Hotelzon iTV User Interface for the Hotel Booking system September 2006

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Hotelzon iTV User Interface for the Hotel
Booking system September 2006
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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Destination search result list
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Location search result
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Room/Rate Selection Page
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Reservation Page
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HZ Project Team

• Jukka Kaijansinkko, System Architect
• Leila Lainio, Functional Architect
• Jouni Peltonen, CTO
• Ville Valorinta, Concept Owner