Absolute Hotel Services implements RateTiger solutions for its hotels and resorts

Absolute Hotel Services Group has selected eRevMax’s RateTiger Corp as its preferred intuitive price intelligence solution  for use in its hotels and resorts in Thailand, India, Vietnam, Indonesia and Middle East.

Corp is a comprehensive yet easy to use hotel rate intelligence solution.  This endorsement will enable all of Absolute Hotel Services Groups hotels and resorts to check room rates across all channels while analyzing room rates of their competitive sets and rate positioning across multiple hotel websites, third party sales channels and online travel agents (OTA) to ensure that they are driving maximum revenues by always selling the right rate at the right time.

“We hope this selection will greatly contribute to understanding our customers and the challenges they face while buying through a larger distribution base,” said Jonathan Wigley, CEO of Absolute Hotel Services Group.

“Absolute Hotel Services is one of the reputed brands in the hospitality space and we are glad that they have chosen our intuitive price intelligence tool – Corp. The tool will help them monitor their member hotel positions and provide greater control over rates by flagging discrepancies and noncompliance automatically. Absolute Hotel Services can access market intelligence through online reports, scheduled reports and ranking reports for improved rate decisions and to maintain parity and position across channels,” said John Seaton, VP Sales – APAC & EMEA, eRevMax.

Corp offers complete rate transparencies to hotels, travel intermediaries like Online Travel Agents, Corporate Travel Planners, Event Managers and Travel Management Companies, to stay ahead in market dynamics. Any rate anomaly is automatically notified to the property through an e-mail alert, thereby eliminating the need for manual intervention. Data can be extracted from thousands of travel websites and hotel sites including the Global Distribution Systems (GDS).

Absolute Hotel Services implements RateTiger solutions for its hotels and resorts

Original Virat Kohli signed bat and ball up for auction

 As the country gears up for the seventh edition of the Indian Premier League, Collectabillia.com is ready to add their unique flavour to the excitement of the occasion by presenting an exclusive opportunity to own moments from previous editions of the IPL.   

Collectabillia.com on Thursday, April 17 2014, will allow fans the chance to own a unique piece of history,a personally signed Virat Kohli bat and ball. The product encapsulates the flamboyancy of India's rising star that will definitely carve out a special place in the owner's heart. 

The bidding for this product will last a week and bids will start at Rs. 1 

Diageo uncorks Rs11.4k cr open offer to control

1              The Times of India           Mumbai               Diageo uncorks Rs11.4k cr open offer to control USL

2              The Indian Express          Mumbai               Diageo makes Rs 11,448 cr offer for 26% additional

                                                                                       stake in USL

3              Hindu Business Line        Mumbai               Diageo makes new Rs 11,450-cr bid for 26% in  

                                                                                                United Spirits

4              DNA                                       Mumbai               Diageo doubles open offer price for USL

5              Hindustan Times              Mumbai               Diageo unveils $1.9-bn bid for 55% of USL

6              The New Indian Express               chennai                                Diageo makes Rs 11,448.91 cr offer for 26% stke in

                                                                                                USL

7              Mint                                      Mumbai               Once spurned, Diageo woos USL investors with

                                                                                                hefty premium

8              Hindu Business Line        Mumbai               Open offer aimed at better strategic control: Diageo

                                                                                                CFO

9              The Economic Times       Mumbai               Diageo lines up Rs 11k cr open offer to ensure USL

                                                                                                majority stake

10           Business Standard           Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi    United Spirits: Weighed down by other factors

11           The Economic Times       Mumbai               There's no slump for premium liquor sales

12           Hindustan Times              Mumbai, New Delhi        Scotch whisky exports to India on a new

                                                                                                                high

13           Hindu Business Line        Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi    United Spirits shares: Lender invokes pledge

14           The Economic Times       Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai             Lender invokes pledged shares of United Spirits

15           Business Standard           Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai           Lender invokes USL pledged shares

16           The Financial Express     Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi    Whisky makers fear loss of network under Scottish independence

17           Business Standard           Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai             Kingfisher lenders sell shares of United Spirits for Rs 100 crore

18           The Financial Express     Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi    Diageo & Khoday lock horns over Black Label mark; IPAB fixes hearing

19           Mint      Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi    The best film on leadership i have seen

20           Business Standard           Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi    NSE okays USL's distillery sale

21           The Financial Express     Kolkata, Mumbai              United Spirits deal to sell TN distillery gets NSE nod

22           Hindustan Times              Chandigarh, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, New Delhi         NSE okays United Spirits deal to sell TN distillery

Relish Winter Holidays at AG8 Calor’s “Royal Jungle Retreat”

When the chilly winds begin to caress your cheeks and you begin to wait for morning sun to soak in its cozy warmth then know one thing. Winter holidays are indeed coming up your way. But this time you want to experience one of the best winter vacations of your life, isn’t it?

Ladies & Gentlemen, welcome to AG8 Calor’s Royal Jungle Retreat at Pench National Park, residing at the southern boundary of Madhya Pradesh.

AG8 (Aakriti Group) brings Royal Jungle Retreat under the brand name Calor. A perfect place that offers you the best holiday experience with your family, around the beautiful terrain of Karmajhari  at Pench National Park.

