MICROS Receives the 2010 Harrah's Excellence in Innovation Award for MICROS Simphony(TM)

COLUMBIA, Md., April 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MICROS Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCRS), a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, was selected as the 2010 Harrah's Excellence in Innovation Award recipient by the Harrah Hospitality Research Center at the University of Nevada Las Vegas for its MICROS Simphony, premier point-of-service enterprise solution.  

Harrah's Excellence in Innovation Award is given annually to honor a company for an innovative breakthrough in the hospitality industry or for a continued commitment to pursuing innovative approaches to solving hospitality-related issues and problems.  The award recognizes and celebrates the organization whose outstanding innovative approaches have contributed significantly to business excellence.  The recipient must exemplify industry impact, creativity, originality, usefulness, credibility, ease of replication, and scope.  

"We are pleased to present MICROS with the Harrah's Excellence in Innovation Award," stated Dr. Seyhmus Baloglu, Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Research, William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration, University of Nevada Las Vegas.  "MICROS's new Simphony application stood apart from all the other submissions. MICROS has clearly raised the technology bar and continues to lead the industry with superior solutions.  We are excited to partner with such an innovative company and were pleased to present the award last night to MICROS at the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration's sixth annual Vallen Dinner of Distinction."

"We are honored to be recognized by the Harrah Hospitality Research Center at UNLV with the 2010 Innovation Award," stated Jonathan Seigle, Vice President Casino & Resort Division, MICROS Systems, Inc.  "In our 20 years here in Las Vegas, MICROS has established an unparalleled track record of developing innovative hospitality management solutions for the gaming business. Simphony builds on this legacy as the industry's first point-of-service product built using a Service Oriented Architecture."

About Harrah Hospitality Research Center, UNLV

The Harrah Hospitality Research Center is dedicated to the advancement of research and practices in the hospitality industry.  It promotes knowledge through funded research, events, awards, and publications, providing for the interaction and exchange of ideas among educators, researchers, students, and practitioners.

About MICROS Systems, Inc.

MICROS Systems, Inc. provides enterprise applications for the hospitality and retail industries worldwide. Over 330,000 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 25,000 hotels worldwide, as well as point-of-sale, loss prevention, and cross-channel functionality through its MICROS-Retail division for more than 90,000 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 www.micros.com or send an email to [email protected].

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