N@N

Wyndham Worldwide: Wyndham Worldwide Named to 2009 DiversityInc 25 Noteworthy Companies

^{Published on 2009-03-13 06:46:54, Last Modified on 2009-03-13 06:47:29 - Market Wire}
 

PARSIPPANY, NJ--(Marketwire - March 13, 2009) - [ Wyndham Worldwide Corp. ] (NYSE: [ WYN ]) was named to the DiversityInc 25 Noteworthy Companies. These are companies DiversityInc believes are rising diversity-management leaders and are close to earning spots on The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity® list.

"We are honored and pleased to be recognized by DiversityInc," commented [ Stephen P. Holmes ], Chairman and CEO, Wyndham Worldwide. "This is particularly noteworthy given that we are not even three years old. As a global company operating in 100 countries, [ diversity ] is part of our DNA."

"Competitive companies such as Wyndham Worldwide Corp. have switched from trying to move the status quo to establishing a new one," said Luke Visconti, CEO of DiversityInc. "Smart companies see increasing diversity efforts in an economic downturn as a way of beating less-adept competition that will pull back."

Both the DiversityInc Top 50 list and the 25 Noteworthy Companies list were unveiled March 12 in New York City.

About Wyndham Worldwide Corporation

As one of the world's largest hospitality companies, Wyndham Worldwide offers individual consumers and business-to-business customers a broad suite of hospitality products and services across various accommodation alternatives and price ranges through its premier portfolio of world-renowned brands. Wyndham Hotel Group encompasses more than 7,040 franchised hotels and approximately 592,900 hotel rooms worldwide. Group RCI offers its nearly 3.7 million members access to more than 73,000 vacation properties located in approximately 100 countries. Wyndham Vacation Ownership develops, markets and sells vacation ownership interests and provides consumer financing to owners through its network of over 150 vacation ownership resorts serving over 830,000 owners throughout North America, the Caribbean and the South Pacific. Wyndham Worldwide, headquartered in Parsippany, N.J., employs approximately 27,000 employees globally.

For more information about Wyndham Worldwide, please visit the Company's web site at [ www.wyndhamworldwide.com ].