Rainmaker Revenue Management Installed by William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration at University of Nevada, Las Vegas

The Rainmaker Group, a world leader in automated profit optimization software and services for the gaming hospitality industry announced today that the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration at University of Nevada, Las Vegas installed Rainmaker’s revolution^sm Product Suite to enable students to gain hands-on experience with the gaming industry’s most widely used casino hotel revenue management system.

The Rainmaker Group provided its system to UNLV as an educational contribution and the University will incorporate it in class instruction beginning in the fall semester. Rainmaker provides revenue optimization services to companies that include Wynn Las Vegas, MGM MIRAGE, Trump Entertainment Resorts and Harrah's Entertainment.

"Our executive education programs will be enhanced by allowing us to add revenue management to our offerings. The Rainmaker software will be a great addition to the programs we offer the hospitality industry through the International Gaming Institute," said Stuart H. Mann, dean and Michael D. Rose distinguished chair of UNLV's William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration. "While these times of stressful economic conditions make revenue management critical for the success of hospitality operations, the concepts will be important throughout the careers of our students. This contribution from the industry leader will allow our students to learn from the industry standard."

Tammy Farley, principal of The Rainmaker Group, said, "Rainmaker partners with the top gaming hotel companies worldwide to implement our systems, so it is appropriate that we also provide our revolution system to the industry's most respected educational gaming program at the University of Las Vegas. Using our system will give UNLV's students a chance to get hands-on experience as they learn revenue management, particularly with a focus on total customer value to the gaming enterprise."

The Rainmaker Group's solutions for hospitality include the revolution Product Suite that maximizes revenue for casino hotels and property groups. revolution is the only revenue management system that considers Total Customer Value, which includes not only hotel revenues, but also revenue from gaming, food and beverage, spa and other significant sources of customer value for determining optimal availability conditions.

The William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration at UNLV consistently ranks among the top hotel and hospitality colleges in the nation. Located 1.5 miles from the famous Las Vegas strip, the college provides students access to one of the largest and most demanding educational laboratories in the field. The hotel college now boasts more than 10,500 alumni, many of whom have gone on to become leaders in the hotel and hospitality management industries.

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About The Rainmaker Group | The Rainmaker Group is a software and consulting services company that provides profit optimization for more than one-half million units in the gaming hospitality, serviced apartment/multifamily housing, and other industries. Rainmaker consults about, implements, and supports the revolution Product Suite, which maximizes total guest profitability for operators of casino hotels and other hospitality enterprises. The company is a Microsoft Certified Partner that enables clients to identify and maintain availability for their most profitable revenue sources through revenue management implementations. The Rainmaker Group helps casino hotels increase profitability through the accurate, instantaneous ability to determine the minimum acceptable value of each guest. This increases client profitability by securing the most profitable customers and developing more effective business processes. Hospitality clients include Wynn Las Vegas, Boyd Gaming, Harrah's Entertainment, Omni Hotels, MGM MIRAGE, Trump Entertainment Resorts and other leading hotel companies.

About University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) | UNLV is a doctoral-degree-granting institution of 28,000 students and 3,300 faculty and staff. Founded in 1957, the university offers more than 220 undergraduate, master's and doctoral degree programs. UNLV is located on a 350-acre campus in dynamic Southern Nevada and is classified in the category of Research Universities (high research activity) by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.