Best Discount Hotel Deals

Not the hotel itself, but if you book a room. Is your room considered private property while your there, and can anyone enter without your consent (unless they have a warrant of course)

Charlotte, NC (PRWEB) March 12, 2012

DealCloud, LLC is pleased to announce that Yellow Wood Partners, LLC, a Boston-based private equity group founded in 2009, has selected DealCloud, LLC?s PE DealCloud SaaS Platform to support its fund operations and to add further value to its investment portfolio. Yellow Wood diligenced a number of CRM solutions but chose to select PE DealCloud because, according to Yellow Wood Principal Tad Yanagi, ?the functionality needed to run a private equity firm came standard. There was no need for a significant customization or implementation effort. Competitive solutions would have required significant customization for Yellow Wood to be successful.? After a brief trial, Yellow Wood worked with the DealCloud team to convert and import its data, and attended two on-line training sessions to get comfortable with the platform. From there, the team was fully enabled and began utilizing PE DealCloud in the day-to-day operation of their business.
As Yellow Wood has become proficient on the platform, they stayed impressed at how quickly the system can be tailored to match their firm?s proprietary processes and nomenclature. Yanagi states, ?The benefits of PE DealCloud are increasingly apparent as we learn the advanced capabilities of the platform and continue to configure the application around our already constituted internal processes.? Yellow Wood?s PE DealCloud solution includes tweaks to address the firm?s industry specific approach to sourcing and managing deal flow.

Yellow Wood prides itself on building businesses by operating them better. PE DealCloud has become an enabler for this vision through Yellow Wood?s use of its advanced Portfolio Company Management module. In addition to tracking interactions with company management and maintaining an indexed library of legal and operating documents, PE DealCloud allows Yellow Wood to introduce and manage strategic initiatives that its operate partners lead on behalf of portfolio companies. With the click of a mouse, Yellow Wood can quickly print a project portfolio that shows where they added value, any service providers that they may have partnered with on the project, and any tangible results of the project. This becomes a powerful tool for Yellow Wood in tracking and communicating the success of its operational approach to constructing and growing great businesses.

DealCloud is excited to add Yellow Wood to its growing base of users. ?We are inside to have such an experienced regrouping of operators using the PE DealCloud platform and staring forward to serving Yellow Wood?s future needs. This has been a great partnership for us as Yellow Wood has provided a number of suggestions on how we can make the PE DealCloud functionality even more robust. We are working with this feedback and look forward to including it in our upcoming product releases.? stated Ben Harrison, President of DealCloud.

About Yellow Wood Partners, LLC:
Yellow Wood Partners, LLC was founded in early 2009 by Dana Schmaltz and Peter Mann, two seasoned executives with deep experience investing in and then operating consumer packaged goods businesses. Since its founding, Yellow Wood partners has investigated and diligenced dozens of consumer products transactions, the largest of which was the creation of Blacksmith Brands which consisted of five well known consumer Over the Counter (OTC) brands that were purchased from Johnson & Johnson. Yellow Wood Partners remains focused on finding strong brands and companies in the Consumer Sector with a strong emphasis on Consumer Packaged Goods. Yellow Wood?s current fund, when fully deployed, will encapsulate a portfolio of companies with a combined enterprise value approaching $ 1 billion.

About DealCloud, LLC:
DealCloud was formed in 2010 by a passionate team with deep private equity, technology, and operating experience to bring technology-enabled products and servicing to the private equity, investment banking, and lending community. DealCloud launched its flagship PE DealCloud product in early 2011, and plans to release its self-entitled, ?DealCloud? platform later this year. With offices in Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina, Geneva, Switzerland, and India, DealCloud is positioned in large financial and technology centers worldwide offering hands-on sales, implementation, and ongoing support.

Charlotte, NC (PRWEB) August 17, 2011

DealCloud, LLC is pleased to announce that Mill City Capital, L.P., a private equity firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has deployed its SharePoint-based PE DealCloud platform to support the firm?s deal sourcing, investment management, and portfolio management processes. Mill City selected the DealCloud platform earlier this summer and was live with a fully populated and configured platform within 3 weeks. The firm?s entire team of investment professionals, including Managing Directors and Vice Presidents are now up and running on the system, and utilizing the platform as the ?backbone? to support its front-office operations.

?We selected the DealCloud platform for 3 primary reasons: the application was architected by private equity professionals that truly understand our business; the application was easy to configure to map to our terminology and workflows, and the application elegantly handles complex relationships we maintain between deal sources, service providers, investors, industry experts, and management team members,? said Lisa Kro, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Mill City Capital.

