COLUMBIA, Md., March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MICROS Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCRS), a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to announce that Preferred Hotel Group™ has selected MICROS as its exclusive recommended Property Management System (PMS) technology partner for its more than 750 distinctive properties in over 65 countries.
The Preferred Hotel Group is a multi-brand organization that delivers cutting-edge sales, marketing, and reservation service solutions to independent hotels and resorts around the world through its five brands, Preferred Hotels® & Resorts, Preferred Boutique™, Summit Hotels & Resorts™, Sterling Hotels™ and Historic Hotels of America®. Preferred Hotel Group is one of the industry's leaders in providing state-of-the-art technology, innovative business solutions, and strategic sales support. To hotel owners and managers, Preferred Hotel Group's key strength lies in allowing its members to maintain their individuality and distinctive methodology, while still benefiting from the economies of scale that an affiliation with a larger group of like-minded properties can offer.
MICROS OPERA Enterprise Solution provides Preferred Hotel Group with a global, comprehensive solution that is flexible and offers hotel operators the ability to share information across multiple applications and properties on a single database while providing the necessary enterprise software solutions and tools for Property and Central operations. MICROS OPERA provides the Preferred Hotel Group's hotels with unparalleled free flow of information that introduces new concepts of guest service and service delivery, providing accurate and timely information. MICROS OPERA also provides Preferred Hotel Group with a new standardization and the capabilities to seamlessly integrate with third parties.
"MICROS is a tremendous addition to Preferred Hotel Group's Alliance Partners program," said Thom Nulty, Senior Vice President, Business Relations, Preferred Hotel Group. "We are proud to offer our hotels a powerful property management enterprise solution from a reliable company that has the capacity to offer localized support around the globe. We are confident MICROS will provide our members with the tools to excel."
"We are delighted to be selected by Preferred Hotel Group as its recommended property management provider for its renowned hotels," stated Karen O'Neill, Vice President of Hotel Division, MICROS Systems. "MICROS has and will continue to evolve its solutions to meet the rapidly changing requirements of the global hotel industry."
About Preferred Hotel Group
Celebrating over 40 years of excellence, Preferred Hotel Group™ is a leading global provider of high-performance sales, marketing and technology support to individually owned and operated hotels and resorts, with over 750 members in over 65 countries. Established in 1968, Preferred Hotel Group today comprises of five distinct brands – Preferred Hotels® & Resorts (www.PreferredHotels.com), Preferred Boutique™ (www.PreferredBoutique.com), Summit Hotels & Resorts™ (www.SummitHotels.com), Sterling Hotels™ (www.SterlingHotels.com) and Historic Hotels of Americas® (www.HistoricHotels.org); the fastest-growing guest benefits program in the world, I Prefer™ ( www.iprefer.com ); and a membership program with entree to the world's most spectacular luxury golf resorts, Preferred Golf Club™ (www.preferredgolf.com). For more information, visit www.PreferredHotelGroup.com.
In Fall 2007, the company entered the luxury real estate market with the launch of Preferred Residences™ – a membership and exchange program for luxury shared ownership resorts that provide an exceptional level of service and amenities. Properties are held to exacting standards derived from the same Preferred Global Standards of Excellence™ on which the company has built its 41-year heritage in the hospitality industry. For more information, please visit www.PreferredResidences.com.
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 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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SOURCE MICROS Systems, Inc.
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