The Rainmaker Group Brings Revenue Management Discipline to Hoteliers at Agilysys 2011 Users Conference

The Rainmaker Group, a world leader in automated profit optimization software and services for the hospitality industry, announces strengthening its relationship with Agilysys and its hospitality clients by being a Silver Sponsor of Insight 2011, the Agilysys User Conference beginning today at the brand new Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

The latest technology solutions from Agilysys will be featured at the conference – solutions that streamline operations, enhance customer satisfaction and maximize profitability. Rainmaker is pleased to sponsor this event as our revolution™ Product Suite is a significant part of one of these solutions. Rainmaker’s revolution Revenue Management System interfaces with Agilysys’ Lodging Management System (LMS) to serve many large-scale hospitality and gaming operations, including the largest casinos in Las Vegas.

"Agilysys and Rainmaker have many clients in common and our companies cooperate regularly to ensure our hotel system users have the most effective property management and revenue management tools available," said Tina Stehle, senior vice president and general manager of Agilysys Hospitality Solutions Group.

"Rainmaker values its close working relationship with Agilysys and their hospitality clients, many of which we share across the world," said Tammy Farley, Rainmaker principal. "Agilysys is a fantastic partner to work with for the benefit of our mutual customers. Our Silver Sponsorship for Insight 2011 underlines our commitment to this relationship and to providing a revenue management discipline focused on the total value of each guest." Farley noted the top three steps to implement a revenue management discipline are:

1. Shift your focus from occupancy and rate to profitability;
2. Move from silos to integrated departments;
3. Recognize that a Revenue Manager’s role has changed from crunching numbers to strategic thinking.

Smith Travel Research reports that domestic room demand is back but prices are not. "If you are pricing for something other than room rate alone, you must be extremely disciplined about getting the right customer in your rooms," said Farley. "Rainmaker’s revolution Product Suite does this for its users."

Rainmaker revolution is the only revenue management system that considers Total Customer Value when determining optimal availability conditions. Total Customer Value includes not only hotel revenues, but potential revenue from gaming, food and beverage, spa, and other significant profit centers. revolution also analyzes and factors in forecasted demand from local influences such as holidays and city-wide events to recommend optimized rates for each guest segment.

The revolution system provides profit optimization for over 100,000 rooms in the gaming and hospitality industries, allowing clients to identify and maintain availability for their most profitable revenue sources. It not only helps casino hotels increase profitability, it helps them develop more effective business processes.

Join the Rainmaker-sponsored Keynote address at Insight 2011 to be given by Jon Stetson, an acclaimed mind-reading comedian who will make you laugh and make you think as he explores the ‘real mysteries of the human mind’. We also invite you to visit us in the Partner Pavilion for a discussion on our Revenue Management system and how it helps generate ‘real results of the monetary kind’.

About Rainmaker | The Rainmaker Group – a Microsoft Gold Partner software and services company – is an industry-leading provider of revenue management and profit optimization solutions to owners and operators in the multifamily housing and gaming/hospitality industries. Rainmaker software coupled with professional business consulting services enables multifamily housing operators to maximize revenue from apartment leases and helps operators of casino hotels and other hospitality enterprises secure the most valuable customers to increase their profitability. Used by more than 60 percent of the companies deploying revenue management systems in the multifamily housing industry, Rainmaker software delivers real results for operators such as Archstone, AvalonBay Communities, Equity Residential, Post Properties, Simpson Housing, Mid-America Apartment Communities and a number of other leading companies. Top casino/hotel organizations that rely on Rainmaker’s revenue management system include Atlantis The Palm Dubai, Caesars Entertainment, IP Casino Resort Biloxi, Isle of Capri Casinos, MGM Resorts International, Omni Hotels, Trump Entertainment Resorts, Wynn Las Vegas, and many others. Headquartered in northern Atlanta, GA, Rainmaker is a solid, profitable, rapidly growing, privately-held company. For more information, visit www.LetItRain.com.