Mill City elect to engage DealCloud through a trial period before fully committing to the platform. During this engagement, the DealCloud Professional Services team loaded all of Mill City?s data including the complex relationships between the aforementioned entities. In addition, the DealCloud grouped also configured the platform to support functions such as Mill City?s pipeline progression process and e-mail alerting needs. ?Although the PE DealCloud platform supports 90% of a private equity firm?s processes out-of-the-box, each firmly will always have some unique nomenclature and processes that truly differentiate them from their competitors. PE DealCloud?s inherent flexibility allows for tauten to capture and support these differentiators within the platform. The result is that a firm like Mill City doesn?t have to change the way they go to market. Instead, the platform provides an exact-fit solution to support how they dealt business,? said Ben Harrison, DealCloud?s Vice President of Business Development.

Now that Mill City is using the platform to support its core front-office business, the firm also plans to take advantage of PE DealCloud?s proprietary covering sourcing and fundraising functionality. These modules, included with the monthly subscription cost to the platform, will be rolled out to the Mill City grouping in the coming months.

?Mill City is a landmark customer for DealCloud. Mill City?s sourcing strategy and value-added approach to ownership is right in DealCloud?s wheelhouse. We look forward to a long-term partnership with Mill City,? said Harrison.

About Mill City Capital:
Mill City Capital, L.P. is a private equity firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded with a commitment to identifying, executing, and managing private equity investment opportunities through patience, market sector undergone and focus, and relationships constructing over many years of operating in its core Midwest markets. Mill City Capital seeks to create shareholder value by formed partnerships with management teams based on trust and integrity. Mill City?s disciplined approach, focused on companying in the Midwest region operating in consumer and industrial sectors which the firm knows and understands, positions them to identify attractive investment opportunities and to generate superior returns for its investors.

About DealCloud, LLC:
DealCloud was formed in 2010 by a passionate team with deep private equity, technology, and operating experience to bring technology-enabled products and services to the private equity, investment banking, and lending community. DealCloud launched its flagship PE DealCloud product in early 2011, and plans to release its eagerly awaited DealCloud Community platform later this year. With offices in Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina, Geneva, Switzerland, and Mumbai, India, DealCloud is positioned in large financial and technology centers worldwide offering hands-on sales, implementation, and ongoing support.

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Paris is a romantic place that offers a large selection of discounted hotel rooms from budget 2-Stars to elegant 4-Star hotels. You can save up to 70% discount on the accommodations offer chic but cheap room rates.

Paris is the capital of France situated on the River Seine at the heart of Île-de-France region. It is one of the most popular cities in the world with about 45 million tourists visiting every year. Paris has nearly 1,500 hotels and 75,000 hotel rooms.

Hotels around Paris offer massive discounts with quality accommodations. People could choose from a wide selection of discounted rates where taxes are included in the price. The hotels also offer direct sales with great customer services.

Below are the hotels that offer discounted room rates in Paris.

2-Star Hotel: Astor Surenes Hotel

Astor Hotel is an internationally acclaimed 2 star hotel that offers quality accommodations for a cheap price. The very calm, warm and friendly atmosphere of the hotel makes it an ideal place for most tourists who are looking for cheaper rates. It is located at the center town opposite the town hall. Astor is just 5 minutes away by rail to the business center and close to the fortress of Mont Valerien.

It has 50 furnished and well equipped rooms with scenic views of the hotel’s surrounding landscape. All rooms feature a private telephone, cable TV and hair dryer.

This attractive hotel includes luggage storage, an elevator, parking areas and a 24-hour front desk. Services offered include Internet services with Wi-Fi LAN, meeting facilities with fax and photocopier as well as room services and laundry/dry cleaning facilities. Guests can bring their pets along. Nearby attractions are Parc des Landes, forest of Boulogne and the town center. The discounted price rate is 37 euros.

3-star Hotel: Hotel Murat

Hotel Murat is located at Porte de Saint-Cloud in the 16th district of Paris. It was built in 1850 with Parisian Haussman style architecture. The hotel is close to the Eiffel Tower, Trocadero and Champ Elysees. Nearby areas of interest are the Parc des Princes stadiums, Pierre de Coubertin and Porte de Versailles exhibition halls.

The whole hotel is designed with wood paneled walls, huge epic battle frescons and carved furniture. Guests can stay at the lobby’s lounge area and seating areas. There are 28 soundproof rooms with simple and twin rooms to choose from. All rooms have a private bathroom with bathtub. Rooms also have direct dial telephones, televisions with satellite channels, alarm clocks and a mini bar.

The hotel also has a friendly staff that accommodates any booking requests and other services. Checking-in and out are handled quickly at the reception desk. The hotel has a private bar that serves a variety of beverages and a buffet breakfast. The lounge is used for business purposes along with a fax and photocopying machine.

