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SalesConnect 2.0� Tool NEW YORK/January 20, 2003 -- The CARINO Collection, an innovative sales representation company for independent hotels, will celebrate an extremely successful first anniversary on January 21, beating the odds in a highly volatile hospitality industry. Launched in January 2002, the CARINO Collection has signed 32 hotels worldwide, including properties in the US, Europe, Asia and Australia, according to President Joe Carino, and has opened offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and London, UK. The company�s staff has grown from 4 to 15 within a year.
�We believe that a key to our successful first year is our revolutionary tool SalesConnect�, which provides timely and efficient sales support to independent hotels around the globe,� Carino said. �SalesConnect� has been a phenomenal success, and as a result, has been upgraded to SalesConnect 2.0�, which features increased functionality and improved performance.� In order to provide a total sales, marketing and reservations solution, the CARINO Collection, a purely sales focused company, has formed global alliances with HVS Marketing International and Unirez. The annual meeting will also feature a high-powered senior executive panel discussion on the topic of �Corporate Transient and Corporate Group�, Carino added. Panelists will include: Al Politowski, Prudential Securities; Wendy Nathan, Johnson & Johnson; Rene Graniere, American Express; Susan Story, Scholastic; Nicole Dillar, Pfizer and Susan Levitz, Pro Travel Conference Solutions. Additional personalized member services provided by the CARINO Collection include:
SalesConnect2.0� is a web-accessible database of corporate, leisure and group account information. This on-line tool enables hotel sales departments to maximize their sales potential by gathering real-time, up-to-date contact and business profile information on existing and potential clients. In addition, for those hotels that rely on corporate and consortia business, SalesConnect 2.0� is linked to a variety of on-line RFP tools to facilitate the on-line submission of completed proposals. Dallas-based Unirez is a leading provider of reservations services and Application Service Provider technology. With nearly 3000 hotels representing over 420,000 guestrooms worldwide under agreement, Unirez is the fastest growing, as well as one of the largest, providers of reservation services in the world. Unirez owns and operates its own reservation system utilizing the ASP model, meaning all applications run via the Internet. Unirez provides seamless connectivity to all global-distribution systems, distribution through most of the largest Internet sites, private label voice services 24 hours per day, and on-line booking capabilities for individually branded Web sites. Hotels can manage all their information including descriptive text, rates and inventory via the Internet. Unirez was recently featured on Alexander Haig's World Business Review television show which airs globally. The segment focused on how Unirez is changing the face of the global reservations industry. For more information, please visit www.unirez.com. HVS Marketing Communications provides sales, marketing, public relations, and operational strategies for the hospitality industry in order to boost occupancies and provide more effective rate/yield management. Specialties include marketing and promotional programs for hotels, conference centers, restaurants, and destinations. Utilizing the experience, expertise personal contacts within the hospitality and tourism industries; HVS Marketing Communications promotes a hospitality venue to gain awareness and revenue for its clients. |
