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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

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Phillips Pronto Control Panel
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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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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 capabilit..

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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. Central to..

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Manage 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..

Read More

 

essense introduces the KOST Catering & Banqueting module to the Australian market

The catering module from KOST has been specially developed to assist in the complex management issues of the event and banqueting department. As an additional module to the KOST Material Management ap..

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essense at HOT10 Show in Melbourne

essense are proud to be the sponsor of the Hotel Room of the Future at the HOT10 show in Melbourne from 24th – 26th May 2010. The Hotel Room of the Future will be packed full of the latest gadgets, gi..

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Move up in the world with essense!

As our portfolio expands, so too has our office space. Giving us all some more room to breathe and expand services and packages to our clients, the essense team have relocated to new premises at the v..

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New Technology Consultant, Romana Bizjak joins essense

Coinciding with essense's new look office suite, we welcome the arrival of Romana Bizjak from Graz, Austria. Romana joins the essense team as Technology Consultant and is not only responsible for KOST..

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Be Our Valentine...

The Top 10 Valentines locations http://www.hotels.com/articles/ar000091/top-10-valentine-s-day-destinations-in-the-world/ essense thinks the list is good although would add a few locations of our o..

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Orderman Sol delivered in Australia

The Orderman Sol is the next geneneration handheld POS unit: The new Orderman Sol has the genes of its successful predecessors with a quantum leap in user-friendliness which is the result of the d..

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Tweet from your Hotel TV

ONEvision now allows your guests to ‘Tweet” directly from their room TV. A guest can be watching a movie or TV channel and instantly update their Twitter status to tell their social network what they ..

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AIHS makes the change to SIHOT.PMS and POS

Students studying at the Australian International Hotel School can now benefit from the functionality of SIHOT’s next generation PMS. Located a stone’s throw from Parliament House, the School als..

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Cambodian Charity Adventure

Sabine Raschhofer, the founder of essense is embarking on a charity bike ride across Cambodia to raise funds for the Kids Helpline http://www.kidshelp.com.au/. As part of this trip Sabine will a..

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essense reacts to the need for independent stock and cost control

Building upon its experience in providing the cutting edge Material Management system, KOST, essense now also offers its own S.W.A.T Service. The Stock Watch Action Team allows businesses to outsourc..

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FHT 09 in Bangkok

The Food and Hotel Thailand Exhibition and Conference kicks off in Bangkok on 2nd September 2009. Now into its 17th year, the FHT is one of the premier hospitality events in Asia and essense hospitali..

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Austrian Adventure

Lee Berry has just returned from a visit to our suppliers in Austria where he spent 2 weeks being trained on all the exciting new features available with our ONEvision IPTV solution. He also visi..

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Deepwater Baths & Spa installs the 'Reservation Assistant' Spa Management System

...and takes advantage of its integration with the SIHOT.PMS solution deployed at Mantra Deep Blue. Located onsite at Mantra Deep Blue, this unique day spa takes advantage of the natural mineral..

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essense is hiring!

join the leading company in its field.. essense have been operating in the hospitality technology space since 2003; due to continued growth we are looking for a Training and Installations Engineer..

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Hannover to Graz

James Williamson our technical director has just returned from Austria and Germany. James was in Germany to meet with the suppliers of our POS system MATRIX; he used his time there to expand and ..

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HOT09 News

HOT09 is set to be the quintessential place to showcase hospitality technology and all that’s new and improved for 2009. The new essense website is launching on the same day and team members will be ..

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New SIHOT.PMS Training Program

The importance of staff training cannot be underestimated and at essense we are dedicated to helping you improve your business outcomes through leveraging technology, people and processes. Train..

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New Trust Property opens on the Gold Coast - Mantra Sierra Grand

Stella Hospitality Group's latest addition to the Mantra brand soars 30 floors from its premium Broadbeach location offering impressive ocean and hinterland views from its balconies. With 238 str..

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SIHOT flies in

Located a short 5 minute drive from Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport, the Mantra Tullamarine Hotel offers 4.5 star spacious and contemporary accommodation, meeting rooms, spa, restaurant and bar. The l..

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SIHOT goes Coast to Coast

SIHOT.PMS is coming of age in the Australian market place. essense’s latest installation in Bunbury, WA means that we now have SIHOT.PMS and SIHOT.POS installed on every Australian coast. Mantra Bunb..

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Stella Hospitality Group goes live with the SIHOT Central Reservations System

Stella Hospitality Group goes live with the SIHOT Central Reservations System managing one of Australia's largest room stocks across 136 properties. It has been a wonderful experience working with one..

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Stella Resorts Group selects SIHOT as their system of choice

Stella Resorts Group provides access to an extensive range of over 100 resorts, retreats, hotels and apartments throughout Australia and New Zealand’s most sought after destinations and rank..

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Sydney's most unique Tourist Destination selects essense as its systems provider.

The Quarantine Station creates experiences that reinvigorate people cognitively, emotionally and spiritually. Located on North Head in Sydney Harbour the Quarantine Station combines accommodation and ..

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The International College of Management, Manly, implements SIHOT.PMS & SIHOT.Event to run their busy operations

The International College of Management, Manly, implements SIHOT.PMS & SIHOT.Event to run their busy operations. The International College of Management (ICMS), Sydney was established in 199..

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