OTE Welcomes New EU Directive Putting An End To Discount Travel Club Fraud

The Organisation for Timeshare in Europe (OTE) today welcomed the European Parliament’s adoption of the Directive for the Sale and Marketing of Timeshare and Long Term Holiday Products (holiday clubs). OTE believes it will make genuine timeshare easier to buy and will also put an end to fraudulent discount travel clubs.

The OTE has been working closely with the European Parliament since 1999 to secure the best protection for consumers buying timeshare, and in particular to ensure regulation of holiday clubs and rogue timeshare resale companies. Many consumers have mistaken these holiday clubs for timeshare. In reality these clubs do not own any accommodation or inventory but effectively act as a holiday discount club.

In recent years there has been an increase in complaints from British holidaymakers about holiday clubs and authorities such as the OFT have estimated that they have been causing massive fraud. The new directive imposes upon holiday clubs stringent regulation such as cooling off periods, full disclosure of prices and the actual discounts they will give on accommodation and travel.

With regard to timeshare, the directive will ensure that consumers have the same protection across Europe, wherever they buy timeshare. This protection incorporates many elements of OTE’s Code of Practice, which has been adhered to by OTE members since 1999 (and revised in 2005) but has not been implemented by other operators throughout the European Union. This includes elements such as cooling off periods, full disclosure and the extension of protection to trial timeshare products.

Peter van der Mark, Secretary General of the OTE, said “We are pleased that the European Parliament has recognised the need for codes of conduct, such as OTE’s. Non-OTE members will now have to declare that they do not subscribe to the OTE code nor do they offer a dispute resolution system which all OTE members are required to support.

“With the harmonisation of laws governing the purchase of timeshare throughout Europe, we believe that consumer confidence in the timeshare holiday concept will further increase. The introduction of regulations for discount travel clubs will also help us to differentiate timeshare, which has a high consumer satisfaction level (recent surveys show a record 86% satisfaction level), from these. Timeshare resale fraud will also be prevented through this directive which should make timeshare reselling easier and safer.”

More about OTE:
OTE is the pan-European trade association representing the timeshare industry throughout Europe. It promotes best practice in the industry for the benefit of both consumers and the industry.  All members are bound by a code of ethics that ensures the protection of consumers’ rights.  OTE provides information and advice to consumers and offers a free conciliation service to consumers dealing with its members.

OTE represents the majority of timeshare companies in Europe which are responsible for some 65-70% of all timeshare sales. These include major hospitality groups such as Pestana, De Vere, Hilton, Sol Melia, and large independent timeshare developers, namely the Petchey Leisure Group, Club La Costa, Hapimag and Seasons Holidays.

We are able to comment on timeshare or Discount Travel Club issues that may emerge in the news and have spokespeople ready to answer questions you might have. If you would like to speak to someone at the OTE then please contact Peter van der Mark, Secretary General at 0032 2 533 30 63 or 0032 473 895 897(THESE NUMBERS ARE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE) or email Peter at pvandermark@ote-info.com.

For OTE’s Public Relations Office in the UK, contact:
Jackie Murphy /Will Brewster
Flagship Consulting
020 7 886 8440
Jackie.murphy@flagshipconsulting.co.ukor will.brewster@flagshipconsulting.co.uk

Private Residences at Esperanza By Auberge Resorts

The First Whole-Ownership Offering at the Award-Winning Los Cabos Resort

Auberge Resorts, operator of the award-winning Esperanza Resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, (http://www.esperanzaresort.com) unveiled today its first whole-ownership opportunity at the exclusive Punta Ballena community. Limited to 36 whole-ownership ocean-view homes, The Private Residences at Esperanza feature fully furnished three and four-bedroom homes starting at $2 million.

Located in the exclusive Punta Ballena community, the private residences provide homeowners with the best of both worlds: nearby access to the attractions of Cabo San Lucas and a tranquil sanctuary offering Esperanza’s signature service and amenities, which continue to earn top accolades from Travel + Leisure, Conde Nast Traveler, Robb Report, Andrew Harpers Hideaway Report and others. Homeowner amenities include a private Owner’s Club exclusively for The Private Residences at Esperanza, lushly landscaped with terraced seating, several pools and poolside service from Esperanza, private golf cart per home and a membership to the Punta Ballena Beach Club, with private cabanas, beach access, restaurant and ocean side pool.

