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Corporate Lodging Consultants and Prairie Systems Deploy Voice-Based Card Validation System
WICHITA, Kan., & OMAHA, Neb. --(Business Wire)-- Aug. 10, 2005 -- Corporate Lodging Consultants, the largest negotiator of hotel contracts in North America and one of the world's largest managers of hotel room purchases, and Prairie Systems, Inc., a leading specialist in interactive voice services and Internet messaging, today jointly announced a telephone-based validation system that automates the verification and check-in process for Corporate Lodging clients. The voice application allows hotel clerks to rapidly and accurately process a Corporate Lodging card presented at check-in. This functionality is especially important for small hotels that don't have electronic point of sale (POS) devices, as it accesses real-time information contained in Corporate Lodging Consultants' TALON (Travel and Lodging Online Network) system.
"This card validation process will streamline our operations, reducing both human error and the possibility of fraud," says Kyle Rogg, Senior Vice President of Business Development at Corporate Lodging Consultants. "Our customers will be better served, management costs reduced, while making things easier for our lodging partners' desk clerks. This clearly differentiates us across the marketplace."
Ann Cannon, Senior Vice President of Sales and Product Management at Prairie Systems says, "Corporate Lodging Consultants is exactly the kind of enterprise client Prairie Systems has been adding value to for years. This is a practical application of automated voice to solve real-world issues at the heart of our client's core business processes. We're pleased to be teaming with them. We fully expect this application to take off across the industry and drive major efficiencies for hotels, guests and Corporate Lodging Consultants."
Enterprises nationwide turn to Prairie Systems for voice alerts, multimedia messaging and many other inbound and outbound communication solutions. Our consultative approach results in applications designed specifically to meet each client's individual objectives.
About Corporate Lodging Consultants
Corporate Lodging Consultants, Inc. provides customized lodging programs to more than 250 corporations throughout North America. Through its sophisticated transaction processing technology and the purchasing leverage of seven million rooms at 11,500 hotels, CLC delivers both unmatched savings and comprehensive solutions that include rate negotiation, electronic auditing, consolidated billing and flexible reporting services. If travel is a critical component of your business, CLC can reduce the cost of your lodging program, with less effort and increased traveler satisfaction. For more information visit www.corplodging.com or call (800) 835-4045.
About Prairie Systems, Inc.
Based in Omaha, Nebraska, Prairie Systems is an interactive voice services company with substantial unified communications capabilities in outbound broadcast notifications and alerts, interactive voice response, Internet, SMS and fax. Prairie Systems clients include Fortune 500 companies, with emphasis in the financial, transportation and logistics, call center, telecommunications, utilities and healthcare industries. For more information on Prairie Systems' communication solutions, visit www.prairiesystems.com or call (800) 888-3151.
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