COLUMBIA, Md., MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCRS) , a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, was presented with the coveted Gold Medallion Award for Best Overall Vendor from the Retail Solutions Providers Association (formerly the ICRDA/SDA) at the group's annual convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.

COLUMBIA, Md. | MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCRS) , a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, and InterContinental Hotels Group (NYSE:IHG) [ADRs], the world's most global hotel company, are pleased to announce that over 500 InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) hotels in North America have been installed with the MICROS OPERA and MICROS OPERAXpress solutions. Over 750 IHG Hotels have been installed worldwide including 29 in Latin America, 122 in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, and 110 in Asia Pacific. InterContinental Hotels Group flags properties under the names InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Staybridge Suites, and Candlewood Suites.

BELLINGHAM, Wash. | Hotel Technology-Next Generation (HTNG), the two-year old industry association dedicated to creating new technology solution sets that interoperate seamlessly across multiple vendors, announced today that two high-profile hospitality technology experts have joined the organization in advisory roles.

Minneapolis, Minnesota | IDeaS, the leading provider of hospitality revenue optimization solutions and one of the industry’s fastest growing technology companies, announced today that they had been named to Deloitte’s prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for Minnesota, a ranking of the fifty fastest growing technology companies in the area by Deloitte & Touche LLP, one of the nation’s leading professional services firms. Scheduled to be announced September, 30, 2004, Technology Fast 50 rankings are based on the percentage of growth in fiscal year revenues over five years, from 1999-2003. The award marks the forth consecutive year IDeaS has been recognized by Deloitte.

COLUMBIA, Md. -- MICROS Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCRS), a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, and Pizza Hut (UK) Ltd., have signed a major account agreement under which Pizza Hut (UK) Ltd. purchases and installs MICROS RES 3000 and mymicros.net at all of its equity locations in the United Kingdom. Following successful operational trials earlier this year, the initial phase of installations, to over 100 Home Delivery Stores, commenced in August.

Minneapolis, Minnesota -- IDeaS, the leading provider of hospitality revenue optimization solutions and one of the industry’s fastest growing technology companies, announced today that Sansora International has selected IDeaS for inclusion in the Sansora CRM Alliance Program. Through this program, Sansora provides its SMART System customers with an extra measure of confidence when selecting complimentary solutions to meet their business objectives.

ROCKVILLE, MD (USA) -- Visual One Systems Corporation, a supplier of management software to the hospitality industry since 1977, will be installing its PMS software to the existing Visual One Sales & Catering system at the Q Center in St. Charles, Illinois. The Q Center has used V1’s sales & catering system since 1998 and will now take advantage of the integration between V1’s PMS and sales & catering software. The integration will allow the Q Center to manage their group blocks from one system … from the time the sleeping room block is created, to adding meeting rooms, to generating BEOs and banquet checks, to posting all guest and meeting revenues to the master folio, through the accounts receivable process.

ROCKVILLE, MD (USA) -- Visual One Systems Corporation, a supplier of management software to the hospitality industry since 1977, is holding their annual Users Conference at the Pinehurst Resort, September 14-17, 2004.

After signing the membership agreement, protel hotelsoftware GmbH is now an official member of the Open Travel™ Alliance. It puts the company among the pioneers in the use of e-business specifications in the travel industry. Through its membership in the Open Travel™ Alliance, whose aims are the development and spread of the latest technical innovations and the development of standards for all tourism sectors, opportunities in all segments of the travel industry will expand and develop based on the mutual exchange of experience.

ROCKVILLE, MD (USA) | 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 seven other systems at the Grand View Lodge Resort outside of Brainerd, Minnesota in the Fall of 2004.