The new residences offer between 3,000 and 4,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor living space with pocket doors that open to private terraces; spacious bathrooms with showers built for two and gourmet kitchens. Well-known residential interior design firm, J Banks Design Group, interprets Esperanza’s signature style of barefoot sophistication through a contemporary interpretation of traditional Mexican design using stone and polished plaster work, handcrafted furnishings and local art to complement the relaxed beachside community.

    Exclusive homeowner benefits include:

    — Private Owner’s Club with poolside service, private wine storage and
       fitness and movement studio
    — Membership to the Punta Ballena Beach Club with private beach access,
       restaurant and bar
    — Priority reservations at Esperanza’s number-one-ranked spa and
       restaurants, including the dramatic waterfront El Restaurante
    — VIP status at Auberge Resorts’ other award-winning properties:  Auberge
       du Soleil, Napa Valley; Calistoga Ranch, Napa Valley; The Inn at
       Palmetto Bluff, Bluffton, S.C.; Encantado, Santa Fe, N.M. and Rancho
       Valencia, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
    — Participation in Esperanza rental management program
    — Complete management services handled by Auberge Resorts
Recently ranked number two among the top 20 international resorts in Andrew Harper’s Hideaway Report’s 2008 “Readers’ Choice” awards, Esperanza is sister to the famed Auberge du Soleil in Napa Valley, Calif. and Auberge Resorts’ first international property.

The Private Residences at Esperanza are completed and available for purchase. For more information call 1-888-463-2816 or visit http://www.esperanzaresidences.com.

ABOUT ESPERANZA RESORT
Esperanza encompasses a 57-room resort, 60 Residence Club villas, a full-service spa and a signature restaurant, all on 17 lushly landscaped acres on the bluffs overlooking two private coves at Punta Ballena near Cabo San Lucas. Esperanza is a member of the Leading Hotels of the World(R). For reservations or more information, please call toll-free 866-311-2226 or visit http://www.esperanzaresort.com.

ABOUT AUBERGE RESORTS
Auberge Resorts is a collection of exceptional hotels, resorts and private clubs, each with a unique personality that assures a memorable guest experience. Among the distinctive properties are Auberge du Soleil, Napa Valley; Esperanza, Cabo San Lucas; Calistoga Ranch, Napa Valley; The Inn at Palmetto Bluff, Bluffton, S.C.; Encantado, Santa Fe, N.M. and Rancho Valencia, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., with several others in development. While Auberge Resorts nurtures the individuality of each establishment, all are characterized by a set of communal elements: intimate, understated elegance; captivating locations that inspire exceptional cuisine and spa experiences; and gracious yet unobtrusive service. For more information about Auberge Resorts, please visit http://www.aubergeresorts.com.

http://www.fractionalownershipmagazine.com/private-residences-at-esperanza-by-auberge-resorts/

IFA Hotels & Resorts Opens Yotel In Amsterdam

Dubai- YOTEL, a hotel brand in which IFA Hotels & Resorts (IFA HR) is the majority investor, opened its third hotel at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport.  Described as being “the iPod of the hotel industry”, YOTEL delivers luxury at a great price and is accessible to all. 

“We are very excited with the opening of YOTEL Schiphol as it is our third property to open. The concept has quickly gained ground, placing affordable luxury, convenience and innovation in the hands of travelers around the world,” said Talal Jassim Al-Bahar, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of IFA HR.

“YOTEL is different from other investments we have in the hotel sector and we truly believe it represents the future,” added Al-Bahar.

Drawn from the influences of Japan, airline travel and luxury yachts, YOTEL is a joint creation by YO! Founder Simon Woodroffe and YOTEL CEO Gerard Greene.  Inspired by an upgrade on an airline into first class, Woodroffe saw the potential to fuse the language of luxury airline travel with Japanese capsule hotels to create a small but luxurious cabin.

The 57 cabin YOTEL is located inside Schiphol’s terminal – bookable from a four hour minimum with either standard, premium or family cabin options, YOTEL Schiphol’s cabins feature WiFi and wired internet access and flat screen TV’s. Each cabin comes with a hand-made bed for the best sleep ever and an en-suite bathroom complete with a monsoon rain shower, bespoke body wash and towels. Prices start from as little as €35 for the first four hours.

”The radical approach of the YOTEL brand with the signature formula of innovation and entertainment fits well with Amsterdam Airport Schiphol’s vision and is another step on our way to taking the spirit of YO! across the world,” said Woodroffe.

Commenting on the new addition, Eric-Paul Dijkhuizen, Managing Director of Schiphol Group’s Consumer Business Area says, “Schiphol are intent on bringing the very latest world innovations to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol where our goal is to be an Airport City within a City in our own right.”

