Kimpton Hotels First to Rollout StarCite Small Meeting Solution

Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants announces that it has signed on to StarCite's Small Meeting Solution. StarCite, Inc. is a provider of on-demand meeting management solutions.

Through its integration with StarCite and Pegasus Solutions' UltraDirect distribution technology, Kimpton will be able to provide corporate meeting planners with real-time online access to its inventory of guest rooms, meeting spaces and associated meeting services for the first time. StarCite SMS will provide a new channel to help Kimpton increase sales opportunities and more efficiently book and manage smaller meetings of 50 people or less.

"We are focused on streamlining the buying process for our customers, and to that end we couldn't be more pleased to partner with StarCite and work to offer our clients the Small Meeting Solution," says Jesse Suglia, director of hotel sales, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants. "We pride ourselves on customer service and satisfaction, which is why we are eager to provide planners with the convenience of real time access to our inventory."

Kimpton will take advantage of StarCite's integration with Pegasus (announced in late 2007) to facilitate real-time access to information on rates, availability and reservations from Kimpton's inventory.