1.   According to Ms. Howard of the restoration association, insurance companies often work with preferred vendors and send one they trust to a site after they have been notified.

2.   Business services are available from preferred vendors and Winstar, its parent company.

3.   In the hotel industry, HFS saves its franchisees money by negotiating bulk rates with preferred vendors on everything from phone service to cars.

4.   Instead of providing a link to a preferred vendor, it passes requests to a network of providers who then submit quotes.

5.   Preferred vendor alliances are agreements HFS has with companies to market their services to HFS customers.

6.   Second, Hewlett-Packard will displace its competitor, Lexmark International, as the preferred vendor for printers through Compaq.

7.   The next step would be to adapt its preferred vendor program to the housing market.

8.   He said such preferred vendor letters are often sent to businesses who supply services to the Ducks.

9.   Thus CSA will work aggressively to position itself as the preferred vendor for the early proponents of MSC developments by offering companies effective solutions and IT services.