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Sight & Sound Software Named One of the Fastest Growing Technology Companies in the U.S. for the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500 Program
Sight & Sound Software® announced today that it has been named to Deloitte & Touches prestigious "Fast 500" Program, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing U.S. technology companies. Rankings are based on five-year percentage revenue growth from 1994-1998.
November 16, 1999, Portland, Ore - Sight & Sound Software®, the developers of BookSmartTM, the industry's premier online travel booking engine, announced today that it has been named to Deloitte & Touche's prestigious "Fast 500" Program, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing U.S. technology companies. Rankings are based on five-year percentage revenue growth from 1994-1998.
Sight & Sound President Jeff Kennedy credits "a strong customer focus along with having a unique product in a hot online travel market with the company's 865 percent revenue growth over the past five years. Sight & Sound was founded in 1994. Achieving this ranking in our first five years rewards the hard work that went into developing BookSmart. It is an honor to be categorized with such an accomplished array of companies."
"Today, there are more than 22,000 high technology companies in the United States, many of whom are competing for the same markets here in the states and worldwide," said Mark Evans, managing director, Deloitte & Touche High Technology Industry Group. "The Fast 500 winners have proven that they can compete successfully by consistently delivering technological wonders. We at Deloitte & Touche commend Sight & Sound Software for having the vision and determination to become one of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in the U.S."
Sight & Sound's increase in revenues of 865 percent over the five-year period of 1994 to 1998 resulted in a 335th ranking overall in the Technology Fast 500. To qualify for the Fast 500, companies must have had revenues of at least $50,000 in 1994; must be headquartered in the United States; and be "technology companies" defined as a company that produces technology, manufactures a technology product, are technologically intensive, uses technology in problem-solving, or devotes a high percentage of effort to research and development of technology.
Technology Fast 500 Winners are invited to an exclusive two-day CEO Summit that will be held from May11-13, 2000 at the Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island, Florida. The Summit is designed to address the unique business issues facing these super-charged, technology companies.
Winners of the 20 regional Fast 50 programs in the United States are automatically entered in the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500 program, which ranks the nations' top 500 fastest growing technology companies.
For more information on the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500 program, visit www.fast500.com.
About Sight & Sound Software
Founded in 1994, Sight & Sound Software provides products and services for the online travel market. The company's flagship product, BookSmart, occupies a unique position in the online travel industry and currently handles approximately 12% of all online travel transactions. For more information, write to Sight & Sound Software, Inc., 1200 NW Naito Parkway Suite 200, Portland, OR 97209, phone (503) 274-0938, fax (503) 274-0939, or visit the company website at http://www.book-smart.com.
About Deloitte & Touche
Deloitte & Touche, one of the nation's leading professional service firms, provides accounting and auditing, tax, and management consulting services through 28,000 people in offices in over 100 U.S. cities. Deloitte & Touche is part of Deloitte & Touche Tohmatsu, a global leader in professional services with more that 82,000 people in over 130 countries.
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