Hotels, Technology, Media & more

The "World of Hospitality" at ITB 2016 and its co-exhibitors

Berlin. The joint stand "World of Hospitality" at ITB 2016 presents again renowned businesses from software, eCommerce and media, consulting and the hotel industry. Private Palace Hotels and NFON AG will join the stand for the first time and will place itself among a host of technology and eCommerce companies alongside Next Gen Opti, Macnetix and Media Carrier. The low budget design group, Motel One, will also be present again just the same as KOS International. Al Jazeera Media Network is back again, after 2014. The co-exhibitors 2016 introduce themselves.

Al JAZEERA MEDIA NETWORK: Al Jazeera strives to deliver content that captivates, informs, inspires and entertains. Launched in 1996, Al Jazeera was the first independent news channel in the Arab world dedicated to providing comprehensive news and live debate.
It challenged established narratives and gave a global audience an alternative voice—one that put the human being back at the centre of the news agenda—quickly making it one of the world’s most influential news networks.
Since then, it’s added new channels and services, with more than 70 bureaus around the world, while maintaining the independent and pioneering spirit that defined its character.
Each subsidiary follows the same principles—values that inspire it to be challenging and bold, and provide a'‘voice for the voiceless' in some of the most underreported places on the planet.

AL JAZEERA ARABIC
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH
AL JAZEERA DOCUMENTARY
AL JAZEERA MUBASHER
AL JAZEERA BALKANS
AL JAZEERA TURK
AL JAZEERA CENTRE FOR STUDIES
AL JAZEERA MEDIA TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
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www.aljazeera.com

HOSPITALITYINSIDE is the initiator of the joint stand "World of Hospitality" at ITB Berlin.
The company based in Augsburg (close to Munich) publishes the online magazine www.hospitalityInside.com, the online trade magazine for the international hotel industry, launched in March 2005. The weekly magazine publishes in two languages (German/English) every Friday, focuses on pure editorial content (no advertisements) and geographically on Continental Europe and the Middle East. Of course, the publication includes all global players of the industry.
It’s no newsletter publishing (paid) press releases but a journalistic magazine focusing mainly on own research and background articles. The columns pick up topics like investment, financing, marketing, human resources, technology etc. – everything that keeps a hotel group alive. Readers are spread over more than 20 countries: General Managers, Area Managers, Managing Directors, CEOs, consultants, designers, developers, bankers, investors, leading hotel chains as well as reputable private hotels belong to the "hospitalityInsiders”.
Furthermore, the company connects executives of the industries during fairs, workshops, hotel conferences and own events by its grown information network. In the "Network” column at the website you will find announcements and reports about all events and fair activities.
Since 2006, hospitalityInside also organizes annual hotel conferences: the "ITB Hospitality Day” at the world’s biggest tourism fair ITB Berlin and, since 2008 the "Hospitality Industry Dialogue” at Europe’s leading real estate fair Expo Real in Munich; for both fairs hospitalityInside also initiates hospitality joint stands.
www.hospitalityInside.com

KOS CONTRACT TEXTILES (KOS OBJEKTTEXTILIEN International GmbH): A specialist in realizing any kind of customized flame retardant articles the company has been well known since almost 20 years.
While working together with international interior architects, general contractors and interior decorators we have created a high confidence and we established ourselves as a reliable supplier in the textile Hospitality and Health Care market.
Plenty of excellent references are attesting our high experience and knowledge of the branch.
A fine selection of base-textiles meet the requirements for the most intended uses, as there are flame retardant sheers, decoration and blinding draperies (woven dimouts and coated blackouts), upholsteries, microfiber and artificial leather as well as shower curtain fabrics.
Our main focus is the knowledge of developing and producing customized fabrics by meeting all requirements the customer desires. As our most particular ability "we create textiles that comply with the customer’s option and fulfill all qualitative demands". Along with visual appearance and surface-feel we give special attention to quality characteristics such as flame retardant properties, abrasion resistance, light fastness and easy-care performances.
In a constant dialogue with our customers the requested features as material, production type (e. g. if woven or printed), design and color-scheme are worked out. Following these will be implemented "in textile". This happens within a manageable time-frame and by meeting your budget - for sure!
Due to the cooperation with professional interior decoration and sewing-companies not only material sold by meter, but as well ready-made decoration and drapery can be delivered. So the customer gets all from a single source.
The full concentration to the international contract market since 1997 distinguishes the company KOS Contract textiles as a renowned specialist in supplying customized textiles of all kinds- even within short time-frames and in line with your budget.  
www.kos-international.de

