Luxury Hoteliers Magazine 4th Quarter 2017 | Page 30

Secondly our ease of use – as detailed and as innovative as our technology is, the UI (user interface) has been designed specifically to ensure ease of use for guests of all ages. Over 70% of guests use DigiValet every night across thousands of rooms. Thirdly, our alert system, reporting functionality and analytics, via our live dashboard without doubt, sets us apart from any other company. We are regularly complimented on the incredible reporting and troubleshooting features we provide to our hotel partners. We enable a hotel’s operations team to address maintenance issues long before they become a guest complaint. We also offer the highest standards of IT security in the hospitality industry, which today is as critical as providing a “wow” experience for the guest. Finally, and most importantly, is our approach to our customers. DigiValet has never lost a customer – our 360-degree approach to all guest touchpoints, whether they be the iPad, mobile device, voice or chat is exceptional. For the hotelier, this level of service is paramount. We give our hotel partners peace of mind. Hoteliers need to worry about their guests’ well-being and satisfaction while they are on property and not about whether their technology will work or not. DigiValet’s smart-hub concept enables us to provide a consistent experience across all interfaces and a single platform for their Content Management System. (CMS). 30 ILHA To quote Sir Richard Branson – “Don’t bother doing something unless you’re radically different from the competition” is something we live by daily – whether it is our technology, service, customer service or after sales care – we are radically different. Using technology in hospitality must be about improving the guest experience, something we understand and take very seriously. WHAT PROMPTED YOU TO JOIN DIGIVALET AND MOVE THEM INTO THE NORTH AMERICAN HOSPITALITY MARKET THIS YEAR? In one word “trust” – I have known Rahul and Rachana Salgia, the founders of DigiValet, since 2012. I met them for the first time at the Dubai Hotel Show. Over the years, I have followed DigiValet’s progress with awe, noting that whatever the company said that they would do – they did and whenever they said they would deliver – they delivered. They never make promises or commitments that the company could not live up to. Credibility ahead of anything else is key to success. DigiValet brings this credibility and trust, coupled with its exceptional innovation and technology, to a market seeking all the above. Timing could not have been better. With this background, when Rahul contacted me about their desire, based on their international success, to now enter the north American market, I jumped at the prospect knowing how successful we could be here. With the luxury and ultra-luxury market expanding rapidly, increasing ADR and looking to use technology as a brand differentiator, coupled with our ability to minutely customize our solution to each hotel need or