UK-based hotel group ties up with MindTree

BANGALORE, INDIA: MindTree Limited, a global IT and Product Engineering Services company, on Wednesday announced that it has been selected as strategic IT partner for Millennium & Copthorne Hotels Plc’s latest e-business initiative.

The hotel group has selected MindTree to conceptualise, design, build and manage a new global e-commerce site that will transform the company’s customer service expeerience and increase its revenues through e-channels, said a press release.

“We aim to transform the experience of our customers when they deal with us directly online,” said Clive Harrington, the hotel group’s senior vice President for Europe. “Having thoroughly reviewed the market, we selected MindTree, who we are confident will deliver an efficient and effective service in taking our e-commerce offering to a new, higher level.”

“We look forward to building a long-lasting relationship with Millennium & Copthorne Hotels and to bringing our strong domain knowledge, technical breadth and execution capability to make this a massively successful business initiative,” said Tridip Saha, head of MindTree in the UK.

“Our success in being selected for this project was in part a result of our credentials in the travel & hospitality industry, which will be further strengthened through our association with one of the world’s leading hotel groups,” he concluded.