Bangalore, February
19, 2013 – RezNext,
the recently launched real-time online distribution solution for hotel rooms,
welcomes former Pegasus CEO, Mike Kistner to the Board of RezNext.
Michael Kistner
has over 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry, online operations
and technology. He is also the past Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer of Pegasus Solutions, Inc. Under Kistner’s leadership,
Pegasus has been recognized as the world’s leading distribution switch for the
hotel industry.
Speaking on the expansion
of the Board, Suresh John, Chairman of Board, RezNext said “I warmly welcome Mike
Kistner to the RezNext Board. We are a rapidly growing company, and we see Mike,
with his extensive expertise in Hotel Distribution Technology offering us
insights, knowledge and directions to enter the global arena.”
Mike Kistner was earlier
the CIO and Senior Vice President e-Commerce, at Best Western International
before joining Pegasus. Here he pioneered the first system-wide ‘free to
guest’ internet access. He also brought Best Western online, through
their award winning internet booking engine.
Kistner served in various senior executive, operational,
internet and technology positions at Cendant, now Wyndham Hotels. While
at Cendant, Kistner successfully implemented the industry’s largest property
management system implementation to date, 6,000 properties in 18 months.
He led Cendant’s internet division, brought to market one of the largest and
first consumer data warehouse, having consumption detail data on over 100
million travellers.
During his recent
visit to India, Mike Kistner said “I am excited by the plans and innovative
solutions that RezNext has in its portfolio. Their offerings have the
tremendous potential to meet the current need of hotels to enhance their online
visibility, cost effectively increase room occupancy and drive revenue.”
RezNext is a
real-time, online distribution company for hotel rooms. In an environment of stiff competition, RezNext envisages empowering
hotels across market size and location with technology. RezNext is a first of
its kind online platform that offers a comprehensive solution set of services
such as Rate & Channel Management, Revenue Management, GDS Interface,
Reputation Management, Website Designing and Web Booking Engine, Mobile
platform, Central Reservation System, Property Management System (PMS) two-way
connect, Facebook Web Booking Engine and Loyalty & Feedback Management.
RezNext is a fully owned subsidiary of IDS NEXT and leverages
their 25 years of domain expertise in hospitality technology to develop their
service offerings.
About RezNext
RezNext is a real time B2B
distribution company that bridges the gap between a hotel’s reservation system
and online booking channels. An initiative of IDS NEXT, RezNext leverage their
3000 customers, presence in 40 countries, 25 years of hospitality technology
expertise, and state-of-the-art technology. RezNext’s solutions have been
carefully crafted to offer hotel’s a comprehensive solution set to dynamically
distribute rooms, enhance online visibility, optimize use of manpower and grow
revenue.
RezNext’s portfolio
of offerings include Rate & Channel Manager, Revenue Management,
Reputation Management, Website Designing and Web Booking Engine, Mobile
platform, Central Reservation System, Property Management System (PMS) two-way
connect, GDS Interface, Facebook Web Booking Engine and Loyalty & Feedback
Management. Our growing range of solutions can be access by hospitality
properties across market segment and size, such as independent hotels, chain
hotels, business hotels, resorts, clubs, service and limited service apartments,
spas, restaurants and others.
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Manager,
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Email: easy@idsfortune.com
