Rambler & Co becomes shareholder of UCS

A post was posted on the main site of the group of companies Rambler & Co, in which it is reported that the holding acquires 50% of the share capital of UCS, a leading developer of software for entertainment and hotel businesses. One of the most popular products released by UCS is the UCS Premiere cinema ticketing system, the UCS-R-Keeper restaurant business system and the Shelter hotel automation system, which simplifies and speeds up customer registration in hotels.

This acquisition will give Rambler & Co the ability to integrate UCS software into the company's consumer services, which will provide a new service consisting in integrated automation of multifunctional entertainment centers operating under the unified management. The UCS-R-Keeper system will be integrated with the Afisha.Restorany restaurant selection and table booking service, the UCS-Premiere program will be integrated with the booking service for theaters, cinema and sports events Rambler.Cassa, and the Shelter system with service for the sale of tours "Rambler.Travel".

According to the Director of Service Projects of the Holding Company Rambler & Co, Andrei Solomennik, thanks to the acquisition of UCS and the subsequent transformations, “Rambler & Co will be the only Internet company in the world that now has B2B solutions and B2C applications in all major industries of the entertainment industry.”
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Gregory Gurevich, co-founder and shareholder of UCS, commented on the purchase of UCS's authorized capital by Rambler & Co as follows:

“Getting Rambler & Co as a shareholder will allow UCS to apply the expertise of online services in the further development of business management systems - R-Keeper, UCS Premiere and Shelter to the level of the best world analogues. Restaurants, cinemas and hoteliers working with UCS systems will receive advanced technologies in 2016 that will analyze online all the basic parameters of the business, including interaction with end users and tools to increase revenue, as well as attract and keep guests in the current economic situation. Together with Rambler & Co, the largest player in B2C entertainment and hospitality, we will make a big step towards the business of our customers. ”

In addition, Gurevich noted that, in addition to Rambler & Co, there were other companies wishing to become shareholders of UCS, but the choice fell on an Internet holding because Rambler & Co operates in the same business area as UCS. In addition, enterprises have been partners for several years. Gurevich added: “This partner is familiar to us, we represent what they are doing, they know what we are doing, therefore, when choosing a strategic partner, Rambler had an advantage for us.”
Details of the transaction and the integration of programs and services are not currently disclosed, but Rambler & Co has promised to publish information on each of the projects in the coming 2016.