News

ONEvision IPTV solution featured in The Hotel Room Of The Future

With choosing the Hotel, Hospitality + Design (HHD) exhibition in Melbourne for the official market launch of the ONEvision IPTV solution, the essense team successfully demonstrated the wide capabilities of this innovative guest engagement IPTV solution.... more

Mange your conferences with the ONEsignage ROOM MANAGER

The essense Room-Manager is an extension of the ONEsignage Enterprise digital signage system and designed to meet the specific requirements of hotels and conference venues. This digital signage system allows organisers to manage occupancy of conference rooms, event locations, and meeting rooms.
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Hyatt Hotels and the Kempinski Group of Hotels select ONEvision as their system of choice

At essense, our focus is helping the hospitality and leisure industry to improve business outcomes and guests’ experiences through the leveraging of technology, people and processes. ... more

Articles

Survey Reveals Secret Life of Busy Business Travellers

Road warriors find today’s technology is essential to multi-tasking and life management while away. Business travellers ranked adjusting travel plans,... more

Experience European hospitality at the Sydney and Melbourne Winter Festival

Having grown up in the Austrian Alps, it is quite an experience to feel the alpine ambience in the heart of Sydney.
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Global Hospitality IPTV Forecast

Over 11 million hotel rooms and 1 million airline seats are potential IPTV applications, according to a new report from MRG, Inc.. Hotels and Airlines alone account for a US$1.9 billion global market in 2012, indicating that for most hospitality applications, analog video is dead.... more

IT Advantage


Phillips Pronto Control Panel
Designed by installers, made by Philips

The original Philips Pronto single-handedly created a new class of programmable touchscreen remote controls for intuitive operation. Today, the concept has evolved into an integrated control solution for conventional home theater, multimedia content and lighting. With a combination of infrared control* and WiFi® wireless control, Pronto provides true multi-room control.
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About essense

AT ESSENSE WE work tirelessly to source and provide the best technology from around the world; every product and software package we SUPPLY has been through our rigorous evaluation and testing program, meaning we CAN offer the best end to end management solutions for the hospitality industry. 

essense was founded in early 2003 with the vision of becoming Australia's leading hospitality solutions provider.

The essense team draws on decades of experience in the hospitality and hospitality IT industries. Our software and hardware products are complimented by a highly trained team of service professionals and our 24/7 backup service that is amongst the finest in the industry. 

No matter what your requirements, our consultants will deliver expert advice, training and support. Our holistic approach means that all of your technology needs can be met by one partner
– essense is the ‘one-stop-shop’ for hospitality IT, consulting and advice.

In everything that we do and all the products we offer our goal is to add value to your business.  Working with essense is an investment in your business rather than an expense and our team will strive to ensure a productive return on that investment.

essense – the essense of your business

Our mission is to help businesses in the hospitality and leisure industry improve their business outcomes and their customers’ experiences through the leveraging of technology, people and processes.

Our Team

Sabine Raschhofer
Director

Hospitality is in Sabine’s blood. Sabine was brought up in a hotel in the Austrian Alps and has live..

Gary Whitfield
Partner

Gary has never been able to pass by an opportunity and has been involved in multiple businesses sinc..

James Williamson
Technical Director

James has 15 years of experience in Hospitality Management having worked in 6 countries on 4 contine..

Joe Kiely
Key account Manager

Joe is a highly experienced professional who joins essense from a background of IPTV and Content Man..

Lee Berry
Special Projects Manager

Lee is a focused professional with over 15 years experience including consultancy, project managemen..

Romana Bizjak
Technology Consultant

Romana has her origins in Business and Finance studies in Austria, her home country, with a Masters ..

Peter Brischetto
IT Consultant

Peter has nine years experience in the field of network and server design, installation & sup..

Glynn Llewellyn
Network Systems Engineer

Lenny is based in Queensland and has had over 10 years experience designing, supporting and managing..

Martin Cooper
Hotel & Hospitality Operations Consultant

Martin’s hospitality experience extends over 20 years with Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, Bridge Climb..

David Bourke
Kitchen Systems Consultant

David has been a chef now for over 20 years working internationally and with some of Australia’s bes..

Maxine Romilly
Accounts & Finance

With a long career in Accounting and Finance, Maxine is well equipped to manage all our accounting a..