SiteMinder Partnership with protel Announced

SiteMinder connects protel PMS and CRS networks to Online Booking Sites Around the World

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. October 28, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LONDON, October 27, 2011. One of the world's major providers of hotel software, protel, has partnered with online distribution company, SiteMinder, to offer two-way streamlined distribution solutions for thousands of international hotels.

More than 6000 hotels around the world use Property Management System (PMS) and Central Reservation System (CRS) products developed by German-based protel.

SiteMinder's General Manager in Europe, Brendon Rogers, said SiteMinder had launched a two-way integration to protel's SPE (Single Property Edition) PMS and MPE (Multiple Property Edition) CRS as well as to protel's SaaS (Software as a Service) solutions, 'bookatonce' and 'protel Air', using SiteMinder's plug-and-play 'pmsXchange' technology, which more than two dozen PMS and CRS systems now use to provide two-way access to the world's leading online booking systems.

“We are very excited to be working with one of the world's most ingenious hotel management software companies and we look forward to helping protel and its many hotel clients expand their online distribution, boost yield and lift operational efficiency,” Mr Rogers said.

The protel partnership means live availability for hotels will be automatically updated on the world's major booking sites from protel's PMS and CRS networks via SiteMinder. Reservations from those sites will be automatically delivered by SiteMinder directly back into protel's networks, eliminating the need to enter bookings manually and lowering the cost of acquisition.

Manfred Osthues, co-founder and CEO of protel hotelsoftware, said from Germany: “We know that process efficiency can make or break a hotel - today more than ever. At protel, we never lose sight of the most important purpose of our software: to optimise our clients' workflows and thus improve their operational effectiveness. We are pleased that with Siteminder we have found a partner who shares our goal.”

About SiteMinder

SiteMinder's is an award-winning online distribution company whose product suite is used by thousands of hotels in over 70 countries worldwide to help increase online revenue, streamline business process and drive down the cost of acquisition. SiteMinder leads the way in redefining distribution. Visit www.siteminder.com or www.siteminder.co.uk.

About protel

protel hotelsoftware develops technology and service solutions for the hotel industry and related sectors. The consistent focus on the demands of a single industry makes protel one of the most experienced and successful providers of professional property management systems (PMS). protel's product portfolio caters to the needs of every market segment from small individual hotels to multinational hotel groups. By offering licensed on-premises and SaaS (Software-as a-Service) solutions, protel provides clients with the flexibility to quickly adapt as their business needs change and evolve. Today, more than 6,000 hotels and hotel management schools in 70 countries work with protel software solutions. For more information, please visit: http://www.protel-hotel-software.com

Media contact:
Andrew Mevissen
Peak PR
61 431 883 057
[email protected]