Star Plaza in Merrillville, Indiana Launches Comprehensive New Website - in Line With the Property's Motto, 'It's All Here'

MERRILLVILLE, Ind., July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Star Plaza, inclusive of the Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza and the renowned Star Plaza Theatre, officially announced today the unveiling of a new website – www.StarPlaza.com – a virtual showcase of one of Chicagoland's longstanding top destinations.  

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The website reveals and encapsulates Star Plaza's "new look," a nod to both the property's 40-year legacy and its dedication to ever-evolving style. The website also boasts an illustrative view into the cultivated guest experience to be had at Star Plaza, and generates a broader sense of the multifaceted offerings available at and convenient to the property. Brimming with striking new photography, extremely user-friendly navigational tactics and tools, and virtual access to the latest-and-greatest available to Star Plaza guests, visitors and clients, the site aims to both inform and stimulate.  

"While we are quite proud of Star Plaza's venerable heritage in both the hospitality and entertainment realms, we also understand the importance of growing a guest experience that is relevant to today's traveler," says Marti Alexander, Director of Sales and Marketing for Star Plaza. "Given the significance of the internet – and our desire to educate consumers on what Star Plaza is today – we realized an opportunity in developing this new website in which we are able to not only provide seamless access to all of our assets, but virtually encompass and convey our unbelievably multifaceted and accessible destination as well."  

To celebrate the launch of the site, Star Plaza is featuring an ultra deluxe vacation getaway – the "It's All Here" Giveaway. From July 15 – October 31, 2010, web browsers who visit www.StarPlaza.com can enter to win an exclusive three-day, two-night stay for two at Star Plaza, located just 45 minutes from downtown Chicago. As part of the vacation, the winner will receive luxurious accommodations in the hotel's Presidential Suite, along with dinner for two at Star Plaza's signature restaurant and two tickets to the property's very own comedy club on Friday night. On Saturday, the special guests have a choice of a lavish spa day or an 18-hole round of golf at one of three partner championship courses, followed by an evening of world-class gaming at the Vegas-style Horseshoe Casino Hammond. All transportation will be provided via limo service. No doubt, the winner will be treated just like the many stars who have visited Star Plaza!

In addition to the website's striking aesthetics, Star Plaza's comprehensive new site – developed by Greenville, South Carolina-based design firm, SeeSiteRun – features direct links to the Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza and the Star Plaza Theatre booking engines to ensure ease in securing room reservations and show tickets. Showcase links are also available to all Star Plaza entertainment and dining venues, such as the property's own Wisecrackers Comedy Club and signature restaurant and bar, T.J. Maloney's Authentic Irish Pub, in which browsers can peruse menus, review event schedules and book show tickets directly.

For meeting planners, groups and wedding clients, a substantial section – "Star Events" – is dedicated to pertinent and informative details surrounding the property's impressive 67,000 square feet of versatile function space, including Star Plaza Theatre. Helpful information available includes group sales facts, meeting and conference facilities divisibility, floor plans, wedding packages, and catering menus and information, to name a few. Given the property's reputation for hosting some of the most buzzed-about events in the region, specifics surrounding Star Plaza social events, weddings and galas are also showcased within this section.

Additional user-friendly tools and features include a virtual tour of the property, a multi-section photo gallery, show schedules, and the ability to download fast-fact information from menus and floor plans, to press materials and information about the property's longstanding history. Also available on every page of the website is an interactive "Tool Bar" that includes options to link to social media pages, email information and convert pages and items to PDF's.

Visitors to www.StarPlaza.com also gain access to the most up-to-date information on all-inclusive vacation and family packages; corporate entertainment and dining promotions; and outdoor activities, such as golf, casinos and the area's top must-see attractions – all of which are highly convenient to the Northwest Indiana property.

A Midwest landmark for four decades, Star Plaza is distinguished for its longstanding, thoughtful approach to hospitality, which tenders a welcoming blend of retreat-style appeal and consistent, personalized service. Located in the heart of Northwest Indiana, the highly convenient, multidimensional property is home to the 343-room Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza, the renowned 3,400-seat Star Plaza Theatre, and has long been known as the area's premier locale for meetings, conferences and events with 67,000 square feet of versatile function space, including the theatre. Guestrooms and suites are functionally modernized, while enhanced common areas offer a nod to Star Plaza's original epoch. A scenic indoor waterfall oasis greets guests as they enter the lobby Atrium, while a variety of innovative dining and entertainment options aim to please. Guests of Star Plaza can enjoy onsite recreational activities, including services at the House of Bianco Day Spa, while nearby offsite diversions include Vegas-style casinos, championship golf and downtown Chicago – all between 30-45 minutes away.

Star Plaza is situated just five miles from the convergence of I-80, I-94 and I-65, and is an accessible 45 minutes from downtown Chicago and two hours from Indianapolis. The property is approximately one hour from both Chicago/Midway International Airport (MDW) and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD). For more information or to make reservations, call (219) 769-6311, or visit www.StarPlaza.com.  

Star Plaza is owned and operated by White Lodging Services Corporation. Headquartered in Merrillville, Indiana, White Lodging is a fully integrated hotel ownership, development and operations company with a current portfolio of 144 hotels in 19 states. www.WhiteLodging.com.  

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