Marriott opens major new Paris hotel with the latest entertainment and internet services from Quadriga - 29-06-2008

The Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel and Conference Centre has officially opened its doors to the public, following a major refurbishment which included the adoption of a range of hotel and guest services provided by Quadriga, the leading provider of entertainment and internet solutions for the hotel industry.
After London and Rome, the new Paris hotel is the largest integrated Marriott hotel and convention centre in Europe and with 706 rooms and 51 suites, it offers the largest hotel-event space in the city.

All rooms and suites are equipped with Quadriga’s state of the art Genesis solution which offers guests movies and music-on-demand, featuring the latest blockbuster movies and popular music selections as well as access to the Internet from the TV. To further enhance the overall guest experience and room aesthetics each room will be equipped with 26 inch LCD flat-screen displays from Philips whilst suites will feature the larger 32 inch LCD flat-screen display.

Genesis provides hotels with a powerful and unique sales and marketing tool. Via a new internet service, Web Promotions, the Paris Marriott Rive Gauche will integrate its own website content into the Genesis main menu on the TV enabling it to promote its hotel services and Marriott Reward loyalty scheme directly to each guest in the comfort of their room. In addition, each TV features a Marriott customised background allowing the hotel to promote its business brand to guests and deliver a consistent and impactful brand experience right through to the TV in the room.

Quadriga, the leading provider of state-of-the-art digital-IP based technology for the hotel industry in Europe and the Middle East, has been the sole preferred and recommended supplier to Marriott International since January 2006, and will deliver services to more than 18,000 rooms in over 80 properties within the next 3 years. In addition to new service revenue opportunities each hotel benefits from the confidence and assurance afforded by a superior level of customer service. Unique to Quadriga, the Network Operating Centre (NOC) monitors the service for each hotel across the entire digital-IP based network, providing realtime proactive monitoring and diagnostics.

According to Rupprecht Queitsch, the General Manager of the Paris Marriott Rive Gauche, “As a close partner of Marriott, we are very happy with the service and support provided by Quadriga. We not only have the industry standard in entertainment and internet solutions, but Quadriga provides us with a complete service including the TV screens in the room, ongoing service and support, integration of our website into the screen menu and Marriott customised screens.”

Quadriga’s Sales and Marketing Director Myron Tataryn, comments, “We are delighted to be working very closely with the Paris Marriott Rive Gauche to support the refurbishment and subsequent launch of this large, prestigious, landmark hotel and conference facility in the heart of Paris, and look forward to further continuing our partnership into the future supporting them with new initiatives.”

Media Contacts:

Quadriga Worldwide Limited
Liz Moores
+44 (0)7775 904 402
liz.moores@quadriga.com

Notes to editors

About Quadriga Worldwide Limited

Quadriga is the market leader in Europe and the Middle East in the provision of state-of-the-art digital-IP based entertainment and internet services for business and leisure guests staying in hotels, with 462,620 hotel rooms, over 120,000 fully digital Genesis rooms installed and an annual audience of some 100 million guests. The company operates in over 50 countries throughout Europe and the Middle East and serves a substantial share of the room base of Europe’s leading hotel chains including InterContinental Hotels Group, Accor, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Marriott International, Hyatt, Best Western International, Four Seasons, Hilton, Le Meridien, Rica Hotels, Sol Melia and Thistle.
For more information visit www.quadriga.com

About Marriott International

Marriott International, INC. (NYSE: MAR) is presently represented in Paris by seven hotels spanning three lodging brands. These include the 757-room Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel & Conference Center, the 192-room Marriott Paris Champs Elysees the 97-room Renaissance Paris Plaza Vendome, the 327-room Renaissance Paris La Defense, the 242-room Courtyard by Marriott Neuilly, the 150-room Courtyard by Marriott Paris Colombes, and the 300-room Courtyard by Marriott Roissy at Charles de Gaulle International Airport. An eighth Paris hotel was announced today by Marriott – the 118-room Renaissance Paris Arc de Triomphe Hotel to open in 2009.

Marriott International, INC. (NYSE: MAR) is a leading lodging company with nearly 2,900 lodging properties in the United States and 67 other countries and territories. Marriott International operates and franchises hotels under the Marriott, JW Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, Renaissance, Residence Inn, Courtyard, TownePlace Suites, Fairfield Inn, SpringHill Suites and Bulgari brand names; develops and operates vacation ownership resorts under the Marriott Vacation Club, Horizons by Marriott Vacation Club, The Ritz-Carlton Club and Grand Residences by Marriott brands; operates Marriott Executive Apartments; provides furnished corporate housing through its Marriott ExecuStay division; and operates conference centers. The company is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and had approximately 151,000 employees at 2006 year-end. It is ranked as the lodging industry’s most admired company and one of the best places to work for by FORTUNE®. The company is also a 2006 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ENERGY STAR® Partner. In fiscal year 2006, Marriott International reported sales from continuing operations of $12.2 billion.
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