Minneapolis, Minnesota | IDeaS, the leading provider of hospitality revenue optimization solutions and one of the industry’s fastest growing technology companies today announced that Bernard Ellis has joined the company as its new Managing Director for the Americas.

Among the 19 new HTNG members who joined during November were hotel company Best Western International; key technology executives from hotel companies Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels Ltd., Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, MTM Management LLC, and Thistle Hotels; in-room entertainment and related services companies Hospitality Network/Cox Business Services, NXTV, Philips Electronics and Superclick; high-speed Internet access company Wayport, Inc.; telephony company Teledex; property management provider Maestro PMS; technology and infrastructure services companies Gowden Technologies, Inc., PRIZUM, Inc., and Unisys Corporation; locking/security company Saflok; and business intelligence software company Datavision Technologies, Inc. In addition, Marriott International converted from individual to corporate membership.

CHICAGO | Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) announced today that the 21 leading hotel and technology vendors who are participating in its In-Room Technology Workgroup have completed their organizational phase, formed working teams, and established objectives for initial deliverables. These tasks were accomplished at the first face-to-face meeting, held on November 30 and December 1 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The first-phase deliverables are targeted for introduction at HITEC 2005 (Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference) next June, and will include demonstration of the so called "Triple Play," in which telephony, entertainment systems, and guest Internet access are deployed on a common network infrastructure.

They had to turn companies away! HTNG has chosen 21 companies to shape the future of hotel room technology. But it’s more than just adding a plasma television to every hotel room. There is so much more involved. In this streaming audio interview, Douglas Rice gives us an HTNG update and a look towards the future of this up-and-coming organization.

Minneapolis Minnesota-IDeaS, the leading provider of hospitality revenue optimization solutions and one of the industry’s fastest growing technology companies today announced details of it’s year long alliance with The Breakers, Florida’s legendary Palm Beach resort. The Breakers installed IDeaS v5 system a year ago after a very thorough evaluation process.

COLUMBIA, Md. | MICROS Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCRS - News), a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, is pleased to announce that Fairmont Hotels & Resorts and Delta Hotels have chosen the MICROS OPERA Reservations System to manage central reservations. The implementation project is currently underway, with a cutover date scheduled for first quarter 2005.

COLUMBIA, Md., MICROS Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCRS - News), a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, and Staybridge Suites, an extended stay concept of InterContinential Hotels Group, will partner to deploy OPERAXpress Property Management System as the exclusive next generation software and services solution in all Staybridge Suite properties.

ROCKVILLE, MD -- Visual One Systems Corporation, a supplier of management software to the hospitality industry since 1977, will be installing their property management, sales & catering, restaurant POS, retail POS, spa reservations, golf course management, condominium accounting, activity scheduler, dining room reservation software, and interfaces to other systems at three, competing resorts in Brainerd, Minnesota: the Grand View Lodge Resort, Maddens On Gull Lake Resort, and Cragun’s Resort and Hotel on Gull Lake. In spite of the being competitors to each other, each site recognized the strength and synergy of installing V1’s integrated software, rather than trying to interface systems from other, multiple vendors.

MCLEAN, VA, | SynXis announced today that the resort that has won 17 “Best of Las Vegas” awards, The Palms Casino Resort, has switched to the SynXis Distribution Management services and is now represented on the YX chain code on the GDS and IDS channels. The Palms Casino will be taking advantage of SynXis’s comprehensive revenue management tools that will allow them to respond quickly to market changes and ensure they are maximizing their yield.

COLUMBIA, Md., MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCRS) , a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, is proud to announce that Windsor Hoteis, a premier hotel chain in Brazil, is the first multi-property MICROS OPERA Property Management System and OPERA Sales and Catering installation with Oracle 9iRAC in South America. In addition, Windsor Hoteis will install OPERA Web Services Suite to manage all online reservations.