Pegasus Solutions Appoints Craig Cartwright Vice President, CRS / April 2012

SCOTTSDALE (April 2, 2012) – Pegasus Solutions has appointed Craig Cartwright vice president, central reservation systems (CRS) product management. Cartwright will assume responsibility for the CRS product team, focusing on strategic planning and market-positioning of Pegasus’ next-generation CRS, RezView^® NG.

The announcement was made by Mike Montemurro, senior vice president, product strategy and support for Pegasus Solutions. “Craig possesses a unique blend of business management and technical expertise. His recent consulting experience will further our product development as we continue to introduce solutions that will address business challenges for our hotel customers, and create new revenue opportunities.”

Cartwright will focus on strategic planning and market positioning of Pegasus’ next generation CRS and enterprise delivery platform, RezView NG. He joins Pegasus from Hudson Crossing, where he served as a senior consultant. Prior to Hudson, he held positions with Hewlett-Packard and Cendant Travel Distribution Services.

Cartwright holds both a master in business administration in marketing management and a bachelor of science in computer science from DePaul University in Chicago.

About Pegasus Solutions

Pegasus Solutions is the world’s lead provider of technology and services to hotels and travel distributors, serving approximately 90,000 hotels around the globe, and the majority of the world’s travel agencies. Offering award-winning solutions for booking, distribution, and commission processing services, Pegasus also offers a full array of strategic online marketing solutions and accommodation booking options through its Open Hospitality division. The company also delivers hotel marketing representation services through Utell® Hotels & Resorts, and powers the niche consumer website www.hotelbook.com™, which is dedicated to promoting independent and boutique hotels worldwide. Through its widely followed monthly data report The Pegasus View, Pegasus is also recognized as the only hospitality company to report regularly on both business and leisure bookings, for which it was awarded a Stevie Award in 2011.

Pegasus has 22 offices in 12 countries, including regional hubs in Dallas, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, New York, Sao Paulo, Singapore and Scottsdale, Arizona. For more information, please visitwww.pegs.com, www.openhospitality.com, or www.utell.com.

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