MARKHAM, Ontario, January 7, 2009 – NORTHWIND
- Maestro PMS, provider of Maestro™
Enterprise Property Management hotel
software and reservation
software solutions for the hospitality industry, announced
Lonrho
Hotels will standardize property management automation on the Maestro
Multi-Property
Management Suite for four properties in 2009, with others across Africa
to follow. Lonrho will install Maestro Front Office, Yield
Management,
Sales & Catering, and the ResEze online booking engine in its first
property, the 200-room Grand Karavia Hotel in Lubumbashi, Democratic
Republic
of the Congo, in early 2009.
“Lonrho Hotels believes in the value of cutting edge
centralized property
management technology to maintain its leadership role; this is why we
selected
the Maestro Multi-Property Management Suite,” said David Church, group
operations manager for Lonrho PLC – Hotels. “Our hotels are
positioned
in markets with a strong group business potential and offer an
attractive
destination. Maestro’s Multi-Property technology, Group
Management
module and Yield Management system will enable our hotel teams to cross
sell availability and be more productive. Our properties will be
more profitable with Maestro’s centralized controls.” Lonrho’s
Grand
Karavia Hotel is taking reservations now and is scheduled to open in
mid
2009.
Balanced Maestro group and leisure functionality surpasses
Lonrho’s
needs
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The Maestro Property Management Suite’s balance of robust group and
leisure capability delivers easy-to-use functionality. Church
said
Maestro’s advantages for Lonrho Hotels include:
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Excellent multi-property management and control on one database
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Yield Management to optimize revenue for groups and resort guests
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Integrated Sales & Catering to automate meeting room booking and
sales
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ResEze online booking engine to drive Internet reservations.
“International companies like Lonrho Hotels rely on NORTHWIND’s
versatile
Maestro technology to support expansion,” said Warren Dehan, president
of NORTHWIND-Maestro PMS. “NORTHWIND provides professional 24/7
Diamond
Plus support for its users around the world from its international
offices
in North America. The globalization of hospitality is a reality
and
Maestro’s reliable, flexible hotel
software is meeting the needs of operators and chains in many
countries.”
About Lonrho Hotels Plc.
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Warren Dehan |
Lonrho Hotels is a specialist hospitality management company,
specializing
in the management and marketing of Hotels & Safari Lodges within
Africa.
The company is wholly owned by the multinational and diversified
British
based Lonrho Plc with head offices in Johannesburg and maintains a long
and illustrious history in the hospitality industry. The company has
owned
and operated hotels and lodges throughout the USA, Britain, Mexico,
Caribbean,
Mauritius and Africa, which included, amongst others, the Princess and
Metropole group of hotels and has developed a thorough understanding of
the key principals required to successfully operate facilities in this
sector of the market.
 Maestro
Property Management Solution
Enhance guest service, improve efficiency and maximize online and
offline
revenue with Maestro PMS, the industry's most robust and flexible
solution
empowering leading full-service hotels, luxury resorts, multi-property
groups, conference centers, condominiums and timeshare properties.
Solutions
include Front Office (PMS), Accounts Receivable, Analytics and Business
Intelligence, Sales and Catering, Multi-Property Management, Condo
&
Timeshare Owner Management with Web Functionality, Spa and Activities,
Web Booking Engine, Real-Time Yield Management, Dynamic Packaging Golf
CRM, Guest Experience Measurement, CRO, GDS Two-Way XML Connectivity or
Integration, Membership, Work Orders, Fine Dining and Retail POS,
Online
Table Reservations with Web Booking, Concierge and Guest Experience
Measurement.
The Maestro PMS is database independent (ODBC Compliant) and may be
deployed
via Windows, UNIX, Linux, Terminal Services, hosted and Web platforms.
About NORTHWIND – Maestro PMS
NORTHWIND is
recognized
in the hospitality industry for its “standard setting” Diamond Plus
Service
and robust integrated Maestro technology. With over 30 years of
experience
dedicated to developing technology solutions for the hospitality
industry,
NORTHWIND is a partner who understands that you need a scalable and
flexible
PMS that works the way you do. Maestro applications are engineered for
operators who need to manage their enterprise in a real-time
environment
for the utmost operational efficiency, productivity, control and
profitability.
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