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Digital Alchemy's iNeed™ Mobile Concierge App Boosts Revenue Opportunities
Honolulu, HI — December 5, 2012 — Digital Alchemy, the pioneer of customer relationship management (CRM) and eMarketing solutions for the global hospitality market, is helping hotels provide enhanced guest service and generate increased revenue via its award-winning iNeed™ mobile application. As one of the first properties to fully leverage iNeed, The Modern Honolulu has seen improved guest satisfaction scores and higher booking rates at its on-property outlets since debuting the system earlier this year. iNeed makes it easy for guests to digitally submit service requests for common issues such as housekeeping, room service, valet and maintenance concerns. Additionally, the fully customizable application interfaces with most major third-party hospitality management systems and can be used to facilitate incremental revenue opportunities throughout a guest’s stay, including restaurant reservations and spa bookings. The Modern Honolulu uses iNeed in lieu of printed materials in the guestroom, providing a sleek collection of relevant hotel information that is browseable at guests’ convenience. Moreover, as a design-centric hotel, The Modern takes great pains to avoid guest room clutter, meaning complimentary amenities like coffeemakers and tablet computers are available by request—iNeed makes such requests easy and reliable. Guests have overwhelmingly expressed satisfaction with the iNeed app, with roughly 50% of guests using the technology in some fashion during their stays. “Because we don’t want any marketing collateral in our guest rooms, it had been difficult to communicate to guests all of the amenities at their disposal in a way that was thorough and easily digestible,” says Nic Barger, the hotel’s director of rooms. “iNeed has solved that problem completely, putting the hotel’s offerings at the guests’ fingertips and allowing the hotel to better sell itself. More guests have begun making requests of our guest experiences personnel, and we’ve seen a marked increase in spa bookings and restaurant reservations since launching iNeed.” Each service request made through iNeed is instantly pushed to the hotel’s guest response system, displaying the issues on a central dashboard for hotel management and front desk agents to view. This dashboard interface allows management to assign the issues to the proper staff members and to track their status in real time. iNeed can also be programmed to automatically notify specific personnel, depending on the type of request. The app includes a housekeeping scheduling function, allowing guests to request or decline maid service and turndown service and to arrange it for a time that is convenient. Other key features of iNeed include automated valet communication and express checkout. “Digital Alchemy has always been about improving the guest experience in a way that is economically sustainable for hotels,” says Digital Alchemy CEO Don Hay. “iNeed and its associated guest response system interface enhances hotels' labor efficiency by eliminating the need for hotel staff to manually enter guest service requests for housekeeping, maintenance, valet, et cetera. By allowing the guests to submit these requests themselves, it saves time and money for the hotel, while giving the guest complete control over their hotel experience. In addition, it eliminates the cost of printed materials in the guestroom, and contributes to a hotel’s green initiatives." iNeed is fully customizable for individual hotels and groups, allowing for user interface branding as well as changes to the service forms and icons, as needed. The iNeed system is the newest addition to Digital Alchemy’s line of comprehensive customer relationship management (CRM) and eMarketing solutions for the global hotel industry. Its flagship eRelationship module is designed to help hotels of all sizes to craft profitable, long-term relationships with guests. With reservation confirmations, cancellation notices, pre-stay marketing messages and post-stay greetings automated and customized to upsell amenities and reaffirm customer loyalty, Digital Alchemy includes myriad opportunities to build incremental revenue through its CRM email platform. For more information on Digital Alchemy’s comprehensive suite of CRM and e-marketing solutions, please visit www.Data2Gold.com. About Digital Alchemy | Since launching the first true CRM solution to the hotel industry in 1999, Digital Alchemy has become an established leader in customer relationship management (CRM) and e-marketing solutions for the global hotel market. With a comprehensive suite of integrated e-mail CRM offerings, the product line has grown to include a powerful and flexible set of tools for building and maintaining profitable relationships with current and prospective hotel guests. Current Digital Alchemy clients include over 650 properties, which include some of the most prestigious independent hotels and resorts worldwide. For more information, please visit www.Data2Gold.com. About The Modern Honolulu | A cutting-edge lifestyle hotel where innovative design meets barefoot luxury, The Modern Honolulu debuted in September 2011. Located at the edge of Waikiki, within walking distance to popular Waikiki beaches, Hawaii’s largest open-air shopping center and a selection of luxury boutiques and retail stores, The Modern Honolulu is brilliantly laid back: both stilettos and slippers are welcome. The 353-room marina-front resort is noted for its chic not overdone design, personal, friendly modern service and incomparable food, beverage and entertainment options including a restaurant by Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto; an urban spa; the vibrant ADDICTION nightclub; a sophisticated lobby bar; two refreshing pools, poolside bars and spectacular views of the Pacific. Extensive indoor and outdoor banquet and private event facilities include a 9,100-square-foot Ballroom, Sun Suite with open-air terrace, four meeting studios and three pre-function galleries with state-of-the-art audio and visual capabilities. For more information and reservations, contact The Modern Honolulu toll-free, at 866-970-4161, or visit the website at www.themodernhonolulu.com. |
For more information, contact: Susan Harman VP / Global Sales Digital Alchemy [email protected] Tel: +1 817-204-0841 Media Inquiries, contact: Andrea Roland Plan A Public Relations & Marketing, Inc. [email protected] Tel: +1 407-905-0608 |