Hotel Technology Next Generation

Portsmouth, NH - Newmarket® International, Inc. ("Newmarket"), an Amadeus company, today announced that Shanghai Second Polytechnic University Queensland College ("Queensland College") will feature Newmarket technology solutions for group sales and catering courses to help improve the competitive advantage for students in the hospitality industry. Queensland College is the first university in mainland China to strategically implement Newmarket solutions for sales and catering experience in an educational program.

Queensland College was established under a co-education agreement signed in 1999 between the Shanghai and Queensland governments. By taking advantage of TAFE from Australia, Queensland College built a professional curriculum that enables students to improve their abilities and meet industry requirements. Students are expected to have bilingual proficiency and must demonstrate both professional and business skills. There are currently more than 800 students enrolled, studying under six diploma programs including International Business, Business English, Event Management, Hospitality Management, Mechanical Engineering, and Information Technology.

"Hospitality technology is always evolving, so education at the college has to change accordingly to enable students to learn not only basic theoretical knowledge but also practical skills," said Mr. Raymond Duanmu, Director of the Hotel Management Department at Queensland College. "As a leading technology provider in hospitality, Newmarket has established many long term relationships with prominent world class hotel groups. By integrating Newmarket solutions into our daily course curriculum, we can provide a more powerful 'hands on' education that will bring more qualified talent to the industry."

"By partnering with Newmarket, students at Queensland College benefit from the practical application of current, industry-leading group sales and catering tools within their educational courses," said Jeff Hiscox, President and CEO of Newmarket. "Since Newmarket solutions are constantly growing and evolving, we are proud that they contribute to the higher education and successful career advancement of these future industry leaders."

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Since 1985, Newmarket® International, Inc. ("Newmarket"), an Amadeus company, continues to deliver proven business solutions for empowering hospitality organizations to lower costs and increase revenue, while improving customer satisfaction and guest loyalty. With more than 40,000 installations and 150,000 users in over 154 countries worldwide, Newmarket technologies are a cornerstone in the global hospitality industry. Offering solutions for sales and marketing automation, customer relationship management, catering and events, guest loyalty, meeting intelligence, workflow management, and property maintenance, Newmarket enables hospitality professionals to work smarter and better manage all aspects of their transient, leisure, groups and meetings business. For more information on Newmarket, please visit www.newmarketinc.com, like us on Facebook (Facebook.com/NewmarketInternational) and follow us on Twitter (Twitter.com/NewmarketIntl, @NewmarketIntl).

About Shanghai Second Polytechnic University Queensland College
Queensland College was established under a co-education agreement signed in 1999 between the Shanghai and Queensland governments. By taking advantage of TAFE from Australia, Queensland College built a professional curriculum that enables students to improve their abilities and meet industry requirements. Students are expected to have bilingual proficiency and must demonstrate both professional and business skills. There are currently more than 800 students enrolled, studying under six diploma programs including International Business, Business English, Event Management, Hospitality Management, Mechanical Engineering, and Information Technology.

Queensland College passed the Sino-Foreign cooperative education certification hosted by CEAIE and SEEA in September 2009. In 2002, Queensland College won the "Model Sino-Foreign Cooperative Education Organization" award. The election was organized and administered by the Shanghai Agency for Educational Evaluation and authorized by the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission. For more information on Queensland College, please visit http://en.sspu.cn/structure/schoolsxx_28047_1.htm.

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