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HOSPITALITY MARKETING CONCEPTS INC.
15751 Rockfield Boulevard
Irvine, California 92718
June 8, 2000
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Filing Desk, Stop 1-4
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Hospitality Marketing Concepts Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-56201)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 477 of Regulation C of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, Hospitality Marketing Concepts Inc. (the "Registrant") hereby
applies to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") for
withdrawal of the above referenced Registration Statement, effective as of
the date hereof or at the earliest practical date. The Registration Statement
was initially filed through the Commission's Electronic Data Gathering,
Analysis and Retrieval system on June 5, 1998.
The last amendment to the Registration Statement was filed on August 4, 1998.
The Registration Statement has not been updated since such filing. The market
conditions are such that an underwritten public offering of Registrant's
common stock will not be consummated. Therefore, the Registrant will not seek
to have the Registration Statement declared effective and hereby requests
that it be withdrawn. The Registrant has not offered or sold any securities
pursuant to the above referenced Registration Statement. The Registrant
understands that the filing fee for the Registration Statement will not be
returned to it.
Upon the grant of the Commission's consent hereto, please return a dated
copy of the order granting such withdrawal, which order shall state
"Withdrawn upon the request of the registrant, the Commission consenting
thereto," and which is to be included in the file for the Registration
Statement to the undersigned at the above address, with a copy to Tamara
Powell Tate, Morrison & Foerster LLP, 19900 MacArthur Blvd., Irvine, CA 92612.
Please feel free to contact the undersigned at (949) 454-1800 if you have any
questions or comments.
Respectfully,
HOSPITALITY MARKETING CONCEPTS INC.
By: /s/ MOKHTAR RAMADAN
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Mokhtar Ramadan
Chief Executive Officer
cc: Tamara Powell Tate, Esq.
