Hotelzon iTV User Interface for the Hotel Booking system September 2006

Hotelzon

iTV User Interface for the Hotel Booking system

September 2006

The Company

• Hotelzon is a leading European Hotel Booking Technology and Service Provider

• Established in 1972 – Hotelzon is one of the oldest hotel booking companies in Europe

• Development team of 8 in Helsinki, development partner in Romania

• Headquarters in Helsinki• Subsidiaries in Finland, Scandinavia, UK, Germany and China• Network Partners in Russia, Benelux, Italy and India

• Sales volume 75 M€ in 2005• 500 000+ bookings in 2005, equals 850 000 room nights• Total staff 105• Owned by Berling Capital Ltd and the management.

The System in a Nutshell

• Serves call centers, corporate users and consumers

• Appr. 70,000 hotels worldwide, more than 300 hotel brands• Additionally easy to integrate with any hotel

• Extensive travel management tools• Maps and location search • SMS, e-mail and fax confirmations• Online, real-time reporting

• Available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Dutch, Norwegian, Chinese, Polish and Finnish

• Constant development, 3-4 releases a year.

Technology at a Glance

• Based on widely adopted and standard technologies– J2EE– WebServices

• System runs on a BEA Weblogic application server, uses Microsoft SQL Server database

• XML and WebServices used for the interfaces• Sensitive parts of the system are secured by SSL• Failover guaranteed by clustered database servers and mirrored application server

environments• Hosted solution.

iTV Business Case

• Hotelzon is actively seeking to extend the distribution options of its booking engine– In addition to the browser front end, a mobile version also exists

• Hotelzon is very much a Technology Company, we want to be forerunners• More and more hotel bookings are made online (vs. agencies & call centers)• iTV compatible versio is an asset for the future

• Same business logic and revenue model applies, iTV is just another Front End

Destination search result list

Location search result

Room/Rate Selection Page

Reservation Page

HZ Project Team

• Jukka Kaijansinkko, System Architect• Leila Lainio, Functional Architect

• Jouni Peltonen, CTO• Ville Valorinta, Concept Owner