03.01.2006 14:00:00

ARAMARK Harrison Lodging Announces Strategic Alliance with Chief Learning Officer Magazine; Leading Conference Center Operator Aligns with Top Publication for Fortune 500 Learning Officers

ARAMARK Harrison Lodging, a leader in the conference andcorporate training centers industry, today announced it has signed anunprecedented strategic alliance with Chief Learning Officer (CLO),the industry's preeminent publication for Fortune 500 corporatelearning officers.

"Our partnership with CLO is an innovative step to get in front oflarge volume meeting users in the corporate learning environment,"explained Jeff Weggeman, Vice President of Sales and Marketing,ARAMARK Harrison Lodging. "We have been planning successful trainingand learning events at our conference center properties for years, andwe believe it's a huge growth market now that the top corporatelearning officers are realizing the critical role venue plays inachievement of overall training objectives."

The partnership is the first-ever deal of its kind for bothARAMARK Harrison Lodging and CLO. Under the new marketing partnership,CLO, a fast-growing magazine and affiliated Web site focused on thebusiness of executive training and learning, will provide ARAMARKHarrison Lodging with access to readers and attendees at thepublication's semi-annual symposiums, events and online forums -- asboth participants and key sponsors. In addition, ARAMARK HarrisonLodging will have the opportunity to contribute white papers on theCLOmedia.com site and the ability to host e-Seminars and CLO events atARAMARK Harrison Lodging properties in 2006.

Norm Kamikow, editor-in-chief of Chief Learning Officer magazinesaid: "We are delighted ARAMARK Harrison Lodging has chosen to partnerwith our media properties. We feel our partnership will bring extendedvalue to our executive audience and enable them to fully understandthe benefits ARAMARK Harrison Lodging can contribute to their learningprograms."

Weggeman believes the partnership also will give ARAMARK HarrisonLodging a critical advantage in learning how to better serve thetraining market. "From our point of view, the best way to improve ourservices to the corporate learning market is by increasing ourinteraction with these learning professionals by participating intheir forums, sitting at their tables and using what we learn toadjust to their needs."

About MediaTec Publishing Inc.

MediaTec Publishing is an award-winning publisher of magazines andmedia that deal with workforce development. Its Chief Learning Officermagazine was named "Best New Magazine" by the American Society ofBusiness Publication Editors and was named "Most InnovativePublishers" by American Business Media associates. WorkforcePerformance Solutions magazine is the newest title in the MediaTecfamily, which includes Certification Magazine, CertMag's StudyGuides,CLO SourceBook and supporting electronic newsletters, specialsupplements, online e-seminars and interactive Web sites for eachpublication. MediaTec also produces the CLO Symposium conferenceseries, which brings together international audiences to discuss bestpractices in corporate learning. All MediaTec publications and eventsshare a similar focus, with an emphasis on providing readers,attendees and Web visitors with clearly presented information to helpthem succeed in new and changing markets.

About ARAMARK Harrison Lodging

ARAMARK Harrison Lodging, a division of ARAMARK Corporation,provides a wide range of managed services, including meeting andrecreational support services to conference and corporate trainingcenters, specialty hotels, national and state parks, resorts and othertourist destinations throughout the United States. ARAMARK HarrisonLodging is a single source provider for educational environments,event and meeting planning, premium dining needs and catering, on-siterestaurants, retail merchandise sales and facilities management.

About ARAMARK

ARAMARK Corporation (NYSE:RMK) is a world leader in providingaward-winning food and facilities management services to health careinstitutions, universities and school districts, stadiums and arenas,and corporations, as well as providing uniform and career apparel.ARAMARK was ranked number one in its industry in the 2005 FORTUNE 500survey and was also named one of "America's Most Admired Companies" byFORTUNE magazine in 2005, consistently ranking since 1998 as one ofthe top three most admired companies in its industry as evaluated bypeers. Headquartered in Philadelphia, ARAMARK has approximately240,000 employees serving clients in 20 countries. Learn more at thecompany's Web site, www.aramark.com.

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