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Overview
protel is a software company based in Dortmund, Germany which specializes in developing end-to-end hotel solutions for single hotels, multi-property and enterprise hotel chains.

protel History
In the last 25 years, protel hotelsoftware has been developing and offering both cloud and on-prem solutions specifically for the hospitality industry. The consistent focus on the demands of a single industry makes protel an experienced provider of hospitality technology. Today, more than 14,000 hotels in 90+ countries run their properties on a protel products.



Milestones
In 1994 protel’s founders and CEO’s Manfred Osthues and Ingo Dignas introduced a GUI environment (Graphical User Interface) to hotels, making it possible to navigate a Property Management System (PMS) with a mouse.

In 2000 a Sales & Marketing module became available for protel PMS customers.

In 2002 the first multi-property hotels went live with protel MPE (Multi-Property Edition), signaling significant product maturity for both chains and larger brands. and in Bejing (2008). With protel MPE they managed more than 30,000 guests in the Olympic and Media villages, while also functioning as the Central Reservation System for all athletes, their equipment and training facilities, the staff and guests. Both these Olympic Villages were heralded as “the largest hotels on Earth” at that time.

In 2009 cloud-based bookatonce, the first native SaaS PMS hotel software, was introduced.

The first native iOS hotel management app from protel arrived in Apple’s App Store.

In 2011 protel continued to evolve cloud products for mid-size hotels and released protel Air - a SaaS based PMS. At the same time, protel focused on developing the staff collaboration and guest-facing app protel Voyager, entering the scene for IoT and augmented reality.

In 2015 protel invested in long-term global reseller company, Xn Hotel Systems Ltd., forming Xn protel Systems Ltd, demonstrating a serious commitment to international expansion.

In 2015, protel hotelsoftware acquired majority share of incub8 Software Labs which specializes in developing powerful Data Warehouse solutions for the hotel businesses.

In 2018 protel opened up their first US office in Atlanta, Georgia. At the same time, they introduced a vendor-neutral multi-hotel solution to the market which demonstrated how hotel groups can consolidate and manage their properties on one platform.

In 2019 protel announced the integration of protel's property management system (PMS) and the Maitre'D point-of-sale solution (POS).