December 23, 2009

From left:  Caloy Ortiz of IRRI; Ramon Cortez of Networld Hotel; Grace Castillo, sales head of Globe Business; Ronald Vallesteros of Sofitel Philippine Plaza; Joey Santos of Hyatt Hotel & Casino; and Sarah Austria of Globe Business.

Globe, a leading telecommunications company in the Philippines, presented the first Hotel IT Managers Conference together with the Hotel IT Association of the Philippines at Canyon Cove, Nasugbu Batangas. The event provided a venue for the IT Managers from the hospitality industry to know the latest technology available in the market today.

Led by Globe Business, the corporate arm of Globe, the Hotel IT Managers Conference 2009 gave updates on hotel trends and shared insights on best practices for hotel IT. The participants also got a view of the communication solutions that Globe Business provides the hotel industry.

Among the topics discussed at the conference were the preferred internet and voice solutions for the hospitality industry, and ways to make the hotel stay experience more personalized. As partners of Globe Business for this event, AVAYA, HP, MEC, Axis Communications and Teledata also shared the solutions that have been tailor fit to the needs of the hotel industry.

Globe Business provides solutions that will simplify and enrich the day-to-day communication of enterprises such as Voice Solutions and the Broadband Internet Zone (BIZ). BIZ is the broadband-to-the-room internet service of Globe suited to hotels, condominiums and property management enterprises. It provides secure, reliable and convenient high-speed internet connectivity to hotel guests.

Globe Business also offers voice plans and packages that suit the different flexibility and usage needs of companies. It has the Corporate Load Allowance Plans that are prepaid extension plans paired with a corporate postpaid plan, which will allow the latter to send a predefined load amount every month to the prepaid extension plans.

Among other voice solutions are the Employee Prepaid Plus that allows an enterprise to set the schedule and amount of load credit to be sent out to employees. The Corporate Business Loop provides discounted call rates to employees that are part of a calling circle.

Globe Business offers wireless and wireline data and voice solutions relevant to the needs of various local and foreign small, medium and large enterprises from diverse industries, including the top corporations in the Philippines. It understands the needs of enterprises and provides them with solutions that match what their business demands, whether cost efficiency, security, mobility, IT integration, and reliable connectivity solutions.