Palm Springs Gets Fifth Fin From HotelShark

PALO ALTO, CALIF. (January 16, 2005) – HotelShark, the world's most-trusted online lodging guide, named its fifth fin in the Palm Springs region of California: the Residence Inn Palm Desert. HotelShark gives fins to properties that are positively reviewed by guests on www.hotelshark.com.

A recent guest of the Residence Inn Palm Desert described it as a "wonderful motel,' with a "nice pool' and "two spas.' "Great views of the mountains,' a "courteous' staff, and "nice' guestrooms reportedly round out the property's offerings. The city of Palm Desert is located fourteen miles southeast of the city of Palm Springs.

Other finned properties in HotelShark's Palm Springs section include the Coyote Inn, La Quinta Resort and Club, the Orchid Tree Inn, and the Westin Mission Hills Resort. Other HotelShark sections in California include Bakersfield, Berkeley, Carmel, Concord, Lake Tahoe, Los Angeles, Mill Valley, Modesto, Monterey, Napa Valley, Oakland, Orange County, Palo Alto, Pasadena, Riverside, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Sonoma, Stockton, and Yosemite.

HotelShark awards fins to hotels that are reviewed, on the whole, positively by guests. A fin appears as a small, gray icon to the left of a hotel's name within a given city index. The fin system gives travelers a quick way to find well-liked hotels within a given city.

Neither HotelShark nor its parent SharkPage is affiliated with any of the aforementioned properties or their parent companies.

About HotelShark

HotelShark, the site that Consumer Reports calls one of "the tricks to booking online,' is the world's most-trusted Internet lodging guide. The site was named one of the five best travel websites by National Geographic Traveler magazine, and has been praised by Newsday, US News & World Report, and USA Today. Founded in March 2001, HotelShark is available free of charge at the www.hotelshark.com Internet address. HotelShark is owned by SharkPage, a privately held company based in Palo Alto, California. HotelShark and SharkPage are trademarks of SharkPage. Further press information on HotelShark is available at http://www.hotelshark.com/media.htm .

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