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 Topline PROPHET Revenue Management System Installed At the MGM Grand Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas
COLUMBIA, Md.- April 26, 2000 -- The MGM Grand Hotel/Casino, �The City of Entertainment,� has recently installed the TopLine� PROPHET revenue management system from OPUS 2 Revenue Technologies, a subsidiary of MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRS). 

Installation at the 5,034-room, 115-acre Las Vegas property was completed in mid-January of this year. A consulting team from OPUS 2 has worked closely with revenue management and MIS specialists at the MGM Grand to execute this record-breaking installation. 

�The installation of TopLine PROPHET has been in the works for many months and we are excited to have the system in place to start the new year,� stated Joe Laliberte, Executive Director of Guest Service Operations at MGM Grand Hotel/Casino. �We selected this system for a variety of reasons, including the fact that TopLine PROPHET was created especially for hotels and is the only system to offer cutting-edge stay pattern controls. Our Emerald Tower, Grand Tower, and Suite categories each have their own rate hurdles and stay patterns for optimal booking and revenue enhancement.�

�TopLine PROPHET offers the highest level of revenue management technology available today,� affirmed Chuck Clack, CEO of OPUS 2. �This system is installed in hundreds of hotels and resorts all over the world and achieves excellent results for our customers in terms of revenue enhancement. We are pleased to be providing MGM Grand with this most effective level of hospitality operations.�

TopLine PROPHET is a Windows�-based yield management system designed to maximize revenue and boost overall hotel property profitability. The system brings together the industry�s most sophisticated tools for forecasting, analysis, and rate quotation in a fully integrated, easy-to-use format. Interfaces are available to most property management systems (PMS), as well as sales and catering systems (SCS).  

MGM Grand Hotel/Casino, �The City of Entertainment,� offers approximately 4.2 million square feet of space for a diversity of gaming, entertainment and recreational facilities. Four 30-story emerald green towers soar 280 feet above downtown Las Vegas with more than 5,000 guest rooms. In addition to hotel accommodations and gaming opportunities, the MGM Grand features the 17,157-seat Grand Garden Arena, the 1,700-seat EFX Theatre which hosts the $45 million stage spectacular EFX starring nine-time Tony Award winner Tommy Tune, sixteen signature restaurants, a 380,000-square-foot Conference Center, 6.6-acre Grand Pool and Spa Complex, as well as two wedding chapels and the Studio 54 nightclub.

OPUS 2 Revenue Technologies, a subsidiary of MICROS Systems, Inc., is setting the highest standards in revenue management with the development of software systems and strategies designed to maximize revenues for hotels and hospitality companies around the world. OPUS 2 offers a complete line of revenue management systems, as well as custom software solutions. In addition, the company provides comprehensive consulting services in the areas of system design, systems integration, and training.
MICROS Systems, Inc. provides enterprise applications for the hospitality industry worldwide. Over 110,000 MICROS systems are currently installed in table and quick service restaurants, hotels, motels, casinos and leisure and entertainment operations in more than 130 countries. MICROS provides property management systems, central reservations and customer information solutions under the brand MICROS-Fidelio for more than 10,000 hotels worldwide. 

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Contact:
MICROS Systems, Inc.
Louise Casamento, Manager, 
Marketing Communications
301/210-8144 
[email protected]

OPUS 2
Chuck Clack, 
Chief Executive Officer, 
603/431-9200
[email protected]

Also See: MICROS Acquires OPUS 2 a Leading Provider of Yield Management Systems / Oct 1999 
Spaace, Ltd. to Install TOPLINE� Yield Management System in COK Hotels Amersterdam Properties / Feb 1998 

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