HITEC 2008 — an overall great show

Hi everyone and welcome back! I hope you all enjoyed your time in Austin as much as I did.

As always, we came back from the show full or enthusiasm and with a lot of promising leads. The great thing about exhibiting at HITEC each year is that we always get the opportunity to mingle with old friends and colleagues, and get to know new faces at the same time.

And what better city than Austin to mingle with potential clients — the fun, laid-back atmosphere and live-music parties were perfect for anyone that wanted to have a great time.

The show itself was a wonderful experience and gave us yet another opportunity to showcase our recent successes with The Luxury Collection partnership, the Hotel PressDisplay launch and our group deal from 2007 with Swisscom Hospitality Services in Europe.

What I found particularly interesting — more so than ever, Internet service providers and hotel technology providers are now approaching us to learn more about how they can also offer Hotel PressDisplay and ND Pressto their existing network of hoteliers and clients. Technology-based companies are constantly looking for new and unique services that they can add to their portfolio — today, offering more than just the local newspaper is quickly becoming one of the hottest trends in the hospitality sector.

Over the next few weeks we will be getting in touch with all of our friends and colleagues, new and old, from HITEC and working with them to implement ND Press and Hotel PressDisplay as a guest amenity at each of their hotels. If any of your are interested in offering our services through your technology-based company, please get in touch with us! We would be happy to work with you and begin offering our services to your existing network.

Thanks and have a great weekend!
Sandeep

HITEC 2008 — here we come!

Hi everyone and welcome back!

I am sure that many of you are busy preparing for the HITEC 2008 show at the moment — this year the show will be held from June 17 to 19 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas.

As you must have guessed, NewspaperDirect will once again be exhibiting at HITEC (booth #516). And yes — we are bursting with more excitement than ever to be a part of the show! Exhibiting at the show with me this year is NewspaperDirect’s VP of Sales & Marketing, Richard Miller.

Between finalizing the logistics for the show, updating our marketing materials, setting up meetings with current and potential clients, and checking out which bands will be playing in Austin (famously nicknamed as “the live music capital of the world”), these past few weeks have gone by very quickly!

I, for one, am very excited about exhibiting at this year’s show. Although we always look forward to exhibiting at HITEC, this year we have a lot to celebrate and showcase – especially with the recent launch of Hotel PressDisplay and our group deal with The Luxury Collection. We have also been working ’round the clock to set up meetings with potential clients who will be attending the show and introduce them to both ND Press and Hotel PressDisplay.

Over the next few days as we all continue to put the finishing touches on our HITEC preparations, please get in touch with us if you would like to schedule a meeting while we are in Austin – we would be happy to provide you with a demonstration of how ND Press and Hotel PressDisplay can highly benefit your property and your guests.  

You can get in touch with us via email:

Sandeep Kambo
sandeepk@newspaperdirect.com

Richard Miller
richardm@newspaperdirect.com

You are also welcome to visit us at our booth! Feel free to come by anytime — here is a map of the Austin Convention Center to help you find us a little faster (booth # 516).

Have a fabulous day and I look forward to meeting each and every one of you at HITEC!

Sandeep 

HITEC 2007 – the end of a great show

Hi everyone,

Johanie and I are currently in Orlando and just recently wrapped everything up for the end of HITEC. I have to admit, this has been a very exciting tradeshow for us! By the end of the three days, we had spoken to many representatives from the finest properties from around the world— many of whom are very interested in learning more about ND Press.

What was even more exciting is that we also officially announced our online subscription portal for ND Press. Since we initially launched the online subscription in March 2007, over 100 luxury hotels and resorts have registered for our service via the portal.

Needless to say, we are very happy with the progress we have made, and expect that our participation at HITEC will attract even more potential ND Press subscribers.

And, since Konica Minolta’s Orlando office generously donated a printer to our booth for the show, we even managed to print some hometown newspapers for many of our booth visitors!

If you are looking for more information on the official release of ND Press’ online subscription portal, please visit out website to view the press release.

Now I can finally enjoy Florida’s beautiful weather! 

Sandeep

HITEC 2007– almost there!

Hi everyone and welcome back.

HITEC 2007 is right around the corner now, and it’s just incredible how busy and excited we all are to be exhibiting once again. From taking care of the booth set-up/logistics, to contacting all of our current/potential customers, to revamping our marketing material (and of course, making plans to go to Walt Disney World), the weeks have just flown by!

This year, NewspaperDirect will be exhibiting in booth #215. This show has been very successful for us in the past, and with our recent success of Hotel ND Press, we expect that this year will be our best one yet. I, for one, am very excited about attending the show and meeting current and prospective clients. Attending the conference with me will be my friend and colleague, Johanie Marcoux.

Since the launch of our new online ND Press registration, we’ve provided free trials and paid subscriptions to hundreds of luxury hotels worldwide. Now that hoteliers can trial and register for the service directly through our website, Johanie and I are very enthusiastic about creating trials and upgrading hoteliers to paid subscriptions on-the-spot. With live demonstrations on how to use ND Press, hoteliers will have the opportunity to ask the right questions, and then sign up for an ND Press subscription for their respective properties.

Over the next few days, we will be getting in touch with attending hoteliers to invite them to our booth. If we miss you, we would love to have you come and visit us anyways! The map for the Orange County Convention Centre will give you the exact location of where booth #215 is. If you prefer, you are welcome to get in touch with us as well, and we would be happy to arrange a meeting with you to talk about ND Press. For your convenience, I have included our contact details below:

Sandeep Kambo
Email: sandeepk@newspaperdirect.com

Johanie Marcoux
Email: johaniem@newspaperdirect.com

Have a wonderful day and we look forward to meeting all of you at HITEC this year!

Sandeep