Under the agreement, Lexington will provide centrally hosted reservations technology and support through its new SPIRIT� hotel reservation system.  This includes worldwide bookings by telephone through Lexington�s central reservations office; through the Global Distribution Systems (GDS); and via the Internet through Lexington�s extensive Online Distribution Network that includes Travelocity, Expedia, Orbitz, Travelweb, and Priceline. 

"As New Hotels continues to expand its network of properties, it needed to strengthen its visibility among international travel agents and to build brand awareness worldwide,� said Steven Bak, Director of Operations for New Hotels.  �After careful review of several reservation service providers, we selected Lexington Services for their highly integrated and cost effective solutions and their capability to help us capture bookings through the Internet, which is an important part of our worldwide marketing strategy." 

"The addition of New Hotels to Lexington Services� client portfolio is an important move for us as we expand our presence in the European market," added Shawn Heaton, president of Lexington Services. �Lexington appeals to hotels abroad because our Internet enabled capabilities are designed to make it easy for them to do business with us. We offer a personalized, seamless experience that is available in real-time, in any time zone, and we are continually developing new ways to communicate globally that ensure we can respond to our hotel members quickly and cost-effectively.� 

As part of its new service offerings, Lexington is also providing New Hotels with an enhanced array of reporting capabilities and the ability to manage all of their information including property descriptions, rates and inventory in real-time via the Internet. 

The six hotels that have signed with Lexington include New Hotel La Baume, a 17th century architectural treasure in Nimes,  New Hotel Europe in Rheims, New Hotel L �Amirauté in Toulon, New Hotel Tour Blanche also in Toulon,  and New Hotel Candide, Paris, France.  They join existing Lexington member New Hotel Select in Marseilles.

About New Hotels
Family owned since 1968, New Hotels operates more than 12 hotels with over 700 rooms in cities throughout France and serves travelers from all over the world.  From Paris to Marseilles, from Brussels to Nice, all of New Hotels� properties are centrally located, and each hotel offers the perfect blend of traditional French style with all of the modern comforts of home at an affordable price.  Whether on business or pleasure, the design and service that is found in every New Hotel responds flawlessly to the needs of today's modern traveler. With the recent acquisition of Hotels Les Jardins de Paris (an additional 11 hotels located in Paris, with over 470 rooms) New Hotels� portfolio continues to grow and is now recognized to be one of the leading hotel brands in the region. For more information, visit the company's website at www.new-hotel.com.

About Lexington Services
Lexington Services, a part of MyTravel Group, is the largest provider of reservations and centrally hosted technology services to hotels in North America and second largest in the world. As the exclusive marketer and distributor of the SPIRIT� Hotel Reservation System, powered by CSC Services, Lexington capitalizes on the power of the travel agent  global distribution systems (GDS), Internet travel portals, marketing alliances and its own call center strengths to manage and process hotel reservations electronically. Servicing nearly 4,000 hotels, encompassing 28 brands in 81 countries worldwide, Lexington has corporate offices in Dallas/Las Colinas, Los Angeles, Miami, London and Paris, and has development representative offices in Germany, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Australia and Asia. More information about Lexington Services is available at www.lexres.com.