For Immediate Release – November 1997

Markham, ON / Boca Raton, FL.- The utilization of advanced design and development techniques, as well as valuable input sessions from users and hospitality professionals has resulted in some outstanding new enhancements to the Northwind Maestro Property Management System. “We believe Northwind Maestro for Windows is now the most mature and feature rich Windows PMS product on the market today, and offers the best price/performance. Our development teams have added special performance optimization features to make Maestro the fastest solution available for Windows to compliment it’s rich set of features…” stated Warren Dehan, president of Northwind Software Corporation.

Northwind Maestro is the most complete, fully compliant year 2000 software package in today’s market. Northwind now offers a new graphical , interactive tutorial for Northwind Maestro Front Office to accompany the User Manual, making it easier than ever to learn and use.

As an alternate to investing in costly third party yield management software, Northwind Maestro offers real-time rate optimization tools based on various criteria such as advance booking, occupancy percentage, length of stay , day of week, with seasonal and management override.

Powerful new financial analysis and reporting features have been added to accommodate the complex information management requirements of today’s competitive hospitality market. Seamless integration to productivity and reporting tools such as MS Access, Crystal Reports and Microsoft Excel makes for easy access to vital decision making information.

Another feature which defines Northwind Maestro’s unique capabilities and state-of-the-art design is the integrated archiving design. Integrated archiving allows the repeat of reports as required to eliminate the need to store large volumes of paper and saves staff and management time when they need to retrieve past information. Unlimited Guest History for past stays and future reservations, including all guest personal information, services requested, and folio details, is retained for easy access and may be analyzed repeatedly on-line anytime, without limitations.

Sophisticated security and authorization features have recently been enhanced to facilitate the user-defined assignment of specific functions to each user or group of users, locking out unauthorized access to information and functions.

With its expanded functionality, seamless integration and intuitive interface, Northwind Maestro will empower properties to operate more efficiently, reduce costs, and boost both productivity and yield dramatically.

Contact: Northwind Software Corporation 60 Renfrew Drive, Suite #240 Markham, Ontario L3R 0E1 Canada Tel: 905-940-1923 Email: [email protected] Toll Free: 1-888-NORTH88 http://www.north88.com