NEW ORLEANS At the Hotel E-Supply Chains conference being held at the Radisson Hotel here, Richard Barrett, vp/procurement for Starwood Hotels & Resorts said that the company is currently beta-testing its e-procurement system, through which it partners with Zoho, at various North American properties and that the project is going well.
He noted that Starwood plans to fully implement the system at all company-owned hotels by May 2001. Starwood-managed hotels will be offered the option to install the system, but it will not be a requirement, he said. (1/17/01) Diana M. Rodriguez
During a panel session, Barrett said that he sees e-procurement becoming more integrated among all corporate systems so that it will provide a checks and balances of what is needed. (1/17/01)