Hotel Technology Next Generation

SAS and IDeaS customers are benefiting significantly from the August 2008 acquisition of IDeaS. As proof of the two companies' perfect fit, SAS -- the leader in business analytics --immediately began working with IDeaS to enhance and expand IDeaS Revenue Management solutions.

Combining SAS' experience in developing statistical forecasting solutions with IDeaS' extensive experience in hospitality industry business processes and data is giving customers the best of both worlds. IDeaS drew on SAS' vast R&D resources to enable its customers to already benefit from more advanced, accurate forecasts. Especially important in an uncertain economy, improved forecasting is helping marketers and revenue managers make decisions that increase profits.

No other vendor offers the depth and breadth of SAS and IDeaS solutions for the hospitality industry. "SAS is the only revenue optimization provider capable of integrating all of the vital demand-producing and controlling areas in advanced revenue optimization and customer intelligence solutions," said Keith Collins, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at SAS. "Significant benefits came quickly when our two R&D areas began working together to solve the issues facing today's hospitality industry. We are excited about the new analytic solutions that will come from these efforts."

A critical milestone that SAS will achieve this year is the sharing of key information between IDeaS' latest solutions and SAS Customer Intelligence. This information sharing will enable SAS' customers to target their marketing offers and to better manage demand.

Unveiling more of its development road map today, SAS is working to meet customer needs by integrating IDeaS' revenue management capabilities with SAS' customer analytics and campaign management capabilities. This will help customers achieve total enterprise profit optimization -- the next generation of revenue optimization solutions.

"The Venetian has already derived substantial benefit from using IDeaS and SAS solutions," said Rom Hendler, VP Strategic Marketing, The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino. "It's more important than ever to join customer relationship management and revenue management to maximize profitability. By combining data mining and revenue optimization tools, the software helps the Venetian allocate rooms effectively -- based on the potential profitability of each customer and the opportunity cost of the room. Opportunities for further optimization exist and we're looking forward to working with SAS and IDeaS to address those as well."

Hospitality customers have high expectations that must be met in order to maintain their loyalty and satisfaction. It is essential for organizations to maximize the use of customer intelligence. SAS Customer Intelligence provides a comprehensive suite of enterprise marketing solutions to help organizations:

"Brand-loyal leisure travelers are smart and successful, belong to multiple travel loyalty programs, and enjoy planning and booking travel online. Marketing leadership professionals should focus on retaining current loyal travelers, winning back past loyalists, and creating strong relationships with new travelers..." (How to Regain Travelers' Loyalty, Forrester Research, Inc., December 3, 2008)

With IDeaS' Software as a Service (SaaS) delivery, ROI is fast because customers access applications over the Internet, eliminating costs for new hardware and software installation and the need for internal resources to support IT installation. Software upgrades are painless for the customer, as all changes are made by IDeaS in its data center.

Using the SAS Business Analytics Framework as a foundation, SAS offers targeted business solutions that support enterprise intelligence, customer intelligence, financial intelligence, supply chain intelligence and more -- as well as turnkey solutions for various vertical markets, such as hospitality and entertainment, financial services, life sciences, healthcare, retail and manufacturing. As IDeaS incorporates such SAS' technology and data from other SAS solutions into its solutions, customers immediately benefit.

About SAS
SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Through innovative solutions delivered within an integrated framework, SAS helps customers at more than 45,000 sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster. Since 1976 SAS has been giving customers around the world THE POWER TO KNOW®.

IDeaS, a SAS company, is the world's leading revenue management software and services provider. Combining industry knowledge with innovative data analytics technology, IDeaS creates sophisticated yet simple ways to empower revenue leaders with precise, automated recommendations they can trust. With 35 years of expertise serving hospitality, including hotel, event, and parking clients, IDeaS delivers revenue science to more than 30,000 properties in 164 countries around the world. Results delivered. Revenue transformed. Discover greater profitability at IDeaS.com.

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