News for the Hospitality Executive |
May
18, 2011 – Planning a trip to New Mexico or Arizona this
year? Be sure to experience the colorful
ambiance of the area's rich Native American, Spanish, and Mexican
Colonial
history. The best way to do this is a stay
at any of the seven independent properties operated by Heritage Hotels
&
Resorts. Each of Heritage’s properties
has its own distinctive Southwestern personality. Whether you are
stopping in Las Cruces, Santa
Fe, or Albuquerque, New Mexico or in Rio Rico, Arizona, Heritage has a
beautiful hotel or resort you can call home.
And all are managed centrally with the help of a cloud-based hotel
software financial accounting system.
“Guests value the Southwestern flavor of our independent properties because each has its own style that reflects the cultural history of its location,” said Felene Koen, corporate controller for Heritage Hotels & Resorts. “We are careful about the hotels we acquire so we can offer a rich experience that gives guests a way to connect in a meaningful way to our part of the US. Because our properties are in separate areas, we link them to our corporate office with the Profitvue cloud-based central hotel management accounting system from Aptech Computer Systems. Profitvue enables us to see daily revenue and expense performance for each hotel.” Click here to learn more about Aptech’s products and services. Daily communication with hotels through web-based platform triggers better profitability
Technology provider hosts the Heritage corporate financial platform, lets hoteliers be hoteliers Heritage relies on Aptech to host its Profitvue financial platform at Aptech’s secure hosting facilities in Pittsburgh. “There are many advantages of having Aptech host our system,” Koen said. “The most important is that Heritage is a hotel company, not a technology shop. Aptech maintains our system, backs up our data regularly, updates the software so we are always on the latest version, and provides hands-on support for Profitvue on their own hardware. All we need is an internet connection to access our system and monitor property performance.” Heritage also uses Aptech’s Execuvue Lite Business Intelligence system to give them a global view of their enterprise. One-page Execuvue Lite report rolls up all properties to easily verify budget variances Heritage is also working with Aptech’s team to create a new suite of reports in Execuvue Lite that will enable the Heritage team to roll up all its properties side by side for expense and revenue comparisons that spotlight best practices. “We just received our new reports that will put our properties on one page to make it very easy to compare rates, segment performance, costs, and other data to verify if our numbers are within budget and identify variances,” Koen said. “It is very easy to add properties to both systems, which is important as we continue to expand Heritage. Aptech’s solutions are affordable, multi-property systems that handle all of our financial processes.” About Heritage Hotels & Resorts Heritage Hotels & Resorts is a cultural hospitality company offering a collection of award winning accommodations with distinctive style. Each celebrates the rich, multi-cultural heritage of the southwestern United States, drawing from its unique blend of Native American, Mexican, Spanish, and American Western cultural and historical influences. In 2006 Heritage Hotels & Resorts earned nationwide recognition by being selected as the National Minority Business Retail Firm of the Year by the United States Department of Commerce's Minority Business Development Agency. The award honored Heritage Hotels for significant contributions to the local community and to America's economic strength and global competitiveness. Heritage Hotels & Resorts may be reached at http://www.hhandr.com About Aptech Computer Systems Aptech
Computer Systems, Inc., based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, leads the
hospitality industry in leveraging change by valuing human
relationships and
applying technology to solve business problems for people. Incorporated
in
1970, Aptech is a financial and operations technology solutions and
service
company whose products include state-of-the-art back office, business
intelligence and enterprise planning products: Profitvue®,
Execuvue®, and Webvue®. Over 2,500 properties, including
very large chains, multiple-property management companies, and
single-site
hotels utilize Aptech solutions to understand their financial and
operational
data. Execuvue and Profitvue are registered trademarks of Aptech
Computer
Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are owned by their respective
holders.
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Contact: Heritage Hotels & Resorts 201 3rd Street NW, Suite 1500 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102 Phone: (877) 901-7666 Email: aalba(at)hhandr.com http://www.hhandr(dot)com Aptech Computer Systems Cam Troutman, Vice President 135 Delta Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15238 Phone: (800) 245-0720 or (412) 963-7440 Email: vueinfo(at)aptech-inc.com http://www.aptech-inc(dot)com Media Contact: Julie Keyser-Squires, APR Softscribe Inc. 180 River Springs Drive NW Atlanta, GA 30328 Phone: (404) 256-5512 Email: Julie(at)softscribeinc.com http://www.softscribeinc(dot)com |