Infy, HVS Intl in hospitality outsourcing pact

New Delhi, Jan 8: Infosys Technologies Ltd today said its business process outsourcing (BPO) subsidiary and New York-based consultancy HVS International have entered into a strategic alliance to offer outsourcing solutions in the hospitality industry.

HVS International offers valuation and other services to the hotel, restaurant, shared ownership, gaming and leisure industries.

The Infosys BPO-HVS global alliance will leverage HVS consulting expertise and market reach in the hospitality industry and the process outsourcing capabilities of Infosys BPO to develop and execute domain-specific, predictable and process centric solutions to improve productivity and optimise costs for companies in the global hospitality industry.

''The alliance with HVS augments Infosys BPO's capabilities in the hospitality industry by enhancing our insights into the industry and enabling us to reach a wider audience,'' said Mr Amitabh Chaudhry, CEO and Managing Director, Infosys BPO.

Infosys BPO has a strong portfolio of horizontal process outsourcing capabilities which are customised for specific industry verticals to provide domain specific and company specific solutions.

With this alliance, the BPO company will have a compelling value proposition for the hospitality industry, he added.

Infosys BPO provides finance and accounting, order management, procurement, HR, research and analytics, and customer support services to the banking and capital markets, hi tech and discrete manufacturing, communications services provider, insurance and healthcare, aerospace and automotive, retail, energy and utilities, consumer packaged goods, travel and transportation, media and services industries.

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