Leading Hotels of the World
Established in 1928, The Leading Hotels of the World, Ltd (LHW) is a luxury hospitality consortium owned by Hotel Representative, A.G. It is the largest luxury hotel collection, with more than 430 hotels and resorts in over 80 countries and is headquartered in New York City, with offices in 25 cities worldwide.
About the Client
The Leading Hotels of the World, Ltd. is a collection of authentic and uncommon luxury hotels. Comprised of more than 400 hotels in over 80 countries, our hotels embody the very essence of their destinations.
Offering varied styles of architecture and design, and immersive cultural experiences delivered by passionate people, our collection is curated for the curious traveler in search of their next discovery.
The Challenge
The ability to answer calls promptly and efficiently is vital to any business success, but LHW was experiencing hurdles with the new project.
It was of paramount importance to the customer that the business kept their existing telephone number, even though the new offices were to be located at a different exchange. In addition, the customer was concerned that with multiple suppliers involved it would be difficult pinpoint issues and resolve problems quickly.
“Vanilla Cloud proposed a complete ‘one stop’ solution managed by one provider from line provisioning to system planning, installation, maintenance and training.”
The Solution
Vanilla Cloud recommended Avaya IP Office in conjunction with their bespoke Network Services portfolio of calls, lines, data and SIP (international and geographic) trunks / lines as a very flexible system and solution to their requirements.
Jackie Wicks, Manager Administration at LHW, explains: “Vanilla Cloud was the only company out of three of the companies shortlisted during the selection / tender process to recommend new technologies in conjunction with trusted and tested robust products, solutions and designs to enable us to achieve all we wanted. Vanilla Cloud proposed a complete ‘one stop’ solution managed by one provider from line provisioning (calls and data) to system planning, installation, maintenance and training, all whilst keeping a keen eye on our very specific requirements.
The Results
In accordance with their proposal, our expectations and delight, Vanilla Cloud managed the project from beginning to end in a friendly, professional manor, delivering on time and within budget. With the solution in place LHW have already seen dramatic process improvements, high praise on the new feature rich, easy to use IP handsets, easier collaboration from remote users and telephony costs reduced by in excess of 40%.”