Press Release: Hogatex
November 6, 2001
Hogatex, one of the world’s leading providers for premium solutions in the hotel and foodservice industry, extends
its presence in Turkey.
The Yimpas Hotel Kahramanmaras has been operating with Hogatex Starlight® Front Office since April this year.
The project was acquired by Omni Yazilim ve Donanim, business partner of Hogatex in Turkey, who also signs responsible
for local support.
The property belongs to the brand-new city hotel chain Yimpas Hotel, which is part of the renowned Yimpas Group.
The core-business of Yimpas: The group started its business as a modern integrated store company for foods and
non-foods. Yimpas owns approximately 100 chain stores all over the world. 50 of them can be found in their home
country Turkey. In Germany 11 Yimpas department stores exist at the time. Seven more are about to be opened within
the next one to two years. Additionally there are also manufactories for textiles, furniture and housewares belonging
to the Yimpas Group, furthermore hospitals, a soccer club and of course - Hotels.
Based on the Yimpas slogan: “It is not always right to strike for the lowest common denominator, but for the nicest“,
guests will encounter harmony and friendliness in all Yimpas hotels. With this basic philosophy the highly expanding
hotel chain is planning an upgrading to become the biggest hotel chain not only in Turkey but also in states of
the former Soviet Union (Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, etc.).
Ahmet Külür, Sales Manager at Omni, recounts, “Extreme user-friendliness, professional visual display
and Windows-software basis have been the most important features which have set the course for Hogatex. Moreover,
Yimpas values the attendance of a local contact for all user requests.”
Hayri Sacakli , General Manager of Yimpas Hotel Kahramanmaras, emphasises, “It is not enough to decide for an excellent
software solution. To exist perfectly in the every day life of a hotel it is also highly important for us to trust
in the competence of the local support. We know Omni as a renowned service provider for the hotel industry. Omni
so far has met our expectations entirely.“
The possibility to get a complete package with Micros convinced Yimpas as well in their voting for Hogatex and
Omni.
About Hogatex ...
Hogatex is one of the world’s leading providers of premium solutions in the hotel and foodservice industry. Renowned
customers include Accor, the European market leader and one of the world’s largest hotel groups with 3,500 hotels,
as well as Astron, Günnewig, the luxury group Beachcomber, the Swiss Hapimag group and Restel, one of the
biggest hotel chains in Finland. Further hotels working with Hogatex solutions include the Palace Hotel Gstaad,
the Parkhotel Bremen, the Meritus Shantou and the Montecasino, Johannesburg. Among well-known users of our Corporate
Conference Manager solution are the Unique Airport Conference Center in Zurich and the FIFA Fédération
Internationale de Football Association, Zurich.
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Contact:
Ms Eva Markowitz Phone: +49 8106 3210 E-mail: markowitz@hogatex.de http://www.hogatex.com/