All associated Web sites are down, and I received this statement from the publicist who had circulated a press release about the service:
John,
Thank you for voice mail regarding www.911Reservations.com. Due to the feedback received and in the interest of the hospitality industry, the 911Reservations.com website was disabled as of 10pm last night and all reservations are being released.
Sincerely,
Laith Richards
Here is the print article that ran on the front page this morning.
Restaurants irate over seats-for-pay
John Kessler / Staff
Jennifer Boozer, the marketing director for the Buckhead Life Restaurant Group, began plowing through 100 or more e-mail messages Wednesday morning when one stopped her cold. It was a promotional letter from a company called 911 Reservations, offering tables at “the swankiest restaurants in the city” on Valentine’s Day — for a fee.
“It just seemed really strange to me, ” said Boozer, who clicked through to the associated Web site and …