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From Mainframes to Web Connectivity: Where the Hospitality Industry is Going

Markham, ON (PRWEB) June 26, 2007 -- The Internet's revolutionary transformation of the hospitality industry has fundamentally changed not just how guests make reservations, but if they do. Learn about this new hotel service dynamic brought about by online forums, chat rooms and blogs from two generations of leadership at NORTHWIND - Maestro PMS. Visit the NORTHWIND - Maestro PMS booth 325 at HITEC 2007 in Orlando this week.

There has been an amazing transformation of the hospitality industry by technology in the past 20 years. The most apparent changes are the move from property-based mainframes and mini computers in the 80s to PC LANs and widespread use of the Internet in the Twenty First century. Substantial as this system evolution seems to be, the sea change for operators - and the tech vendors who serve them - caused by the Internet is the profound shift in basic business philosophy toward increased service.

The Internet has done considerably more than allow guests to reserve hotel rooms online. It not only determines how a guest books a reservation, but if they book it. Online forums, travel chat rooms, blogs and other social media channels enable guests to instantly communicate and exchange information on virtually any hotel and its reputation before they ever book a reservation. The success of TripAdvisor, Epinions and other sites posting detailed property reviews makes it essential that operators invest as much effort on guest perception and service as they currently do on pricing strategy. If guests are not happy with a property, they use the Internet to spread the word. But if a property does well, guests tell others about the hotel and become a very effective source of new business. The Internet is becoming a consumer protection channel in each hotel consumer's hands that makes it mandatory that properties always provide good service.

The Web and the communications it enables have also underlined the need for vendors to provide first rate service to hotel operators. NORTHWIND Maestro-PMS understands that the success of its clients is essential to its own corporate wellbeing. Twenty years ago NORTHWIND, and one suspects many other vendors, concentrated their efforts on generating revenue and developing http://www.maestropms.com/products.aspx?campaign=PRWebViewpointWebtrendsJune262007) products to drive sales; today NORTHWIND partners with its clients. In 1994 NORTHWIND began developing its second generation PMS with integrated modules to help hotels serve guests more quickly without relying on interfaces to other systems. To enable clients to be more productive, in 2006 NORTHWIND introduced a Four-Diamond service program to provide comprehensive services like personalized online webinar training classes, one-on-one support and professional consulting services. When clients fully leverage Maestro to be more productive they have more time to spend delivering better service to guests.

">hotel software (http://www.maestropms.com/products.aspx?campaign=PRWebViewpointWebtrendsJune262007) products to drive sales; today NORTHWIND partners with its clients. In 1994 NORTHWIND began developing its second generation PMS with integrated modules to help hotels serve guests more quickly without relying on interfaces to other systems. To enable clients to be more productive, in 2006 NORTHWIND introduced a Four-Diamond service program to provide comprehensive services like personalized online webinar training classes, one-on-one support and professional consulting services. When clients fully leverage Maestro to be more productive they have more time to spend delivering better service to guests.

The Internet empowers every individual because it facilitates universal guest communications 24 hours a day. Since a large percentage of guests rate shop on the Internet before they book, Maestro cooperated with its properties to develop the Global Yield Management module. Maestro Yield Management now enables operators to develop and deploy global revenue optimization strategies for one property or a hotel chain across all Internet channels, travel agents, hotel and corporate booking sites and other avenues uniformly so prospective guests find the same optimized rate at every touch point. Additionally, Maestro is rolling out its Web Connection program that will make it possible for guests to reserve online a wide spectrum of package and non-package property activities such as golf tee times, dining reservations, spa treatments, recreational equipment rentals and other events; keeping the guest on property while allowing operators to maintain a 360 degree view of their guest through the guest centric Maestro PMS integration. New Maestro Web Connection functions include Online Table Reservations, ResEze Group Management Controls, Online Package Element Building and Condo-Timeshare Owner Account Access, all designed to deliver optimal guest services and improve efficiency.

Thanks to the Internet, the hotel industry is undergoing changes no one could have predicted, and both guests and properties are the winners. Properties that grasp how universal Internet communication has transformed their guests and the way they do business will attract more business; and guests will benefit from properties that are able to meet their needs efficiently. As much as today's era of Web connectivity allows people the freedom to work and communicate without travel, what will not change is that people will always want to socialize and travel, so the industry should be around for a long time, and Maestro will be here to serve clients with a growing number of personalized services.

Jacob Dehan is founder and president of NORTHWIND -Maestro (http://www.maestropms.com/?campaign=PRWebViewpointWebtrendsJune262007) PMS and Warren Dehan is president of NORTHWIND - Maestro PMS US Operations.

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We know how important it is that you provide your guests a consistent level of service and repeat recognition, while maintaining a 360 degree guest view at every point of contact. NORTHWIND empowers its clients by delivering robust Maestro application solutions sharing a single-image database. The Maestro Property Management Suite of solutions, with deployment options in Windows, Unix, Linux, Terminal Services, ASP and Web, is comprised of over 19 integrated modules including Front Office (PMS), Accounts Receivable, Analytics & Business Intelligence Tools, Sales & Catering, Multi-Property Mgmt., Condo Owner Mgmt. w/ Owner Web Functionality, Timeshare Owner Mgmt. w/ Owner Web Functionality, Spa & Activities Mgmt., Membership Mgmt., Yield Management, Golf Course Mgmt., Customer Relationship Mgmt., Central Reservation Office, Corporate Enterprise Mgmt., GDS Two-Way XML Connectivity or Integration, Web Booking Engine, Work Order Maintenance, Fine Dining & Retail POS, Table Res. w/ Web Booking, Concierge, Guest Experience Mgmt.

About Northwind

NORTHWIND (http://www.maestropms.com/?campaign=PRWebViewpointWebtrendsJune262007), is recognized in the hospitality industry for its 'standard setting' Four Diamond Support Services and state-of-the-art Maestro technology. The company is widely respected for being a partner that understands how to help you boost productivity and strengthen management control for your hotel, resort, conference center or multi-property group by providing you with flexible software solutions that increase productivity and maximize ROI. With a network of dealers and offices worldwide, NORTHWIND is a leading supplier of software for all types of hospitality operations including hotels, resorts, timeshares, condominiums, retreats, state parks and clubs. Maestro applications are engineered for operators who need to manage their enterprise in a real time environment for the utmost operational control and profitability.

Contact:

NORTHWIND - Maestro PMS, North America

Audrey MacRae - Director, Sales & Marketing

60 Renfrew Drive, Suite 235

Markham ON L3R 0E1

P: 905.940.1923

1.888.723.3129

Email: info(@)maestropms.com

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