FCS' Solutions Integrate with Swisscom Hospitality to Deliver a Seamless Guest Experience

Atlanta - June 22, 2012 - FCS Computer Systems and Swisscom Hospitality Services today announced the integration of their respective applications portfolios. Through a dedicated Application Programming Interface, FCS's i-Guest mobile application 'talks' to Swisscom Hospitality's ConnectedHotel TV & IPTV systems, replacing the TV remote control with the guest mobile phone and furthermore enriching the in-room entertainment experience. Together, guest orders and service requests placed through Swisscom Hospitality's ConnectedHotel TV & IPTV systems seamlessly integrate with FCS e-Connect and c-Connect for various guest service requests to be fulfilled by the hotel's staff.

Swisscom Hospitality offers a suite of convergent guest room solutions including ConnectedHotel TV, IPTV, High-speed Internet Access, Voice over IP and Room Controls, providing hoteliers with multiple media channels to customize the guest experience and to promote their service offerings. Swisscom Hospitality's ConnectedHotel TV and IPTV systems in particular engage guests through their interactive user interfaces, and invite them to explore all services offered by the hotel. Swisscom Hospitality's guest room applications have been integrated with over 80 Point of Sales, property management and rating systems.

Portfolio of both guest-facing mobile apps

FCS offers a portfolio of both guest-facing mobile apps and hospitality operational solutions designed to improve guest personalization, drive hotel earnings and facilitate service fulfillment. Through i-Guest, hoteliers can extend their hotel brand to the guest's mobile devices, during putting hotel services in the hands of the guest at all times. On the back-end side, i-Guest, e-Connect and c-Connect interface with FCS Unicorn to Swisscom's system for a holistic guest experience from the TV to the Guest's mobile device. FCS e-Connect is a web based centralised work order management system for both guest service requests and inter-department job requests, which improves the internal operational flow. FCS c-Connect is the new cloud enabled version of e-Connect for those hotels that want to subscribe to FCS' hosted solution or setup a private cloud solution for all their properties at their own datacenter. FCS Unicorn is the latest cloud enabled universal interface and high-end billing solution which can be installed onsite for multi-property or hosted as a private or public cloud solutions.

Swisscom Hospitality and FCS' applications now integrate with all key hotel systems - including the hotel's Property Management System, the PABX and other rating systems - through a single processing interface. This ensures the consistent processing of guest service orders regardless of where they placed the order, be it the TV screen or the guest's personal device. Together, hoteliers can cover their entire guest application needs through the combined Swisscom Hospitality and FCS portfolio at a reduced Total Cost of Ownership.

"This solution is a breakthrough for all hoteliers that wish to provide more than one way to serve their guests. Guests now can obtain hotel information and services anytime and anywhere on their own devices or within their room via their TV", says Akina Ho, VP of Strategy & Global Business Development for FCS. "The partnership with Swisscom ensures that our combined solution can now be consistently deployed globally which solves a major headache for lots of hoteliers that want to obtain a consistent brand image and offering across the world as they expand."

For more information on the comprehensive FCS suite of hospitality research product solutions, please visit www.fcscs.com.

Founded in 1982, FCS is a comprehensive hospitality innovation solutions provider, with an extensive portfolio of integrated products used by more than 4,000 hotels in 32 countries. Their Universal Interface and Billing solution offers onsite or hosted options. WinVoice is an analog/SIP based voicemail solution. e-Solution is a suite of hotel operation applications including e-Connect, e-Engineering, e-Housekeeping, e-Concierge and e-Recovery, which will all be available on the cloud-enabled "c-Solution" platform, and operates on smart devices for field staff to take immediate actions via the "m-Solution" platform. FCS' newest technology is the i-Guest solution that allows guests to access hotel services via their own smart devices. For more information, visit www.fcscs.com.