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Extended Stay Hotels Signs Renewal Agreement with Guest-Tek for
High Speed Internet Support to Over 635 Properties
Throughout North America
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CALGARY, Alberta, Canada, January 8, 2008 --- Guest-Tek Interactive Entertainment Ltd., (TSX:GTK) has announced an agreement with Extended Stay Hotels , increasing the scope of the existing preferred status to provide high speed Internet access (HSIA) service to over 635 properties amounting to over 70,000 rooms. Extended Stay Hotels operates over 680 properties in North America, which include Extended Stay America®, Extended Stay Deluxesm, Homestead Studio Suites Hotels®, StudioPLUS Deluxe Studios® and Crossland Economy Studios®.

The move follows a growing drive from hotel brands small and large to increase the consistency of the guest experience when it comes to the HSIA service they provide to their guests. Guest-Tek has provided HSIA service and support to a growing number of Extended Stay Hotels properties since 2005. This two year agreement sees a price increase in keeping with the growth in usage of the service across the portfolio of hotels.

�Guest-Tek�s OneView Internet service has allowed our company to provide our guests a HSIA solution that is reliable and easy to use. We believe it will further improve our guests experience to have consistency across our properties through Guest-Tek. Our guests place a high degree of importance on being productive while they travel and Guest-Tek�s offering ensures they can be.� said Gary A. DeLapp, President and CEO of Extended Stay Hotels.

"We are pleased to continue and expand our relationship with Extended Stay Hotels. Guest-Tek sees this contract significant in terms of reoccurring revenue.� said Arnon Levy, Guest-Tek's CEO.

�This agreement also highlights Guest-Tek�s strong relationship with Extended Stay Hotels as well the company�s position as the leader in quality HSIA support to the hospitality industry."

ABOUT GUEST-TEK
Guest-Tek (Toronto Stock Exchange: GTK) is the world's largest provider of IP based technology solutions for the hospitality industry. Guest-Tek's OneView platform provides hotels with converged data, video and telephony services. Guest-Tek is a preferred vendor to major hotel brands, providing services including network design, procurement, implementation, and post sales customer support to over 3,066 properties and over 507,000 rooms. The company's head offices are in Calgary, Alberta, and it has major support facilities in Irvine, California, and Warsaw, Poland as well as Sales offices located throughout North America and Europe. For more information about Guest-Tek, go to www.guest-tek.com

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Contact:

Arnon Levy, President & CEO
Guest-Tek 
(403) 444-8488
[email protected]

Geoff Clark, CFO
Guest-Tek
(403) 444-8427
[email protected]

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Also See: The Renaissance Montgomery Hotel and Spa at the Convention Center Selects Guest-Tek to Provide High-Defination Video, Voice, and Data Services Over a State-of-the-Art, $3.3M Converged IP Network / November 2007
Guest-Tek and Magnolia Pictures Sign Multi-year License Deal to Offer Sneak-Peek or Day and Date Movies to Hotel Guests / July 2007
Guest-Tek and EchoStar Sign Multi-year Strategic Agreement for Hotels Nationwide / July 2007
Guest-Tek to Provide Wireless Internet Access to Hyatt Place� Brand; Selected to provide service and support to all 80 corporate-owned Hyatt Place hotels by the end of 2007 / March 2007
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