U.S. Hospitality Acquires Majority Ownership of CityAmerica.com

02/01/05

In keeping with its two-part mission statement of providing the traveling public with quality information while encouraging entrepreneurship and small business growth, Nashville, TN based specialty publisher U.S. Hospitality today announced its acquisition of the majority ownership of web publishing firm CityAmerica.com.

"Actually, I found the site one day while surfing for competitors to OnlineCityGuide.com, our website that provides destination guides for over 600 cities in America" said U.S. Hospitality President and CEO Mark Oldham. "I was immediately intrigued by the way it combined the idea of offering a city guide product to local citizens to customize and build into their own businesses (by selling advertising on the sites.) It uses the exact same principle as U.S. Hospitality with the print products that we offer to our Affiliate Publishers: providing production, administrative and marketing expertise to self-starters who want to create home-based community businesses."

CityAmerica.com's founder, Brad Meador, who started the business out of his home office in 2000 also immediately saw the potential in a merging of the two companies. And when they met, the two hit it off immediately. "We both see success in the same way" commented Meador. "Take people who are highly motivated, provide them with a great product and then offer them as much support as possible. Besides the obvious technical support that is necessary for web-based products, I think it is imperative that marketing support is also offered. We hold training and marketing conference calls on Monday and Thursday, and supply a weekly newsletter with tips, tech notes and forum discussions." The company's one site per city on a first-come, first-served basis creates a non-competitive community of entrepreneurs eager to share sales and site-promotion strategies.

"I was impressed when I saw how far Brad had gotten on his own, working out of his house. I knew that together we could take it to the next level."

For more information, contact:
Mark Oldham
800-467-1218
www.ushospitality.com

Brad Meador
618-241-9669
www.cityamerica.com