Persistent Systems, the global leader in software product and technology services, today announced that Jinya Connect, Japan's market leading SaaS (Software as a Service) Property Management System provider, has selected Persistent Systems to develop the English version of its highly acclaimed hospitality industry application, as the company looks to expand into new geographical markets across the globe.
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he built on the Salesforce1 Platform, Jinya Connect empowers mid-sized and boutique hotels with a comprehensive social, mobile and collaborative app that provides hotel employees with highly pertinent, real-time guest information such as booking preferences and customized offers for accounting.
Persistent Systems' Salesforce Practice helps companies to conduct rapid, intelligent and economical migration of software and applications to the cloud.
''Jinya Connect brings together all the relevant information necessary to help hotels and their staff extend the best possible, personalized, customized guest experience ever,'' said Tomio Miyazaki, CEO and founder of Jinya Connect. As Jinya Connect has become the de facto property management app used by 70 properties, we feel the time is right to expand and offer our innovative solution to the broader English-speaking hospitality industry.''
''We are delighted to have been selected by Jinya Connect for our engineering skills as well as process maturity to serve culturally diverse markets,'' said Ramana Metlapalli, senior vice president and global leader, Salesforce Practice, Persistent Systems. ''Delivering this innovative app in English is critical to expanding Jinya Connect's market share and will empower a broader hospitality industry audience to create deeper and more relevant connections with their customers.''
Shares of the company gained Rs 57.25, or 5.1%, to settle at Rs 1,180.75. The total volume of shares traded was 14,252 at the BSE (Thursday).