The second YOTEL hotel was opened in the United Kingdom last year in Heathrow Airport.  Today, both Gatwick and Heathrow YOTELs are doing very well with high occupancy levels in both properties. 

Al-Bahar concluded: “We will continue to support and expand YOTEL in the coming years and focus on main international hubs.” 

For more information, prices and to book log onto www.yotel.com

Wellness Resort On Portuguese Algarve Affiliates With Interval International

Longevity Wellness Resort Joins The Quality Exchange Network

Wellness Resort On Portuguese Algarve Affiliates With Interval International

Wellness Resort On Portuguese Algarve Affiliates With Interval International

Interval International, a leading provider of vacation services, has announced the addition of the award-winning Longevity Wellness Resort Monchique a luxurious eco-friendly condo hotel on the Portuguese Algarve. 

“The Portuguese Algarve has become well-known for its high-quality leisure development projects. This superb new affiliation in the Algarve’s mountain region will offer superior amenities and services in a unique eco-friendly environment,” says Darren Ettridge, Interval International’s vice president resort sales and service (Europe). 

The resort is positioned in the mountains around the picturesque town of Monchique with both mountain and coastal views. Longevity is a buy-to-let mixed-use development with a focus on wellness and relaxation. It will have 195 one-bedroom apartments on completion of the property in September, 2009. Amenities will include outdoor and indoor swimming pools, restaurant & bars, driving range & putting green, library and cinema and the Longevity Anti-Ageing Spa, which will offer state-of-the art comprehensive diagnosis, repair and anti-ageing consultation and treatments in an exclusive partnership with La Clinique de Paris/ Dr. Claude Chauchard.

 This is an environmentally friendly architectural and engineering project which uses solar energy and rain water utilities across the property.  Notable features include grass rooftops and balconies.  Longevity won the CNBC Europe & Africa Property Awards 2008 in the category of Best Development. This is the world’s largest property competition in partnership with CNBC, the leading Pan-European financial and business television channel.

Interval International operates membership programmes for vacation owners and provides value-added services to its developer clients worldwide. Based in Miami, Florida, the company has been a pioneer and innovator in serving the vacation ownership market for more than 30 years. Today, Interval has a network of over 2,400 resorts in excess of 75 countries and offers its resort clients and nearly 2 million member families high-quality products and programs through 28 offices in 17 countries. Interval is an operating segment of Interval Leisure Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: IILG), a leading global provider of membership and leisure services to consumers and business-to-business customers in the vacation industry.

http://www.thetimeshareblog.com/wellness-resort-on-portuguese-algarve-affiliates-with-interval-international/

Sell My Timeshare NOW Is Good News In A Bad News Economy

Despite weak earnings reports for some developers in the resort and timeshare industry, Sell My Timeshare NOW, a timeshare advertising and marketing company, has released a positive third quarter 2008 business synopsis. The timeshare company demonstrated a 170 percent increase, quarter-over-quarter in the number of offers to buy timeshare or rent timeshare.

While some timeshare developers and hoteliers have released reports of slow third quarter growth in the sale or financing of new timeshares, the news remains strong for timeshare sales and rentals on the resale market. Sell My Timeshare NOW, a timeshare advertising and marketing company, continues to boom despite an overall struggling economy.

CEO Jason Tremblay reports, “Offers to buy or rent timeshares through Sell My Timeshare NOW have reached record highs of 101,124 offers, totaling $368,365,250 through the end of the third quarter.” As Tremblay explains, an uncertain economy may have lead more timeshare owners to use their vacation ownership properties as timeshare resales or timeshare rentals. “Timeshare resale and timeshare rental inventory is excellent and attracts many buyers and renters looking for value and economy in vacation accommodations. By-owner timeshare sales are a win-win proposition.”

Timeshare rentals represent a rapidly growing segment of business at Sell My Timeshare NOW, with 2008 third quarter timeshare rental offers showing a 251 percent increase over the third quarter of 2007. The dollar amount of timeshare rental offers received through the third quarter is $47,526,930, which marks an increase of 196 percent over year-to-date offers in 2007. Sell My Timeshare NOW credits the strong growth in timeshare rentals in part to the creation of a new service at the company, Rental Assist, which is designed to help people in their search for timeshare rentals, working directly on behalf of the customer. Peter Emery, the company’s manager of Rental Assist says, “Sell My Timeshare NOW’s Rental Assist entertains a lot of offers on all different timeshares but there is a real interest right now in the branded names including Marriott and Hilton timeshare rentals.” Emery says that many of the offers to rent timeshare come from repeat client% from previous years.
 
