Rainmaker Announces revolutionsmLROtm Product Suite on Microsoft
ATLANTA, GA, June 11, 2008. The Rainmaker Group, the world leader in automated revenue management software and services to the gaming hospitality and multifamily housing industries for total customer profitability, announced it is releasing its popular revolution and revolution LROtm Profit Optimization Suites on the Microsoft software platform, providing clients with the flexibility via Microsoft's .NET Framework architecture to self-host, or have Rainmaker host their applications.
"Rainmaker's new relationship with Microsoft is valuable for our clients," said Bruce Barfield, president of The Rainmaker Group. "The Microsoft .NET Framework architecture enables us to provide clients with the most effective profit optimization solutions on a flexible hosting platform. Our users in the casino hotel and multifamily housing markets now have the option of hosting our systems themselves, or relying on our secure SunGard hosting services thanks to our Microsoft working relationship." The Rainmaker Group's systems utilize Microsoft SQL Server and Office Excel to warehouse, distribute and publish their profit optimization outputs.
"With a host of systems and disparate information, hospitality organizations often struggle to calculate the total value of a customer relationship," said Sandra Andrews, U.S. hospitality industry solutions director, Microsoft Corp. "The Rainmaker Group's profit optimization software helps hospitality firms determine this critical information, providing the best possible service for customers at the greatest possible profit for hoteliers. We value our relationship with Rainmaker and look forward to continuing to work together to serve our mutual customers."
The revolution Product Suite is an enterprise Revenue Management system for chains and hotel groups that enables casino properties to increase revenue by instantly determining the minimum acceptable value of each new reservation based on total customer value. This helps hotels secure the most profitable mix of business, while ensuring there is space availability for a client's best customers.
The revolution revenue optimization suite is installed by the largest and most successful casino hotels in the world.
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