Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Bloomberry taps PLDT for Solaire's IT requirements


MANILA - Bloomberry Resort Corp has tapped Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT) to provide information communication and technology (ICT) services for the Solaire Manila Resort and Casino.

PLDT said its end-to-end ICT solutions enable seamless integration of Bloomberry's growing operations with exclusive high bandwidth i-Gate, vanity numbers, IP-Virtual Private Network, PABX, and undiluted WiFi in the casino resort's multiple spaces and exclusive upper levels.

"We at PLDT are filled with pride to be chosen as Solaire’s key ICT partner in becoming a stellar international gaming and entertainment destination,” Jovy Hernandez, PLDT ALPHA Enterprise head said in a statement.

The first of four casinos to open at the Entertainment City of state-run Philipping Amusement and Gaming Corp (Pagcor), Solaire’s operations and IT requirements expands to more than 18,500 square meters of casino area and gaming space, with complete amenities and 500 appointed rooms.

The $1 billion resort casino aims to hire 4,600 employees for its first phase.

“Because of Solaire’s magnitude and operations, technology is absolutely essential to the business. In addition to helping provide consistently excellent customer experience across all Solaire outlets, IT must also ‘integrate’ different revenue streams from these same diverse outlets,” Gregory Dauenhauer, Solaire vice president for IT operations said.

“PLDT was the only one we could count on to achieve ICT integration in the short window of time available. They brought together the platforms, the subject matter experts, the technologies that were crucial to Solaire’s gaming experience,” he added.

Solaire opened its doors to the public last March, and has since announced it would complete the expansion of the first phase of the facility in the third quarter of next year. The expansion includes a 308-room all-suite hotel tower, a high-end retail area, a 1,800-seater lyrical theater and more restaurants.

InterAksyon.com is the online news portal of TV5, a member of the PLDT Group.

source: interaksyon.com