Citrix Introduces Hospitality Voice Services, Innovative IP Telephony Applications for the Hospitality Industry; Citrix Hospitality Voice Services Packages Enable Resorts and Hotels to Deliver Superior Customer Service and Additional Revenue.FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla. -- Citrix Systems Citrix Systems' (NASDAQ: CTXS) is an American technology company, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with subsidiary operations in California and Massachusetts, with additional development centers in Australia, India and the UK. , Inc. (Nasdaq: CTXS CTXS Citrix Systems (NASDAQ stock ticker symbol) ), the global leader in access infrastructure solutions, today announced Citrix Hospitality Voice Services, its new packaged IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. services specially designed for the hospitality industry. Citrix Hospitality Voice Services run on the Citrix Application Gateway(TM), which delivers applications to IP phones and wireless devices, and empowers resorts and casinos to offer their customers more features and personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. services for state-of-the-art in guest experiences, while also increasing revenue from advertising and on location services See mobile positioning. . For the past few years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time hotel industry has seen a dramatic decline in telecom revenue, as more and more guests rely on cell phones or PDAs instead of paying in-room hotel telephone charges. The hotel industry has responded by deriving new revenue from high-speed access to rooms, which in turn has laid the foundation for an IP telephony infrastructure. With Hospitality Voice Services, hotels can increase revenue through value-added services available through the device that is operational 24/7 in the room - the phone. This advertising can be used to continue generating revenue in two different ways, either to promote patronage to on-property restaurants and shows or through the advertising space that is sold to local businesses near the hotel or resort. Citrix Hospitality Voice Services comes in two packages, Gold and Silver. These packages are designed to enable the hotel or resort to self manage the operation of the applications instead of having to contract professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. every time a new advertisement or telephone button is required. Silver Package:
-- Custom hotel or resort branding.
-- Customizable button screen: Nine customizable buttons that can
be used for dialing (Concierge, Room Service, etc.) or links
to other screens of information.
-- Interactive advertising over the entire display with ability
to navigate backwards and forwards to other Billboards as well
as navigate to the Button Screen.
Gold Package: All the features included in the Silver Package, plus:
-- Personalized guest name welcome automatically generated from
the hotel's property management system at time of guest check
in.
-- Broadcasting of graphics, text, audio, or any combination to
the screens and speakers of the guest telephones. Ideal for
news, events and emergency updates.
In addition to Hospitality Voice Services packages, Citrix also develops customized hospitality applications - enabling hotels and resorts to offer even more personalized services such as hotel property information including show, restaurant, and gaming information. These customized applications can enable guests to use the phone's screen in order to interact directly with certain functions of the property management system so that they see stored messages, set and un-set "Do Not Disturb Do not disturb usually referes to a status where the subject prefers to be left in solitary. It can also mean the following:
"We are thrilled to be working with leaders such as Caesars Palace Caesars Palace is a luxury hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. Caesars Palace is owned and operated by Harrah's Entertainment. Caesars is located on the west side of the Strip, between the Bellagio and the Mirage. , Stations Casino and Wynn Resort Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. to deliver new guest service solutions," said Barry Phillips Barry Phillips is a musician, arranger and producer of many recordings of Celtic, world and American folk music on the Gourd Music label. Barry received a Masters of Music degree in composition from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in 1990. , director of product marketing, Gateways Group, Citrix Systems. "Citrix IP telephony applications are providing 'personal touch' services that provide a new way for hotels and resorts interact with their customers - adding a new layer of first-class service." Pricing and Availability The Citrix Application Gateway has a list price of $3,995 with licenses for Hospitality Voice Services Silver and Gold packages priced at $40 and $65 per phone respectively. Initial availability is with Nortel 2007 color IP telephones. About Citrix Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the global leader and most trusted name in on-demand access. More than 160,000 organizations around the world use the Citrix Access Platform to provide the best possible access experience to any application for any user. Citrix customers include 100% of the Fortune 100 companies and 98% of the Fortune Global 500, as well as hundreds of thousands of small businesses and individuals. Citrix has approximately 6,200 channel and alliance partners in more than 100 countries. Citrix annual revenues in 2004 were $741 million. Learn more at www.citrix.com. For Citrix Investors This release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. which are made pursuant to the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The forward-looking statements in this release do not constitute guarantees of future performance. Those statements involve a number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, including risks associated with revenue growth and recognition of revenue, products, their development and distribution, product demand and pipeline, economic and competitive factors, the Company's key strategic relationships, acquisition and related integration risks as well as other risks detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Citrix assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this press release or with respect to the announcements described herein. Citrix(R) and Citrix Application Gateway(TM) are trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, and may be registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
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