Level 3 Selected by RIU Hotels & Resorts to Provide CDN Services to Improve Website Speed, Security and Scalability
By Level 3 Communications Inc., PRNEWednesday, July 20, 2011
LONDON, July 21, 2011 -
Level 3’s High Performing Websites Solutions Help International
Hotel & Resort Company Provide a Superior Website
Experience
Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) today announced that
it has been selected to provide its High Performing Websites
solutions for RIU Hotels & Resorts, which operates more than
100 hotels in 19 countries, to improve website speed, performance
and content security for RIU and its website visitors.
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“We understand that our customers not only expect a fast,
reliable website experience no matter where they are in the world,
they want to know that any personal information they provide on our
site is truly safe,” said Jose Maria Puerta, RIU’s chief technology
officer. “With Level 3’s High Performing Websites solutions, we’re
able to provide both the speed and security our customers demand,
and provide it across a broader international scale - an important
factor as we look to grow our business.”
Level 3’s High Performing Websites solutions provide Spain-based
RIU with significantly improved website speed and page load times.
These factors are increasingly important in meeting Web visitors’
expectations and in improving conversion rates, particularly for
e-commerce sites like RIU’s. To support secure transactions and
overcome potential performance challenges associated with SSL (a
technology which helps with secure online transactions, but is
particularly resource-intensive), RIU turned to Level 3 to not only
ensure secure delivery of content, but to also accelerate the
delivery of secure Web pages and components.
With Level 3, RIU is also benefitting from an expanded
geographic reach for the company’s site and better website
scalability, which allow the company to more quickly and
efficiently reach customers. An important factor in RIU’s decision
to work with Level 3 was the expanding reach of RIU’s e-commerce
site to customers in Latin America, which they are now able to do
with Level 3’s services.
“The combination of website efficiency, reliability and security
can make or break a Web visitor’s experience and, for a company
whose bottom line is directly impacted by its website, the
combination can make or break their future,” said James Heard,
president of European Markets for Level 3. “The Level 3 High
Performing Websites solutions can help enterprise customers like
RIU substantially improve the performance and reach of their
website, which can ultimately help drive revenue and improve
customer loyalty to a business.”
The Level 3 High Performing Website solutions offer a
comprehensive suite of services designed to enhance the online
customer experience that can result in bottom-line business growth.
For more information on Level 3’s High Performing Websites
solutions for enterprise, please visit
www.level3.com/en/Solutions/business-need/High-Performing-Websites.aspx.
About RIU: The international RIU chain was founded in
Mallorca by the Riu family in 1953 as a small holiday firm and is
still owned by the family’s third generation. The company
specialises in holiday resorts and 50% of its establishments offer
its acclaimed All Inclusive by RIU service. With the inauguration
of its first city hotel in 2010, RIU is expanding its range of
products with its own line of city hotels called RIU Plaza. Riu
Hotels & Resorts now has more than 100 hotels in 19 countries
which welcome over 3 million guests a year and provide jobs for a
total of 23,400 employees. RIU is currently the world’s 27th ranked
chain, one of the Caribbean’s most popular and the fourth largest
in Spain. For further information: Press Department // Tel:
+34 971 74 30 30 //
About Level 3 Communications
Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) is a leading
international provider of fiber-based communications services.
Enterprise, content, wholesale and government customers rely on
Level 3 to deliver services with an industry-leading combination of
scalability and value over an end-to-end fiber network. Level 3
offers a portfolio of metro and long-haul services, including
transport, data, Internet, content delivery and voice. Level 3
services are provided by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Level 3
Communications, Inc. For more information, visit
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press release are forward looking in nature. These statements are
based on management’s current expectations or beliefs. These
forward looking statements are not a guarantee of performance and
are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of
which are outside Level 3’s control, which could cause actual
events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the
statements. The most important factors that could prevent Level 3
from achieving its stated goals include, but are not limited to:
the current uncertainty in the global financial markets and
the global economy; a discontinuation of the development and
expansion of the Internet as a communications medium and
marketplace for the distribution and consumption of data and video;
and disruptions in the financial markets that could affect Level
3’s ability to obtain additional financing. Additional
factors include, but are not limited to, the company’s ability to:
increase and maintain the volume of traffic on its network;
develop effective business support systems; manage system and
network failures or disruptions; develop new services that meet
customer demands and generate acceptable margins; defend
intellectual property and proprietary rights; adapt to rapid
technological changes that lead to further competition; attract and
retain qualified management and other personnel; successfully
integrate acquisitions; and meet all of the terms and conditions of
debt obligations. Additional information concerning these and other
important factors can be found within Level 3’s filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Statements in this press
release should be evaluated in light of these important factors.
Level 3 is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any such
obligation to, update or alter its forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events, or
otherwise.
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Monica.Martinez@Level3.com Mark.Stoutenberg@Level3.com
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