23-Jun-09 New Openness at Hotel Concepts - Brilliant
Leading hospitality software provider announces iTesso platform for Component Based software delivery
Atlanta — June 23, 2009 — Hotel Concepts - Brilliant, a leading global provider of technology and software solutions for the hospitality industry, today announced it is taking a new and groundbreaking approach with the development of its new and converged platform iTesso. ‘We are not just creating another CRS or PMS’ says Bas Blommaart, company President and CTO. iTesso is a new and open Component Based hotel chain inventory and distribution management system. While the system may be used as a Central Reservation system with direct connects to the GDS and ADS systems, as a distributed multi-property PMS with links to the iTesso or third party CRS systems, the main feature is that a hotel chain or operator may decide to just use one or more building blocks of iTesso initially and slowly expand the functionality.
iTesso features a unique open interface, acting as a powerful black box. The API heavily depends on the OTA and HTNG specifications. As an industry first, not only the back-end is open to external developers, also the front-end may be developed by the hotel chain’s own IT department or third parties. Inventory and Guest Profile Data may be consumed from external sources, like hotel chains’ CRS or CRM systems. This approach facilitates the phased move from legacy systems to new open platforms with minimum operational disruption.
‘Hotel Concepts – Brilliant is not only focusing on the larger hotel chains’, adds Patrick van der Wardt, Managing Director, ‘the system is well suited for mid-sized and smaller hotel chains as well, because of the scaled approach’
Available modules include:
· CRM
· CRS
· PMS
· Direct Connects
iTesso will be made available as licensed software or as a service (SaaS). It is developed using industry standard tools, like Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise and the .Net platform. Hotel Concepts – Brilliant is a Microsoft Gold Partner.