Optims Provides Its Central Reservation System To The Tourism Office Of Lyon
Optims S.A. (Evry, France), the European leader in information technology solutions dedicated to the optimisation of revenue and management methods in Hospitality, Tourism and Transport industries, announces the implementation of its Central Reservation System (Optims.CRS) within the Tourism Office of Lyon, France's second largest town after Paris. With Optims.
"Having a complete system to provide real time/on line central reservations represents a real added value, as much for hoteliers as for the visitors of the 170 hotels located in the city of Lyon" explains Antoine Medawar, CEO of Optims.
The Tourism Office of Lyon thus obtains a powerful system, which will largely simplify and optimise the reservation process for both the hotels and the tourists. As one of France's largest cities, Lyon attracts the tourism and the business market in equal quantities.
More than 300,000 business and leisure visitors visited Lyon's Tourism Office in 2001, either to request information or to actually book hotel rooms.
"This system will allow us to better adapt supply to demand, adds Bruce Redor, General Manager of the Tourism Office. Every hotel in the city will be able to modify its availabilities and rates ; this system offers flexibility and efficiency".
Optims.CRS is composed of three modules:
- Optims.WebRes, the real time online booking engine.
- Optims.Switch, for the distribution of hotel rooms over the Internet through a networkof partners.
- Optims.Call Center, a complete electronic Central Reservation System for call centres.
Among Optims.CRS'clients, are the hotel chain Châteaux & Hôtels de France and the Espace du Tourisme of Ile de France.
ABOUT OPTIMS
Optims develops and implements Information Technology solutions dedicated to optimising management methods and revenues. For the past decade, Optims has been serving the Hospitality, Tourism, Catering, Transport and Travel industries with three complementary technologies. They include Property Management Systems (PMS) ; Yield Management Solutions known as Revenue Management Systems (RMS) ; and a Central Reservation System (CRS). Optims is now the leading European developer of IT solutions for the Hospitality market. The Company has over 3,900 customers in more than 55 countries. Among Optims' prestigious clientele are Accor, Forte, Fram, Thistle, Boscolo, Nouvelles Frontieres, Radisson and Savoy Group. Optims issued its Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the Nouveau Marché in the Paris Stock Exchange in June 2000 (SICOVAM code: 7652).