low cost, low fare carrier based in St. Paul, MN, that flies to popular business and leisure destinations such as New York, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, Las Vegas as well as seasonally to Mexico and the Caribbean. Overall, customer satisfaction with all airlines is up slightly this year but remains well below last year's levels.

Among rental car companies, Enterprise continues their industry dominance with overall satisfaction and loyalty scores widening the gap over its competition. Customers continue to applaud the attitudes of Enterprise personnel, "...these guys are incredibly courteous and friendly," but give only mixed reviews to their newly acquired Alamo and National brands. Overall customer satisfaction with rental car companies is up from last year and remains unchanged for 2007 despite rising fuel prices and decreased availability of new rental vehicles.

Market Metrix Hospitality Index 2007 3rd Quarter YTD Winners



WINNER                                   SEGMENT



Hotels

Rosewood                     88.9        Luxury

Kimpton Hotels               91.7        Upper Upscale

Homewood Suites              88.8        Upscale

Holiday Inn SunSpree         80.7        Midscale w/ F&B

Drury Inns                   87.8        Midscale w/o F&B

Jameson Inns                 83.8        Economy



Casinos

Wynn Las Vegas               91.1        Upscale Casino

Borgata Casino               90.3        Casino



Web Sites

SpringHill Suites            92.0        Hotel Brand Web Site

Hotwire                      75.7        Hotel Travel Web Site



Airline

Sun Country                  85.1        AIRLINE



Car Rental

Enterprise                   83.5        CAR RENTAL



Timeshare

Disney Vacation Club         90.5        Timeshare Accommodations

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