SOL MELIA ANNUAL REPORT 00 COMP

MILESTONES 2000 · RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
2. Inside.
The company is working on optimising the
functionality of its Intranet to improve internal
company management at all levels. The
incorporation of the SAP platform (System
Application Programmes) will allow the storage
of an immense amount of data, required
to accelerate and improve processes using
Internet channels. The new applications cover
5 main areas: Sales Force Automation (SFA),
hotel receptions (RA 2000), financial control
tools (FICO), Human Resources (PA and
PP) and purchasing (MM). The integration
and use of these valuable applications are
expected to generate significant savings in
time and money.
3. Business to Business (B2B).
Buyside.
The incorporation of new technologies will
also bring the centralisation of purchasing processes
and allow them to be carried out online,
leading to improved efficiency, more competitive
pricing and reductions in operating costs.
Sol Meliá is a co-founder together with
Telefónica, Barceló, Iberostar and the BBVA of the
Hotelnetb2B.com portal. A further 18 hotel
companies have taken a stake in the venture
which aims to provide the finest possible service
to all hotel managers and their suppliers to allow
them to optimise the purchasing process for
goods and services using new technologies.
The portal aims to operate throughout Spain,
the Mediterranean and Latin America and already
has a portfolio of more than 900 hotels in 21
countries. The expected investment for its first
two years of operations is 5,000 million pesetas
(€30 Mn.).
This firm commitment to e-transformation has
already begun to bear fruit, with awards received
during the year 2000 including the following:
AWARD FROM TO
Estrategas.com Dinero Magazine Sebastián Escarrer
(Vice Chairman Sol Meliá)
Best Website CETT (Hospitality & Sol Meliá
Tourism Research Centre)
Hermes Award HTR Magazine (France) Sol Meliá
for Best Website
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