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74 Supplier News H&MM September 15, 2008 | HotelMotel.com www.HotelMotel.com/digital_edition Halcyon Halcyon blue bath and body products is the exclusive in-room amenity of the Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles. The exclusive line of Aussie hair care products, shower gels, body and foot lotions and soaps are free of artiﬁcial colors and SLS and were custom formulated. Pictured at the launch party of the line [from left] are Val Harding, c.e.o.; Ed T. Anonas, director of ﬁnance &operations, Hotel Bel-Air; Kate Harding, sales and marketing manager; and William May, Halcyon blue ambassador. HALCYON golf shop, where the software is managing the inventory of about 300 items. Amadeus, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, implemented its product for spa management operations, the Reservation Assistant, at more than 30 hotels across Asia Paciﬁc, including Centara, Four Seasons, Hyatt International, Mövenpick and Swissotel. Benjamin West promoted Jennifer Root to strategic account manager. Market Metrix LLC, a provider of feedback and performance tools, now offers a streamlined version of its employee survey system, Employee Metrix, called Employee Metrix Express. Employee Metrix Express is available at a lower price and offers a simple, turnkey solution for conducting hospitality employee surveys. SynXis, the Sabre Holdings business that provides hotel distribution, Internet marketing and channel-management solutions, completed two technology updates: a concurrent conversion of the SynXis RedX platform to an Oracle database management system and the migration to a new data center. chairman of Bosch Security Systems. Van Iperen has been a member of the board of management of Bosch, responsible for the worldwide product business since 2005. Peter Ribinski replaced van Iperen and now oversees the global business units responsible for security systems product development. Signature Worldwide, a provider of training and business solutions, received three Bronze Quill Awards from the Columbus, Ohio, chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators and an Achievement In Marketing Award from the Columbus American Marketing Assn. Deluxe Building Systems updated the manufacturing process at its plant in Berwick, Pa., to decrease production time. Manufacturing of steelframed wall and ﬂoor panels now is automated. Key to streamlined reaction capability is a new piece of production equipment from Triad/Ruvo. StarCite, a provider of Webbased solutions to manage and automate corporate events, unveiled its ﬁrst business intelligence offering. The StarCite Group Rate Advisor report equips meeting planners and suppliers with forwardlooking hotel rate forecasts using data from requests for proposals. Central Florida-based corporate headquarters to a new ofﬁce building in Winter Springs, Fla. The 7,000-square-foot facility was specially designed to facilitate EZYield.com’s continued growth, with an expansive call center. Stahl Construction promoted Brenda Studt to the position of director of marketing/business development. Avendra, a procurement services company, was named to Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine’s “Executive 100 List” for 2008. Avendra was chosen for its innovative work in monitoring the safety of its supply chain. Expedia signed a long-term global agreement with Dubaibased Jumeirah Group, a luxury hospitality management company. Under the agreement, Jumeirah hotels will be available on all Expedia- and hotels.combranded points of sale globally. Patrick Lewis was appointed SVP of operations for Lorica Solutions. Benjamin West named Steven Angelier CFO. He also will oversee the accounting, information systems and human resource teams. Enodis appointed Gary Dykstra president of Lincoln Foodservice Products LLC. Aloft Hotels, the lifestyle brand offering from Starwood Hotels & Resorts, selected LRA Worldwide to design and deploy its brand assurance evaluation program. LRA already conducts the global brand assurance programs for the rest of the Starwood brands. Telkonet, a provider of integrated energy-management, networking, building automation and support services, now supports more than 200,000 guestrooms with its high-speed Internet access guest support services. Onity announced the appointment of Mel Hatchard to the position of managing director of Europe, Middle East and Africa. Benjamin West completed renovation of the Coronado Island Marriott Resort in San Diego. The renovation of the public space included a 3,771-square-foot restaurant, a 1,671-square-foot café/bar and a 6,389-square-foot lobby. Compiled by Jason Q. Freed, jfreed@questex.com Gert van Iperen is the new Choice Hotels International selected InQuira to enrich its customer service experience. Choice will leverage InQuira’s customer-service platform to improve the support experience around Choice Privileges Rewards Program, as well as redesign the general customer support section of the website to enhance overall customer service and reduce incoming call and e-mail volumes. Choice plans to integrate InQuira into its centralized call centers for use by about 500 full-time employees, as well as its online reservations system. SAS acquired IDeaS Revenue Optimization, a provider of advanced revenue-management software for the hospitality industry. IDeaS, which has 200 employees, now is a wholly owned subsidiary of SAS but will continue operating under its current management. EZYield.com, a provider of automated online channel management solutions for the hospitality industry, relocated its Marriott International and AT&T announced an agreement that will transform multiple communications networks at hotels into one converged network for voice and data transmission. The solution will support both wired and wireless services throughout the hotel and speed the introduction of emerging technologies for communications and business applications. Marriott’s ﬁrst prototype hotel with a converged network is the recently opened Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel. The Grove, a luxury country house hotel and golf course in the south of England, installed Adaco Services’ Emporium in its CIRCLE NO. 143 http://HotelMotel.com http://www.HotelMotel.com/digital_edition http://hotels.com http://www.sterifab.com http://EZYield.com http://www.sterifab.com

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