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AccessSummit - Online Corporate &
Consortia Programme
July 18, 2001 - International luxury brand Summit Hotels & Resorts
has introduced a new online system, AccessSummit, to go live in the 2002
contracting season, enabling Summit's independent hotel members to directly
target the corporate and consortia markets on a global scale. AccessSummit
is Summit's latest technology innovation provided as part of the brand
strategy to boost independent hotels' competitiveness with the major international
chains.
| Designed to maximise time and cost savings, AccessSummit
features instant access for Summit hotels to a central information bank
with extensive corporate and consortia customer data. It also delivers
an online service to fulfil RFP's (Request For Proposal), a centralised
format that cuts out paperwork and facilitates enhanced worldwide corporate
and consortia programming.
Geoff Andrew, managing director of Summit Hotels & Resorts commented:
"AccessSummit is a great example of how Summit can bring technology
to bear on what would otherwise be a manually intensive and very expensive
process for a typical independent hotel. AccessSummit provides our members
with a complete sales management information system. Itshows how Summit
Hotels & Resorts can benefit the independent hotel with aggregated
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Summit Hotels & Resorts
Expands
Portfolio In Europe And Asia
May, 2001 - Summit Hotels & Resorts has announced
six new additions in Asia and Europe to its portfolio of premier independent
hotels. Through Summit, the hotels strengthen their independent identity
and benefit from worldwide Internet distribution and cutting-edge technology
services tailored to the hotel industry.
The new luxury hotel members are:
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In Europe�s EU capital, Brussels; Hotel Metropole;
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in Japan; Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel (Tokyo)
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and Yokohama Royal Park Hotel (Yokohama);
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in Hong Kong; Harbour Plaza Hong Kong
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and Park Lane Hong Kong;
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in Thailand; Anantara Spa & Resort (Hua Hin).
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technology - and the associated efficiencies and savings that go with that."
Key online features of AcessSummit are:
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On-line profile of each hotel for the RFPs
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Centralized contracting and billing for all consortia and major business
travel agency programmes
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Corporate RFP program submissions supported through RFP Express (the world's
largest generator of automated corporate rate programs, now servicing programs
for over 1.5 billion room nights globally)
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Consortia program submissions through Lanyon Property Vault
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Detailed information about corporate companies
AccessSummit is the latest in a range of technology products and tools
tailored for the independent hotel market, and provided by all members
of Summit Hotels & Resorts' portfolio.
Summit Hotels & Resorts provides 160 luxury, independently-owned
hotel members in 125 city centre and resort locations worldwide with global
sales, reservations and marketing services, including worldwide Internet
distribution. Each Summit hotel has an established reputation as among
the world's finest hotels, reflecting the best of local culture and offering
exceptional service and facilities.
Summit Hotels & Resorts is a wholly owned subsidiary of Chicago-based
IndeCorp Corporation, a privately held, for-profit, shareholder-owned company
designed to protect and sustain independent hotel brands in the global
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