SOUTHLAKE, Texas, 14 October – SynXis, the Sabre Holdings business that provides complete hotel distribution, internet marketing and channel management solutions worldwide, announced today the restructuring of its Account Management team in North and South America and the recent promotion of industry veteran Jennifer Ranno to the position of Vice President of Accounts for the Americas to lead this newly consolidated team. SynXis has continued its rapid growth by adding more than 1,600 properties to its RedX Distribution Management System in 2008 and this new Executive level position supports this growing set of customers.

Global hospitality security leader VingCard Elsafe reports that the price to purchase new electronic locks and in-room safes in 2009 will rise by 8%. The company attributes the increase to several factors, including: the upsurge in price of raw materials, general economic trend, and costs of transportation. The 8% price increase will go into effect January 1, 2009.

ASSA ABLOY Hospitality, Inc., the world leader in hotel security technology with headquarters in Richardson, Texas, has named Rune Venaas president. In this role, Venaas will be responsible for all activity in North America for the hospitality industry’s leading security brands: VingCard electronic locking system solutions for hotels; Elsafe UL-listed hotel safes; and TimeLox security solutions for gaming properties and other large resorts.

IDeaS Revenue Optimization, the leading provider of revenue management and optimization solutions and services, announced today that the Dorchester Collection will deploy IDeaS V5i On-Demand Revenue Management Solution throughout all its five-star luxury properties in Europe and the United States to optimise their pricing strategy.

Agilysys, Inc. (NASDAQ:AGYS) , a leading provider of innovative IT solutions, including specifically designed hospitality software solutions, has announced that Riverwalk Casino Hotel in Vicksburg, Miss. has selected the Lodging Management System(R) (LMS) by Agilysys to enhance efficiency and streamline operations at the upscale property, which is scheduled to open this fall.

MTech has recently teamed with McLaren International Pty Ltd to expand distribution of its coveted HotSOS product throughout Asia and Oceania. McLaren is an Australian based company and provides a range of “best of breed” technology solutions and services to the hospitality and related industries across the Asia Pacific Region. Offered as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) hosted solution, the guest incident tracking and workflow automation tools provided by HotSOS will be sold and deployed by McLaren International while the solution will continue to be hosted and maintained by MTech.

IDeaS Revenue Optimization, the leading provider of hospitality revenue management and optimization solutions and services, announced today that prizeotel Bremen–City, a budget design hotel based in Bremen, Germany, has chosen IDeaS V5i On-Demand Revenue Management Solution to manage its pricing strategies.

Guestline Ltd, a leading UK supplier of software solutions to the hospitality industry, is pleased to announce a direct connection between Roomlynx, its distribution and channel management solution and LateRooms.com. The powerful two way connection will enable hotels to manage online rates, inventory and availability directly from their Guestline or RezLynx property management system (PMS). It will also facilitate the seamless delivery of reservations from LateRooms directly into their PMS, without the need for manual data entry.

In a year when hoteliers are happy if revenues are not declining, Global Hotel Alliance (GHA) members are feeling the benefit of double-digit revenue growth, coupled with significant cost reductions in their CRS business. Powered by MICROS’s ORS & myfidelio products, gha.net has delivered an additional 40,000 room-nights to its members in 2008 compared with the same period in 2007, representing average revenue growth of over 25%. While bucking the revenue trend, members additionally benefit from distribution cost reductions of up to US$25 per booking, which is especially comforting as the prospect of a global recession looms.

SoftBrands, Inc. (AMEX: SBN), a global supplier of enterprise application software, today announced that Lands of Loyal Hotel in Alyth, Perthshire, Scotland has selected SoftBrands Medallion property management system (PMS) to manage operations at this four-star luxury country house hotel. This agreement represents the 200th SoftBrands PMS license sold in Europe and Africa to date in the company’s fiscal year.