Thursday, 16 October 2014




YES BANK  partners with SunTec for its End-to-End Revenue Management Needs
SunTec Business Solutions announces the implementation of its revenue management and business assurance product suite at leading Indian retail bank, YES BANK



London, UK and Mumbai, India, 16 Oct 2014. SunTec Business Solutions is pleased to announce that YES BANK , India's fourth largest private sector bank, has  selected SunTec’s Xelerate product suite for its revenue management and business assurance needs in its retail banking division. YES BANK will use SunTec’s technology to help launch new product packages and manage revenue streams more effectively. 

YES BANK operates in a unique market, and believes that the customer experience differentiation it can obtain with the help of SunTec will be key to successfully achieving its strategic objectives. In addition, YES BANK will use the Xelerate product suite to streamline its pricing and billing process.

YES BANK selected SunTec’s technology after conducting a thorough evaluation process. SunTec’s product suite incorporates the best aspects of technology from banking systems around the world.

 Pralay Mondal, Senior Group President, Branch and Retail Banking, YES BANK said "We see real value in SunTec’s vision in providing futuristic solutions. Partnering with SunTec gives us the ability to quickly develop new products and improve our existing offerings. We are looking forward to working with SunTec to put our customer-centric business strategies into action.”

Nanda Kumar, CEO of SunTec said “We are very pleased to be working with one of the most impressive players in the Indian financial services industry.  The Indian retail banking sector is full of exciting opportunities, and we look forward to helping YES BANK take advantage of them.”

SunTec is a trusted partner of some the world’s leading service providers like Visa Europe, HSBC, ING, Mashreq, Standard Bank and American Express.

About YES BANK

YES BANK, India’s fourth largest private sector Bank, is the outcome of the professional & entrepreneurial commitment of its Founder, Mr. Rana Kapoor and his top management team, to establish a high quality, customer centric, service driven, private Indian Bank catering to the Future Businesses of India. YES BANK has adopted international best practices, the highest standards of service quality and operational excellence, and offers comprehensive banking and financial solutions to all its valued customers. YES BANK has a knowledge driven approach to banking, and a superior customer experience for its retail, corporate and emerging corporate banking clients. YES BANK is steadily evolving as the Professionals’ Bank of India with the vision of “Building the Best Quality Bank of the World in India.

About SunTec
SunTec Business Solutions is the leading provider of revenue management and business assurance solutions to financial services and digital and communications services industries. With a deployment in 58 countries, an end-to-end revenue management solution and an award-winning product suite, SunTec is a trusted partner of the world’s leading service providers like Visa Europe, HSBC, ING, Mashreq, Cable ONE, KPN, Bakrie Telecom, Arval and American Express to name a few. SunTec has an 800+ workforce with its headquarters in India and offices in USA, UK, Germany, UAE and Singapore.

SunTec’s highly functional and technology-agnostic product suite Xelerate™ empowers the clients to create real-time personalised offerings to improve profitability and customer experience while optimising customer lifetime value. The product suite enables service providers to develop, launch and monetise innovative offerings quickly. Xelerate has helped create products and services for over 300 million end-customers today. For more details on SunTec, please visit www.suntecgroup.com. For more information, please write to contactus@suntecgroup.com




Tuesday, 14 October 2014




Rovia Named “Asia’s Leading Online Travel Agency” at 2014 World Travel Awards Ceremony in New Delhi

Rovia™ has been recognized as “Asia’s Leading Online Travel Agency” for 2014 by the World Travel Awards program (WTA). The World Travel Awards Asia & Australasia Gala Ceremony was held in New Delhi at The Oberoi on Friday, October 10 with hundreds of tourism professionals in attendance.

Rovia is no stranger to the World Travel Awards, having received two nominations last year. Rovia is a leading provider of curated group travel experiences, annually producing and managing hundreds of distinct pre-packaged travel experiences for small and large groups.

“Being named ‘Asia’s Leading Online Travel Agency’ for 2014 is an honor,” Rovia President Mike Putman said. “It’s great to be acknowledged this year by our international peers as a leader in our industry. We strive to provide exceptional customer service and a unique product, so to be recognized by travel professionals and customers around the world is gratifying.”

The World Travel Awards program, celebrating its 21st anniversary this year, recognizes brands that push the boundaries of industry excellence. The program is highly comprehensive, honoring several industry segments such as “Airlines and Airports,” “Hotels and Resorts,” “Meetings and Conventions” and “Travel Technology.”