MACNETIX: Since our foundation, our products have proven in the market and inspire largely thanks to the easy-to-use interface, customers in the hotel and gastronomy just as schools, universities, banks or retail.
Our support thought corresponds to our own claim of services. Starting with free updates and upgrades, to the 24/7 direct support our service is exactly what our customers expect. More than 2,500 realized installations speak their own language, they represent experiences from 15 years and report on projects from all around the world. Our products have continuously been further optimized and survive in the market from day one.
With OpenApp.TV we created a solution that is flexible, which is the requirement of the hotel and catering industry, but also the clinics and rehabilitation centers over grown. Today OpenApp.DS is known as a top program on the digital signage market and shows its strengths both through ease of use as well as its stable system structure.
To provide our customers with resource-saving solutions, we use our expertise as a licensed Internet and access provider to offer IT infrastructure, cloud services and modular software solutions.
Macnetix consists of a strong team, builds partnerships and stands as a full service provider to the side of its customers.
Projects are also accompanied on their completion and held out both customers and partners through free updates and upgrades on the pulse of time.

MArketing - We develop software solutions that are used for sales promotion, so for the marketing area, and are tailored to the needs of the customer.
Communication - Communication is not only an essential element in the exchange between people, it is also essential in the exchange between humans and computers. Our products create intelligent solutions for successful communication.
NETwork - Networks are more important than ever. For a company, it is also important to find the best partners and integrate them into a strong network.
Inter-eXchange - The efficient exchange between humans and computers is our driving force, and the challenge we face.
www.macnetix.com

MEDIA CARRIER: Media Carrier is specialized in the distribution of digital newspapers and magazines. The company belongs to the MELO Group, which has arisen from the Munich-based press wholesaler Trunk. MELO as an international full-service-supplier in the fields media and logistics, currently employs over 2.000 employees at twenty locations in six countries.
Media Carrier has developed a digital library which offers digital editions of print media. These digital editions can be downloaded on any mobile device such as smartphones, tablets or laptops without any additional software installation.
Based on clients' requirements, Media Carrier buys digital editions of newspapers and magazines from publishing houses and composes individual portfolios using its own technical solution for distribution: the "Media Box".
Media Carrier already sources and composes tailor-made portfolios for international airlines, lounges and luxury hotel chains. Amongst others, passengers of Lufthansa, Germanwings and Airberlin and hotel guests of the Steigenberger, Mandarin Oriental and Dorint hotel chains already enjoy great benefits of the Media Box.
With Media Carrier GmbH as its subsidiary, the MELO Group is expanding its business to include marketing and distribution of digital content. The MELO Group not only entailes the press wholesaler Trunk, but for example also the News-Log AG, which supplies airports, airlines and catering companies throughout Europe with print media, and is market leader in Germany and Switzerland.
www.media-carrier.de

MOTEL ONE: The Munich based company Motel One was founded in 2000 and has currently 53 hotels with over 14,300 rooms across Germany, Austria, UK, Belgium, The Netherlands and Czech Republic. Guests as well as industry experts appreciate Motel One’s concept of "Great design for little money”, combining high service standards, quality materials and great design in prime urban locations.
In the One Lounge, which is the breakfast café, living room and bar all in one, a local topic is chosen and reflected in the sophisticated and unique design. Room prices start from as little as 59 Euro.
Motel One has been awarded with the German Marketing Award in December 2015. With this price a jury of 20 experts recognized the integral marketing performance of the European Budget Design Hotel chain.
Also in 2015 Motel One received the award "Best employer” in Tourism by the news magazine Focus. For the first time Motel One leads the ranking of the TOP 5 of the middle class in the categories "Gastronomy, Accommodation, Entertainment, Fitness and Tourism”. Furthermore, the German Institute for Service Quality awarded Motel One in the category Tourism with the German Service Prize 2015. Also in the real estate and investment sector, Motel One won various awards.
Dieter Müller, CEO and founder of the Motel One Group, has recently been awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award during the IHIF.
www.motel-one.com

