Protel Hotel Software qualifies for 2008 Beijing Olympics
protel chosen by the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee Preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games are really heating up in Beijing. Once again, protel hotelsoftware GmbH has qualified for the Olympic Games. protel’s hotel software took home the gold at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens: Now it’s time to tackle a new challenge at the Beijing Olympics. This May, the “Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad” (BOCOG) chose protel after an exhaustive review of many hotel management software products. protel’s local Beijing representative, Mr. Zhang Hui of First Information Systems, a protel partner, is working closely with protel’s team at the head office in Dortmund to implement a protel multi-property solution in Beijing. BOCOG has been busy preparing for the 29th Olympic Games since 2001. From the beginning, its goal has been to make sure all construction projects for the Olympics stick to a tight schedule. And they’ve succeeded. The 2008 Olympics promises to be smoothly organized, with spectacular sports facilities, cutting-edge communications, modern transportation and world-class accommodations. The world will experience the best and most modern side of China. The expected flood of visitors from both China and from abroad will be demanding. Adequate accommodations are a must. Wang Wei, an executive of BOCOG, feels they are well prepared: “Beijing welcomes all visitors from all over the world. Beijing’s hotels and restaurants can easily accommodate 500,000 tourists, at the least. There are more than 650 star-rated hotels in the city.” 17,200 athletes and officials alone will live in Beijing’s Olympic Village during the 29th Summer Olympics, while two “Media Villages” with a total capacity of 7,000 beds were constructed just for credentialed reporters. Years of painstaking preparations will finally come to an end when the Olympics’ opening celebrations begin on August 6. protel is proud to once again be contributing to the games. Protel is a tried and proven software and a must to meet and satisfy the demands of the modern hotel industry. The software itself is modular in design meaning that extra components can be added at any time and a version called Protel Smart is available for hotels that are smaller in size. This software can manage the front office, conferencing and banqueting, has a web booking engine, an interfaces module for telephone and tv systems, a sales and marketing management module and finally can be networked over a chain of hotels. For more information please visit our website at http://www.rstepos.com