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Niche Through Marketing, Services and Strong Financial Reporting . Utilizes Best of Class Back Office Supplier Aptech for Seven Conference Centers |
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| October, 2004 - ARAMARK Harrison
Lodging is a unique lodging management
company with over 50 properties in its portfolio that offers something different than traditional convention hotel operation to owners. “AHL focuses on organizations committed to life long learning,” said Mike Fahner, vice president of sales and marketing at ARAMARK Harrison Lodging (AHL). “We partner with colleges and conference center owners to create services that enhance their offering. Unlike a typical hotel where the world revolves around the use of a guest room, our activity centers on the meeting experience and creating high-performance learning environments.” Besides universities and colleges,
ARAMARK Harrison Lodging’s portfolio is filled with corporate clients that
maintain branded conference centers. “In addition to offering facilities
management services, sales expertise and front office operations management,
we provide accounting services that are key to monitoring the success of
AHL’s strategies at each property,” said Mike Fahner. “We installed
the Profitvue accounting system from Aptech Computer Systems in seven of
our properties to bring those conference centers onto a uniform hospitality
chart of accounts to evaluate side-by-side performance and profitability.
Aptech is part of a suite of best-of-class technology and services AHL
offers to its clients. During the Apollo space program one degree
of error was enough to cause the mission to miss the moon; the reports
Profitvue provides let us refine our approach so we view all levels of
an operation in detail and can make mid-course corrections to hit our operational
targets.”
“We used to devote hours every month re-keying numbers from the PMS into a spreadsheet for financials and forecasting,” continued Hammon. “With the new back-office system in place the person who used to do that data entry is spending her time managing the business center and providing better guest service at the front desk.” Hammon also noted that the back-office system interfaces with the property’s new PMS and provides pre-configured financial reports that were flexible and ready to use as soon as the system is installed. “Our month-end close is two days shorter, and it is a simple matter to provide the owners with past period financials without reverting to Excel. Complex operations like adjusting financials and setting up accruals and sub-total lines are intuitive so we do not have to sit with the instruction book on our laps.” Mike Fahner, AHL’s vice president of sales and marketing said, “The ARAMARK Harrison Lodging division within ARAMARK is moving from being like a big ‘small company,’ to becoming like a small ‘big company.’ Our growth demands that AHL offer the best services and provide the most effective tools to our clients. We use best technology solutions, like Profitvue accounting, to differentiate ourselves from other management companies. This allows us to attract new business. Financial reporting is how we keep score and Profitvue creates a common business language across each enterprise. ” About ARAMARK Harrison Lodging
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