Opening the Door to MyOffice
NexC's one-stop communications center is the latest product tailor made for highly mobile hospitality professionals.



Everyone has been through it at one time or another. You have decided to change jobs, so you begin the arduous task of packing up your life and moving to another location. You throw all your personal belongings from your office into a box, but what do you do about all those e-mails that will flood into your corporate account once you are long gone?

You could send out a change-of-address message once you have settled into your new job and have set up a new account, but invariably you will lose track of some important business or personal contacts or miss some vital e-mails. Of course, you could refer people to a personal account at a generic Web-based e-mail service, but they offer limited functionality and space and lack a certain cache.

NexC has come up with a solution tailor made for members of the hospitality industry. MyOffice is a one-stop communications center that enables highly mobile professionals to stay connected and productive no matter how many times they moves.

Accessible at any time from anywhere through the NexC Web site, MyOffice allows members to maintain a permanent Web address - and complete privacy - in an online environment that comes with a powerful portfolio of office utility tools. It's called MyOffice because it is distinct from a person's corporate e-mail address, which is often reserved for official business correspondence and is inappropriate for discussing possible job opportunities.

"At NexC we understand the mobile nature of this business," says NexC President Josef Paier, a former executive chef who has worked in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America. "People need to stay connected as they move around the world, and MyOffice is the tool that allows them to do that easily, productively and privately."

The MyOffice interface is simple, clean and familiar. And users have all of the popular features that one would expect from a database-driven mail solution.

The key features of MyOffice include:

• A Web-based e-mail solution that merges all your accounts into one easy-to-manage interface with full functionality (including spell checking, level of importance, reply to all, return receipts, multiple attachments and more).
• A permanent and private NexC e-mail address that remains yours no matter how many times you move - and identifies you as an elite member of the hospitality industry.
• A portfolio of office utility tools that helps you manage your tasks, schedules, calendar, contacts and working files.
• A community building tool that lets you connect to other NexC members, maintain a broad base of contacts or build your own community through the host-a-meeting facility.

Online file storage that allows you to upload files and photos to a secure Web-based file cabinet.
MyOffice is one of the many benefits of the NexC membership program. In addition to the communications center, NexC members gain access to a global network of leading professionals as well as the largest hospitality information resource center in Asia.

NexC will be demonstrating the benefits of MyOffice at the Restaurant & Bar Hong Kong, which will be held Oct. 29-31 at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center.