Wednesday, 24 September 2014

Sonata Software to showcase SME Led Technology Solutions with SAP in Maharashtra & Gujarat


Sonata Software, a global IT services company, announced its participation in the Maharashtra and Gujarat leg of SAP Innovation Express.  SAP Innovation Express is a first of its kind pan-India bus roadshow that will help Indian enterprises gain more insights into the power of SAP solutions and services to achieve business excellence.
Speaking on the occasion, Mohan Muthuraj, Associate VP, Technology Infrastructure Group- Sonata Software, said, “We aim to connect with a wide range of SME’s at SAP’s Innovation Express. During its journey in Maharashtra and Gujarat, our teams would be able to demonstrate and showcase the most innovative SAP technologies including cloud, mobility, analytics and big data.”
Transformation and technology have become the key to successful small and midsize companies. Sonata will assist organizations to adopt world class solutions and inspire them to compete on global standards at the SAP Innovation Express.
Sonata aims to support and guide Indian enterprises, on the best technology practices and shall provide hands on experience of SAP Solutions in cloud, mobility, analytics and big data. Various engagements have been planned with SMEs through specific break-out sessions containing live demonstrations of simple, industry-relevant and affordable SAP solutions, customer implementations and testimonials and partner discussions. Customers who board the Innovation Express can witness real time demos of SAP offerings and consult the SAP & the Partners leadership team to learn more about it on the spot.

Elitecore's New Centre of Excellence at ‘Pune


Elitecore Technologies, a leading provider of next generation BSS alongside Packet core solution (Revenue and customer management) announces opening of the next-generation ‘Centre of Excellence’ (CoE) in Hinjewadi, Pune. CoE aims to leverage Pune’s ecosystem to steer company’s growing footprint in the global telecommarket.
Speaking on the occasion, Nikhil Jain, CEO, Elitecore Technologies says “ The Centre of Excellence will work towards our company’s  vision of enabling our customers’  ability to market  its services on time  and bring utmost customer satisfaction and differentiate their services. CoE will play a major role in our global expansion strategy.
Nikhil further added, “Elitecore will strengthen its product delivery, professional services and bring in more expertise continue serving our project management capability as per latest industry standard to bring in operational efficiencies, quick turnaround time (TAT) and reduced TCO.”The Pune Centre of Excellence will tap top Industry professionals from Pune.

Wednesday, 17 September 2014

12th Rail World Summit 2014





With the support of State Railway of Thailand, Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) and Bangkok Mass Transit Public Co. Ltd (BTS), organizing committee of RailWorld Summit announced to hold its 12th RailWorld Summit 2014 from October 23-24, 2014 at “Lebua At State Tower” Bangkok, Thailand.
It is forecasted that in coming 20 years the Demand of Rail transportation in Asia and Asia pacific region is expected to double. In order to meet this demand the major stake holders especially rail and metro operators have solve the internal and external challenges, especially improve the financial and operational efficiency so that they can maximize the utilization of available resources for the future expansion.
The south East Asia region will experience the investment of around 146 Billion US Dollar until 2020. Major contributors on this huge investment are supposed to be Thailand (68 billion USD) and Singapore (56 billion USD) where as Malaysia, Laos, Indonesia and Vietnam will share the rest.
Being Asia’s leading rail conference, the 12th Annual RailWorld Summit 2014 (RWS 2014) will continue the saga of providing necessary platform to all rail industry stake holders. RWS 2014 will take you and your business to the next level with most trending topic, innovative networking and various discussions in this event. Featuring with 26+ speakers and panelist this year we are expecting 280+ participants to register for the event.

Hear from the last year’s VIPs:

²  “A good platform to confer on various issues of railway technology” -Soi-Hoi LAM, Technical Consultant, Transportation Infrastructure Office, Macao SAR
²  “A great combination of speakers and participants. I learned a lot and got good insight to make our business growth in Southeast Asia” -Paul DA, General Manager, SANY
²  “The conference is very fruitful and successful. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to be part of this conference” -Simon GIOVANAZZI, Executive Director Asia, DB International GmbH
²  “It provided an excellent conference for networking and developing business. The conference was excellent” -Steven LANGLEY, Global Business Manager, SYDAC Pty Ltd
²  “Very good experience at the event, the networking is very good. I got contacts of people my company may do business with” -Bancha CHANTRATHAI, CEO, EA Mechanics Co., Ltd


Confirmed speakers of RWS2014:

Ø  Chula SUKMANOP, Director -General, Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning, Ministry of Transport, Thailand
Ø  Voravuth MALA, Marketing Director, State Railway of Thailand (SRT)
Ø  Yongsit ROJSRIKUL, Governor, Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA)
Ø  Chamroon TANGPAISALKIT, Chairman, State Railway of Thailand Electrical Train (SRTET)
Ø  Sermanto DWIATMOKO, Directorate General of Railways, Ministry of Transportation, Indonesia

Ø  Tonny YEAP, Head of Special Projects & Technology Division, Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD)
Ø  Tommy JEN, Assistant Director, Deputy Head of Operation Control Center, Taiwan High Speed Railway Corporation, Taiwan
Ø  Phuritath PHANITPHOTJAMARN, Senior Chief Engineer, Bangkok Metro Public Company Limited (BMCL)
Ø  G.J.C. GUNATHILAKE, Additional Secretary (Engineering), Ministry of Ports and Highways, Sri Lanka
Ø  Hernando T. CABRERA, Spokesperson & Board Secretary, Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA), Philippines
Ø  Speaker TBC, CSR Sifang Co. Ltd
Ø  Dave ONG, Deputy Director Passenger Service Quality Management, SMRT, Singapore
Ø  Thomas GODFREY, Head of Engineering (Asia Pacific), Bombardier Transportation
Ø  Daniel DUNOYE, Director Business Development, Asia Pacific, Alstom Transport
Ø  Suhaimi YAACOB, President – Rail, Scomi Engineering