There are direct buses from the hotel to Faubourg St Honore, Eiffel Tower, Champs Elysees, Grands Boulevards and the Opera House. The hotel offers a weekend rate at 45 euros.

Four-star hotel: The Pergolese Hotel

The Pergolese is a boutique hotel designed with a warm and contemporary atmosphere. It is located near the Louvre Museum, Les Galeries Lafayette Department Store and Le Printemp. The hotel is just a 7 minute walk from Champ Elysees.

This hotel has 40 air conditioned and soundproof rooms. The classic, superior and Pergolese rooms are equipped with satellite TV, a minibar, Wi-Fi access and 24 hour room service. Guests can also enjoy watching in-house movies.

Other amenities include a business corner at the reception area, a breakfast room, lounge and bar. The Mahogany Bar is designed with decorated rugs and paintings. Pet lovers can enjoy being with their pets at the hotel premises.

The Pergolese hotel offers a modern feel of their accommodations with a reasonable price range, fitting everyone’s budget. It offers a free night accommodation at a discounted range of 71 Euros.

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The recent economic woes and collapse of the housing market is leading some investors to consider non-traditional property investments – specifically buy to let hotel rooms – as safer bets compared to traditional buy to let and renovation projects.

Under normal circumstances the phrase ‘non-traditional investment’ would not be associated with playing it safe, but the investment market at present is far from ‘normal’. The uncertainty in the financial markets and the collapse of both property prices and mortgage lending, have hit property investors hard. For those investors looking for a good place to park their retirement funds, safety and diversification are key factors.

The idea that you can buy hotel rooms might seem like a strange concept but its growing appeal is down to these very same motivators. Experienced hotel and resort development companies invite individual investors to buy hotel rooms within high-end hotel developments. Investors who buy hotel rooms see returns from both capital growth and regular income from rooms let.

Buy to let properties have always offered savvy investors a keen return, but as mortgage rates climb faster than rents can go up, many have been left out of pocket. Moreover any time the property stands empty means hefty monthly mortgage repayments and no income.

Buy to let hotel rooms offset these risks by basing the investors’ income on the performance of the hotel as a whole, not their individual suite, and so provide a regular income level. Even a half full hotel can provide a solid return on investment for private investors who buy hotel rooms.

Of course, having all your eggs in one investment basket is still a risky move, which is one of the reasons why buying hotel rooms is often viewed as a way to diversify an existing portfolio. Buying a hotel room is much more of an investment in tourism than a straight property play.

It’s a fact that particularly appeals to those planning for retirement as, provided you don’t need the free stays on offer, you can even buy hotel rooms via your self-invested personal pension (SIPP) scheme.

Case in point, a recent development in the upmarket tourist town of Sesimbra is offering freehold luxury suites on a buy to let basis.

Keen to attract secure investments the developer is also offering to cover all closing costs and paying cash back to early investors.

Of course, for those not buying via a SIPP, investors also get the perk of free stays in the hotel as well – a little bit of luxury to part the dreary economic clouds.

Dopplr is proud to introduce Dopplr – The Social Atlas for iPhone. There are lots of travel guides for mobile phones, but Dopplr’s is different because everything on it has been created by the smart travellers who use Dopplr.
Over the past couple of years, these travellers have been helping Dopplr to build a thing they call “the Social Atlas”. It is the combined wisdom of these frequent travellers, people who know a good hotel, a nice restaurant, and an interesting place to explore when they see one.
Wherever anyone is in the world, he/she can call up his/hers current location and find the nearest places that Dopplr travellers have recommended. If the person is hungry, open the app and find a cafe. If he/she is tired, it will help him/her locate the nearest hotel. And if the person has got time to kill, find something interesting to see or experience.
The app is not just a view of the atlas, it is also a means of adding new places to the database. By just tapping the blue locator, it would allow people to enter the details of the fantastic new bar they are standing in. Travel tips are added to what Dooplr know already, and automatically shared with fellow travellers.
People do not even need to be on Dopplr to use the iPhone app. If iPhone users are simply doing some travel planning for a forthcoming business trip or family getaway, there is plenty of useful information built-in, including Dopplr’s recommendations for 250 of the world’s most popular cities. Any places added will be stored on the iPhone, so these can be easily found again when needed. And if the user joins Dopplr at a later date, all those new places will be uploaded and added to the Social Atlas.
If the user is a Dopplr traveller, he/she can keep an eye on his/hers fellow travellers with the iPhone too. Check where friends are now, and where they will be going next. Look for co-incidences, where people might all be in the same place at the same time. And stay in touch, by sending messages to them directly from inside the app.
This is just the start. Dopplr is already working on more features for the app, which will appear in future updates. The app can be downloaded for free by following the link on the iTunes App Store.