Royal Jungle Retreat offers cozy and spacious cottages with modern comforts that at once relax your senses and give you peace. The Royal Tent (specially designed of rugged and rustic tents) provides a perfect combination of living in a natural habitat while surrounded by state-of-art luxuries of modern world. Royal Jungle Retreat offers you lush green lawns, indoor games, badminton court, library, A.C. conference hall, bar and restaurants along with open air bar-be-ques, bonfire and tribal dances at night for your entertainment thus making this affair with Royal Jungle Retreat the most memorable holiday of their life.

AG8 (Aakriti Group) having successfully established themselves in Real Estate, now offer Calor Resorts to the populace, so as to give them the excellent holiday and vacation experience. Understanding the hectic and busy life schedule, Calor provides a complete peaceful and relaxed stay with nature that boosts back your energy levels and love for nature.

Spirit Motivating Movie shown to MBA students at Career College of Management

Facing life's challenges with courage and determination, the message was appropriately conveyed to the students of Career College of Management (CIIM) by screening of the movie “Bhag Milkha Bhag”  for MBA first and second year students of the institution.

The movie, an inspirational and motivational true episode about a great Indian  Athlete popularly known as the "Flying Sikh". Milkha Singh, the Flying Sikh,
 is a former world champion runner and Olympian who overcame the terrible  
 massacre of his family members during the civil war on India-Pakistan
 partition and the homelessness to become one of India's most iconic
 athletes.All students and faculty members appreciated the movie.
 Mr. Sumit Sahu, faculty member also gave a presentation on learnings
  from "Bhag Milkha Bhag".

Dr. Ajay Khare, Director, Career College of Management, said “The movie talks about pure grit & perseverance and how man can excel even in the worst of situations. Milkha Singh runs against turbulent times of his life and establishes world records; conquers not just medals for India, but Indian hearts too !

A story which conveys the message " where there's a will there's a way".

Plancess Edusolutions, Mumbai looking for strategic alliances in Madhya Pradesh

Plancess Edusolutions Pvt. Ltd., based in Mumbai and known for its innovative learning concepts  is looking for strategic alliances in New Delhi and other cities across the country.

Commenting on the development, Plancess’ Director Mr. Nitesh Salvi said, “PLANCESS, founded by IITians, is the one stop solution to JEE Main & Advanced preparation across India, offering study formula for IIT-JEE, AIEEE and all Competitive Entrance Exams developed by top 100 IIT rankers. Plancess uses online and digital technology to maximise their offerings”.

 Their internal findings suggest that Students in Madhya Pradesh, are looking for better quality  coaching while preparing for competitive entrance exams. He is sure that strategic alliances &association will raise the qualitative benchmark higher in the field of IIT JEE test preparation market.”

Currently, a large number of students appear for engineering entrance exams and most of them aspire to join the elite Indian Institute of Technology (IITs). Students not only brave the tough competitive exams like IIT JEE and AIEEE, but also need to excel in Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). Majority of students are stuck with a dilemma “Exactly what needs to be studied?”

As a part of their social initiative called ‘IIT Guru Guidance’ Plancess Edusolutions also organizes informative counselling sessions to IIT & other engineering entrance examination aspirants every year.

It is an IIT Alumni start-up initiated for the benefit of the IIT JEE aspirants. The company aims at providing engineering aspirants with innovative and relevant products as solutions for their educational predicament. They have also initiated a unique IIT Guru Guidance program for the aspirants.

Sonata Software Launches Customizable Output Based SAP Application Management Services (AMS) Offering – Sonnet AMS

 Sonata Software, a global software service provider and a Gold Certified SAP partner today announced the launch of its Customizable Output Based SAP AMS Offering – Sonnet AMS. The Sonnet AMS offering goes beyond standard SAP AMS to deliver superior flexibility, service quality and cost optimization to SAP customers. The offering reflects Sonata’s strategy to add value to clients with its deep technology capability and innovative delivery models that better meet their needs.

The Sonnet AMS model has been inspired by customizable offerings of other service industries, leveraging on Sonata’s strong competence in SAP AMS and in working with result linked software services. Sonnet AMS offers a customizable menu of up to sixty five different services, with a pay per use model. Customers can also choose between Gold, Platinum and Diamond level service packages which offer different levels of usage commitment, coverage, SLAs and rewards. With the flexibility to exercise package upgrade options, customers can maximize the efficient utilization of SAP AMS services, aligning it to their planned and unplanned needs, with potential savings of up to 30% on their SAP AMS costs. Anchored in ITIL based processes, SLA driven commitments and Sonata’s SAP AMS certified status, the quality and reliability of service is a big value add that is further assured to customers. Sonata is also offering customers free service assessment and technical advisory value adds to help them evaluate the ideal package for their needs from this offering.

“Sonata has always believed in being flexible and doing more for customers. We felt that we could build on our deep understanding of SAP applications and work with output driven service models to provide superior value to customers. With Sonnet AMS, we believe CIOs can really gain great value in optimizing the cost and quality needs of their SAP AMS programs” said P.V.S.N. Raju, Senior Vice President and Head – Delivery, Sonata. 

Sonata has a long standing association with SAP and is one of the very few exclusive SAP AG Certified Partners for Application Management Services. With over 18 years of ERP experience, 150+ customer engagements in ERP/Package Application like SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Scala (Epicor), Red Prairie(JDA) WMS and Dynamics CRM, Sonata has been working with some of the largest enterprises and ISVs in the world, designing and developing ERP solutions for their ever changing business needs. With Sonnet AMS, the company seeks to translate this deep ERP technology capability into a service that clearly demonstrates it’s even deeper commitment to client business outcomes.