[March 10, 2009] Destination Hotels & Resorts Deploying SuccessFactors Solutions Tweet Mar 09, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- SuccessFactors, a provider of on-demand performance and talent management solutions, announced that Destination Hotels & Resorts, an independent management company in the United States, has begun an aggressive strategy to drive workforce productivity, initially implementing SuccessFactors' succession management and goal management solutions. A wholly owned subsidiary of Lowe Enterprises, a privately-held, national real estate organization active in commercial and hospitality property investment, management, and development, Destination Hotels & Resorts began in 1972 and has grown to become the country's fifth largest independent management company with more than 6,500 employees and more than $1.7 billion in assets under management. Before selecting SuccessFactors, Destination Hotels had disparate systems for managing its people. The company's leadership sought a single solution, and after an exhaustive search, stated that it chose SuccessFactors for its ease of use and true integration delivered from a single code base. The company also believed the Web 2.0-functionality in the SuccessFactors suite would help ensure high user adoption, and management saw it as the best solution to strategically look at talent planning for optimal decision making. "A thorough search lead us to SuccessFactors, and we're pleased with our decision," said Robert Mellwig, senior vice president of human resources for Destination Hotels & Resorts. "The pricing, delivery model, ease of use and relationship we've developed with the company have all been great. During the selection process, our conversations with existing SuccessFactors customers were even more impressive - all indicated that they'd make the same decision to go with SuccessFactors again - and the company's customer-first mentality continues to impress us." Destination Hotels first deployed succession management because they already had an existing process, and believed it was the fastest way to realize a return on the investment. Soon after, the company implemented solutions for managing employee goals and performance, and is currently evaluating SuccessFactors Stack Ranker, which enables managers to rate and assess their talent across defined competencies for a visual and intuitive stack ranking of employees to accelerate a course of action. "SuccessFactors is thrilled to work with Destination Hotels on its aggressive talent management strategy, as now more than ever, organizations need to focus on their people to drive even higher business results," said Lars Dalgaard, founder and president of SuccessFactors. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]