Colin Steele Appointed hotelicopter’s CTO

Charlottesville, VA – Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 – hotelicopter (www.hotelicopter.com), the new hotel search engine that helps online travelers book hotels, vacations, travel deals, and resorts, has appointed Colin Steele as its Chief Technology Officer. hotelicopter helps travelers find amazing hotel deals worldwide, including for Las Vegas hotels, Orlando hotels, Chicago hotels, Los Angeles hotels, and New York hotels.

Adam Healey, hotelicopter’s Co-founder and CEO, commented, “Colin is a great addition to our management team. His depth of experience, managerial talent, and a desire to push the envelope of what’s possible make him a perfect fit for our company. I look forward to working with him as we continue to bring innovative leadership to the travel industry.”

Colin Steele commented, “hotelicopter creates innovative solutions to travelers’ and hoteliers’ long-standing problems by using cutting edge technology and out-of-the-box thinking. I’m proud to contribute to a team leading the industry into the future of online travel.”

For almost two decades, Colin has worked in IT, management and entrepreneurial environments, with particular focus on IP networking software development, distributed systems and the Internet. As one of America Online’s early employees, he wrote AOL’s first Internet gateway. Later he helped architect and develop AOL Instant Messenger. During his tenure as Director of AIM Host Development, Colin designed and implemented key components of the system and co-authored patented technology for AIM. Much of his work remains in use as AOL’s core infrastructure.

After leaving AOL, Colin launched WebG2 Inc., offering innovative online business intelligence services. Since then, he has worked with numerous startups and early-stage ventures, in industries ranging from food service to construction to music, in roles ranging from CTO to investor and member of the Board of Directors to programmer.

Colin earned a BA from Holy Cross College in mathematics.

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hotelicopter is a hotel search engine. We help you decide where to stay for your next trip, and where you can book it for the best available price. hotelicopter searches rates and availability from 30 leading travel sites and over 150,000 hotels worldwide. Founded in 2006, hotelicopter is based in Charlottesville, Virginia. For more information, please visit www.hotelicopter.com or email us at media [at] hotelicopter [dot] com.