PORTSMOUTH, N.H. / STOWE, VT. — Newmarket International Inc. — the makers of DelphiTM and other leading group, sales, catering and banquet solutions — and Springer Miller Systems Inc. (SMS) — the world's leading provider of guest-centric hospitality management systems — have significantly enhanced their interface by making it real-time and bidirectional, thereby eliminating manual data re-entry and workflow process gaps.

This dynamic new group combines the resources of the organization's three leading North American hospitality industry brands, including VingCard, Elsafe and TimeLox. Prior to the formation of the new group, the three brands operated independently as VingCard Elsafe, Inc. and TimeLox, Inc., two separate entities in the ASSA ABLOY Group.

CHICAGO, Nine prominent hotel industry technology leaders from around the world, meeting over a two-day period prior to HITEC, have formed an initiative to break through the current impasse on systems integration and productivity. The initiative, known as Hotel Technology - Next Generation (HTNG), aims to define a new approach to providing systems and technology services at the property, brand, management company and ownership levels. The group concluded that the hotel industry is fundamentally dissatisfied with the effectiveness of current technology options and their preparedness to address future business needs.

Stowe, VT. - Springer-Miller Systems is proud to announce that it will offer fully integrated SynXis GDS and IDS connectivity seamlessly within its SMS|Host Hospitality Management System. SMS will offer the additional functionality as an option within its existing SMS|World module, which is already in broad use throughout the SMS customer base worldwide. By embedding the SynXis GDS and IDS functionality inside SMS|World, SMS customers will be able to take advantage of true single-image inventory over world-wide distribution channels. Channels enabled through SynXis will have the same real-time capabilities, automatically deploying rates and availability, and generating reservations into SMS|Host electronically.

PORTSMOUTH, N.H., OPUS 2 Revenue Technologies, a division of MICROS Systems, Inc. MCRS, has delivered a dramatic 40% increase in room revenue for the Shanghai JC Mandarin hotel one year after installing its TopLine PROFIT Revenue Management System at the property. As the hotel industry's pioneer in the science of revenue management, OPUS 2 has been offering solutions that maximize yield for both transient and group business since 1992. The company installed TopLine PROFIT at the 510-room Shanghai JC Mandarin in April 2001 and the system went live on May 1, 2001.

McLean, VA -- This week at HITEC, SynXis (booth # 1048), a provider of reservation management and distribution systems for the hospitality industry, is introducing three new initiatives to help hotels build better relationships with travel agents. The initiatives enhance travel agent commission processing, allow agents to book directly on a hotel's website and provide them with web-only rates and promotions.

During HITEC 2002, Hospitality Net & HFTP Jointly produce HITEC Online Studio. The Studio features about 40 interviews with industry executives, consultants and CEO's of HITEC exhibitors. Interviews broadcast LIVE on the Internet and will be available for on-demand broadcast one week after show. To listen and view the interviews, you need Real-Player software installed on your system.

COLUMBIA, Md. -- MICROS Systems, Inc. MCRS, a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, has been selected by Federal Hotels & Resorts of Australia to provide its fully integrated OPERA Multi-Property suite of applications together with its 9700 Multi-Property Point-of-Sale system, the first to be installed worldwide. The OPERA Multi-Property suite includes Property Management, Sales & Catering, and Quality Management Systems, and is the first system of its kind to be installed in the Asia-Pacific region.

COLUMBIA, Md., MICROS Systems, Inc. MCRS, a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, is playing a key role in the successful national expansion of the Atlanta Bread Company, one of the fastest-growing franchise concepts in North America with more than 150 locations and dozens more planned this year. MICROS has been installing an average of five large systems per month for Atlanta Bread, which include the MICROS 3700 QSR software, MICROS Help Desk, hardware, and hardware support services. There are approximately 60 MICROS systems currently installed.

COLUMBIA, Md., MICROS Systems, Inc. MCRS, a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, announced today that the Sheraton Petaluma Hotel at the Marina in Petaluma, CA, a Starwood franchisee, has gone live with the OPERA Property Management System (PMS) and OPERA Sales and Catering System (S&C) with full database integration to Starwood's Starlink Central Reservations System and Starwood's Preferred Guest (SPG) Systems.