For more information on the RWS2014 including the latest list of speakers, participants and sponsors visit the event website http://www.cdmc.org.cn/2014/rwsa/

Monday, 15 September 2014


DreamTrips Vacation Club Named “Africa’s Leading Travel Club” at 2014 WorldTravel Awards Ceremony in Nigeria


Industry Elite also Crowned DreamTrips as “Europe’s Leading Travel Club for 2014” in August
Plano, TX – DreamTrips™ Vacation Club, one of the world’s leading travel and vacation club membership organizations, was recognized as “Africa’s Leading Travel Club” for 2014 as part of the World Travel Awards (WTA)—thesecond WTA regional award for the travel club this year. The World Travel Awards Africa& Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony was held at Transcorp Hilton Abuja in Abuja, Nigeria on Friday, Sept. 5, with hundreds of tourismprofessionals in attendance.

The award acknowledges DreamTrips’ distinguished travel club excellence in the Africa and Indian Ocean regions within the last year. Industry leaders from across both regionsidentified DreamTrips forexceptionalservice and product offerings. Nominees in other Africa and Indian Ocean travel categories include Four Seasons Hotels, Hilton, Marriott, Kenya Airways and Royal Air Maroc.

“We are grateful to be recognized as Africa’s best travel club a month after DreamTrips was named Europe’s Leading Travel Club,” WorldVentures Co-Founder and CEO Mike Azcue said. “Together with Rovia, our travel agency partner, the team composes unforgettable travel experiences, whichinclude a unique product offering and exceptional customer service for our worldwide membership. This is a warm handshake from the tourism industry’s leadership.”
Since 1993, WTAhas acknowledged and celebrated excellence across all sectors of the global tourism industry. Last year,DreamTrips was named “World’s Leading Travel Club” at the 2013 WTA Grand Finals. The Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony is the fourth stop on the annual Grand Tour which visited Dubai, Greece and Ecuador earlier this year, and will include stops in India and Anguilla before arriving in Morocco for the Grand Finals in November.

About DreamTrips
DreamTrips delivers high-quality, one-of-a-kind curated travel and vacation experiences to its vacation club members. More information can be found at
www.dreamtrips.com/experience-more.

About World Travel Awards
The World Travel Awards was launched in 1993 to acknowledge and recognize excellence in the global travel and tourism industry. Now celebrating its 21st anniversary, it is regarded as the highest achievement a travel product or service could hope to receive. More information can be found at www.worldtravelawards.com.


Wednesday, 6 August 2014


For Immediate Release

DreamTrips Vacation Club Named“Europe’s Leading Travel Club” at 2014 World Travel Awards European Ceremony

Plano, TX – August 6, 2014 – DreamTrips™ Vacation Club, one of the world’s leading travel and vacation club membership organizations, was voted “Europe’s Leading Travel Club” for 2014 as part of the World Travel Awards. The World Travel Awards Europe Gala Ceremony was held at Divani Appolon Palace & Thalasso in Athens, Greece on Saturday, August 2, with hundreds of hospitality industry leaders.

This award recognizes the commitment to excellence that DreamTrips has demonstrated in Europe within the last year. The award, voted on by travel and tourism professionals worldwide, recognized DreamTrips’ outstanding service and product offerings.Nominees in other European region travel categories include W Hotels Worldwide, Ritz-Carlton, KLM – Royal Dutch Airlines and Royal Caribbean International.

“It’s an honor to be named a leader in the European travel industry and to be selected for this award by our peers,” WorldVentures Co-Founder and Chief Visionary Officer Wayne Nugent said. “This outstanding accomplishment is a reflection of the high standards our entire team strives to maintain, especially our travel agency partner, Rovia, which aims to deliver excellence and unforgettable experiences to all of our members.”

Since 1993, World Travel Awards (WTA) has acknowledged and celebrated excellence across all sectors of the global tourism industry. Last year, DreamTrips was also named “World’s Leading Travel Club” at the 2013 WTA Grand Final. The Europe Gala Ceremony is the second stop on the annual Grand Tour which visited Dubai earlier this year, and will include stops in Nigeria, Ecuador, India and Anguilla, before arriving in Morocco for the Grand Final in November.

About DreamTrips

DreamTrips delivers high-quality, one-of-a-kind curated travel and vacation experiences to its vacation club members. More information can be found at
https://www.dreamtrips.com/experience-more.
About World Travel Awards

The World Travel Awards was launched in 1993 to acknowledge and recognize excellence in the global travel and tourism industry. Now celebrating its 21st anniversary, it is regarded as the highest achievement a travel product or service could hope to receive. More information can be found at www.worldtravelawards.com.