Lanyon Expands the Total Hospitality Marketplace with Several New Hotel Chains

IRVING, Texas - July 30, 2013 - PRLog -- Lanyon announces the addition of several high profile hotel companies to its RFPpublisher platform within the Total Hospitality Marketplace. In the three months from April to June, new hotel chains contracting with Lanyon included Warwick International Hotels, FastBooking, Corinthia Hotels International, Trump Hotels, Camino Real Hotels, Leonardo Hotels, Restel Hotels, and Sino Group.

As the world’s leading provider of RFP management software to the hotel industry, Lanyon offers a unique Total Hospitality Marketplace that brings hotel companies into closer contact with more than 760 of the world’s largest corporations and travel intermediaries.

“We are delighted to welcome these new hotel companies into the Lanyon Marketplace”, said Todd Tyler, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lanyon. “Lanyon is increasingly recognized as the industry standard for corporate and consortia RFP processing for hotels. With around 75% of GBTA Transient RFPs created directly in our platform by corporate buyers, we deliver unmatchable process efficiencies and demand generation opportunities to hotel chains like these which choose to partner with us.”

Jean-Marie Pébrel, Director of Sales & Marketing Europe for Warwick International Hotels, said “We are very glad to establish this partnership with Lanyon. We are confident that the Lanyon RFP platform will enable us to raise more efficiency in the contracting process for Consortia and Corporate accounts, as well as allow our Collection of worldwide hotels to participate in the RFPs of over 760 Lanyon Corporate Accounts.”

Pierre-Charles Grob, Managing Director Europe for FastBooking, added “We intend to become a leading player in Corporate and Consortia for hotel groups and hotel chains. We have made a strategic decision to ally ourselves with partners that provide us with the tools to achieve our ambitions. Lanyon was the clear choice; we are looking forward to a rewarding partnership.”

About Lanyon

Established in 1984 and headquartered in Irving, Texas, Lanyon is the leading hospitality solutions provider connecting corporations, hotels, serviced apartments and travel intermediaries in the largest online global hospitality marketplace. Lanyon’s solutions are used by over 760 corporations and 425 hospitality brands representing over 93,000 properties. Lanyon was acquired by Vista Equity Partners, a leading private equity firm focused on investments in software and technology-enabled services, in January 2013.  For further information please visit www.lanyon.com.

Contact: Joan England at joan.england@lanyon.com or 469-619-0994