COLUMBIA, Md. -- hotelBANK, Inc., a subsidiary of MICROS Systems, Inc.
[NASDAQ: MCRS]
, announces the availability of internet- based air, rail and car functionality to complement its successful hotel-based corporate travel solution known as "Company Direct". hotelBANK has reached a preliminary agreement with
Company Direct is an Internet solution that allows corporations to implement their travel policies to each individual employee via the company's intranet utilizing any standard browser and web-enabled device. Through a secure system, employees are empowered to make online reservations directly anytime and anywhere in the hotels and at the special rates defined by the company's travel policy. The addition of capabilities such as WAP and air, rail, and car functionality are a continuation of the value-added approach that clients enjoy on the hotelBANK exchange. Mr. Johan Kukacka, Vice President of First Hospitality AB, states that "as a hotel chain, we have found the hotelBANK solution a vast improvement over the traditional GDS-based form of reservation management between corporations and ourselves. Reduced transaction costs have only been the beginning of the benefit cycle as we have re-engineered our relationship with our corporate clients and jointly find newer ways to leverage the hotelBANK platform. hotelBANK has shown a continued commitment to improving the process for both hotels and corporations and this has been the discriminator in our mutual success. We look forward to the added value of air, rail and car capabilities for our corporate clients." Robert Post, President & COO of hotelBANK, said "the ability to manage travel expenses while providing employees increased flexibility through an efficient and cost-effective internet travel solution is precisely why clients such as Siemens AB, Phillips AB and Skanska have chosen the hotelBANK Company Direct solution. The addition of the air, rail and car components is a logical expansion of our services to our clients and we believe the hotelBANK, provides an advanced e-commerce solution that connects individual hotels, hotel chains, corporations and travel portals allowing them to conduct travel related e-commerce including reservations, electronic Request for Proposal solicitation and response, GDS connectivity, yield management, WAP connectivity and e-commerce targeted marketing to corporate employees. In addition to its corporate travel solutions, hotelBANK provides the internet booking engine behind several hotel chain websites and various portal sites. MICROS Systems, Inc. provides enterprise applications for the hospitality industry worldwide. Over 120,000 MICROS systems are currently installed in table and quick service restaurants, hotels, motels, casinos, and leisure and entertainment operations in more than 130 countries. MICROS provides property management, central reservation and customer information solutions under the brand MICROS-Fidelio for more than 10,000 hotels worldwide. MICROS stock is traded through NASDAQ under the symbol MCRS. For more information on hotelBANK and MICROS and their advanced information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, please contact Louise Casamento, Manager, Marketing Communications at (443) 285-8144 or (800) 638-0985 (US and Canada only), or Robert Post, President & COO, hotelBANK, Inc. at (443) 285 6054. You can also visit the hotelBANK website at The MICROS logo is a registered trademark of MICROS Systems, Inc. GetThere
[NASDAQ: GTHR]
is a leading provider of Internet-based e-commerce systems for business-to-business travel procurement. The company offered the first corporate Internet travel booking system in 1996 as Internet Travel Network (ITN). Today, GetThere provides travel procurement solutions to major corporations, travel suppliers, and e-commerce sites. The hotelBANK logo, The hotelBANK Exchange, Company Direct, Hotel Connect, Chain Connect, and Partner Link are trademarks of hotelBANK, Inc.
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