Ascentium CRM Solution for Tourism Whistler Showcased at Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Launch.BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Customer Relationship Management Solution for World-Class B.C. Resort Destination Highlights Rapid Deployment Capability, Improved User Adoption, and Integration with Everyday Business Processes Ascentium Corporation, one of the Northwest's leading business, marketing and technology consulting firms, today announced that Tourism Whistler whistler: see marmot. See Windows XP. , the official sales and marketing organization for Whistler, British Columbia Whistler, British Columbia, is a Canadian resort town incorporated as a resort municipality, with a permanent population of approximately 9,965. Over two million people visit Whistler annually, primarily for its world-famous alpine skiing and mountain biking at Whistler-Blackcomb. , has been chosen as a showcase customer for today's launch of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Microsoft Dynamics CRM is a Customer Relationship Management software package developed by Microsoft. It is a part of the Microsoft Dynamics family of business tools. The current version of Dynamics is 3.0, released on December, 2005. 3.0. Ascentium's CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. upgrade solution for Tourism Whistler makes them one of the very first Microsoft CRM 3.0 customers worldwide that are featured at the introduction of the new customer relationship management suite. The solution highlights Microsoft CRM 3.0's quick deployment capabilities and integration with the productivity tools the staff uses everyday, which allows Tourism Whistler to benefit from faster and broader user adoption. "We serve a wide variety of stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. as we promote our world-class resort destination to audiences around the globe," said Diane Mombourquette, Vice President of Finance and Operations for Tourism Whistler. "Ascentium worked with us to develop a solution that helps us better manage our complex relationships with members, the media and clients. With Microsoft CRM 3.0, Ascentium was able to create a solution that truly fits our business, instead of the other way around." Ascentium's custom-tailored solution, designed to upgrade Tourism Whistler from the previous version of Microsoft CRM, was rapidly developed and deployed taking advantage of Microsoft CRM 3.0's simplified installation and common configuration and customization tools. Among the key improvements for the organization are tighter integration with Outlook, which helps them better manage and track e-mail, appointments, tasks and contacts in CRM, along with easier-to-use CRM activities, reports and forms. Together, these capabilities allow Tourism Whistler to manage a bigger part of their business process in CRM. "Tourism Whistler offers a great example of the way that a business can benefit from Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0's easy-upgrade capabilities and faster user adoption," stated Brad Wilson, general manager of Microsoft Dynamics CRM. "We are pleased to continue our work with Ascentium and Tourism Whistler as we take our CRM platform to new levels of flexibility and ease of use." Additional CRM 3.0 functionalities that expand Tourism Whistler's sales and marketing capabilities are tools to better manage their media visits, and the ability to track complex cross-record information such as relationships between contacts, properties and property ownership. Ascentium's CRM solution for Tourism Whistler also incorporates the advanced querying functionality offered by c360 Solutions to improve the analysis of CRM data. "By leveraging c360's support for the Microsoft CRM 3.0 platform, we are able to help Tourism Whistler improve their ability to segment their account information and more effectively target and communicate with their customers," said Jeffrey Longoria, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of c360. "Ascentium's customers count on us to develop custom business solutions that deliver rapid ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). ," said James Beebe, President of Ascentium Corporation. "Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 allows us to offer organizations like Tourism Whistler more value with powerful tools to strengthen their sales and marketing capabilities. With flexible configuration and integration with the productivity tools that employees use everyday, we are able to offer our clients solutions that extend CRM functionality throughout their business." About Ascentium Corporation Ascentium Corporation (www.ascentium.com) is an integrated business, marketing and technology consultancy with a proven track record in delivering information-driven business solutions to achieve our clients' strategic objectives. One of America's fastest-growing private consulting firms, Ascentium has been recognized on the Inc. 500 list for 2005 and on the Puget Sound Puget Sound (py  `jĕt), arm of the Pacific Ocean, NW Wash., connected with the Pacific by Juan de Fuca Strait, entered through the Admiralty Inlet and extending in two arms c. Business Journal's list of 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in Washington for the past two years running. Ascentium's business consultants, technology architects, and creative and marketing professionals serve as trusted advisors to more than 150 mid-sized and enterprise customers, helping to drive the business success of such influential growth companies as Boeing, Expedia, GeoEngineers, Infospace, Labor Ready Labor Ready, Inc., based in Tacoma, Washington, is the United States' largest provider of temporary manual labor to the construction industry, other light industry, and small businesses. Its shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol LRW. , Microsoft, Swedish Hospital, Washington Mutual “WaMu” redirects here. For the Washington, DC radio station, see WAMU.Washington Mutual (or WaMu; NYSE: WM) is the United States' largest savings and loan association. , and Watchguard. Ascentium is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington Bellevue is a rapidly growing city in King County, Washington, U.S., across Lake Washington from Seattle. Long known as a suburb or satellite city of Seattle,[1] it is now categorized as an edge city or a boomburb. with offices in Spokane and Portland, Oregon. About Tourism Whistler Tourism Whistler is the member-based marketing and sales organization representing Whistler, a year-round leisure and meeting destination located 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Tourism Whistler operates the TELUS TELUS Telemetric Universal Sensor Whistler Conference Centre, the Whistler Golf Club and www.tourismwhistler.com, the official website of Whistler. As the convention and visitors bureau for the Resort Municipality MUNICIPALITY. The body of officers, taken collectively, belonging to a city, who are appointed to manage its affairs and defend its interests. of Whistler, Tourism Whistler represents more than 7,000 members who own, manage and operate properties or businesses on resort lands including hotels, restaurants, activity operators and retail shops. About c360 c360 Solutions is an Independent Software Vendor (ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. ) specializing in the development of add-on products, solutions and development tools for the Microsoft Customer Relationship Management (Microsoft CRM) platform. To learn more about c360 visit www.c360.com. All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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