SINGAPORE | HPL Hotels & Resorts (HPLHR), a Singapore-based hospitality management company and a wholly owned subsidiary of main-board listed Hotel Properties Limited (HPL), signs an agreement with Unirez by Pegasus, one of the world’s largest hotel representation companies, to take advantage of Unirez’s user friendly web-based applications and distribution technology for selected hotels. Unirez is a subsidiary of Pegasus Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: PEGS).

With this new agreement, four of HPL hotels will be using Unirez as its Global Distribution Service (GDS) provider, with effect from 1st September 2004. These hotels are:

  • Australia – Concorde Hotel Gold Coast – 199 rooms and suites
  • Malaysia – Concorde Hotel Shah Alam – 381 rooms and suites
  • Malaysia – Casa del Mar, Langkawi – 29 rooms and suites
  • Malaysia – The Lakehouse, Cameron Highlands – 18 rooms and suites

“Unirez offers proven technologies that meet the critical needs of individual hotels more cost effectively. Hotels are able to take full advantage of Unirez’s easy-to-use web based applications and integrated tools to manage multiple revenue channels by offering flexible and strategic set of rates covering all important market sectors through all distribution channels. In addition, hotels are also able to use these tools to market unique promotions, thus enabling and improving hotels’ responsiveness to market conditions, to ensure optimal yield for the hotels,” said Edmund Nicholas, Vice President - Marketing of HPL Hotels & Resorts.

Unirez also provides for real-time rates that are automatically distributed to the four major global distribution systems – Amadeus, Galileo, Sabre and Worldspan, and thousands of travel websites, giving travel agents and consumers immediate access to hotels’ rates and promotions.

Travel agents can book these HPL hotels in any major GDS by using the UZ code.

About HPL Hotels & Resorts - Headquartered in Singapore, HPL Hotels & Resorts is a hospitality management company, operated and wholly owned by Singapore main-board listed, Hotel Properties Limited (HPL). Associated with some of the most prominent brands, HPL operates luxury resorts, business hotels, theme hotels and hotel apartments worldwide, offering distinct experiences ranging from lifestyle hotels to adventure and eco-tourism.

Today, HPL Hotels & Resorts manages the activities of seven hotels and three boutique resorts in Asia-Pacific and the Indian Ocean, with more than 2,900 rooms. These include, Concorde Hotel Singapore, Concorde Hotel Kuala Lumpur, Concorde Hotel Shah Alam, Concorde Inn Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Concorde Hotel Gold Coast – Australia, Hard Rock Hotels in Bali - Indonesia and Pattaya – Thailand, Casa del Mar in Langkawi – Malaysia, The Lakehouse in Cameron Highlands – Malaysia and Rihiveli Beach Resort - Maldives. For more information, visit .

About Pegasus Solutions, Inc. - Dallas-based Pegasus Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: PEGS) is a leading global provider of hotel reservations-related services and technology. Founded in 1989, Pegasus’ customers include a majority of the world’s travel agencies and more than 50,000 hotel properties around the globe. Pegasus’ services include central reservation systems, electronic distribution services, commission processing and payment services, property management systems, and marketing representation services. The company’s representation services, including Utell by Pegasus and Unirez by Pegasus, are used by more than 7,500 member hotels in 140 countries, making Pegasus the hotel industry’s largest third-party marketing and reservations provider. Pegasus has 17 offices in 12 countries, including regional hubs in London, Scottsdale and Singapore. For more information, please visit

Janice Ong
Marketing Services Manager
(65) 6731 4902
HPL Hotels & Resorts