IP Ofc for Hotels/Motels 4

[52rich]

Anyone have any opinion on how well the IP Ofc adapts to the Hotel industry with Property managment interface and the usual Hotel environment needs...Call Acctng, etc..And, if Mitel would blow the IP out of the water...I have someone that is asking about both.
Just looking for someones opinion that has installed IP for hotels.
Thanks in advance.

 

[CarGoSki]

Don't really think that Avaya targets IPO for hotels.

Mitel is geared more for that business. I think that ariddle can give a good comparison. "Blow out of the water" is sales weasel talk.

You keep saying IP for hotels. Do you mean IP Office or IP Phones and IP trunks?

 

[52rich]

CarGoSki...No IP trunks or IP phones...The customer is thinking of probably 25 or 30 digital sets for the Admin staff and then about 75 analog sets for the rooms...All trunks [ about 12 ] would be regular analog C.O. trunks [ pots ]
The main concern is price compared to the Mitel for feautres and intergration with property management software.

So as you can see, the most of what the IP ofc gives as bells and whistles will not be utilized..
Just wondering if someone were to propose a IP office solution and the customer were to compare it to a Mitel, would the IP office be competitive.

 

[amriddle01]

If you are talking digital and analogue sets the IP Office will almost certainly be cheaper, but putting in 12 analogue lines is just plain crazy, they need ISDN or SIP regardless of choice of system.

Tiger do the hotel management stuff with IP office, see nice long link below

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...sJCrBA&usg=AFQjCNGVTlHnP07xJWx51kA-GKZzaVPMdg

http://www.ipoffice.tel

 

[CarGoSki]

I would think that the price point would cross over around 12 trunks anyway making PRI about the same cost per month as 12 loop start lines. You get more bells and whistles with PRI like immediate incoming number ID and multiple call appearance per number.

 

[Telecomboy]

DuVoice also has a hospitality integration with the IPO.

 

[ipohead]

You can get Avaya badged analogue handsets for hotels at

http://www.interquartz.co.uk/telephones.aspx?page=19

but it is really down to the right software ...

 

[52rich]

Thanks to all for taking the time to respond and including the links...Very helpful...
Much appreciated!...A star for all

 

[CarGoSki]

thanks for the star.

 

[kflounders]

We have installed several IP Offices into smaller boutique type hotels with DuVoice and another as well. They have been very easy to maintain and were significantly cheaper to boot than the Mitel proposal specifically on TCO. These were under 100 rooms though, if there were more I would have gone CM.

Kevin Flounders

http://www.comstar-usa.com

 

[hairlessupportmonkey]

Also the Alcatel OMNI PCX has a hotel mode. you can switch to it so you can program buttons specifically for room cleaning, check in, out etc.

ACSS - SME
General Geek

 

[amriddle01]

Sean, you have been warned about foul language on here before, please stop it or I will red flag you

http://www.ipoffice.tel

 

[hairlessupportmonkey]

ACSS - SME
General Geek

 

[nmsadaptive]

great dev-connect partner with a tool for hospitality / hotel's, etc.

http://www.tigercomms.com/

Nice guys too.

 

[amriddle01]

Cheers NMS, already mentioned

http://www.ipoffice.tel

 

[nmsadaptive]

oh my bad!

have a great weekend

http://www.nms-adaptive.com