Northwind

Northwind is a privately held company that develops property management systems, as well as GDS/web based booking solutions for the hospitality industry. Maestro Enterprise Suite, the company's flagship product, includes a variety of modules which can be co-ordinated to comply with a hotel or hotel chain's requirements. Maestro is a multi-platform system with over 10,000 users. It allows optimized adaptability to single or multi-property businesses. Northwind's headquarters are in Markham, Ontario, with sales and support offices located worldwide. History 1978 – Company formed to respond to the need for custom software development 1979 – Custom development of back office accounting, travel agency commission payables, and guest history management for a major Canadian hotel chain 1980 – Ongoing development of various custom software modules in a mini computer environment 1982 – Begin development of UNIX based hotel property management system (PMS) 1983 – Development of Telephone Answering Services Management software 1984 – Computerized Hospitality Solutions (CHS) Front Office successfully introduced to the market 1986 – Decision to focus strictly on hospitality and retire non-hotel software 1989 – U.S.