The Hospitality Group gets over 5,000 hits/views to our homepage per week from around the world - 150,000 total page views monthly. The site puts out over 2.1 giga-bytes of information weekly and each viewer sees 5-6 web pages on this site.

Our Mission: Establish this site as the single launch-point for finding all the specialty event planning information in the Illinois metropolitan area. Do so by using the minimum of glitz so as to provide speedy and concise responses to all users regardless of their browser type, or link speed! This web site is simple and straight forward like the Model "A", presented in large easy to read type, it works with all web browsers world wide. We do not use frames, wide bandwidth audio, video or require "cookies", therefore we can be viewed worldwide with any browser.Kindly bookmark this web site. It can be a good resource for you.

If you own an online specialty event business, or are trying to get one moving, promoting your business in The Hospitality Group Network Search Engine certainly can be one of your best promotional avenues. There are many benefits available here. We receive 5,000 hits a week from persons interested in specialty event planning services. Your site is made available around the world. Our affiliations with other search engines and web sites worldwide make your business truly reachable. We stongly promote and support merchants utilizing affiliate sales programs. You're reading this because we are promoting. Right! Experts predict over half of Internet sales will originate through affiliate programs by 2002.

It's highly unlikely that most of us can pay ten million for a link from Yahoo like the "big boys" in the online marketing scene can or pay $52,000 and up for banner ads the top general search engines charge. Yahoo is charging $1,000 for one week banner placement on its Web Launch page. Some are charging 2-15 cents for each click on a listing. In the near future most search engines will either require their listings to pay a listing fee or offer a referral program link. By the way, Yahoo now has an express submission service whereby you pay $299 for a response to your submission within 7 days. It doesn't guarantee that you will be listed with them, but at least you get to know within 7 days whether you are in or not This doesn't mean all possible advertising avenues for your online business success are closed. There are still plenty of ways for your Internet business to succeed... Get started now by sponsoring or listing in The Hospitality Group Network Search Engine, an exclusive directory used by enthusiast worldwide. Your sponsorship helps us maintain over 200 pages of specialty regional event planning information.

The Hospitality Group's comprehensive database contains listings of hospitality professionals within the Illinois metropolitan area. Now you can find caterers, event planners, entertainers, reception, catering wedding and banquet halls and related services within the Illinois area at the click of a button.