technology platform

Rendezvous Events

What the Customers Say

"This is a business in which it pays to be proactive. With Rendezvous behind us, our staff are freed up to spend less time on paperwork and more time with customers." - Alexandra McIlquham-Jones, Conference and Events Manager Cardiff City Hall.
"Rendezvous manages a conference and events business worth in the region of £700,000 a year with only two members of administration staff. It's phenomenal." - Patrick Morris, Head of Events Gloucester Rugby.
"Rendezvous has been very successful for us at our 23 Irish hotels, so it was the natural choice for our new one in Cardiff." - Emma Dalton, General Manager Maldron Hotel, Cardiff.

The Technology Platform

NFS was one of the first companies to launch a browser-based scheduling solution, Rendezvous, in 2003. Rendezvous Workspace is our next-generation technology platform, designed for flexible working patterns (hotelling or hot desks), the management of multiple resources using a single solution and, most importantly, the flexibility to offer an organisation total control of the workflow and management of different resource types such as rooms, car parking, catering and video conferencing.

The technology platform is built on a multi-layered architecture.

At the workflow level, some very significant functionality has been developed to help organisations maximise the use of resources and give staff the tools to work efficiently.

Automated Notification

Workspace eliminates several time-consuming manual processes by sending automatic meeting reminders, change notifications, cancellation alerts and service alerts as required by the organisation.

Flexible Resource Design

All the bookable facilities in an organisation can be configured to suit the organisation’s business requirements and booking processes. For example, you can create hot desks with variable attributes such as a docking station, LAN connection, Webcam etc.

Business Rules Engine

The Rendezvous Workspace Business Rule Engine allows the organisation to implement different controls and policies for different scheduling scenarios.

Web Services Layer

Rendezvous Workspace Web Services allows various front-end applications to book and manage the organisation’s facilities. There is a Web Interface, an Outlook Interface, a Smart Client Interface and a Mobile Interface.