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Ramada Hotels partners with Royal Orchid Hotels

The Royal Orchid Hotels, Indian chain of hotels in the business class segment and the largest chain in Karnataka, signed an exclusive territorial agreement with Ramada Worldwide (part of Wyndham Group Worldwide). This agreement permits ROHL to manage and develop hotels under the Ramada brand in India.

Post Ramada's acquisition, Wyndham Worldwide, has been aggressively looking to enter the Asian markets with big local players and this tie-up is a result of that. ROHL provides the necessary management infrastructure, service delivery and understanding of the hospitality industry required for a large international venture. Royal Orchid has committed to build 10 hotels under the Ramada brand itself as proof of commitment to this venture. Royal Orchid in turn will manage third party-owned Ramada Hotels across India as well.

Sula launched in Himachal, UP

Sula has introduced an assortment of 10 Red and White wines in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. The neighbouring regions of Delhi and Chandigarh have achieved sales of around 12,000 cases in 2005-06 and Sula has high expectations from these new additions. Interestingly, the region is claimed to be partial to red wine instead of hard drinks due to health reasons.

HCC selects Accor as hotel operator at Lavasa township

Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) has chosen Accor Hotels & Resorts as operator for the first two hotels within its pioneering Lavasa township near Pune. The first hotel project to be developed by HCC in technical collaboration with Accor Hotels will be a 250-key Novotel Resort on a 12-acre waterfront site at Lavasa, while the second project will be a 80-key Grand Mercure Spa resort to be located on a 7-acre site.

Golden Tulip selects Amadeus for international expansion

Amadeus has been selected by Golden Tulip Hospitality Group to provide its Property Management System (PMS), a central, multi-property platform, to deliver an improved guest experience and optimise access to information across the organisation. The hotel group is currently increasing its presence across Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East through both dynamic expansion and acquisition.

Golden Tulip has also selected the Amadeus Revenue Management System (RMS) to analyse and forecast revenues accurately so that the group is able to identify commercial growth opportunities, and optimise cross-selling across its hotels. Both the PMS and RMS systems can be provided on an Application Service Provider (ASP) model which means Amadeus hosts and maintains the applications remotely.

Triton upgrades processes at Park Hotel, Delhi

Triton, a product of Knowcross, has been recently upgraded from version 2.2.6 to version 2.3 at The Park Hotel, New Delhi. Triton is configured to handle all guest calls at the communication centre as well as all maintenance and back-of-house jobs. The communication centre handles over 600 daily requests from guests. Triton routes these calls through mobile phones and pagers to appropriate staff who handle these requests. Triton's seamless integration with mobile communication technologies ensures that managers are able to receive critical information even when they are not in the hotel.