Following the refurbishment and redevelopment of several of its hotels, Focus Hotels has announced its plans to implement protel Multi-Property Edition PMS (Property Management System) from Xn Hotel Systems to ensure co-ordination is significantly enhanced between each property.

Focus Hotels, founded in 2007 by Peter Cashman, former director of CHE Hotel Group PLC and fellow board directors Alun Edwards and Tony Mylchreest presently operates 11 three and four-star properties in prime locations across the UK. The group is committed to delivering quality accommodation, offering good value for money, excellent service and �home from home� comfort. To help achieve this Focus Hotels has replaced its ageing, DOS-based PMS with the protel Multi-Property Edition PMS from Xn Hotel Systems. As a central property management system Xn and protel ensures communication between the front office and central reservation and other departments to provide superb service to customers, optimise company-wide information and closely monitor and control all activities and revenues across the entire organisation.

Peter Cashman stated: �We selected Xn and protel after an evaluation of six major vendors and based the decision on the product�s pedigree, richness of functionality across all modules, interfaces to key third parties, centralised options, vendor hosting facilities and references provided by existing customers�.

Xn will implement protel MPE in a fully centralised and hosted multi-property environment across all 11 hotels by November 2009. Additional integrated modules selected include protel Conference and Banqueting and protel Sales and Marketing.

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Contact at Xn Hotel Systems Limited Alan O�Riordan Tel: 07971 868979 Email: alan.oriordan@xnhotels.com www.xnhotels.com About Focus Hotels Founded in July 2007 by hospitality guru Peter Cashman and fellow board directors Alun Edwards and Tony Mylchreest, Focus Hotels provides management and management support services to hotels in key city centres and prime business destinations across the UK.

Offering management and consultancy to UK hotels in the mid-market, Focus Hotels draws on a formidable 60 years of hotel and hospitality industry experience at senior level and an in-depth understanding of the business environment to deliver consistent profitability in an increasingly competitive market.

The Focus Hotels portfolio currently includes 11 unique, credible three- and four-star properties. Focus Hotels is rooted in the belief that there is a strong opening in the current market for quality hotels offering good value and excellent service. Shying away from the ubiquitous standardised �formula� hotel, the group offers a wide variety of hotel styles at a range of excellent locations, all sharing one thing in common: a determination to offer friendly service, �home from home� comfort and great value.

CEO Cashman was a founding and main board director of Choice Hotels (CHE Group PLC) for over 20 years and has also held senior management roles with Centre Hotels (now mainly Holiday Inns), Trust House Forte, Comfort Hotels International and Ladbrokes Hotels (now Hilton). He is also currently a director of Kasterlee Ltd, an Irish based hotel brand which operates 10 four-star hotels in Ireland and the UK.