| August 18, 1998 --- Loews Hotels, the New York based
subsidiary of Loews Corporation, has selected the HSI
Profit Series Point-of-Sale software for installation in the soon
to be opened "House of Blues" property in Chicago, IL. The hotel
will feature the largest House of Blues Restaurant, the largest Smith and
Wollensky outside of New York, 2 other entertainment venues, 4 restaurants,
a 26 lane AMF bowling alley, a high energy Lobby Bar, marina and boat rentals
in complex and a 25,000-sq. ft. full service health club.
The Miami Beach property is the first "new" hotel built on the beachfront in the last 30 years. Combined with the legendary St. Moritz hotel in the heart of South Beach, accommodations and amenities at the new property include 800 art deco styled rooms, 57 elegant suites, six restaurants and bars, a 28,000 square foot ballroom and a 5,000 square foot fitness center. The HSI Profit Series software is a Windows* based application running
on a Windows NT* 4.0 HSI named preferred POS vendor for Promus Hotel Corporation August 18, 1998 --- HSI, the Boca Raton, Florida based Point-of-Sale system provider, was named preferred POS vendor for Promus Hotel Corporation. The preferred vendor status follows a successful 2-year arrangement as POS supplier to the DoubleTree and Red Lion brands. DoubleTree Corporation recently merged with Promus Hotel Corporation. Operations will continue under the Promus Hotel Corporation name. Promus owns, operates or franchises 11 brands consisting of over 1200 hotels throughout the United States, Canada , Mexico and Latin America. Founded in 1992, HSI delivered the first Windows* based Point-of-Sale
system to the Hospitality industry. HSI's corporate offices are located
in Boca Raton, Florida, with additional Sales and Service Offices in Atlanta,
Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Kansas City, Los Angeles,
Minneapolis, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Portland, San Francisco,
Seattle, St. Louis and Toronto, Canada. HSI is a privately
held company and is financially backed by GEOCapital Partners.
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platform.
The system utilizes touch screen based, customizable layouts to minimize
training time and costs. In addition to the Profit Series product,
HSI produces on-line, Credit Card Authorization software and interfaces
to most major Property Management Systems.