NEXT GEN OPTI provides a large variety of cloud based Software Applications and Managed Services for the hospitality industry, being specialized in electronic hotel room distribution and optimization of hotel revenue providing market intelligence solutions and managed services.
Next Gen Opti software has been offered to the hospitality industry over the last two decades and is sold to over 2.500 hotels in more than 20 countries.
The products and services build up The Platform, The Tool Box & Managed Services.
The Platform is in fact a modern reservation and distribution platform that offers premium eDistribution (CRS & BE). The booking engine is flexible, available for web, mobile and facebook. The CRS is upgraded with market intelligence and rate optimization module.
The Tool Box is a module of tools that support revenue managers’ activities. It offers powerful price recommendation and pickup benchmark tools, software that handle online reputation & feedback from guests, as well as operational reports with complex market research options.
The company also offers Managed Services, beyond the software support. The expertise of the NGO team extends through revenue management, pricing and distribution. Thus, the Managed Services are available either as a simple audit, ongoing consulting or even as outsourced service.
Next Gen Opti has a proven track record in hospitality: branded and custom built hospitality applications, white label applications for leading European Technology Suppliers and for leading European Hotel Management Companies.
www.nextgenopti.de

NFON: Welcome to NFON! NFON AG with headquarters in Munich is a leading global provider of high end cloud-based telephone systems. The company offers high-quality products and services as a complete single-source solution. NFON has a client base of over 10,000 customers, including companies ranging in size from 2 to 249,000 employees. NFON's telephone system meets the highest security standards. It is run in fully redundant high performance data centres and is therefore fail-safe. More than 150 intelligent functions are kept up-to-date and secure for future use through free updates. Furthermore, with the cloud telephone system, costs for a separate telephone connection and hardware for a telephone system no longer arise. And because of charges based on actual use of the extensions, up to 50 per cent of the costs can be saved compared to conventional telephone systems.
www.nfon.com

PRIVATE PALACE HOTELS & RESORTS: The successful German hotel corporation “Private Palace Hotels & Resorts” is looking to grow. Led by its owner Dr. Michael Hutter and with headquarters in Malta, the company currently runs four vacation hotels on Rügen and one in Switzerland. These boast an occupancy rate of circa 80 percent across the course of the year. Dr. Hutter is also one of the few German hoteliers who as of now exclusively manages his own properties.
The Private Palace Grandhotel Budapest is being built and will open its doors at the end of this year as scheduled. As such, international growth is more than ever anticipated for Private Palace Hotels & Resorts. They are negotiating an increasing number of management contracts. In the near future, the company will take up management of the Grand Hotel Saigon and in light of concrete plans to open more Private Palace Hotels & Resorts Hotels, founded Private Palace Asia. 
Shortly, they will also begin building a luxurious holiday resort at the in-spot Marrakesh. Dr. Michael Hutter developed the plans for this hotel with the well-known Austrian artist André Heller and among other things, they are envisaging unique well-being and cultural facilities.
Together with his Development-Team in Malta, the hotel strategist and medical professional is always on the look-out for new attractive management offers to take on in Europe and across the world, including Poland, Cuba and Thailand. Even in Germany he is currently negotiating the development of new resorts. The most ambitious location would be “Neues Prora.“ Here, a lifestyle-resort that Private Palace will manage from February 2017 is being built on the historic grounds of the former ruin. Other locations along the Baltic coast are also planned in Usedom and Boltenhagen among others.
But why are the Private Palace Hotels & Resorts such a success? The reasons vary. On one hand we have the fantastic locations and on the other we have the sophisticated operational concepts for each house that all include Spas – usually even medical-Spas – that are up to par with the latest standards. To this we can add the appealing restaurants which range from down-to-earth fish restaurants to the Michelin-star-restaurant “Rugards Gourmet” where our guests are always spoiled. But more than anything else, it is the role of the host that Michael Hutter and his teams play so well in all of their hotels. In essence they aim to not only meet their guests’ expectations but to exceed them by far. That applies to both the soft- and hardware. And if that is not a recipe for further growth...
www.privatepalace.com
 

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