Hotel Technology Next Generation

For more than 40 years, Accor has continually reinvented its businesses to keep pace with the world around it, and to provide innovative, high-quality products to its Hospitality and Service customers. Recognized as one of the global leaders in hotels and corporate services, Accor embraces a more effective hotel business model focused on retaining its position in the industry. With its key strategy to improve operating performance, deployment of MICROS OPERA PMS will offer Accor increased functionality that matches its operational requirements.

"While evaluating the various PMS solutions available on the market today, Accor identified MICROS as the one partner with the technology breadth and worldwide infrastructure to facilitate our ambitious deployment plan," stated Gilles Bonnin, Chief Information Officer, The Accor Group. "With all of our luxury and upscale hotels on one integrated platform, we will achieve greater synergies among our hotels located in nearly 100 countries and elevate the level of guest satisfaction."

"MICROS's leadership, along with OPERA's reputation in the hospitality industry as the foremost enterprise-enabled PMS solution, will reinforce Accor's repositioning of the Sofitel brand in the 5-star market and the launch of Pullman Hotels in the 4-star market," stated Gilles Pelisson, Director and Chief Executive Officer, The Accor Group.

"MICROS and The Accor Group have built a strong partnership over the years and we are honored to be selected as Accor's preferred next generation property management software solution," stated Kaweh Niroomand, President, MICROS Europe, Africa, and Middle East. "The OPERA PMS solution is designed to meet Accor's distinctive technology requirements from its luxury to budget hotels and we look forward to continued support of the renowned Accor brand."

About The Accor Group
Accor, the European leader and a major global group in hotels, the global leader in services to corporate clients and public institutions, operates in nearly 100 countries with 170,000 employees. It offers to its clients over 40 years of expertise in its two core businesses:

About MICROS Systems, Inc.
MICROS Systems, Inc. provides enterprise applications for the hospitality and retail industries worldwide. Over 310,000 MICROS systems are currently installed in table and quick service restaurants, hotels, motels, casinos, leisure and entertainment, and retail operations in more than 130 countries, and on all seven continents. In addition, MICROS provides property management systems, central reservation and customer information solutions under the brand MICROS-Fidelio for more than 20,000 hotels worldwide, as well as point-of-sale and loss prevention products through its subsidiary Datavantage for more than 50,000 specialty retail stores worldwide. MICROS stock is traded through NASDAQ under the symbol MCRS.

For more information on MICROS and its advanced information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, please contact Louise Casamento, Vice President of Marketing at (443) 285-8144 or (866) 287-4736. You can also visit the MICROS website at or send an email to info@micros.com.

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Contact
Louise J. Casamento
Director Of Marketing
Phone: (443) 285-8144
Fax: (443) 285-8021
Email: lcasamento@micros.com