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SENIOR LEADERSHIP CHANGES AT WELBILT
Hubertus Mühlhäuser resigned as a director , president and CEO of Welbilt , effective August 31 , 2018 . Welbilt ’ s board of directors appointed Josef Matosevic interim president and CEO . Matosevic joined Welbilt in August 2015 , most recently serving as Welbilt ’ s executive vice president and chief operating officer . In the past , Matosevic held executive positions at The Manitowoc Company , Oshkosh Corporation and Wynnchurch Capital / Android Industries .
Mühlhäuser left Welbilt to become CEO and director of CNH Industrial N . V ., a US $ 27 billion global manufacturer of capital goods comprising agricultural and construction equipment , commercial and specialty vehicles and powertrain technologies . Welbilt ’ s board is looking for a permanent CEO from both internal and external candidates .
Josef Matosevic was named interim president and CEO of Welbilt after Hubertus Mühlhäuser ’ s departure .
CHMWARNICK DEBUTS PROPH + IT
CHMWarnick launched Proph + IT , a technology platform designed to harness big data so owners can optimize their hospitality investments , the company says . Management companies provide data directly , populated with millions
Proph + IT from CHMWarnick promises of data points from each hotel ’ s trial balance , to distill property data through an
across historical and current monthly financial ownership lens .
data , and forecasted performance . The data is coded to CHMWarnick ’ s chart of accounts , which , the company says , makes it the most detailed benchmarking and analytics available within hotel asset management today .
“ For years now , the hospitality industry has been struggling with big data , from how to acquire it to who owns it and how to truly use it to one ’ s advantage ,” says Fern Kanter , managing director and executive vice president , CHM- Warnick , and strategic lead on the Proph + IT initiative . “ Proph + IT was created specifically to take large amounts of property data and distill it through an ownership lens , to effectively and strategically utilize the information .”
AGILYSYS ADDS FEATURES TO ITS PMS
Visual One , a property management system from Agilysys , now has more mobile capabilities designed to help operators improve their guests ’ experiences . The features enable guests to check in and out online , and allow staff to increase productivity with mobile housekeeping . Integration with the company ’ s booking engine , rGuest Book , allows seamless online booking . Agilysys reports that Visual One now has additional payment integrations and increased support for regional settings .
Other newly added features in Visual One include additional gateway integrations with rGuest Pay Connect , including European coverage with 3C Payments , enhanced support for local regional settings for currency , date and time , reservation management improvements and casino offer enhancements .
IN BRIEF
z Andrea Christopherson joined SalesBoost as chief innovation and engagement officer . z Hotel management software company Quore hired Richard Bradbury as vice Andrea Christopherson president of strategy and alliances . z Upgrading . cc launched to give travelers the ability to secure their desired hotel upgrades prior to arrival and on their own terms while allowing hotel and service apartment partners and opportunity to upsell .
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z Procaccianti Companies and Vision 3 Architects chose SlenderWall precast concrete cladding panels for the exterior of the Residence Inn by Marriott in Providence , Rhode Island . z Tomlinson Industries named Palmer Marketing International exclusive distributor for its Modular Dispensing Systems products , responsible for equipment sales in Ontario , Canada ( excluding the Ottawa Valley ).
54 hotelsmag . com October 2018