Product Tracker

Special fragrances for hospitality

Ripple fragrances, a division of the Mysore-based fragrance makers NR group, has started an initiative of Brand Signature Fragrances named Iris. Some of the new delivery systems it is looking at includes reed diffusers, vapourisers, pot pourries, incenses etc. Its CEO, Kiran Ranga says that a lot of emphasis is given to the ambience of a property, the guest also looks at the visual and audio cues but no one uses the olfactory senses. "We plan to introduce fragrances to communicate brand identities," adds Ranga.

The group has already created a brand signature fragrance for Bangalore-based apparel company, Urban Yoga. Ranga said, "Companies give us a brief about what it is all about and we conduct surveys on the kind of consumers they have, and what is their socio-economic situation and a psychographic analysis."

Ranga says, "The possibilities for a product like this in the hospitality industry are immense. These fragrances can be used in hotels, airlines and large institutions." He adds that if a brand selects a fragrance, all properties under the brand will have the same fragrance, hence creating a brand identity of its own. Ripple fragrances are already in talks with prominent hotel chains and spa. The company has six sales teams all over the country. It also has a retail sales plan where it is looking at shop-in-shops system in department stores, wellness stores, home décor stores and high-end boutiques.

Environmentally sustainable chair

Haworth has launched Zody, an environmentally sustainable and ergonomically advanced chair, in India.

Zody uses a system called PAL, an asymmetrical lumbar support system, allowing the user to increase support to either side of the lower back independently, depending on preference. The system is a result of a joint study between Haworth and The Human Performance Institute of Western Michigan University.

Before being approved for use, each and every material used in the manufacture of Zody, was rigorously examined down to the 100 parts per million levels for human and environmental health. The components used are easily replaced or repaired, and a concurrently established take-back programme ensures that the chair can be broken down into its constituent parts in 15 minutes, and can be properly recycled at the end of its life.

Zody is currently manufactured in Haworth's facility in Michigan, USA and Shanghai. In India, it is available at Haworth showrooms in New Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Chennai.

‘No Smoking’ wall sign

Vista System International, has unveiled a new "No Smoking" wall sign frame. The sign is developed around the Vista wall frame line of products. The red 'No Smoking' symbol is made of laser cut steel. The new sign accepts most sign substrates including engraving, screen-printing, photopolymer, ADA, digital printing, and more.

Entertainment-on-Demand

Wayport Inc. design and integration of applications and software over wired and wireless carrier grade networks company, unveiled Entertainment-on-Demand, an IP-based, high definition on-demand video, gaming, internet and interactive services integrated with television that run over Wayport's unified network. Wayport will provide a customisable interface that can be changed on a per hotel or per-room basis.

Features of Entertainment-on-Demand include:

• Free TV via existing TV feed already in place
• Video on Demand over IP Network
• High Definition for some VOD assets
• PMS Integration - for select PMS systems
• TV check-in, check-out and folio review
• TV Internet w/wireless keyboard
• Attractive and customizable user interface
• End-to-end encryption for content assets and Digital Rights Management
• DVD-like functionality including pause, play and rewind
• Bookmarks for VOD assets
• Static electronic program guide for free TV offerings
• High-Definition Media Interface (HDMI) connectivity from set top to TV
• Static guest services page

Wayport manages everything, from the design and installation to connectivity, security, maintenance, content and digital rights management.

Localised Wi-Fi portal

Wayport Inc. will launch a Wi-Fi portal for the hospitality industry, with localised services provided by Yahoo! The unique portal will be presented to hotel customers as they connect to Wayport's Wi-Fi and wired service.

Under the terms of the multi-year partnership, Yahoo! will be the exclusive portal provider for Wayport's US network. As part of Yahoo!'s first nationwide Wi-Fi partnership, Wayport will have revenue opportunities from Yahoo!'s sponsored search, display advertising, and shopping services and Wayport will share this revenue with the hotels. To learn more about Wayport, visit www.wayport.net

Converged Network Solutions

iBAHN has entered into an agreement to acquire ETV Interactive, a single cable digital television, entertainment and communications systems for hospitality. They plan on focusing on the blending of the Internet content and broadcast TV/Video on Demand markets, with plans to manage and effectively deliver digital streaming video content on the Internet. iBAHN's network and video delivery solutions are designed to be all-digital, and thereby deliver higher display and sound quality.

iBAHN has also unveiled PriorityOne, providing management services for congested broadband networks. PriorityOne is designed to give hoteliers control over which applications have priority on the network. An hotelier who wants to prioritize VPN connections over gamers, can do so using PriorityOne to better manage digital services within the hotel, by dynamically allocating prioritisation and quality of service to applications using the system.

KHS dolly system

KHS has launched a new dolly system. It is a rolling transport system designed as a steel carrier, which fits the size of a quarter-pallet very exactly. The dolly can be loaded with products ranging from bottles or cans, shrink packs, pad shrink packs, tray shrink packs, and multipacks.

The advantage of the dolly system is that there is a pallet conveyor in the system, the system can be upgraded by adding the dolly conveyor. The palletizing process after transport is fully oriented to the desired number of dollies to be simultaneously palletized. KHS offers a variety of variants of two-column palletizers designed according to modern KHS modular dry area concept, as well as the option of highly flexible use of articulated robot technology.

Palletising can be done on dollies only or on dollies placed on carrier pallets. The placement of dollies on carrier pallets can also easily be carried out after the palletizing process. A wide range of options is available for securing the dollies or dollies placed on carrier pallets.

Bouvet-Ladubay French wines

Bouvet-Ladubay, now a UB Group company, has launched its range of fine sparkling and still wines in India. The portfolio includes bot sparkling with still wines.

The 750ml bottles of wines will retail at prices ranging between Rs 1,600 and 2,500. Some of the wines to be sold under the Bouvet Ladubay banner include: Bouvet Tresor Blanc Medaillon, Bouvet Brut, Bouvet Rubis Excellence, Bouvet Rose Excellence (sparkling wines); and, Anjou Les Nonpareils, Coteaux du Layon, Saumur Blanc, Bouvet Chinon Rouge (still wines)