SynXis' new Group functionality provides full-featured group block and wholesaler management capabilities. Its easy-to-use interface allows hotels to define and maintain chain wide group profiles, administer group blocks, and manage rooming lists. Travel planners can enter rooming lists directly using the Internet, and individual reservations that are part of a group can be booked from either the hotel Web site or a group's Web site. "SynXis' Groups functionality will streamline operations across all levels of group business - for the hotel, the planner, and the traveler," said Adrienne Blakeslee, Corporate Director, Travel Services for Harrah's Entertainment. "For instance, our convention clients will have a link on their Web site that provides a direct click through for Group bookings at our Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino property. No more faxing lists or entering changes manually at the property." "The industry has been asking for a better way to manage large group travel for years," said Bernard Ellis, Vice President of Product Strategy at SynXis. "So, we worked with customers like Harrah's to understand how group business should be managed. The result is an easy-to-use system and a streamlined process that is sure to increase the profitability of hotel group business." SynXis Group Block Management saves hotel labor by eliminating the group data entry and change requests, since the planner does maintenance online. Users receive immediate confirmation numbers, and there is a significant reduction in data-entry errors. In addition, the profiles and productivity of each group is stored from year to year, so repeat groups have even less data entry. Guest preferences, such as services or group features and rate entitlements, can be recognized for a group member either chain-wide or specific to each hotel. About Harrah's Entertainment Founded more than 60 years ago, Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. is the most recognized and respected name in the casino entertainment industry, operating 21 casinos in 17 markets in the United States under the Harrah's, Showboat and Rio brand names. With a combined database of more than 19 million players, Harrah's is focused on building loyalty and value with its targeted customers through a unique combination of great service, excellent products, unsurpassed distribution, operational excellence and technology leadership. More information about Harrah's Entertainment, the leading consumer-marketing company in the gaming industry, can be obtained at About SynXis Corporation SynXis Corporation is an application service provider delivering proven reservation management and distribution systems to the hospitality industry worldwide. Through a suite of Internet-based applications, SynXis empowers hotel operators with the ability to consolidate and control hotel inventory from all sources. It also provides money-saving direct access to the major GDSs and helps build hotel revenue by enabling consumers to conveniently book hotel reservations online through the hotel's Web site. The SynXis reservation system is being used by more than 500 hotels, resorts and casinos worldwide, including CHIP Hospitality, La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, and VIP International. In addition to its corporate offices in McLean, VA, SynXis has offices in Denver, CO and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. For more information on SynXis and its products, please call 703-448-2530, e-mail info@synxis.com, or visit the SynXis Web site at
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