As an online advertising company, marketing both timeshare resales and timeshare rentals, Sell My Timeshare NOW uses advanced Internet marketing strategies to maintain its strong Internet presence. The company’s third quarter website visitor total was 6,425,350, up 30 percent over the third quarter 2007, while the total for unique visitors in the third quarter was 1,085,872, which is an increase of 34 percent over the third quarter of 2007.
The company is optimistic about its continued growth and stability even in the face of a downturn economy. Jason Tremblay says, “Sell My Timeshare NOW’s position is to be fiscally conservative but at the same time aggressive about growth, service, and our vision for the future.”

Download Sell My Timeshare NOW’s full third quarter statistical business synopsis here: http://www.sellmytimesharenow.com/media/pdf/3rd-Q-2008-financial-report.pdf
Jason Tremblay is available for media interviews at (603) 516-0649 or by emailing steveluba(at)sellmytimesharenow.com.
 
About Sell My Timeshare NOW, LLC:
Sell My Timeshare NOW provides advertising and marketing for timeshare owners who want to sell timeshare or rent timeshare. In five years, the company has become the recognized global leader in the advertising and marketing of timeshare resales and timeshare rentals via the Internet.

Women In The Industry (WIN) Launches Web Site

Women in the Industry (WIN), an organization professionally supporting and cultivating women leaders of tomorrow in the vacation industry, has launched its web site www.womenintheindustry.com.

Members of WIN come from all backgrounds. They include individuals, resorts, recreational real estate developers, vacation clubs and funding/lending institutions. WIN also has members among the legal community as well as architects and other suppliers to the vacation industry.

While membership is not solely for women, the non profit organization is committed to fostering the growth of women in the shared ownership industry by connecting and mentoring them through charity, business, educational and networking events. Additionally the new group facilitates research in the vacation industry, organizes and implements community and philanthropic activities and promotes and recognizes women’s achievements in the vacation industry.

WIN’s cause is supported in part by corporate benefactors and friends among which are I.C.E., Wyndham Vacation Ownership, Marriott Vacation Club International, Group RCI, Bluegreen Corporation, Chicago Title, CSA Travel Protection, C.A.R.E., Blue Strawberry Resorts and Me Time.

More membership information is available by calling 760-755-0356. Or visit http://www.womenintheindustry.com

Source: http://www.thetimeshareblog.com/women-in-the-industry-win-launches-web-site/

Luxury Fractional Developer Resort Equities Installs TimeShareWare Professional 2008

Resort Equities, a premier luxury fractional ownership developer with homes in Lake Tahoe, San Francisco, Hawaii, and Italy recently installed TimeShareWare Professional 2008 to handle its property management at all four locations. Resort Equities also contracted with TimeShareWare for an interface that seamlessly connects TimeShareWare Professional 2008 with its existing credit card system.

Scott Williams, Director of Operations for Resort Equities, says one of the main reasons the company decided to go with TimeShareWare was because it allowed them to display and manage the availability of homes with a calendar view. “TimeShareWare is based on advanced platform architecture, meaning a developer can pick and choose which modules and features in the software work best for them. We used the TSW Platform Access Objects in order to display the availability of all our homes in a calendar view on our owner’s website. This streamlined our reservation process considerably, afforded owners real-time access to our availability and exchange inventory, and has helped automate our entire system.”

Allen Rice, Chief Marketing Officer of TimeShareWare, commented, “By using TimeShareWare’s Platform Access Objects, Resort Equities is able to better utilize and operate its reservations and inventory management. We are pleased that our software is helping facilitate the processes for such a prestigious client.”

Resort Equities corporate location is in San Jose, California, with an office at Lake Tahoe. The developer has luxury homes in Lake Tahoe, California; San Francisco; California; Maui, Hawaii; and Tuscany, Italy. For more information on Resort Equities, please visit their website at www.resortequities.com.

About Resort Equities:
Resort Equities is focused on developing a network of private, handpicked luxury residences that are professionally maintained and managed. Resort Equities offers unique, luxurious ownership opportunities coupled with unparalleled service. They select the most discriminating properties in the most sought-after resort destinations and then offer an ownership program that is second-to-none.

