Third Annual LodgeNet Customer Technology Symposium to Offer Insights Into Current Trends and Future Opportunities for Top Hospitality Executives

SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- LodgeNet Interactive Corporation (Nasdaq: LNET), the leading provider of media and connectivity solutions to the hospitality industry, will host its 3rd annual Customer Technology Symposium, October 5-7, 2010 at The Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston, MA.

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"Technology Innovation: Review. Rethink. Re-energize" will feature two days of presentations and panel discussions focusing on the operational, financial and guest service implications of current and emerging hospitality technologies. The event will be attended by executives from major hospitality brands, hotel owners and management companies as well as industry media and representatives from a broad range of technology companies. Sessions are scheduled to cover topics including:

• Next-generation HD interactive television applications
• Strategies for hotel network planning
• Engaging and monetizing the traveling consumer

Highlighting the event will be a keynote address by Dr. Robert D. Atkinson, Founder and President of The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). Atkinson is scheduled to speak on the topic, "Spurring Innovation and IT Application in the Hospitality Industry." Additional scheduled presenters include two experts in their respective areas of the broader hospitality industry:  Dr. Andrew Lippman, Associate Director of the MIT Media Lab, and Aran Ryan, Director, Hospitality & Leisure for PricewaterhouseCoopers.

"We are excited to welcome our guests to Boston for two days of intensive education, dialogue and networking," said David Goldstone, Vice President, Sales and Hotel Relations for LodgeNet. "Amazing things are happening every day in hospitality technology, and we believe attendees will leave this event with new enthusiasm about what's on the horizon, as well as the information they need to put together a sound technology strategy."

Co-sponsors of the event include Platinum Sponsor, LG Electronics; Gold Sponsors: Comcast Networks, Green Vision Media, Panasonic, Philips, RTTV America, and VideoPropulsion; Silver Sponsors: HBO and Showtime; and Bronze Sponsor, DIRECTV.

For more information, visit the 2010 Customer Technology Symposium Website at http://www.lodgenetonline.com/CTS2010/index.html

About LodgeNet

LodgeNet Interactive Corporation is the leading provider of media and connectivity solutions designed to meet the unique needs of hospitality, healthcare and other guest-based businesses. LodgeNet Interactive serves approximately 1.9 million hotel rooms worldwide in addition to healthcare facilities throughout the United States. The Company's services include: Interactive Television Solutions, Broadband Internet Solutions, Content Solutions, Professional Solutions and Advertising Media Solutions. LodgeNet Interactive Corporation owns and operates businesses under the industry leading brands: LodgeNet, LodgeNetRX, and The Hotel Networks. LodgeNet Interactive is listed on NASDAQ and trades under the symbol LNET. For more information, please visit www.lodgenet.com.

LodgeNet and the LodgeNet logo are registered trademarks of LodgeNet Interactive Corporation.

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