Aston Hotel Selects Visual One Suite by Agilysys
New Hotel to Implement Property Management, Point-of-Sale, Sales & Catering Systems
JANUARY 7, 2008. Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading provider of innovative information technology and hospitality software solutions, announced today that Aston Hotel, Sheffield, located in South Yorkshire, U.K., has selected a comprehensive Visual One Suite of Products by Agilysys to streamline operations at the 78-room property, which is scheduled to open in April 2008. Aston Hotel, Sheffield is owned and managed by Aston Hotels. Currently, two other Aston Hotels properties are using Visual One solutions.
Aston Hotel, Sheffield was looking for a single vendor that could provide comprehensive and integrated solutions for property management, point-of-sale and sales & catering. The Visual One suite was ideal, with powerful yet scaleable systems that create more efficient business processes and deliver measurable results. The suite, which operates under Microsoft Windows(R) NT with a Microsoft SQL(R) server database, will enable the property to improve productivity in nearly every area of operations.
"We implemented the Visual One suite at our Dumfries and Darlington hotels with great success, so we therefore turned to Agilysys once again when selecting technology for our Sheffield property," said John Deighan, operations director at Aston Hotels. "We especially appreciate that the Visual One solutions are fully integrated, utilizing the same database and providing real-time information exchanges. Using the same system at all of our hotels ensures standardized operations and continuity to customers. We are confident the software suite will enable our newest hotel to maximize performance which, in turn, allows us to provide guests with the best possible service."
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