About TimeShareWare & CondotelWare:
TimeShareWare is the industry standard software platform for shared-ownership, mixed use resorts. Since 1993, TimeShareWare serves all sizes and types of vacation ownership associations, fractional ownership properties, and timeshare resorts including multi-site, single-site, and points-based clubs. The TimeShareWare software platform includes solutions for lead management, contract processing, sales and marketing, owner accounting, loan servicing, property management, reservations, and web-based owner servicing.

CondotelWare is the first full-service software solution designed specifically for condominium hotels. The software helps owners and operators master all aspects of condo-hotel management and administration, including owner accounting, billing, rental rotation, inventory management, reservations, owner relations, reporting, and more.

Arabian Falcon Soars With Generator

Arabian Falcon Holidays has joined forces with Generator Systems to champion the sales of their latest, and most exciting, project – Royal Club at Downtown Dubai - destined to become one of the finest urban timeshares in the world.

In 2003 Arabian Falcon Holidays was appointed the exclusive sales agent for Dubai’s very first vacation ownership resort, Royal Club at Palm Jumeirah and enjoyed a sell-out success before becoming the Middle East agent for Residence Richer in Paris, part of the exclusive Charm & More Platinum Collection. They are now the largest independent timeshare sales and marketing company in the Middle East.

Royal Club at Downtown Dubai has one hundred apartments contained within twenty floors of the stunning 43-storey Hydra Downtown Tower (opposite the world’s tallest building, the Burj Dubai). With the power of Generator, off-plan sales are set to exceed expectations and Arabian Falcon’s Chairman, Mr Al Mohanned Sharafuddin, is confident about the success of this project. “We at Arabian Falcon Holidays believe that we have the winning combination to ensure we follow the sell-out success of Royal Club at Palm-Jumeirah. With a well motivated, high performing sales and marketing team, superb enhanced customer experience, complete management clarity and control provided by Generator, we shall succeed with Royal Club at Downtown Dubai. We look forward to a long and successful partnership with the Generator team”.

Pete Jones, Founding Partner at Generator, is also in no doubt about the future of the Downtown Dubai development. “This is a double celebration for us. Our first client in Dubai and a multi-lingual release that includes Arabic and Russian - new languages for Generator. Dubai is an amazing place built around outstanding luxury with a distinctly hi-tech flavor – Generator offers the perfect platform to sell timeshare in this exciting environment and the Arabian Falcon team will be outstanding partners for many years to come”.

Generator Systems Ltd, with its European Head Office in the UK, is the global leader in integrating technology into the sales process within the leisure real estate marketplace. Working with sales teams in the timeshare, fractional, condo and whole ownership sales sectors, Generator has multi-award winning installations in over 85 sales decks, working with over 1,000 sales people across 6 continents and translated in 14 languages.

Recipients of the following industry awards:
ARDA 2007 ACE Innovator Award
OTE Managing Change Award
OTE Innovation Award

The 10th Annual Vacation Ownership Investment Conference

Executives gather after the “Meet the Leaders” panel discussion, including (L to R) Ronald Goldberg, President, Wellington Financial; Craig M. Nash, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Interval Leisure Group; Steve Weisz, RRP, President, Marriott Vacation Club International; Stephen Rushmore, President, HVS International; and Ken Chupinsky, Chief Financial Officer, Consolidated Resorts, Inc., during the 10th Annual Vacation Ownership Investment Conference in Orlando, Florida.

Executives gather after the “Meet the Leaders” panel discussion, including (L to R) Ronald Goldberg, President, Wellington Financial; Craig M. Nash, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Interval Leisure Group; Steve Weisz, RRP, President, Marriott Vacation Club International; Stephen Rushmore, President, HVS International; and Ken Chupinsky, Chief Financial Officer, Consolidated Resorts, Inc., during the 10th Annual Vacation Ownership Investment Conference in Orlando, Florida.

The 10th Annual Vacation Ownership Investment Conference recently was held at The Peabody Orlando with more than 630 registered delegates.  The conference featured special guest speakers Jean-Claude Baumgarten, president of the World Travel and Tourism Council and Peter C. Yesawich, Ph.D., chairman and chief executive officer of YPartnership, as well as panel discussions, networking opportunities, and tours of area resorts.

The annual “Meet the Leaders” panel included hospitality experts who shared their knowledge on the current issues affecting the vacation ownership and hospitality industries.

