Breaking news! ND Press implemented brand-wide with Starwood’s The Luxury Collection.

Hi everyone — we have some exciting news for your today!

NewspaperDirect and Starwood’s iconic group of hotels, The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts, have joined forces to provide the ND Press print on demand newspaper service at The Luxury Collection’s 60+ properties, worldwide.

Originally piloted at eight of the brand’s properties worldwide starting in August 2007, the ND Press service quickly received positive reviews from the properties and their guests alike. From that point, The Luxury Collection quickly agreed that our ND Press product went very much hand-in-hand with their industry-leading guest satisfaction initiatives, and began the process for implementing the print on demand service brand-wide. Today, NewspaperDirect is officially recognized as a partner of The Luxury Collection, and our ND Press service is proactively being offered to their valued guests as soon as they check in.  

By implementing the ND Press service at each of its properties, The Luxury Collection is now able to assure their guests that they will always receive their favorite daily newspapers throughout their stay – and has ultimately raised the benchmark for superior customer service at luxury hotels. We are confident that many other leading hotel groups will quickly follow suit to also set the precedence at their own properties by implementing the ND Press and Hotel PressDisplay services for their guests.  

Providing more than just the local news is quickly becoming a vital part to the guest’s experience. Today with thousands of hotels worldwide already offering our ND Press and Hotel PressDisplay services, guests are now coming to expect their hometown newspapers each time they check-in and stay connected to the daily news around the world. 

The official announcement was made yesterday by Starwood – to view the press release, please click here.

Cheers!
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

New relationships- NewspaperDirect and Leading Hotels of the World

Hi everyone, 

As some of you may have already heard — and as we are very pleased to announce — NewspaperDirect has been selected by Leading Hotels of the World (LHW) to join its elite collection of vendor companies, the Leading Services and Products Network (LSPN). If you would like to read our official Press Release, please click here. 

Over the past 7 years, some of LHW’s finest properties have had great success in providing our digital newspaper services to their guests, including:        

• The Setai

• Taj Mahal Palace and Tower, Mumbai

• The Shilla Seoul

• The Baltschug Kempinski Moscow

• Langham Hotel Auckland

• Hotel Astoria

• Donbass Palace Hotel

So how did we become a member? As more LHW member properties began to implement our services, we realized that this could turn into an opportunity for us. In the fall of 2006, we decided to take the leap and apply for membership with LSPN. Since LHW selects only the very best, you can imagine how thrilled we all were when we had officially been accepted as a new member.  

We have to admit, we have definitely been taking advantage of our membership benefits. We recently attended LHW’s Sales and Marketing Conference in Stockholm, and this trip has turned out to be great for NewspaperDirect. Many of the attendees enjoyed  hearing about ND Press, and thought it would be an excellent addition to their respective properties.  

As you’ve probably guessed, we will be getting in touch with each and every member of LHW to personally introduce our company and our services. However, if you are a member hotel, and want to learn more about our services, we encourage you to register for a free trial and we would be happy to speak to you about the special ND Press benefits you will receive for being a member of Leading Hotels of the World.  

Thanks for welcoming us as a new member, and have a fabulous day! 

NewspaperDirect and Swisscom– making your stay just a little more comfortable

NewspaperDirect and Swisscom have paired up to provide hotel guests with the latest in-room technology. NewspaperDirect’s online product, PressDisplay.com, the world’s largest online newspaper kiosk, is now available through Swisscom’s exciting new Hospitality Internet service, Room 2.0. 

From a selection of hundreds of worldwide titles, with Room 2.0, guests will be able to read digital replicas of their favorite daily newspapers right on their screens, and even download them to their PC. Over the next few months, Swisscom will aggressively be rolling out this exciting new service to their partner hotels within Europe and North America.    

So how will hoteliers benefit from this? In an effort to provide their guests with the ultimate in guest amenities, hoteliers with Swisscom’s internet services can now provide their guests with printed AND online versions of their favorite hometown titles.

To view our official press release, please click here.

Our 500th title—now available for printing

Hi everyone,

We are very happy to announce that NewspaperDirect has officially released its 500th newspaper title, for digital Print-on-Demand distribution. The Straits Times, a highly respected and influential title from Singapore, was officially added to our network at the end of April. With this exciting new addition, hoteliers now have more expanded options in providing their guests with prominent out-of-market Asian newspapers.

In addition to The Straits Times, valued hotel guests are constantly asking for some of the world’s leading titles, including the USA Today, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Le Monde, International Herald Tribune, Le Figaro, Corriere della Sera, Yomiuri Shimbun, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

What’s really exciting for hoteliers is that they are now able to take the art of “concierge services” to a whole new level. Making the guest feel welcome is highly important for hoteliers, and sometimes, meeting their expectations is just as simple as providing them with their daily hometown newspapers. With the recent development of our online registration site, Hotel ND Press, more and more hoteliers are beginning to see the value of offering the service, and are subscribing online for their free trials.

Since many of you already have a subscription or trial to ND Press, we would really appreciate your thoughts and feedback. Please feel free to post a comment, below, or email us at hospitality@newspaperdirect.com.

Cheers!