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Cloud based solution mycloud hospitality’s Christmas offer

Aspire Executive Lounges, Swissport's global airport hospitality brand, has joined the British Institute of Hospitality, the world’s leading and award-winning membership body for hospitality professionals. Aspire Executive Lounges becomes the first business partner from the airport lounge hospitality sector to join the Institute of Hospitality. Aspire Executive Lounges, the fast-growing Swiss brand in the airport hospitality business, has joined the British Institute of Hospitality (IoH), the world’s leading membership body for professionals working and studying in the hospitality leisure and tourism industry. Aspire Executive Lounges is the first business from the airport lounge sector to become a member of IoH. The collaboration will foster an exchange of expertise and insights: IoH will benefit from Aspire's expertise in airport hospitality, while Aspire, by sharing its wealth of experience with IoH members, can extend its professional network to the hotel and catering sectors and hospitality management schools. “Our vision for Aspire Executive Lounges is clear and simple: We want to deliver a guest experience that is similar to what our guests are used to from their preferred hotels, meeting the needs and exceeding the expectations of today’s travelers,” says David Collyer, Global Vice President of Executive Lounges at Swissport International AG. “We strive to deliver an unparalleled experience and set a benchmark that transcends our industry, redefining excellence across the hospitality sector. The Institute of Hospitality is a great network to exchange insights and experiences, and to learn from others in the hospitality sector, which will help us bring our vision to life.” Robert Richardson, CEO of the Institute of Hospitality: “Our aspiration at the Institute of Hospitality has been to develop and grow our membership, the number of countries we operate in, and the number of hospitality sectors represented within our organization. With that in mind, it is a natural partnership for us to welcome Aspire into our family, and to learn from their teams, who serve travelers with passion and dedication. As two organizations with similar values, we look forward to collaborating in promoting high levels of excellence within our profession.” With over 30 years of experience, Aspire Executive Lounges is Europe’s largest brand in the airport lounges sector. In 2023, Swissport welcomed more than five million customers worldwide at over 69 lounges in 20 countries. The airport hospitality brand recently opened new lounges at Toronto City Airport in Canada, and Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in Finland. Aspire Executive Lounges recently created a new lounge concept in partnership with the airline alliance oneworld. The first oneworld branded lounge was launched at Incheon Airport in Seoul, Korea, in December 2023. Aspire Executive Lounges is owned by Swissport International AG, the global leader in aviation services, serving airlines at 286 airports in 44 countries across 6 continents
Written by Amy

Cloud based solution “mycloud hospitality” today announced its 2016 Christmas promotional offer, going live on 15 December, which will save new hotel clients 50% in fees for a two-year fixed term.

mycloud has been developed by Prologic First, an independent, private company with over a decade and half’s experience delivering end to end technology solutions to the hospitality industry across the UK, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Prologic First’s “WISH”, “Touché” & Web Prol’IFIC brands are used across 30 plus countries by over 1,600 clients offering some of the most advanced features to hospitality professionals.

During the offer period (which finishes on 31 December), SME accommodation businesses will receive the 50% discount when signing up for any of the three mycloud subscription plans: Basic (£4 per room per month), Standard (£8 per room per month) and Premium (£12 per room per month). Additional benefits for this offer include zero sign up fee, two free training sessions and free premium support.

mycloud has been developed to provide a smart and integrated, yet simple-to-use, cloud based hospitality solution specifically designed for SME accommodation businesses – helping them maximise their profitability and optimise their revenue – with no initial capital expenditure required.

mycloud suits establishments with as few as two rooms up to 300 room city hotels and provides users with a huge amount of customisation to set up the system to suit their individual hotel’s unique needs. For a mid-sized, 40 room hotel opting for the Premium plan, the savings will be almost £6,000. The mycloud Basic plan is an ideal solution for small hotels and those just getting started while the Premium plan provides many add-on benefits including an Account Manager, a 24/7 hotline and unlimited POS.

“It’s early days for us here in the UK but we have had some great businesses trialling mycloud and are receiving excellent feedback.  We have taken our worldwide expertise and built a system that gives the independent hotelier what we believe is the best cloud based solution and with this offer, a compelling incentive to try it ” explains Deepak Chauhan, responsible for marketing the mycloud platform in the UK. “We talk about wanting to be “trusted and loved” by our clients and what better opportunity for them to test us out than with this special offer.” Chauhan also points out that all their plans can be accessed by a free 30 day trial.

mycloud is a property management solution (PMS) for managing all operations and has four key features:

  1. mycloud PMS: a web based front desk management software – for managing reservations, check-in and check-out, accessing guest histories and more
  2. mycloud POS (point of sale) – Billing from food and beverage and other non-room based transactions, offers a mobile App and full stack of reporting
  3. E-distribution optimizes online visibility, tracks and manages real time reservations from all online sources including third party booking sites (Expedia, Booking.com, Agoda etc) and automates guest communications such as email confirmations.
  4. Social Listening: When you understand your guests and meet their expectations you can stay ahead of your competition. Our social tool collects your customer’s reviews from all sources and gives a detailed view of what people are talking about, helping you understand your customers needs.

Looking at the current trend in technology in the hospitality sector, cloud computing is considered to be the biggest disruptive technology and the game changer. mycloud provides an easy to learn, state of the art integrated solution to hotel management as well as providing an online presence at a much lower cost.

Chauhan concludes “It’s not just about offering the most advanced technology solution, it’s also our high level of service.  With a low entry barrier, minimal infrastructure and running costs, we can reduce the time-to-market and enable our customers to generate maximum profitability and competitiveness in an incredibly short period of time.”

Find out more at www.mycloudhospitality.com

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