RTP Launches RTP|ONE™ Sports Retail Solution
RTP to Showcase New Technology at the SIA'04 Snowsports Show
January 26, 2004, Avon, Colo. and Las Vegas, Nev. - Resort Technology Partners (RTP), a leading provider of software and internet solutions for the sports retail and rental industry, announced today the general availability of RTP|ONE Sports Retail. The solution is a customer-centric, business management solution for the sports retail industry, and is based on Microsoft's .NET™ technology. RTP|ONE Sports Retail delivers the most leading edge technology for retail and rental shops including self-service kiosks for customer check-in, automated touch screen DIN calculations for ski shops, automated returns management, and service/work order management.
RTP's retail and rental software is used by more ski retail and rental shops in North America than any other system. RTP|ONE Sports Retail, specifically designed for retail shops with equipment rental and/or services, offers businesses integrated retail, rental and inventory solutions that enable them to provide fast, seamless, customer service while enabling business owners to effectively manage their business at the same time. RTP will be demonstrating these leading edge features at the SIA'04 Snowsports Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 26 – 29, 2004.
"Our RTP|ONE Sports Retail solution is the most comprehensive retail and rental software available," said Peter Hoskins,Chief Operating Officer of Resort Technology Partners. "We enable sports retail shops to service their retail and rental customers with one integrated solution. RTP|ONE Sports Retail goes beyond the traditional retail and rental point-of-salesystem to include comprehensive inventory, maintenance, equipment history, and service and work order management."
The RTP|ONE Sports Retail solution enables retailers to offer their customers services that expedite the rental process,including self-service kiosks for customer check-in, automated DIN calculation functionality, and automated returns management. "All these features enable retails to provide fast, accurate, customer-service, which ultimately improves overall customer satisfaction and service," Hoskins concluded.
The RTP Difference
Manage More Effectively: With RTP|ONE Sports Retail, you have real-time information about every aspect of your sports retail business. From up-to-the minute inventory and maintenance information, to customer data and product trends, you knowexactly where your inventory is, who your customers are and how to manage the short and long term trends of your business.
Drive Competitive Advantage: RTP|ONE's flexible and scalable Microsoft. NET™ architecture enables you to integrate all your line-of-business operations into one central system, improving productivity and efficiencies, and reducing the overhead associated with running multiple, disparate systems.
Enhance the Guest's Experience: Whether your customers are visiting your store or your website, RTP|ONE Sports Retail enhances the guest's experience by providing them with more self-service options and a more seamless and enjoyable rental experience. At the store or online, customers can rent equipment, update personal information, reserve snowsports school lessons, and buy equipment or apparel.
About RTP
RTP is the leading provider of software and internet solutions for the resort, recreation, specialty retail and hospitality industries. RTP's solutions are designed to enable customers to increase competitive advantage, manage more effectively and improve the guest experience by integrating RTP products with eCommerce and web design solutions. RTP's suite of products and services includes solutions for ticketing, season pass, retail, food & beverage, activity management, tee sheet, ski school, rental shop management, CRM, eCommerce, web design and kiosks. RTP's customers include 14 of the top 20 destination ski resorts including Copper Mountain Ski Resort, Destination Resorts, Discovery Cove Seaworld, East-West Partners, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Northstar-at-Tahoe, Park City Mountain Resort, Red Sky Ranch Golf Club, Specialty Sports Ventures, Sugarbush Resort, Vail Resorts, Whistler Blackcomb and Winter Park Resort. RTP is headquartered in Avon, CO. For more information, visit www.rtp.com.