IDeaS integrates Newmarket solution

IDeaS Revenue Optimization,has announced the integration of Newmarket’s Delphi 9.2 with the IDeaS V5i 3.2 Revenue Management Solution.

The integration allows group sales managers to price potential Group business using the powerful IDeaS Group Pricing module without leaving the Delphi application.

“IDeaS has a strong history of providing group forecasting and pricing support to the hospitality industry,” said Linda Hatfield, Vice President Product Management, IDeaS Revenue Optimization. “Customers of Newmarket and IDeaS will now benefit from the enhanced efficiency and ease-of-use that comes from this level of integration.”

“We are committed to bringing increased value to our customers and prospects through collaborative partnerships with companies demonstrating material benefit and strength," added Shawn McGowan, CTO & Senior Vice President, Newmarket International, Inc. “By partnering with IDeaS, we are able to provide state of the art group pricing and analysis within Delphi.”

Participants at the NewmarketPLUS User Conference, held on April 8-9, 2008 at the Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa in Las Vegas, will be able to see first-hand the integration between Delphi and IDeaS V5i.

IDeaS Group Pricing module, developed with some of the largest group house hoteliers in the world, arms hoteliers with a powerful solution that makes sense of any given group’s entire value as well as the value of any business being displaced.

New director to head up Radius corporate sales in North America

Radius announced that Edyta Citron has joined the organization as Director, Multinational Corporate Sales North America to head up the corporate sales effort in the region. Citron works with Radius travel agencies in North America to develop service standards for their corporate clients that are consistent globally and tailored to reflect local conditions and capabilities.

Citron, based at the Radius head office in Washington DC, implements the Radius travel management consolidation sales strategy in coordination with Radius travel agencies. Citron has a background in GDS and travel technology product development. Previously, she worked for four years for Worldspan\Travelport in the UK and the US as a product strategist, and for three years for the Baltona Foreign Trade Company in Poland as tourism and logistics manager and department head for the ISO quality department.

Citron offered: “It is my aim to help Radius corporate clients continue to consolidate their travel needs. North America is pivotal in the growth of the travel consolidation trend, and I will serve as a vital link between our agencies in the region and around the world.”

Commenting on the appointment, Kieran Hartwell, Vice President for Multinational Corporate Sales noted: “Edyta is ideally suited to achieve the objectives of the Radius multinational corporate sales initiative. We will certainly benefit first-hand from her expertise to ensure that Radius is responsive, innovative and efficient in the complex US corporate travel management space.”