Wyndham Hotel Group Taps VFM to Enhance Online Photo Distribution

PARSIPPANY, N.J. (June 28, 2011) – Wyndham Hotel Group (NYSE: WYN) today
announced an agreement with visual content and management leader VFM Leonardo to use
VScape® Premium, the company’s digital asset management platform, to manage online
photo distribution for Wyndham Hotel Group’s over 7,200 hotels.

Using VScape Premium, Wyndham Hotel Group will be able to distribute its hotel photos
out via VNetwork®, one of the world’s most universally accepted and largest global
networks for the travel industry of online sources used for travel shopping. This consists of
all four global distribution systems, Pegasus and travel-related channels including online
travel agencies, travel research and supplier web sites, search portals and major travel
intermediaries.

“As the online landscape for hotels continues to evolve, so do the demands of online travel
shoppers who are increasingly seeking stronger, more engaging visual content,”
said Linda
Kent, Wyndham Hotel Group senior vice president of electronic distribution. “Working
with VFM Leonardo will help us meet that demand and enable us to deliver the online
experience that our users are looking for.”

VFM Leonardo also offers services to further enhance the visual presentation of hotels with
video and other rich media across both traditional travel websites in VNetwork and social
media channels like Facebook. Wyndham properties can now take advantage of
VBrochure, the company’s online merchandising system that enables hoteliers to syndicate
and display richer visual experiences to travel shoppers with video, flash presentations,
360° virtual tours, additional photos and text content within a large format multi-media
viewer.

“We are glad to be providing Wyndham Hotel Group with the tools they need to manage
and deliver hotel images to online sources more efficiently and enable their properties to
further enhance their online experiences with rich media,”
said Paolo Boni, president and
CEO, VFM Leonardo. “We look forward to a positive and lasting relationship.”

About VFM Leonardo
VFM Leonardo is a technology leader in online visual content management and distribution
systems. VFM Leonardo’s VScape® and VBrochure™ products leverage the distribution
capabilities of the VNetwork™, one of the most universally accepted and largest online
visual content distribution network for the global travel industry including all four global
distribution systems (GDSs), Pegasus and travel-related channels including online travel
agencies, travel research and supplier web sites, search portals, review, travel editorial and
major social media and video sharing sites. VFM Leonardo offers the hotel industry one of
the most effective digital asset management and online merchandising systems available
today and effectively reaches tens of millions of consumers monthly with over 1,000,000
visual images (photos, virtual tours and videos) on more than 30,000 travel and social
media websites in the VNetwork including Amadeus, Galileo, Sabre, Worldspan, Pegasus,
Travelocity, Orbitz, Priceline, Tripadvisor, Yahoo! Travel, Kayak, Google and many more
for 90,000 hotels worldwide. For more information about VFM Leonardo,
visit www.vfmleonardo.com.

About Wyndham Hotel Group
Wyndham Hotel Group, part of the Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE: WYN) family of
companies, is the world’s largest hotel company with approximately 7,210 hotels and
612,700 rooms in 65 countries under the hotel brands: Wyndham Hotels and Resorts®,
Ramada®, Days Inn®, Super 8®, Wingate by Wyndham®, Baymont Inn & Suites®, Microtel
Inns & Suites®, Hawthorn Suites® by Wyndham, TRYP® by Wyndham, Howard Johnson®,
Travelodge® and Knights Inn®. In addition, the company has a license agreement to
franchise the Planet Hollywood Hotels®, Dream® and Night® brands and provide
management services internationally.

All hotels are independently owned and operated excluding certain Wyndham and
international Ramada hotels which are managed by Wyndham Hotel Management, Inc., one
of its affiliates or through a joint-venture partner. Wyndham Hotel Group is based in
Parsippany, N.J. Additional information is available at www.wyndhamworldwide.com.

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CONTACT:
Rob Myers
Public Relations Manager
Wyndham Hotel Group
22 Sylvan Way
Parsippany, NJ 07054
+1 (973) 753-6590
rob.myers@wyn.com
 

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