HITEC 2001 Interviews - HotelTools, Inc. - Seth Christian (CEO & Director) - Todd Sharp (Vice President, Global Solutions)

About HotelTools, Inc.
HotelTools, Inc. has developed the first Internet Enterprise Software for the hospitality industry. As the lodging industry's first ASP truly architected for the future, HotelTools leverages the Internet as a cost-effective communications network, giving hoteliers capability previously unavailable to most of the industry.

This revolutionary service centralizes all aspects of multi-property hotel operations, including enterprise management, property management, guest management, rate management, reservations, and procurement. HotelTools' Internet-Native applications and services facilitate both top and bottom line improvement for hotel owners and operators by enabling real-time reporting and management from any computer connected to the Internet. HotelTools architecture leverages single image data across the entire enterprise to improve guest satisfaction and yield management while eliminating many labor-intensive processes such as commission processing, night audits, and the re-keying of accounting data. For additional information about HotelTools, Inc. visit the company's web site: at www.hoteltools.com.

Bio
Mr. Seth Christian
Founder, President, CEO, and Director
Thirteen years as a Founder, Vice President of Operations for Suburban Lodges of America, Inc. and President of Suburban Management, Inc., responsible for Hotel Operations and Information Technology for Suburban and GuestHouse International. Vice Chairman and Treasurer of The Arthritis Foundation. Responsibilities at HotelTools include setting company vision, management, and internal and external communications


Bio
Mr. Todd Sharp
Vice President, Global Solutions
Seven years in Internet services and system integration management experience first as Director of the Interactive Services Group for Structured Data, then in 1996 as Vice President, Director and founding partner of Idea Engineering, Inc. Five years experience in relationship and implementation management with Fortune 500 firms. Responsibilities at HotelTools include sales, marketing, product management, business development, and relationship management

The HotelTools Difference.
The HotelTools solution offers unified business processes and applications delivered by a universal solution providing capability that has, until now, been unavailable to most of the industry. The power of the HotelTools offering is delivered throughout a hospitality enterprise and is built upon the simple principle of the value of our solution being greater than the sum of its parts.