seeUthere Expands European Presence With Distribution Agreement With RemoteHotel Of Germany
MUNICH, GERMANY and SANTA CLARA, CA--seeUthere Technologies, the leader in enterprise meeting management (), today announced that it has formed a distribution partnership with RemoteHotel of Germany (), a leading provider of software solutions for corporate meeting procurement. Through this agreement, seeUthere becomes the first U.S.-based meeting management technology company to market its products in Europe with full local client support and...
Under the private-label RemoteEvent, RemoteHotel will distribute seeUthere's meeting management products on an exclusive basis in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and on a non-exclusive basis in rest of Europe. In addition to providing RemoteEvent to corporations and associations, RemoteHotel will work with global travel agencies and meeting management firms to jointly support their clients in these regions who use seeUthere's products. A staff of Account Managers in Munich, Geneva and Austria provide customer training, product support, and consulting services for RemoteEvent and other meeting technology solutions offered by RemoteHotel.
"seeUthere looks forward to providing experienced local support to our multinational clients in Europe through this partnership with RemoteHotel, as well as in Asia through our own Hong Kong office," commented John Chang, CEO of seeUthere Technologies. "In addition, we are expanding our presence in the European market with a strong partner who itself is a technology innovator and can deliver a full-service package of product knowledge, client service, and industry leadership."
RemoteHotel is a spin-off from Comtelco International (Frankfurt:CED.F), a publicly traded software company focused on solutions for the telecommunications market. RemoteHotel has developed software solutions for automating meeting site selection and RFP management. Its clients include Siemens and TMS Ltd. RemoteHotel's management team includes well-respected veterans of the European hospitality and software industries. Michael Windhaber, Founder and CEO, was also the founder of Fidelio Italia, the premier property management system (PMS) for the European hotel industry. Ulrich Beckmann has held executive positions in the hotel and telecommunications industry for 20 years. Mr. Beckmann currently serves as the Chairman of Comtelco International.
With its enterprise meeting management system, seeUthere helps corporations to reduce meeting expenses by up to 40% by providing visibility of all meeting costs, facilitating policy enforcement, and streamlining logistics. seeUthere's key capabilities include budget and expense management, online registration, meeting travel and housing management, event marketing, data analysis and consolidation.
"We selected seeUthere Technologies after an exhaustive investigation of meeting management solutions in the market," said Juergen Fassbender, VP for strategic partnerships of RemoteHotel. "We have found that seeUthere is the most complete and advanced system for enterprise wide meeting management. The underlying technology allows easy integration into corporate networks and with the European travel industries infrastructure. We believe that, with RemoteEvent powered by seeUthere, we will reinforce our market leadership in providing the most comprehensive suite of technologies for meeting procurement and management."
Ray Thackeray, Vice President of Strategic Partners for seeUthere Technologies, said, "I look forward to seeing the RemoteEvent service available on the market - there is enormous pent-up demand for such a technology in Europe. We are especially glad to be working with well-recognized industry leaders who have a successful track record of delivering superior technology products and client services."
seeUthere Technologies, the leading provider of enterprise meeting management technology, provides a comprehensive technology solution for the $100 billion professional meetings and events market. By automating and consolidating meeting management enterprise-wide, seeUthere helps its clients to achieve greater cost savings and more effective meetings. seeUthere Enterprise™, the flagship product, offers modules for managing meeting budgets and expenditures, marketing events, registering attendees, and automating housing and travel management.
RemoteHotel is creating an entirely new spectrum of business practices for the travel industry. Its products combine property management, reservations and e-commerce into a single, unified internet service that enables managers of large and small hotels to fully leverage technology to increase revenues and improve margins - without having to learn technical skills or hire IT staff. Companies use RemoteHotels venue search and RFP modules to create private corporate marketplaces for preferred hotels, thus enforcing procurement policies and streamlining the event planning process. RemoteHotel is privately held and funded by Comtelco AG and VMR.