<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?><rss version="2.0"><!-- UltimateSearch_IgnoreBegin --><channel><title>Birch Street Hospitality Technology RSS News Feed</title><link>http://www.birchstreetsystems.com/</link><description>Breaking news from Birch Street Systems as it relates to Hospitality Technology.</description><copyright>Copyright 2008 Birch Street Systems. All rights reserved.</copyright><item><title>Travel Industry Veteran John F. Davis III Named CEO at Hospitality P2P and Spend Management Innovator Birch Street Systems</title><description>Birch Street Systems, a leading provider of e-procurement and back office automation solutions, today announced it has further strengthened its presence in the travel technology arena by appointing John F. Davis III as Chief Executive Officer.</description><link>http://www.birchstreetsystems.com/press/2008/news_release_2008_11_10.html</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008</pubDate></item><item><title>Leading Hospitality eProcurement Developer Birch Street Systems Unveils New eBrand</title><description>Birch Street Systems today unveiled the transformation of its corporate identity with the complete redevelopment of its website, BirchStreetSystems.com. The new website is designed to reflect Birch Street’s commitment to represent a customer-centric company built on a continuing history of innovative solutions and services that meet the needs of  hospitality portfolio owners small to large.</description><link>http://www.birchstreetsystems.com/press/2008/news_release_2008_8_29.html</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008</pubDate></item><item><title>Birch Street Appoints New Director of Business Development</title><description>Birch Street Systems, a leading provider of hosted hospitality management software solutions, today announced the appointment of Leslie McDonald as Director of Business Development.</description><link>http://www.birchstreetsystems.com/press/2008/news_release_2008_7_16.html</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008</pubDate></item><item><title>Forty Hilton Hotels in Thirty Days </title><description>Birch Street Systems, a leading provider of hosted procure-to-pay solutions specifically designed for the food &amp; beverage needs of the hospitality industry, today announced that it has achieved an installation milestone by deploying their suite of solutions in more than forty Hilton Hotel [NYSE:HLT] properties within a thirty day window. </description><link>http://www.birchstreetsystems.com/press/2008/news_release_2008_6_26.html</link><pubDate>Thur, 26 Jun 2008</pubDate></item><item><title>Birch Street Takes Purchasing Intelligence to New Level with Record Numbers </title><description>Birch Street Systems, a leading provider of hosted hospitality management software solutions, today announced that it has achieved a record number of registered users. This marks a significant milestone, and confirms that hospitality organizations of all sizes are embracing automated procure-to-pay services as a key initiative and competitive differentiator.
 </description><link>http://www.birchstreetsystems.com/press/2008/news_release_2008_6_02.html</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008</pubDate></item><item><title>Birch Street Expands Products Portfolio Beyond eProcurement</title><description>Birch Street Systems, a leading provider of hosted hospitality management software solutions, today announced that its growth continues with the expansion of their products portfolio. Increasingly, new and existing customers are demanding capabilities in their management software solutions that include the ability to automate, measure and control spend for both single and multi-property portfolios. 
</description><link>http://www.birchstreetsystems.com/press/2008/news_release_2008_5_13.html</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008</pubDate></item><item><title>Crowne Plaza Streamlines Purchasing and Inventory Management </title><description>SPS is a comprehensive back-office business system built specifically to meet the challenges of single-site properties. This system was designed to automate and streamline the "Procure-to-Pay" cycle cutting inefficiencies out of the process while strengthening financial controls.
 </description><link>http://www.birchstreetsystems.com/press/2008/news_release_2008_5_06.html</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008</pubDate></item><item><title>Carlson Hotels Worldwide Selects Birch Street for Project Scheduling, Budget Tracking and Procurement </title><description>According to Jim Grimshaw, vice president Guest Experience &amp; Brand Standards, Carlson Hotels Worldwide, A renovation project of this magnitude is highly complex with dozens of sub-projects happening concurrently. We wanted to ensure brand consistency while adding value by simplifying the process for our hotel licensees.  We selected Birch Streetâ€™s Capital Projects Management Suite because it is the only solution tailored to the needs of our industry that combines project management with procurement on a portfolio-wide scale. </description><link>http://www.birchstreetsystems.com/press/2008/news_release_2008_4_22.html</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008</pubDate></item><item><title>Hilton Implements Birch Street Software in Egypt </title><description>This announcement comes only a few weeks following the news that the first Hilton Hotel in Paris had deployed Birch Street Systems online e-Procurement System and that a program was in place to deploy to the other Paris properties. This endorses the fact that the software is really gaining global recognition, with rapid expansion to the client base within mainland Europe and the UK. </description><link>http://www.birchstreetsystems.com/press/2008/news_release_2008_2_26.html</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008</pubDate></item></channel><!-- UltimateSearch_IgnoreEnd --></rss>