13 September 2012, Manama: Elite Hospitality Group, the kingdom's leading name in the hospitality sector, has awarded Kalaam Telecom, an integrated telecom solutions provider, a three year contract to provide a centrally and fully-managed dedicated internet service for Elite Group's four All Suites Hotels and three Luxury Residences on the island.
In a signing ceremony held at Elite Resort and Spa, Muharraq, Elite Hospitality Group's Chief Operating Officer Mr Sarosh Aibara, said: "In today's environment, internet plays a large role in our lives. Keeping in-line with Elite Hospitality Group's technological vision, we stay abreast of new advancements and dynamically invest on this for the growth of our organisation and the convenience of our valued guests with the up to date release of broadband technology. We have opted to upgrade by connecting with the Internet technology bringing the internet to life with faster speeds, no line dropouts, and an always-on connection. With this in mind we are pleased to have selected Kalaam Telecom as our service provider."
Kalaam Telecom's Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Veer Passi said: "We are pleased to be selected as Elite's partner and to deploy a one-stop ICT solution based on Next Generation Premium Technology in all their properties. The centralized data and bandwidth management solution is fully redundant ensuring 100% connectivity at consistent speeds with no down-time. Further, Internet speeds can be increased as and when required through 'bandwidth-on-demand' feature, which is ideal for seasonal or cyclic nature of the hospitality industry. Kalaam Telecom's expertise-in implementing a scalable solution that will not only meet Elite's immediate requirement but also take care of their requirement for the forthcoming years without the need for more investment-is the key factor that sets us apart as a ICT service provider."
Avinash Phandis our Chief Financial Officer said: "Kalaam Telecom was chosen for its innovative, cost-effective and expandable solutions that met Elite Hospitality Group's standards. This move will further enhance our efforts to delight our guests, as also improve our central reservations network and our internal communications"
"This ICT-based solution provides immense flexibility to Elite and well-equips them to meet the ever-demanding, need for internet speed in this very competitive hospitality industry. It will act as a service-differentiator for the Elite Group, to whom, customer satisfaction is paramount. We look forward to a successful business partnership wherein we both continue to set high benchmarks in customer satisfaction, in our respective industries," concluded Veer Passi.
About Elite Hospitality Group
Elite Hospitality is a leading name in the hospitality business in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Established in the early '90s Elite Group offers a wide range of lifestyle accommodation options to its guests; from a city centre resort to a no-alcohol hotel business hotels and apartment hotels, and has accommodation to suite a range of budgets with the flexibility for a stay of just a few days, or many years.
Elite Hospitality currently has four All Suites Hotels and three Luxury Residences with an excellent choice of prime locations. The hotels offer an array of multi cuisine and specialty restaurants, as well as a range bars, executive lounges, health clubs, wellness spas, state-of-the-art conferencing and banquets facilities and a nightclubs. Also, all properties provide high speed WiFi Internet access.
For more information, visit www.elitegroup4u.com
Contact: Ryan Rene P. Advincula, Group Marketing & Communications Manager Elite Hospitality T +973 17 313364 | M +973 3616 9333 Email: ryan@elitegroup4u.com
About Kalaam Telecom
Launched in 2005, Kalaam Telecom is the leading alternative telecom operators offering voice and data solutions for corporates in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Now in its 7th year of operations, Kalaam Telecom provides 'inBusiness' solutions for fixed and mobile telecommunications, and internet connectivity backed with strong after sales service- from a dedicated corporate account manager, online account management portal, 24/7 dedicated customer care, to strong and defined service level agreements and state-of-art platform based on Next Generation Network technology.
Kalaam also provides advanced and customized ICT solutions which consist of a wide range of products and services like VPN, IPPBX, Smart Wi-fi solutions. On a larger-enterprise B2B scale Kalaam offers data centre hosting, and branch-to-branch connectivity together with wholesale voice solutions and carrier-to-carrier routing for other telecom operators. Kalaam also has a well-established 'inDividual' retail line of products for mobiles, residential ADSL as well as prepaid calling cards, which makes international calling and internet connectivity affordable to anyone.
Contact: Anna Kelly, Corporate & Marketing Communications, Kalaam Telecom, Telephone: 16168628. E-mail: a.kelly@kalaam-telecom.com, www.kalaam-telecom.com
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