LAS VEGAS- PurchasePro.com, an enabler of B2B e-commerce, will sell its browser-based products to businesses across Europe, making the hospitality market its first target in the new venture, according to the Nevada-based company.
The joint venture will bring PurchasePro.com together with BizOmnia.com S.p.A., an Italian affiliate of technology company Intecs Sistemi S.p.A., and business incubator ClickNest S.p.A. BizOmnia.com will distribute PurchasePro.coms suite of three browser-based solutions: e-Procurement, v-Distributor, and e-MarketMaker. The company intends to build and manage a series of vertical and horizontal marketplaces powered by PurchasePro.com and resell the platform to European companies that are conducting business on the Internet.
BizOmnia.com will integrate PurchasePro.coms products with its other software offerings and sell the bundled solutions in Europe, as well as privately brand PurchasePro.com products for private marketplaces.
The company is focusing its initial efforts on the hospitality sector and MRO products, targeting an estimated 1.5 million small and mid-size businesses in Italy, then expanding throughout Europe. PurchasePro.com currently is building a private marketplace and exchange for Hilton Hotels and has some 4,000 hotels on its roster. (9/20/00)