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HSI and Global Hospitality Solutions Merge 
To Form Hospitality Technology Giant
 
February 01, 1999 - HSI, the Boca Raton, Florida based Point-of-Sale system provider and Global Hospitality Solutions, the Scottsdale, Arizona based Property Management/Central Reservation and Sales/Catering systems provider, have merged to form what will become one of the nation's largest single source solutions provider to the hospitality industry.  The combined company is comprised of over 200 employees worldwide.  Leadership of the new company will include:
  • James Carlson - Chief Executive Officer (HSI)
  • George A. Zugmier - President (GHS)
  • Douglas E. Royse - Chief Operating Officer (GHS)
  • Brian Holland - Chief Financial Officer (HSI)
The completed merger culminates in the creation of a company dedicated to providing Windows* NT based POS, PMS and CRS solutions to the international hospitality industries.  The new company's complete product line, comprised of the Profit Series* POS, Jaguar* PMS, Falcon* CRS including WebRES online reservation system and Cobra Sales and Catering applications is installed in over 2000 locations worldwide.

"The combination of these two companies is going to have a significant effect on technology solutions as they relate to the hospitality industry," says Zugmier.  "You have a melding of two incredible talent pools, working with products that have been designed specifically for the Windows NT environment.  The industry will now have the information infrastructure and architecture necessary to provide superior guest services and improve operating efficiencies.  NT's Client-Server technology and user friendly Graphical User Interfaces ensure long-term compatibility and ease-of-use for the operator.  Our products are a natural fit, as are our companies," he adds.  According to Carlson, the main benefactors of the merger will be the hospitality operators themselves. "We now have the ability to satisfy a number of markets within the hospitality industry.  Independent and multi-unit restaurateurs and hotel operators alike will now have a single point of contact for their POS, PMS and CRS needs," he says.
 
Founded in 1992, HSI delivered the first Windows based Point-of-Sale system to the hospitality industry. Global Hospitality Solutions (GHS) is a recognized leader in the development of sophisticated Central Reservation Systems (CRS) and Property Management Systems (PMS) for the hospitality industry. Both products utilize the Microsoft Suite of Programming Tools and Back Office products in the course of their development.
 
Both HSI and GHS boast significant accomplishments in leading product development throughout the hospitality technology industry.  HSI was the first company to introduce a Windows based Point-of-Sale application to the hospitality sector.  In addition, they successfully demonstrated the use of voice-recognition based POS applications with their proof-of-concept, code named "Voice-Link", at the FS/TEC Conference in November of 1998.  GHS is the first company to utilize the Internet for communications between the property and the Central Reservations Office. GHS is also the first to offer an integrated CRS and PMS solution utilizing the American Hotel/Motel Association's WHIS/HITIS interface specification.

The combined company maintains corporate offices strategically located in Scottsdale, Arizona and Boca Raton, Florida.  Regional offices are established in Los Angeles, California and Chicago, Illinois as well as Toronto, Ontario and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.  Satellite offices are also located in Orlando and Tampa, Florida; Raleigh, North Carolina; Baltimore, Maryland; New York, New York; Detroit, Michigan; Minneapolis, MN; St. Louis, Columbia, and Kansas City, Missouri; Dallas, TX; San Francisco, California; Reno, NV; Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington.  The company is financially backed by GEOCapital Partners.

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Contact:
John Cavanaugh
Marketing Communications
HSI
Ph:561.241.9998 ext. 1109
Fax:888-447-4677
[email protected]
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Also See: George Zugmier's Global Hospitality Solutions to be Installed at Elegant Hotels Group / Aug 1998
Loews Hotels selects HSI Profit Series* POS for House of Blues; Miami Beach hotels / Aug 1998
HITIS Successfully Completes Beta Tests Involving POS to PMS Interfaces / Nov 1998

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