DOVER, NH - June 20, 2001 - Daylight Software has introduced the first-ever two-way wireless messaging system for the hospitality industry and the Opryland Hospitality Group will be the first customer to deploy the new system.  Opryland sales managers and others with appropriate security can check availability, send leads and RFPs and even book business directly into any Daylight system via cell phone, PDA or the Web.  
  
Hotel sales managers and their customers continually need to answer questions like, �What's available in any of our properties for a group of 100 for three nights during October 2002?�  Using the Daylight Wireless Messaging system, an Opryland Hotel sales manager will be able to find out in seconds - on a cell phone, wireless PDA or on any PC with Web access.  With this technology, the Opryland Hospitality Group is removing all hurdles to booking group business in the company�s new properties in Kissimmee, Florida and Grapevine, Texas. 

Daylight and Hitachi Innovative Solutions Corporation [HISC], a platform-independent IT solutions provider, built Daylight�s Wireless Messaging system using the Open Travel Alliance (OTA) Meeting Profile specification, draft 2001B, a non-proprietary, industry-wide specification which Daylight led the effort to develop.  This powerful new specification allows all hotel systems to engage in two-way exchanges of group meeting data of any kind.  The two companies will demonstrate this technology at the Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Tradeshow [HITEC] held in Orlando, Fla. June 26-28 at Daylight�s booth, #633 and in HISC�s booth, #1190. 

Dianne Lee, Opryland Hospitality Group�s director of business development, says, "Daylight gives us an important selling advantage as we put our sales team and our new products in front of customers - no muss no fuss�no delay.  We can give them an answer almost instantly.  Perhaps most important is the service level we can provide our highest volume customers.  They never have to wait.  They can always see what's available for them.�

"This is the beginning of a whole new phase in the hotel industry," said Bill Duncan, president and CEO of Daylight.  "The Daylight Wireless Messaging system uses the OTA specification to send messages from any Web or wireless device to Daylight...and get the answers back.  This is the breakthrough the hotel industry has needed to allow sales managers and, eventually, meeting planners to check availability, issue RFPs and book group business any time, any where."

Daylight and HISC worked closely together to design the new system. The technology underlying Daylight Wireless Messaging system is Daylight�s groundbreaking implementation of the OTA Meeting Profile specification for exchanging group meeting data.  HISC designed the wireless device application, based upon its extensive wireless experience.  Daylight Wireless Messaging combines well-established Web technologies with emerging XML and wireless technologies to deliver something the hotel industry has long sought.  

Daylight offers Daylight Wireless as an extension to its product line.  The system is immediately compatible with any existing Daylight enterprise installation - no upgrades are required.  

About The Opryland Hospitality Group 
The Opryland Hospitality Group was formed in 1998 to take the successful convention hotel concept of the Opryland Hotel in Nashville to other markets. The Opryland Hotel concentrates on the meetings and conventions industry by providing expansive facilities and attention-getting public spaces, focusing on service details and creating entertainment experiences. The Opryland Hospitality Group has properties in development in Florida and Texas.
The Opryland Hospitality Group is a property of Gaylord Entertainment, a diversified entertainment company whose businesses operate in two groups: hospitality and attractions, and music media and entertainment. It is headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., and its stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:GET). 

About Daylight Software
Founded in 1994 by Bill Duncan, Daylight (www.daylightsoftware.com) offers a full range of the world�s most sophisticated software for sales and catering management, including comprehensive account/contact management, guest room and function room management, event management and full reporting capabilities.  Daylight's software innovation for properties of different sizes and needs create a clear competitive advantage in performance, flexibility, speed and functionality, but most importantly in its responsive and personalized customer support.  

Daylight Software has installations in world-renowned properties including Ian Schrager Hotels and Resorts, Opryland Hotels, Boca Raton Resort & Club, Bass Hotels & Resorts, Sonesta International Hotel Corporation and the legendary Hotel Bel-Air.  Daylight Software is a Siebel Systems Alliance partner and recipient of the Microsoft® Retail Application Developer Award.

About the Open Travel Alliance
With over 150 members representing influential names in all sectors of the travel industry, the Alliance is comprised of five work groups: air, car, hotel, leisure supplier and non-supplier. These groups, together with an interoperability committee to coordinate their efforts, are developing open Internet-compatible messages using XML data terms. To learn more about OTA, visit http://www.opentravel.org.

About Hitachi Innovative Solutions Corporation
Hitachi Innovative Solutions Corporation [HISC] is a platform-independent solutions provider focused on delivering results-driven solutions to its mid-tier clients through the portfolio of Virtualogic Results Driven Solutions, which include CRM, eCRM, e-business, Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence, EAI and Data Integration, Networks and Security. HISC�s experience and innovation provide tailored systems solutions for clients that position them for future growth and change. For more information, please visit www.hitachisolutions.net. 

About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is one of the world's leading global electronics companies, with fiscal 2000 (ended March 31, 2001) consolidated sales of 8,417 billion yen ($67.9  billion*) and about 337,000 employees. The company manufactures and markets a wide range of products, including computers, semiconductors, consumer products and power and industrial equipment.  For more information on Hitachi, Ltd., please visit Hitachi's Web site at http://global.hitachi.com. (*At an exchange rate of 124 yen to the dollar.)