La Quinta Inn & Suites Selects Sloan Flushmate
By Sally Wolchuk, Staff Editor -- Hotels, 9/30/2000 11:00:00 PM
San Antonio, Texas La Quinta Inns & Suites has selected Sloan Flushmate®, Franklin Park, Illinois, to install low-consumption-equipped toilets in their hotels. Sloan is the world’s leading supplier of pressure-assist operating systems and has been in operation since 1906.
Sloan Flushmate pressure-assist water closets are designed to be compact, which enable the fixture manufacturer to use a wider range of designs to accommodate the demands of 1.6 low-consumption laws.
Also, through the use of advance materials, the Flushmate operating system is quieter during the flushing cycle. Flushmate remains the leading performer in a 1.6 gallon-per-flush (GPF) system on the market today.
Jim Ackles, director of energy and engineering for La Quinta, reported that Flushmate units are reliable, maintenance-free and meet their high performance standards.
VirtuaLINC Teams Up With ClipsCom
Dallas VirtuaLINC, a Next Generation Internet (NGI) service provider addressing the broadband communications needs of hotels, convention centers and other hospitality-related ventures, announced it has teamed up with ClipsCom to offer the hotel industry streaming video and free customer satisfaction surveys via the Internet.
The partnership with ClipsCom brings two new and innovative products to the hospitality industry: GuestLINC Video and GuestLINC Opinion. “The hospitality industry is looking for fresh ways to grow revenue from non-traditional sources and to increase their guests’ satisfaction and loyalty. By adding these two products to VirtuaLINC’s offering, we are now providing hotels with the Internet firepower they need to offer their guests a full-service, technologically enabled experience,” says Phil Colquhoun, president of VirtuaLINC.
Grindmaster Takes on New Name, Objectives
Louisville, Kentucky Grindmaster Corp., a leading manufacturer of beverage equipment, announced a change in its logo and name: GCS, underscored by Grindmaster Crathco Systems Inc.
Remarked David Hickey, president and CEO, of Grindmaster, “In addition to being the initials for Grindmaster Crathco Systems, GCS stands for ‘Global Customer Satisfaction.’ Our strategy is for GCS to become the mission and image for the entire company worldwide. We are moving toward what we call ‘Focused Strategic Profitable Growth,’ and we have already identified key target accounts, geographic markets and engineering development projects on which to focus.”
RCI, Springer-Miller Finalize Agreement
Parsippany, New Jersey Resort Condominium International LLC (RCI), a timeshare-exchange company with more than 3,600 affiliated resorts in 93 countries, finalized its agreement with hospitality management solutions provider Springer-Miller Systems Inc. (SMS), Stowe, Vermont.
According to the agreement, SMS becomes RCI’s exclusive resort automation system vendor and will develop an enterprise-wide resort automation system specific to the needs of the timeshare industry. The first-of-its-kind system is scheduled for release in 2001. SMS also will support the RCC Classic and Premier systems that are currently used by many RCI affiliates.
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