We would like to introduce you to the next generation Minibar system! OPPIE Minibars - It’s a fully sealed minibar. The door cannot be opened by guest for choice and consumption, and only by pressing the button under the desired brand the guest receives the item in the drawer below.
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Oppie Minibars – Profitable & Fully Sealed Minibars
1. OPPIE
™
h O t E l s O l u t I O n s
Turns your
minibar operations
into a profit center.
2. Why choose OPPIE?
An increase in sales: Higher comfort: Expired date-products:
With it’s attractive design OPPIE en- OPPIE with its unique sealed solution OPPIE offers through OMS a very own soft-
courages impulsive consumption. provides hygenic serving of refreshments. ware programme to control all contents. A
No «putting back» possible from previous signal is given before reaching actual dates
No shrinkage: guest. enabling marketing of happy hours so as to
OPPIE is the only fully sealed solution empty stock.
with an online and accurate debiting of Detailed reports and statistics:
all consumption. OPPIE with it’s advanced software supplies Return on investment : 2 years.
the hotel with online reports & statistics OPPIE with it’s accurate billing and ad-
Reduced labour costs: giving an accurate picture of the daily vanced software rewards the hotel with an
OPPIE enables compilation and printing minibar-operation and creates an optimum annual net profit and a pay back on invest-
of accurate refilling lists through a
product mix and ordering volumes. ment of 2 years.
direct interface with PMS.
With normal minibars you have no immedi- Normal minibars have a low purchase cost,
Limited access: ate information regarding the best selling but they are not able to create profits
OPPIE grants limited access to certain items and relative volumes. because of constant theft and a lack of
sales items, all administrated from The hotel therefore remaind with their old inventory control.
reception. range of items, with no focus on fine tuned
improvements.
Turn your minibar operations into a profit center!
3. Technical specifications
• Height 61 cm. Width 44 cm. Depth 50 cm
• Volume: 50 Litre
• Cooling system: Absorption
• Ratings: 230V AC-75W 0.3A
• Energy consumption: 0,90 Kwh / 24H
• Refrigerant: NH3
• Server: Software is based on Linux-platform
4. OPPIE – comparative analyzis
A completely sealed minibar. Reduces refilling time and labour cost by 74%:
OPPIE is a fully sealed minibar with OPPIE registers all consumption in real time and compiles ac-
a strict inventory control of all consumption and curate, online refilling lists describing which items are miss-
online debiting of the guest’s account. ing and in which rooms. Visiting only rooms with consumption
OPPIE eliminates today’s theft and grants the the hotel saves 74% in labour costs with OPPIE.
hotel additional profit.
Simple minibars have no automatic means of recording
Minibars of today have no inventory control which items have been consumed in each room. They need to
over the removal of items. perform a time-consuming and costly inspection of all rooms
Lost sales of 30–40 % due to theft. on a daily basis in order to deduce whether items are missing
and unaccounted for.
Best sellers only result in an
increase in turnover of 64 %: Attractive design increases sales by 10%:
OPPIE concentrates on ’best sellers’ only. With 10 OPPIE has an attractive, open design stimulating impulsive
different brands OPPIE increases the turnover consumption and contribute to an increase in sales by 10 %.
from 64 % by reducing the cost and risk of holding
Own fridge
Regular minibars often have a plain black door hiding the Oppie™ has a double sided drawer
expired date-products. All this without diminishing
content from the guest. offering the guests their very own
any service to the guest.
fridge for the storage of medicines,
Today’s minibars have too wide a range of prod- children food etc.
ucts creating losses due to expired date-products.
5. Case study 2011 (Fashion Hotel, Amsterdam)
Net profit per
room per month: AED 110,- Return of
investment: 23 months
Total profit
over life period: AED 2,754,000,-
(257 Oppie Minibars installed, Average monthly turnover 2011: AED 48,228)
6.
7. Communication & Debiting
Oppie Minibars use the hotel’s Available Cat 5 network is preferred.
existing network for contact with Oppie’s own server is installed in the hotel’s basement.
PMS and communication purposes. The server administers signals received from each minibar
throughout the network.
The server has a direct connection and interface with
PMS for debiting of consumption and opening / closing
of relevant minibars.
Oppie™ – A plug & play solution All minibars are plugged into the power & network socket
and filled with sales products.
Upgrade of software for each minibar carried out
automatically from server in basement.
8. OPPIE
™
h o t e l s o l u t io n s
Exclusive distributor for the U.A.E.:
Contact:
United Business Systems
P.O.Box 45315 • Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
Tel: +971 2 6676363 • Website: www.eabg.ae/ubs • E-mail: info@ubsuae.com
Member of Emirates Associated Business Group (EABG)