Châteaux & Hôtels de France offers some new solutions of distribution to its members through Optims technology solutions.
Evry, France -- Optims S.A., the European Leader in Information Technology solutions dedicated to the Hospitality, Catering and Tourism industries has now signed a new partnership with Châteaux & Hôtels de France, providing innovating and powerful applications to the 523 members of the prestigious hotel chain, chaired by Alain Ducasse.
Châteaux & Hôtels de France has decided to provide new management IT tools to its members. After selecting Optims.Call Center, the electronic central reservation system and Optims.WebRes, the real time / online booking engine, Châteaux & Hôtels de France has now chosen Optims.Switch. This new solution allows the electronic distribution of the 523 Châteaux & Hôtels de France properties'stocks of rooms through ADS and GDS. These three electronic distribution and reservation solutions represent the Optims.CRS' global offer.
«This partnership really meets our expectations explains Laurent Plantier, Development and New Technology Manager for Châteaux & Hôtels de France. We are absolutely convinced that our members and our central reservation need to be equipped with powerful and reliable tools. This is the reason why we chose Optims.CRS solution, as electronic distribution and reservation now represent essential tools for a hotel chain such as Châteaux & Hôtels de France. This is also true for property management tools. Our collaboration with Optims might, in a short term, lead to the implementation of further applications essentially related to the management of our hotels».
By choosing Optims.CRS, Châteaux & Hôtels de France offers real opportunities to its 523 members and to all its customers:
- Châteaux & Hôtels de France members will be able to post their availabilities on ADS and GDS. Through a very simple interface, they will have, at the same time, their stocks of rooms available for sale on the hotel chain's Web site and on their own web site. The central reservation's staff will also have, in real time, an overview, of all the properties' availabilities. This will help them better manage the booking requests and confirmations.
- Châteaux & Hôtels de France's customers will easily book, in real time, through very simple tools and via various channels:- The hotel chain Web site:
The Châteaux & Hôtels de France's affiliate web sites.- Travel agencies using ADS and GDS.- Hotels' Websites.- The hotel chain call center.
Optims is delighted of this partnership which starts in very good terms. «It is an honor for Optims to have been selected by such a prestigious hotel chain as Châteaux & Hôtels de France, explains Antoine Medawar, CEO of Optims. This strengthens our idea that Optims.CRS is an excellent product that perfectly meets Hospitality managers needs, with the implementation of simple IT tools that provide both time saving and efficiency. We will do our best to make this first step be the starting point of a long collaboration between Optims and Châteaux & Hôtels de France».
Châteaux & Hôtels de France is a voluntary hotel chain that gathers, since 1975, different properties that offer the traditional charm and authenticity of French regions as well as personalized services. A residence of character, a perfect comfort, a cordial greeting, a privileged location and an authentic cuisine, are the 5 main assets of the hotel chain members. Chaired since 1999 by Alain Ducasse, Châteaux & Hôtels de France gathers 523 castles, hotels and restaurants. Many of them benefit from an international reputation : the Lasserre restaurant in Paris, the Mirande in Avignon or the Monte-Carlo Beach Hotel at Roquebrune-Cape-Martin.
Each year, the Châteaux & Hôtels de France guide is published with 630.000 copies distributed in the whole world. The Châteaux & Hôtels de France Guide, beyond the cultural and regional inheritance, affirms the warmth of greeting and the authentic and original sincerity of the cuisine which make France the first tourism destination in the world.
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).