15 Hotels, Resorts and Conference Centers Install Maestro Enterprise in 3rd Quarter
6-Property Les Hotels Jaro Chain Implements Maestro Multi-Property PMS, Sales & Catering, CRO, ResEz
NOVEMBER 8, 2005. NORTHWIND, a provider of enterprise property management and reservation solutions for hospitality, announced today that nine full-service hotel, resort and conference center properties installed the Maestro Enterprise Suite with Front Office, Sales and Catering, Condo/Timeshare Management and other modules to automate property operations in third quarter 2005. NORTHWIND also reported the six-property Les Hoteles Jaro luxury boutique chain in Quebec, Canada completed installation of the Maestro Multi-Property Suite with Front Office, Sales & Catering, Central Reservations and the ResEze Internet booking engine for all properties, and centralized systems on a secured Maestro single-image database server.
Seven independent properties going live with the Maestro Enterprise Property Management suite include the Five-Diamond Stein Eriksen Lodge in Deer Valley, Utah; the 265-room Hotel Contessa in San Antonio, Texas; The Timbers Hotel Denver in Colorado; the Four-Diamond 271-room Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club in North Carolina; the Winthrop Rockefeller Conference Center in Morrilton, Arkansas; the exclusive Grand Lodge Crested Butte in Colorado; and the Cascades Casino Hotel & Conference Center in Langley, British Columbia.
Further, the Hotel San Remo in Las Vegas, currently in renovation, will reopen in early 2006 as The Hooters Casino Hotel with Maestro Enterprise Front Office, Sales and Catering and the ResEze Web Booking Engine. The property is planned to feature a 30,000 square foot "Hooters" themed casino floor and 696 state-of-the art guest rooms. The luxury Harrison Beach Hotel in British Columbia also implemented Maestro Front Office to automate resort operations.
Additionally, Les Hotels Jaro, a full-service luxury boutique chain with six hotels totaling nearly 1,000 rooms, completed installation of the Maestro Enterprise Multi-Property Suite to automate all hotels on a secured single-image database. All the chain's properties are full service and carry a 3- or 4-Star rating. Hotels include the Sir Wilfred Auberge Sante-Foy, The Hotel Quebec Inn, The Hotel Plaza Quebec, The Hotel Quebec, The Hotel Palace Royal, and The Hotel Lindbergh. All properties are located in Sante-Foy, Quebec.
NORTHWIND's president of US operations, Warren Dehan, said, "Full-service hotels, resorts, conference centers and property chains universally recognize the need to leverage leading edge technology to improve efficiency, optimize rates, and reach guests through the Internet. NORTHWIND focuses on providing clients with applications that maximize staff productivity and increase property profitability, and we are gratified the industry supports this strategy. All of us at NORTHWIND join in welcoming our new users to the Maestro family."
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