Agilysys, Inc. , a leading provider of innovative IT solutions, including specifically-designed hospitality industry solutions, and Planet Payment [LSE: AIM: PPT and PPTR], a leading international multi-currency payment and data processor, announced today the launch of a solution for integrated payment systems for the lodging, restaurant and retail sectors. The first client to utilize the joint integrated payment solution is The Venetian(R) Macao Resort-Hotel, one the largest hotels in Asia, which is also offering Planet Payment's Pay in Your Currency(TM) service, providing hotel guests and customers using foreign-issued MasterCard(R) and Visa(R) cards the convenience of paying in their home currency.

The InterContinental Los Angeles Century City, located within walking distance of major movie studios and famed Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, markets itself as offering guests a true taste of Hollywood style. Now, management has ensured that guests will continue to enjoy that unique experience and feel more than ever that their stay was a memorable one.

SoftBrands, Inc. (AMEX: SBN), a global supplier of enterprise application software, today announced that Salamander Hospitality has selected SoftBrands to implement a full range of SoftBrands technology solutions for its Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club.

Shrewsbury, England | UK based Guestline Ltd, the leading supplier of software solutions to the global hospitality industry has provided a full featured version of its RezLynx™ property management solution to Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL), Switzerland as part of the CyberHotel Project.

IDeaS, the leading provider of hospitality revenue management and optimization solutions, today released IDeaS Client Portal version 3.0 – the hospitality industry’s first Web-based client portal to feature social networking. The IDeaS Client Portal is a Web-based tool that provides IDeaS customers around-the-clock access to vital IDeaS' solution information such as service cases, application news and technical support. It also features the IDeaS Community forum, a unique social networking platform developed to capture and act upon the voice of the IDeaS client.

Newmarket International, Inc., the leader in sales and catering solutions for the hospitality industry, today announced that Tohono O’odham Gaming Enterprise, owner of Arizona’s premier entertainment and gaming destinations, selected Newmarket International’s leading group sales and catering application, Delphi Multi Property Edition® (MPE). The company will implement the multi-property solution across its Desert Diamond Casino and Desert Diamond Casino Hotel properties in order to manage its group sales, meetings and events business.

Newmarket International, Inc., the leader in sales and catering solutions for the hospitality industry, today announced that The Kessler Collection, a portfolio of luxury boutique hotels and resorts owned by The Kessler Enterprise, Inc., selected Delphi®. Delphi, a leading, powerful group sales and catering application, will allow Kessler’s properties to streamline sales processes and increase revenues.

SOUTHLAKE, Texas, 28 November – SynXis, the Sabre Holdings business that provides hotel distribution and Internet marketing services globally, announced today it has expanded its leading marketplace share of the worldwide gaming industry with the addition of 10 world-renown casinos including Caesars Palace, Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas, all part of the Harrah’s Operating Company, Inc.’s (“Harrah’s”) network properties. The consolidation of a large majority of Harrah’s properties with a room offering onto one platform brings its total number to 30 casinos that distribute and manage their rates and inventory using the RedX® Distribution Management System under the HR chain code.

Minneapolis, Minn | SoftBrands, Inc. (AMEX: SBN), a global supplier of enterprise application software, today announced that GrandStay Hospitality, LLC, the parent company of GrandStay Residential Suite Hotels, has selected SoftBrands’ Epitome property management system (PMS) and Karyon Distribution Service for its newest hotel in Apple Valley, Minn.

COLUMBIA, Md. | MICROS Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCRS), a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to announce that the Grand Hotel Barriere in Dinard, France is the first hotel of Lucien Barriere Hotels & Casinos to deploy MICROS OPERA Property Management System (PMS) and OPERA Web Services in a multi-property environment, hosted in the MICROS-Fidelio Data Center in Frankfurt, Germany.