• Kingdom International Hotels Installing hotelBANK
• AmericInn International Corporate Properties Installing the 3500 FDM System

BELTSVILLE, MD�December 20, 1999�MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCRS), the global leading provider of hospitality information technology, has been selected by AmericInn International, LLC to provide the MICROS 3500 Front Desk Management (FDM) System as its recommended property management system (PMS).  AmericInn, headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, has 170 limited service lodging properties throughout the country and plans to add 40 new properties each year.  AmericInn will install the 3500 FDM System in its corporately owned lodging properties and recommend that its franchisees purchase and install the product.

According to Greg R. Kirkpatrick, AmericInn�s Chief Financial Officer, the company selected the 3500 FDM System because it is a full-featured system that is affordable for AmericInn franchisees and it is flexible enough to support supplemental services.  Mr. Kirkpatrick stated,  �MICROS was able to satisfy all our needs for a standard PMS and, as important, this solution will allow AmericInn hotels and motels to provide such value-added services as Internet reservations and connectivity to Global Distribution Systems while remaining competitively priced in the marketplace.�

The MICROS 3500 FDM is a full-featured touchscreen property management system designed for smaller to mid-sized hotel operations that allows all front desk operations to be completed on one terminal. Designed to be simple and easy to use, the MICROS 3500 FDM automates all property management operations such as reservations, room assignments, guest check-in and checkout, credit card authorization and all other front desk activities. 

It operates in a Microsoft Windows NT environment that allows operators to integrate other systems critical to running a property, such as Microsoft® Office, VingCard® electronic door lock system, and point-of-sale systems. It features an easy-to-read user display with touchscreen capabilities, large buttons, graphical user interface and on-line help that simplify employee training on the system. 

Barry Lowenthal, Product Manager for the MICROS 3500 FDM, said, �AmericInn needed a moderately priced full-service system that will streamline the flow of information between its hotels, headquarters, and guests.  Our proven track record, hospitality experience, and extensive service/support presence were other key factors in their decision to select MICROS,� he said. 

Hong Kong, Beijing and Beltsville, MD � December 16, 1999 � MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCRS), a leading provider of information solutions to the hospitality industry, has signed an agreement with the Beijing Tourism Group (BTG) and Kingdom International Hotel Co., Ltd., its hotel management company, to install MICROS�s hotelBank, an advanced Internet-based system for e-commerce online reservations.  This marks the first agreement for MICROS to install information technology solutions in BTG properties.  hotelBank, a MICROS subsidiary, currently serves more than 2,600 hotels worldwide. 

Under this agreement, hotelBank will be connected to 15 premier BTG hotels to allow Internet hotel bookers and international travel agents to make hotel reservations via the Global Distribution System (GDS). To make BTG�s system even more customer friendly, MICROS will install its booking engine, Plug�nBook, that allows the public and identified clients to make their own online, secured reservations and provides instant confirmations to each hotel�s direct customers. 

According to Li Zhong Gen, Deputy General Manager, Beijing Tourism Group, and General Manager, Kingdom International Hotel Co., Ltd, �installing hotelBank is one of three major development strategies by our group.  The association with MICROS Systems, Inc. marks an excellent beginning for us to reach the global network and to expand our presence worldwide.� 

�With our connectivity to international travel agents and Internet users, we are confident that hotelBANK will provide us with  superior technology for online booking services.   In such a competitive environment, we believe that the affiliation with MICROS will provide us with mutual benefits. As important, we would like to see this partnership grow and we will do our utmost to assist MICROS to achieve its business objectives in China,� he added. 

MICROS�s Sr. Vice President, E-Commerce Initiatives, Robert J. Post said, �we are extremely proud of our new partnership with such a prestigious group in China.  This partnership strengthens hotelBANK�s position as the premier electronic service provider to reach online travelers.  Using secured access technology, hotelBANK provides a user-friendly system to connect hotels with their clients via GDS and the Internet.  This online connection and related software allows the corporate user to capture vital travel statistics and preferences while reducing reservation transaction costs and overhead administration.� 

Mr. Post said that �predictions call for significant travel growth in China at an estimated annual  rate of more than 16 percent, and hotelBANK will definitely become the ideal and cost effective solution for BTG in capturing its global business electronically.��

BTG has strong economic resources, with assets of 14.5 billion RMB ($1.75 billion) and is one of the most prestigious groups in China Government Tourist Enterprises. More than 108 wholly-owned and share holding overseas companies are involved in various tourism businesses, such as hotels, travel service, transport, hotel management, restaurants and tourism-related businesses in the United States, Hungary, Vietnam and Hong Kong.

Many of the group�s enterprises are well known in the domestic and international tourism market. Beijing Hotel is the first joint venture hotel in China�s tourism industry and Jianguo Hotel in Beijing is the biggest investment by the BTG. Beijing Exhibition Center is the most historic exhibition center in Beijing. In addition, BTG�s Capital Automobile Group Co. (Shouqi Group), is the largest transportation company in China, with more than 4,000 assorted cars and buses and a special fleet for visiting foreign dignitaries.

MICROS Systems Inc. provides enterprise applications for the hospitality industry worldwide.  Over 90,000 MICROS systems are currently installed in table and quick service restaurants, hotels, motels, casinos and leisure and entertainment operations in more than 120 countries.  MICROS provides property management systems and central reservation and customer information solutions under the brand MICROS-Fidelio for more than 10,000 hotels worldwide. MICROS�s stock is traded through NASDAQ under the symbol MCRS. 

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