AMAZON.COM SELECTS NORTHWEST SUITES INC. AS ITS EXCLUSIVE NATIONAL PROVIDER OF CORPORATE HOUSING

June 5, 2002 - Redmond, WA - Amazon.com has selected Northwest Suites Inc. to serve as its exclusive national provider of corporate housing, Chief Operating Officer Dave Caple announced today. In pursuit of the contract, Northwest Suites competed against several regional and national suppliers.

Headquartered in Redmond, Washington and launched in 1988, Northwest Suites Inc. serves as a preferred corporate housing provider to Microsoft, Washington Mutual, and Amazon.com, among others. High profile, seasonal clients such as the Seattle Mariners, the Seattle Storm, the Seattle Seahawks, and The Village Theatre also entrust their interim housing needs exclusively to Northwest Suites.

Northwest Suites provides "All the Comforts of Home™" in the Northwest and around the world by offering thousands of unique housing selections that blend the comforts of living at home with the amenities and services clients need to make their stays comfortable, productive, and rewarding, all at a price that makes good business sense. With the recent acquisition of Corporate Rentals Inc., Northwest Suites Inc. also provides full time rental assistance and international assimilation services. With the services of Northwest Suites Inc., clients enjoy a single point of contact for everything relocating executives need to get situated in a new home so they can be optimally productive at work.

Northwest Suites is among the fastest growing private companies in the Puget Sound region, according to the Puget Sound Business Journal's annual report for 2001. Visit www.northwestsuites.com to learn more.

Contact: Karen Bruhn, 425.836.9828, k.bruhn@verizon.net

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