“The property was previously known as the Sand Dollar Inn, but after extensive renovations including the addition of a new main lodge, more meeting space and 30 new guest rooms, we re-launched the property as Hotel Abrego on June 30th of this year,” stated Michael Payne, VP of operations for the hotel’s management company, Portfolio Hotels & Resorts. “Once we knew the date that we could officially begin receiving bookings, we immediately called EZYield.com to have them set up our customized channel distribution network.”
 
After successfully using EZYield.com’s technology at several other Portfolio properties for over two years, Payne made the decision to implement EZYield.com at Hotel Abrego because it provides independent properties with the ability to effectively manage rates and inventory over multiple distribution channels. It is also easy to use and reduces time spent managing channels by several hours a week.
 
”Once the EZYield.com system is set up for any of our properties, managing the rates and inventory data becomes much easier,” continued Payne. “We can generate more revenue by streamlining systems and by freeing up more time to focus on additional areas of profitability.” 

“Portfolio Hotels & Resorts has earned an excellent reputation for efficiently managing and effectively marketing their properties. Hotel Abrego is yet another beautiful addition to their boutique portfolio,” stated Ed St. Onge, president of EZYield.com. “We are continually investing in making EZYield.com a better experience for hoteliers and it is reassuring that Portfolio looks to us to help drive sales and establish rate parity by adding new properties to their yielding portfolio.”

For more information, please contact EZYield.com sales at +1 407.629.0900 (press 1), email sales@ezyield.com or visit www.ezyield.com.

Editor’s Note: Electronic images are available by contacting Ryan Marks at Plan A Public Relations & Marketing, Inc.  Phone: 407.905.0608 or e-mail: ryan@planapr.com.

About Portfolio Hotels & Resorts:
Headquartered in Oak Brook, IL, Portfolio Hotels & Resorts is a hospitality management company that specializes in managing unique, boutique-style hotels, destination resorts and significant branded urban hotels in major domestic and destination markets.  The company was established in 2005 by former Chicago-based Coastal Hotels founders Helmut Horn and Graham Hershman, industry veterans whose past experience includes development of the Hawthorne Suites brand, the Highlands Inn in Carmel, CA, and Cheeca Lodge in the Florida Keys. Their current portfolio of 24 branded and independent hotels includes the boutique Inns of Monterey properties in Monterey, CA; the Orchard Garden Hotel in San Francisco, the first newly constructed LEED-certified hotel in California; the upscale Harvest Inn in St. Helena in the Napa Valley,, the 802 room Sheraton Gateway LAX, and the recently opened 560 room luxury InterContinental Chicago O’Hare.  For more information about the company, visit www.portfoliohotels.com

About EZYield.com
Since introducing the world’s first automated channel management solution in 2002, EZYield.com has remained the undisputed leader in online distribution technology for the global hospitality industry. Today, over 2,500 hotels in 65 countries utilize EZYield.com’s advanced channel management software to streamline the distribution of rates and inventory to 450 forward distribution channels in multiple languages and 168 currencies. EZYield.com's ASP web-based platform and mobile friendly solutions are designed to give control of online distribution back to the hotelier, with products dynamic and flexible enough to satisfy properties ranging from 40 to 4,000 rooms. EZYield.com maintains regional offices in Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and the America's, in order to provide continuous live support to their clients around the world. For more information, please visit www.ezyield.com.