Elmsford, NY (PRWEB via PRWebDirect) May 16, 2007 -- InfoValue Computing, Inc. (InfoValue), an expert in providing innovative, high-performance video streaming platforms and solutions, today announced that one of San Francisco’s premier hospitality properties, the Orchard Garden Hotel, has installed a new digital entertainment system powered by InfoValue SuiteTV™, a comprehensive platform for in-room entertainment delivered over IP networks. The boutique hotel’s guest rooms have been equipped with new HDTVs to take full advantage of the entertainment system’s interactive television and video-on-demand (VOD) features. The entertainment system, called SuiteVOD™, was made available by in-room solutions provider SuiteLinq.
“The SuiteLinq SuiteVOD system powered by InfoValue SuiteTV delivers the kind of quality and range of features we wanted for our in-room digital services,” said Stefan Muhle, general manager of the Orchard Garden Hotel. “The Orchard Garden, San Francisco’s newest hotel, was designed with a very distinctive character while providing guests with the latest in convenience and comfort. Our digital entertainment system is contributing to an outstanding experience for our guests.”
The InfoValue SuiteTV solution enables the SuiteVOD system at the Orchard Garden to offer full-featured VOD service to each guest room’s 32-in. HD LCD screen, offering interactive functions such as movie previews, pause, rewind, and fast-forwarding control, and bookmarking.
“InfoValue SuiteTV, with its unparalleled combination of features and reliability, is at the core of our Orchard Garden SuiteVOD service,” said Chris Rosa, chief marketing officer for SuiteLinq. “It allows us to deliver a powerful, state-of-the art entertainment package to clients, such as the Orchard Garden, who are looking to provide services that set them above the competition.”
InfoValue SuiteTV is an advanced digital video and data solution tailored specifically for the hospitality industry. Utilizing the latest IPTV technology, InfoValue SuiteTV offers personalized guest services ranging from high-quality HDTV video-on-demand to network-based personal video recording (nPVR) and time-shifted television (TSTV). By leveraging the award-winning InfoValue QuickVideo™ platform, InfoValue SuiteTV can expand to accommodate the current industry trend of “triple play” — delivery of video, voice, and data over a shared IP infrastructure — for various targeted marketing and operational functions that simultaneously generate new revenues, increase occupancy rates, and reduce operational expenses.
Learn more about InfoValue at www.infovalue.com.
About SuiteLinq, Inc.
SuiteLinq, Inc. serves the needs of the hospitality and extended stay industries by providing integrated, on-demand entertainment and business productivity solutions that deliver the ultimate in-room experience to guests and new revenue streams to property owners. SuiteLinq’s core service offering is eRoomsuite™, comprised of turn-key components that can be installed individually or as a package. For more information please visit www.suitelinq.com.
About the Orchard Garden Hotel
San Francisco's newest and “greenest” hotel, the Orchard Garden, is California’s only hotel built to the nationally accepted standards for green buildings developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). For more information about the boutique hotel or to make reservations, please visit www.theorchardgardenhotel.com or call toll-free 888 717-2881. The Orchard Garden Hotel and Orchard Hotel are proud members of Portfolio Hotels and Resorts, a collection of signature destination resorts and significant urban hotels. For more information, please visit www.portfoliohotels.com.
About InfoValue
Founded in 1994, InfoValue is an expert in providing comprehensive broadband streaming platforms and solutions. An industry pioneer, InfoValue is recognized for its innovations in advancing the video-streaming technology that has set the pace in performance, scalability, and intelligence. The InfoValue QuickVideo™ broadband video-streaming platform is based on a standards-compliant, open architecture that is optimized with innovative, patented technologies. InfoValue QuickVideo streaming software, currently being used by telecommunication carriers, corporations, governments, educational institutions, hospitality providers, and broadcasters around the world, offers interactive video-on-demand and video multicast capabilities, as well as integrated video indexing, distributed video caching, server clustering, and video service management capabilities. InfoValue's corporate headquarters are located at 4 Westchester Plaza, Elmsford, NY 10523. More information on InfoValue and its products and services is available at www.infovalue.com, via e-mail at info @ infovalue.com, or by phone at (914) 345-5980.
Agency Contact:
Peggy Stalhut, Wall Street Communications
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InfoValue Contact:
Jane Villanueva
Tel: +1 914-345-5980, x 100
E-mail: jvillanueva @ infovalue.com
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