 Houston,
TX - September 11, 1998 - Carol Beggs, CHTP and Director of Information
Systems for the Sonesta International Hotel Corporation, has been awarded
The Telman MasterTech Award for Individuals for 1998. The Telman
MasterTech Award is given to the hotel management companies, hotel companies
or employees of such that are producing unprecedented results through bringing
people and technology together.
Sonesta International manages 18 properties, including the Royal Sonesta, Boston. Beggs was nominated by Richard Siegel of Update Magazines, who states, �Sonesta has always been a very creative company, and they are not afraid to try new technology. You can always look to them to be on top of the latest developments. Of course, Carol Beggs is a huge part of that.� Lorie Juliano, PR Manager for the Royal Sonesta adds, �The Royal Sonesta, Boston, is in the middle of a very technology oriented part of the country, and we consider ourselves on the cutting edge with regards to implementing technology. �In the past few months, for instance, we have made some huge improvements in the telecom facilities in both our Guest Rooms and Meeting Rooms. Each guest room is now equipped with dual line phones, data ports, speaker phones, voice mail and conference call ability with 12 direct inward dial numbers, ISDN and T1 connections for use in video conferencing and internet access, and automated room to room connections using Pure ReQuest technology from VCS. Our Meeting Rooms has even more advanced capabilities.� Juliano concludes, �The List can go on. Every Sonesta property, our guests, our employees and our owners have benefited from Sonesta�s ability to effectively pioneer new services and solutions in partnership with our technology vendors. Of course, it�s really not about the technology � it�s about what people are able to accomplish because of the technology. And, Carol Beggs and her staff have made that possible at all our locations through their vision of what can be accomplished with technology, and their commitment to the effective implementation of this vision.� The other 1998 award winners are Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc., winner
of The Telman MasterTech Award for Bottom Line Profits, and Prime Hospitality
Corp., winner of The Telman MasterTech Award for Guest Services.
The awards will be presented at the HFTP Annual Convention�s Awards Luncheon,
sponsored by Telman, on September 26 at the Hyatt Crystal City in Washington,
D.C..
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