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Newmarket's MeetingBroker.com delivers complete XML schema for BizTalk Framework
Worldwide hospitality automation leader posts XML schema for revolutionary market-to-market (M2M) hub utilizing open standards to unite meeting planners, publishing sites, and hospitality venues
30 May 2000

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (May 31, 2000) -- Newmarket International, Inc. announced today the submission of a complete, end-to-end XML schema for , its new Web-based service that facilitates the open exchange of sales information among meeting planners, site selection or e-RFP sites, hotels, and destinations. The schema will work with the BizTalk Framework, an e-commerce framework that provides a set of implementation guidelines that facilitate open integration using Internet standards.

translates leads sent from e-RFP (Request For Proposal) sites and deposits them directly into sales automation applications installed at individual hotels and destinations. employs an open bi-directional architecture based on XML eXtensible Markup Language.

In 1999, the HITIS (Hospitality Industry Technology Integration Standards) Advisory Committee and the OTA (OpenTravel Alliance) endorsed XML as the primary standard for platform mapping. The schema utilizes XML and is available on the BizTalk web site at: .

Released in March, is positioned to be the premier M2M hub for hospitality sales. The application is hosted by AT&T, and has already signed several of the industry's top e-RFP sites as publishing partners, among them AllMeetings.com, BusinessMeetings.com. Hot Dates Hot Rates, PlanIt Online, Meetings & Travel Online, and RFP Express.

"Newmarket is helping to set the standard for open, bidirectional e-commerce solutions in the hospitality industry," said Gary Cooke, hospitality industry manager at Microsoft Corp. and HITIS Advisory Committee member.

" is creating an electronic trading community driven by partnerships and open standards, which is the foundation of the BizTalk Framework."

About Newmarket International:

Newmarket International () provides software and e-commerce solutions that automate sales and operations for every type of hospitality venue, from independent hotels of any size to resorts, casinos, convention centers, convention & visitors bureaus, and the complete corporate enterprise. Newmarket is widely recognized as the premier innovator of scalable sales and catering systems, Web-enabled applications, and today's business-to-business e-commerce strategies (). A total solutions provider, Newmarket offers leading-edge technologies, comprehensive training, consulting, project management and superior support based on unparalleled industry expertise.

About BizTalk:

The BizTalk initiative represents the collective set of investments that Microsoft is making to facilitate business process integration within and between organizations using Internet-standard protocols and formats. It includes the BizTalk Framework, various cross-industry investments including the business document library, as well as products and tools for developing, executing and managing distributed business processes. These investments are being made in conjunction with industry standards groups, technology and service providers, as well as key global organizations.

Introduced in March 1999, the BizTalk Framework makes it easy for businesses to exchange information between software applications and conduct business over the Internet with trading partners and customers. The BizTalk Framework includes an open design framework for implementing an XML schema and a set of XML tags used in messages sent between applications.

©Copyright 2000 Newmarket International, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Email: smcdonald@newmarketinc.com

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