Portsmouth, NH | Newmarket International, Inc., the leader in sales and catering solutions for the hospitality industry, today announced that several of its customers will participate in a panel session at the 4th annual NewmarketPLUS 2007 User Conference. The panel discussion will highlight how these companies are using Newmarket’s® solutions to connect different departments, information and sister properties. This year’s conference is taking place at the Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando®, A Loews Hotel, from March 18-21, 2007.

MINNEAPOLIS | SoftBrands, Inc. (AMEX:SBN) , a global supplier of enterprise application software, today announced a sales and marketing services partnership agreement between SoftBrands and Kerry Hotels. This partnership launches a new hotel group in the hospitality marketplace, The Karyon Collection, by Kerry Hotels.

NEW HARTFORD, NY | PAR Springer-Miller Systems, Inc. (PSMS) a wholly owned subsidiary of PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE:PTC) --- and the leading provider of guest-centric hospitality management systems --- is pleased to announce that SpaSoft 3.0 with SMS|Diplomat v2.3 is certified under the Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) Certification Program.

CHICAGO | Nearly 300 hotel technology and vendor executives from around the world gathered in Atlanta last week for the third annual Members’ Meeting and Conference of Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG). Highlights of the conference included updates from HTNG’s five workgroups, the announcement of the first HTNG-certified products, an in-depth look at Service Oriented Architecture as it applies to hotel technology, and recognition of key individuals who have contributed to HTNG’s success.

ATLANTA | At its annual Members’ Meeting and Conference this week, Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) announced the first HTNG-Certified products. The “HTNG Certified” label and logo provide hoteliers with assurance of technology products with industry-standard interfaces. Certified products should be deployable without custom development, with any other compatible, certified products from any other vendor.

PITTSBURGH | Aptech Computer Systems, Inc. announced today that Wesley Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza Pittsburgh South and Danfords on the Sound have installed Aptech’s Profitvue ASP Back Office Accounting hospitality software. The Profitvue ASP hotel software solution lowers system expenses because Aptech hosts the application at its data center – hotel operators require only a PC and Internet connection to manage all their property financials, corporate accounting and reporting needs.

information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to announce that Boyd Gaming Inc. has selected the MICROS 9700 Hospitality and Retail Management System (HMS) as its standard technology solution and will deploy the 9700 HMS throughout its Coast Casinos division. Boyd Gaming will go live with nearly 300 MICROS Workstation 4 terminals across 4 locations in Las Vegas, Nevada, by the end of April 2007. The locations, which will be installed on a single MICROS 9700 HMS Enterprise System, are Orleans Arena, The Orleans, Gold Coast, and Suncoast.

COLUMBIA, Md. | MICROS Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCRS), a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, is pleased to announce that MICROS has been endorsed by Best Western International and has received certification on its Two-Way interface between Best Western's Central Reservation System (CRS) and MICROS OPERA Enterprise Solution.

SOUTHLAKE, Texas -- SynXis, the Sabre Holdings (NYSE:TSG) business that provides hotel reservation management, distribution and technology services globally, held their second annual Customer Forum in Las Vegas at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. In just its second year, attendance doubled at this event where SynXis shared their strategy and vision for the upcoming year and recognized their customers for outstanding performance with the SynXis Achievement Awards.

Portsmouth, NH | Newmarket International, Inc., the leader in sales and catering solutions for the global hospitality industry, today announced De Vere Collection, operated by AHG Hotel Group, will install Newmarket’s suite of solutions to automate online, central and property-based sales, catering, and events operations throughout its 58 properties. Previously, both Verve Venues and De Vere Hotels & Leisure were operating Delphi Multi Property Edition® (MPE), a powerful application for automating group sales and catering processes. De Vere Collection will bring both hotel groups under one company and merge its Delphi environments into one operational database. In addition to an upgrade to the latest version of Delphi MPE, De Vere Collection will install Delphi BI, MeetingBrokersm, DirectBook and eProposal, integrating the Newmarket solutions into its existing property management systems to maximise staff efficiency.