Telkonet Wins Energy Management Contract With Columbia Sussex Hotel Group

Selected as part of national chain’s green initiatives based on the system’s flexibility, ease-of-use, and scalability

Telkonet, Inc. (AMEX:TKO), the leading provider of innovative, centrally managed solutions for integrated energy management, networking, building automation and proactive support services, has won a prestigious contract with Columbia Sussex, the leading national developer and manager of more than 70 hotels and casinos across 30 states. Approximately 1,300 guestrooms in the Doubletree in Rochester, New York, the Sheraton in Philadelphia City Center, and the Westin in St. Maarten have been equipped with the versatile Telkonet SmartEnergy™ (TSE) in-room, occupancy-driven energy management system, with additional properties scheduled for TSE implementation by the end of the year. After a comprehensive analysis of competitive product offerings, TSE won on the basis of its inherent flexibility, scalability, and simplicity, easily interfacing with all the various types of HVAC systems throughout the Columbia Sussex hotel properties.

Columbia Sussex hotel properties are highly regarded for their green practices and energy-reducing measures, including installing solar hot water systems, supporting alternative energies and providing preferred parking spaces for hybrid cars at its corporate office. Telkonet’s energy efficiency solution forms a key part of this ongoing strategy, as Columbia Sussex Project Manager Scott Yung explains, “We are truly impressed with the versatility of Telkonet’s system and its ability to manage our diverse range of HVAC systems, such as PTAC units, 4-pipe systems, 2-pipe systems with electric heat, and split systems. Telkonet’s advanced solution gives us tremendous flexibility to define how our HVAC systems control the heating and air conditioning – we are not limited to pre-assigned settings. And, with Telkonet SmartEnergy’s intrinsic scalability, we can install it as a fast-deployment standalone system instantly to control energy usage and savings, or network the system with a Property Management System as part of a longer term strategy.”

With US hotels spending $2,196 per available room each year on energy – 6% of all operating costs – implementing an effective energy-efficiency system along with green operating procedures, can significantly improve a hotel’s profitability and bottom line. As an example, a 10% reduction in energy consumption would have the same financial effect as increasing the average daily room rate by $0.62 in limited-service hotels and by $1.35 in full-service hotels.[1] “Controlling energy costs and demonstrating environmental responsibility is clearly a top priority for the hospitality industry,” commented Jeff Sobieski, Telkonet’s COO. “We are prioritizing new ways of encouraging this process, including working closely with government organizations and utilities on a range of rebate programs to help offset the initial equipment and installation costs. We are delighted to work with green-focused organizations such as Columbia Sussex, where we can make a tangible difference to lower operational energy costs and help realize their environmental objectives.”

Telkonet SmartEnergy reduces the wasteful cooling and heating of unoccupied guest rooms using occupancy sensors, along with thermostats or PTAC controllers. With its patented Recovery Time™ technology, it maintains the most energy-efficient room temperature when vacant, and when occupied, returns to the guest’s preferred temperature within a select number of minutes, set by property management. For Scott Yung, being able to set the recovery time for all properties all at once is a major time-saver, providing consistent performance across all hotels, ensuring guest comfort, and most importantly, delivering maximum room-by-room energy savings.

Central to TSE’s market-leading position are several principal unique features:

A customizable thermostat that enables complete flexibility in defining the energy management system parameters, ensuring the maximum deliverable energy savings and optimum performance

Complete control over defining the Sequence of Operations, optimizing the thermostat to meet a wide range of specific requirements for each heating and cooling stage – such as a pre-defined amount of time to implement each stage

An assured, future-proofed design, using flash upgradeable CPU via the serial port with a variety of BAUD rates. For networked systems, the firmware image can be reflashed over the Internet, representing a significant operational efficiency.

About Columbia Sussex Corporation
Columbia Sussex develops and manages more than 70 hotels and casinos across 30 states. www.columbiasussex.com

About Telkonet
Telkonet is the leading provider of innovative, centrally managed solutions for integrated energy management, wired and wireless networking, building automation and proactive customer support services. The company’s unique broadband networking solutions support more than 2 million network users per month, with its energy management systems dynamically lowering HVAC costs in over 95,000 rooms.

Telkonet’s approach is designed to deliver complete system control and flexibility. Using the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, Telkonet’s products are all networked, enabling local and remote access via Telkonet’s web-based platform, Telkonet CENTRAL. This essential management tool enables both property management and Telkonet customer support staff to monitor and manage all of Telkonet’s systems proactively in real time, reducing costs and streamlining network support.

Telkonet’s technology innovation is underpinned by the highest level of end-to-end quality of service, with comprehensive technical customer support. Telkonet’s platforms are widely deployed on the global stage – in single buildings and ships, in multi-building complexes, hospitality venues, multi-dwelling units, and utilities. www.telkonet.com

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