[December 08, 2005] ``Zoom'' Shopping a First at Ontario Convention Center Tweet ONTARIO, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Dec. 8, 2005 -- Tired of the malls? Try "zoom" shopping at the Ontario Convention Center, where two high-end self-service retail stores providing travel items and gifts are expected to be installed by the end of this month. "Ontario Convention Center is the first convention center in the Western United States to offer this type of service," said Bob Brown, executive director and general manager of OCVB. "Zoom systems are a great complement to our newly developed cyber cafe business center. They will provide additional value to clients, guests, attendees and the community that people will not find in other facilities in the region." Zoom Systems' automated retail stores feature iPods, headphones, computer supplies, chocolate, skincare products and DVDs from upscale manufacturers such as Sony, Godiva Chocolatier, Apple, Bose, Nintendo, Terra Nova and others. Ontario Convention Center will introduce zoom Travel and zoom Gifts kiosks in late December. zoom Travel will sell traveler-related items, including digital music players, headphones and laptop kits, adapters and chargers; zoom Gifts will vend Godiva chocolates, decorative CDs, mini books, audio best-sellers and other premier gifts. "Zoom Systems is growing rapidly and expects to expand its service area to other convention centers soon," said Jeffrey Hytoff, regional location manager of Zoom Systems. "In September, we aimed to have 100 new stores by the end of 2005; we have already installed 104." Zoom Systems currently has machines conveniently installed in airports, hotels, malls, universities and hospitals in California, Las Vegas and Atlanta. For more information about the Ontario Convention Center, visit www.ontariocc.com. For more information about Zoom Systems, visit www.zoomsystems.com. About the Ontario Convention Center Contemporary in design and among the most technologically advanced facilities in the nation, the Ontario Convention Center boasts over 225,000 total square feet of exhibit, meeting and function space. An ideal venue for conventions, tradeshows, exhibits and meetings, the Convention Center provides a full range of technology services, including video-conferencing and Wi-Fi, Internet and DS3 capabilities. For more information about the Ontario Convention Center, go to www.ontariocc.com or call 909-937-3000. Both the Ontario Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Ontario Convention Center are managed by SMG. Headquartered in Philadelphia, SMG is the largest private facility management company in the world. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]