FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 25, 2025--
Visual Matrix, a leading provider of advanced technology solutions for the hospitality industry, announced a new partnership with Dubai’s Best Western Premier M Four Hotel. The Best Western Premier will receive access to Visual Matrix’s cutting-edge Property Management System, supporting full mobile operations and promoting greater efficiency and profitability.
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The hotel is Visual Matrix’s first property in Dubai, 1st in the Middle East region and 225th outside North America.
Full Property Management, Front Desk and Mobile Housekeeping Benefits
Under the new partnership, the Best Western Premier M Four Hotel will gain access to:
“Choosing the right technology to operate your hotel is crucially important and can be tied to any property’s success, which is why we are excited to partner with Visual Matrix to leverage their industry-leading PMS to manage our operations,” said Ravi Nair, General Manager of the Best Western Premier M Four Hotel. “We were initially in the market for a new Best Western-approved PMS, which led us to Visual Matrix. Our team is looking forward to this technology–and the relationship–going forward.”
The 175-room Best Western Premier M Four Hotel is located in the heart of Deira, the historic center of Dubai. Guests of the hotel will have access to two international restaurants, complemented by a rooftop shisha cafe.
“We are excited to partner with the Best Western Premier M, a four-star hotel located in the heart of Deira, to provide its operations team with a cutting-edge property management system designed to help reduce friction, improve communication and connect with guests,” said Georgine Muntz, CEO of Visual Matrix. “Through our collaboration, the Best Western Premier M will have the tools it needs to provide unparalleled service and stand out in the city of the World.”
For more information on Visual Matrix, visit visualmatrix.com.
About Visual Matrix
More than 3,000 properties in 30+ countries worldwide choose the Visual Matrix hospitality operating platform to optimize hotel operations and serve guests from reservation to return stay. Our system includes a game-changing PMS supported by powerful features and key integrations that are easy to use, including revenue management with automated rate tiering, a fully integrated channel manager, and a mobile app for tracking performance on the go. The Visual Matrix MOP housekeeping and maintenance tool automates routine tasks and streamlines communication to keep the front desk, housekeeping, and maintenance staff focused on guests It also includes a built-in panic button as an Emergency Safety Device (ESD) to help keep hotel staff from harm. For more information, visit visualmatrix.com.
A stunning view of one of the five Best Western® hotels in Dubai now powered by Visual Matrix—bringing smarter hotel operations to the heart of the UAE
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Preliminary results in Albania’s parliamentary election on Tuesday gave a clear victory to the ruling Socialist Party, which attracted voters supporting the country’s uphill effort to join the European Union and Prime Minister Edi Rama’s bid for a fourth term.
With about 97% of the votes counted, Rama’s left-wing Socialists got 52.09% of the votes, or 82 seats in the 140-seat Assembly, or parliament, followed by the opposition center-right Democratic Party-led coalition of Sali Berisha with 34.43%, or 52 seats. Three other small parties will take the rest.
With that number, the left-wing Socialists should be able to govern alone.
Preliminary turnout Sunday was 42% of the 3.7 million eligible voters, or 4 percentage points lower than four years ago.
Berisha’s Democrats claimed irregularities during the vote and also with ballots mailed from the diaspora, accusing the ruling Socialists of involving criminal gangs to favor their candidates, buying ballots and using other illegal methods.
“No way to reconcile with such elections. No, forget it,” said Berisha, suggesting that the Democrats will not recognize the results.
The European Union hailed Albania's vote as “calm and well organized, despite some shortcomings,” calling on “all political forces to ... ensure the continued functioning of the country’s institutions.”
“Albania’s EU integration process is a strategic national objective, and a whole-of-society project, which is strongly supported by Albania’s citizens,” said EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos, also calling "for a constructive and inclusive political dialogue as all of Albania’s political parties and all sectors of society ... have a role to play in further advancing the country’s EU accession process."
The Central Election Commission, the electoral executive, has said that by law the final results come out 48 hours after voting ends — in other words, later Tuesday. The results may be delayed following a request of the opposition not to consider some 53,000 ballots mailed from the diaspora in neighboring Greece, claiming they were manipulated.
For the first time, those in the diaspora could cast postal votes. About 195,000 mailed in their votes.
Eligible voters in Albania and abroad voted to elect 140 lawmakers for a four-year mandate in the Balkan nation. Because of mass emigration, the country of 2.4 million people has a total of nearly 3.7 million eligible voters.
Diaspora votes from Greece may have moved seats in three or four areas in favor of the left-wing Socialists. The opposition claims they were manipulated by Socialist supporters. The postal company said it has confirmation signatures of all the voters in Greece.
It is expected that Rama will give a speech to his supporters, likely on Wednesday.
Rama’s Socialist Party says it can deliver EU membership in five years, which is an ambitious pledge, while battling the Democrats, who argue that Albania isn’t ready for EU membership.
On Friday, the opposition will hold a protest against the alleged election manipulation. The protest will coincide with a European Political Community summit being held in Tirana.
“The friends who will come should listen to the people's voice asking for a free vote and also that a tyrant, a narco-dictator, is not allowing them but using all violent tools to grab the vote,” said Berisha.
A joint international observation mission noted that despite being competitive and professionally managed, the election process so far was marked by the ruling party’s misuse of public resources, a confrontational and polarizing tone, the two main political parties using divisive language, untransparent financing and unbalanced media coverage of smaller parties.
Albania's ruling Socialist party leader Edi Rama arrives to vote during a general election where Rama is seeking a fourth term as Albania's prime minister, in Tirana, Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)
Sali Berisha, center, leader of Democratic Party of Albania, makes statements outside a voting station during a general election where rival Socialist Edi Rama is seeking a fourth term as Albania's prime minister in Tirana, Albania Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo)
