Millennium Hotels and Resorts Starts A New Conversation With Guests With The Launch Of An Innovative New Digital Platform

MillenniumHotels.com Puts Hotels at Guests' Fingertips - Online and Mobile

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Apr 04, 2016, 12:15 ET

NEW YORK, April 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Millennium Hotels and Resorts (MHR) has launched a dynamic new digital platform millenniumhotels.com to give savvy customers an engaging, effortless looking and booking experience. The new interactive platform transforms the online journey, empowering guests to book stays, upgrades, amenities, and out-of-hotel experiences from over 10,000 tour providers, get destination tips and manage and spend their My Millennium loyalty program earnings and status. Aspiring to offer users the slick functionality and tailored recommendations of the leading e-commerce retail sites, rather than the traditional world of hotels, millenniumhotels.com puts hotels where guests spend most of their time – online and mobile.

The functionality of the new platform recognizes that today's travelers are savvy, self-sufficient and time pressed. For stays of more than one night the site blends rates to give the best price per night – whether weekday or weekend – something no other direct book hotel platform offers in this way. Millenniumhotels.com offers the best rates so that customers don't need to waste time shopping around. And by simply signing in to the new platform, guests will receive a 5% discount on each room reservation.

The backbone of Millennium Hotels and Resort's new digital platform is a custom-built customer relationship management (CRM) system. Rainbow, the CRM, connects the databases of each hotel for the first time, enabling greater customer engagement which in turn allows targeted communications, tailored to each guest.

Aloysius Lee, Group CEO of Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc said, "Today's guest experience journey begins a long time before an actual stay. In order to build a closer relationship with our guests, we needed first to understand them better. We therefore needed every Millennium touch point, both behind the scenes and guest-facing, working seamlessly together. To do that, we had to develop a new robust, integrated Digital Platform - both to offer guests an engaging online experience and to give our hotels a credible direct sales tool. Our new website means we can now give our guests a unique booking experience, true value, the best rates and flexibility to suit their travel needs. The new digital platform will provide a solid foundation for the evolution of MHR's brands, products and guest services over the next few years."

The new website was envisioned by MHR's London and Singapore-based e-commerce teams and co-created with Mullen Lowe Profero Singapore, Metasphere Technologies and Sceptre Hospitality Resources. The platform functionality and design is geared to making the hotel booking decision as easy and hassle free as possible. Stunning imagery, engaging and creative content combined with a beautifully delivered user experience give guests a truly immersive insight into the hotel and the destination beyond. Reflecting the strong Millennium Hotels and Resorts service ethos throughout the online experience was key while developing the new website functionality.

Nayan Peshkar, Vice President Revenue Management & E-commerce, Millennium Hotels and Resorts, said, "This is not just a simple tech-upgrade; the investment in building this new digital platform reflects our focus on giving our guests what they want: an effortless and uncomplicated hotel search and booking experience at their desk or on the road. We have created an intelligent website where the technology is felt but not seen. Instead of looking at what our peers in the hotel sector were doing, we have created the instant commerce experience of the retail sector for hotel guests, an example of which is the personalization and recommendations offering on millenniumhotels.com. This guest focused technology allows us to have a meaningful and rewarding conversation with our guests."

The images selected for the site convey a story about each hotel and the distinctive local flavor of each destination. The new look of the website emphasizes a sense of place for each of the distinct hotel destinations and brands, communicating clearly with guests throughout the seamless journey from looking to booking.

Millennium Hotels and Resorts is a hotel company that treats the guest as family, with a unique range of over 125 global properties across Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and North America. The hotels blend Asian hospitality with western comfort, and have been curated into three collections - each with its own distinct personality and character:

Leng's Collection - Unique hotels with distinct personalities – from historic properties to trendy urban escapes. The Leng's Collection hotels represent the legacy of company founders, the Leng generation of the Kwek family.
Millennium Collection - The global travelers' choice in gateway cities, The Millennium Collection hotels are created with timeless elegance and regarded for their personalized, gracious service. Brands in the Millennium Collection include: Grand Millennium Hotels and Millennium Hotels.
Copthorne Collection - Comfortable hotels at a comfortable price. The Copthorne Collection hotels are recognized across the world for both business and leisure travelers in providing comfortable service. Brands in the Copthorne Collection include: Copthorne Hotels and Kingsgate Hotels.

Millennium Hotels and Resorts is part of the Millennium & Copthorne Hotels Plc Group- which owns, operates, manages and brands high quality hotels in diverse locations attractive to business and leisure customers, with a particular focus on significant gateway cities and Asian emerging markets.

For more information, visit www.millenniumhotels.com

About Millennium & Copthorne Hotels Plc

Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc (LSE: MLC), listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1996, is a global hotel company, which owns, asset manages and/or operates a worldwide portfolio of over 125 hotels across seven distinct global brands – Grand Millennium, Millennium, Grand Copthorne, Copthorne, M Hotel, Studio M and Kingsgate – throughout Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, and North America.

Millennium Hotels and Resorts (MHR) was established as a global brand by Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc to provide a common marketing and operating platform across its portfolio. Founded on the philosophy of genuine hospitality, this dynamic hospitality group has an outstanding reputation for excellence, taking pride in exceeding the needs of its business and leisure travelers. The strategic localities of its properties in key gateway cities such as London, Paris, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul, Taipei, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, and Bangkok makes MHR the perfect address to conduct your business or indulge yourself while on holiday. www.millenniumhotels.com