Locatel and Hoist Technology Partner To Become Europe’s Leading Provider Of Hotel Management And Service Technologies
Business alliance brings innovative, cost efficient and profitable solutions, with mobility, to hotels and hotel chains
Locatel and Hoist Technology, leaders in hotel systems, have announced the creation of a business alliance to form Europe’s largest technology and service provider for the hospitality sector. The range of solutions brings hotel operators greater efficiency with reduced operational costs, while increasing guest satisfaction and driving average guest spend through unrivalled services.
The business alliance means that hotels across Europe can benefit from Locatel’s IPTV, WiFi, entertainment and information systems, on fixed or mobile screens, for their guests, as well as Hoist Technology’s property management system HotSoft 8 and mobile back office system Serviator. For European hotel operators, this comprehensive offering brings the widest range of system solutions available on the market. Combined, the services and solutions offered by Locatel and Hoist Technology already cover a park of over 600 000 hotel rooms, with an approximate 10% growth per year.
By combining and leveraging our hotel expertise in guest management, front office and back office, Locatel and Hoist Technology are bringing hotel operators all the tools necessary to reply to the evolving business challenges which face them» analyses Pierre Lestage, Locatel CEO.
«Both private operators and hotel chains will be guaranteed the same solutions and quality of service both locally and cross-border. By harnessing synergies we will also be able to offer even better products at competitive prices. We will be active on a larger market and thereby capture trends faster for further development to support our customers’ profitability» says Malcolm Lindblom, CEO of Hoist Technology Group.
Hoist Technology and Locatel will deliver a complete cloud based multiplatform solution which goes far beyond traditional IPTV and movies-on-demand systems. By offering feature-rich content and information services, available on multiple screens including laptops, smartphones and mobile tablets, customer satisfaction and average user spend is boosted. The system also drives hotel revenues through smart advertising and selling of hotel services.
Adding to this, both independent hotel operators and chains will benefit from complete property management systems such as Hoist Technology’s HotSoft 8 and its mobile back office system Serviator, to help them become more profitable and efficient. As well as managing all guest transactions and reservations in real-time, the systems mean streamlined internal communications, stock management and attribution of tasks.
LOCATEL is Europe's leading integrator of interactive multimedia solutions for the hotel and healthcare industries with 400,000 rooms under contract. The company was founded in 1962 and is directly present in France, UK, Italy, Nordics, Germany, Morocco, Singapore, UAE and indirectly in 59 countries with 39 partners. The group already equips over 120,000 rooms with IPTV interactive systems of which 40,000 are in HD. Locatel has annual sales of approximately 60 million Euros and has about 330 employees. For more information about LOCATEL:
Hoist Technology partners with hotels and hotel chains in the northern European market. It provides hotel interiors and technical system solutions that improve profitability for hotels, spas and conference facilities. The company was founded in 1994. It is based out of Sweden (HQ), has wholly-owned subsidiaries in Norway, Denmark, Russia, Poland, Finland, the Baltic States and the UK, and has a purchasing office in China. Hoist is represented by distributors in Asia and Africa. Hoist has annual sales of about 60 million Euroand has about 180 employees. Find out more at