Macdonald Hotels & Resorts, one of the UK’s leading hotel groups, today announces the signing of a two-year deal with iTradeNetwork (ITN) that will see the company radically improve its online purchasing across its estate of 47 hotels.
Through ITN’s internet-based IT solution - the ‘Multiple Operator Portal’ - Macdonald Hotels & Resorts will benefit from better reporting functionality at head office level, increased visibility of supplier transactions across the business and cost-efficiencies, all leading to greater profitability. Further details on ITN’s Multiple Operator Portals are available at www.multipleoperatorportals.co.uk.
Enzo Bertolone, purchasing manager for Macdonald Hotels & Resorts said: “Purchasing in the hotel trade can be complex, particularly when you have 47 hotels placing orders at a local level. Our existing purchasing solution had become inflexible. As a company, we sought a more holistic view of the group’s purchasing and a solution that enabled us to manage supplier orders and contracts, as well as drive down costs. ITN’s Multiple Operator Portal offers all of this and more. The improved ordering and reporting suite functions are particularly key for our business."
“Our new online purchasing solution was up and running and rolled out across the group within only five weeks, a really impressive turnaround from ITN. Within that time, ITN set up connections to 14 new suppliers and created 290 user logins onto our dedicated portal, a huge achievement. We expect to place over 70,000 orders per annum and will achieve improved business efficiency across the group.”
ITN’s sales director, Alex Walters comments: “ITN’s Multiple Operator Portals cater for hospitality businesses like Macdonald Hotels & Resorts that want to bring all their suppliers online through an internet-based IT solution. Through a company-branded website, Multiple Operator Portals simply connect head office purchasing teams to their outlets and suppliers, all on one ordering system. The online solution manages complexities of food and beverage ordering across supplier networks, whether organisations have five or 5,000+ outlets.”
About iTradeNetwork
iTradeNetwork is the world’s leading provider of internet-based supply chain and purchasing technology to the hospitality, foodservice and retail industries. We support businesses across the food supply chain including distributors, manufacturers, operators and retailers. Worldwide, iTradeNetwork’s e-commerce systems process more than £150bn of commercial transactions, working with over 6,200 distributor and operator partners. Blue-chip UK clients include 3663 First for Foodservice, Carlsberg, Everards, Greene King, Heineken UK, Jarvis Hotels, Macdonald Hotels, Marston’s, Matthew Clark, Molson Coors and Waverley TBS. ITN is a unit of Roper Industries, a Standard and Poor’s S&P 500 index company.
About Macdonald Hotels & Resorts - www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk
With 47 hotels and resorts across the UK, Macdonald Hotels & Resorts leads the way in offering luxury accommodation; sumptuous food and drink and top quality service. Privately owned, and run by a group of passionate and experienced hoteliers, the Group has grown to become one of Britain's best loved hotel companies. The properties have a unique style and character, from contemporary buildings in bustling city centre locations to sophisticated manor houses nestled in beautiful country grounds.