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COLUMBIA, Md., Nov. 26, 2007 - MICROS Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCRS), a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to announce that the Grand Hotel Barriere in Dinard, France is the first hotel of Lucien Barriere Hotels & Casinos to deploy MICROS OPERA Property Management System (PMS) and OPERA Web Services in a multi-property environment, hosted in the MICROS-Fidelio Data Center in Frankfurt, Germany. After the first successful installation of OPERA PMS at the Hotel Fouquet's Barriere Av. des Champs Elysees in Paris, Grand Hotel Barriere in Dinard, France was the second successful installation and constituted the first multi-property OPERA configuration in France. The MICROS 9700 HMS restaurant solution has also been implemented in both properties as well as in the Dinard and Saint-Malo Casinos. "We selected MICROS to provide our next generation solution as MICROS is a solid partner with the advanced hotel and restaurant solutions fully satisfying all of our specific requirements," stated Jerome Olliveaud, Director of IT, Lucien Barriere Hotels & Casinos. "Strategically, technology should be leveraged to improve the guest experience, gain organizational efficiencies, and reduce overall operating costs. The multi-property deployment of OPERA PMS allows us to realize this and more." "The seasonal opening of our hotel with the MICROS solutions in place has been very smooth," stated Arnaud Bamvens, General Manager, Grand Hotel Barriere in Dinard, France. "The hotel operation staff has been extremely pleased with the performance of OPERA PMS and MICROS 9700. We found the MICROS team highly competent and easy to work with. We are proud to be the first Lucien Barriere Hotels & Casinos property to be hosted from the MICROS-Fidelio Data Center in Frankfurt." "Based on the successful deployment of OPERA at the new Fouquet's Hotel, Lucien Barriere Hotels & Casinos has decide to deploy further properties in the MICROS-Fidelio Data Center," continued Olliveaud. "We determined that the scalable MICROS solution is the easiest to deploy and provides the greatest value for Lucien Barriere Hotels & Casinos." "We are pleased to include Lucien Barriere Hotels & Casinos, a prestigious French Chain, as our newest customer and we look forward to a lasting partnership with them," stated Kaweh Niroomand, President, MICROS EAME. "More hotel chains are recognizing the value and efficiency of central enterprise deployment. To accommodate this shift in paradigm, MICROS has built four data centers around the globe to provide hosting services for all of our global customers." About Lucien Barriere Hotels & Casinos Lucien Barriere Hotels & Casinos is a major player in the Tourism industry, with 38 casinos, 15 hotels, 1200 shows per year, more than 90 restaurants and 3 golfs. Lucien Barriere Hotels & Casinos employs more than 7,500 people and its revenues for the full year 2006 amounted to 1,194 billion EUR. Dominique Desseigne is the Chairman of the Supervisory board and the Strategic Committee. Sven Boinet is Chairman of the Executive Board. The Cannes resort -- the Majestic Barriere and the Gray d'Albion hotels, the Barriere Croisette and the Barriere Les Princes casinos -- are not legally part of Groupe Lucien Barriere SAS. The buildings are owned by the SFCMC, in which the Desseigne-Barriere family hold a stake of over 65%. Dominique Desseigne is the Chairman. The SFCMC has commercial agreements with the Group which provides it with technical assistance. For more information on Lucien Barriere Hotels &
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About MICROS Systems, Inc. MICROS Systems, Inc. provides enterprise applications for the hospitality and retail industries worldwide. Over 310,000 MICROS systems are currently installed in table and quick service restaurants, hotels, motels, casinos, leisure and entertainment, and retail operations in more than 130 countries, and on all seven continents. In addition, MICROS provides property management systems, central reservation and customer information solutions under the brand MICROS-Fidelio for more than 20,000 hotels worldwide, as well as point-of-sale and loss prevention products through its subsidiary Datavantage for more than 50,000 specialty retail stores worldwide. MICROS stock is traded through NASDAQ under the symbol MCRS. For more information on MICROS and its advanced information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, please contact Louise Casamento, Vice President of Marketing at (443) 285-8144 or (866) 287-4736. You can also visit the MICROS website at http://www.micros.com or send an email to [email protected]. The MICROS logo is a registered trademark of MICROS Systems, Inc. All other product and brand names are the property of their respective owners. |
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