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Hospitality Food & Beverage Expert, 
Lawrence S. Schroeder Newest Member 
of RSi Board of Directors 
 
ST. GEORGE, Utah � October 11, 1999 � RoomSystems�, Inc. (RSi) announced today that Lawrence S. Schroeder will serve as a director on the new, five-member Board of Directors of RSi.  Mr. Schroeder has been involved with the company over the past several years and brings significant food & beverage hospitality expertise with him. 

�Larry is one of the best in the industry, and has already been a great help to RSi over the past years,� said Steve Sunyich, President and CEO of RSi. �His extensive responsibility for all food outlets and bars of the Nevada Casino properties within the Hughes Properties Inc (under Summa Corporation), as well as cost and feasibility of all in-room amenities and services, brings key knowledge to our Board at this time of rapid growth and expansion. With all of the exciting developments currently going on at RSi, Larry�s expertise - especially in the food/beverage and in-room amenities of the industry, will be invaluable.�

Mr. Schroeder, consistently in great demand for sharing his talents with food/beverage-related companies, has the depth of working many years in the industry, as well as serving as advisor in related industries. He was the owner/operator of Restaurant Concepts Inc., a corporation that developed, owned and operated over 22 Marie Callendar and Sizzler restaurants.  At Titus Foods, which owned and operated over 33 Hardee�s Restaurants, he was Senior Vice President, Vice President, and Director. 

Mr. Schroeder served as the Director of Food and Beverage and on the Board of Directors of Hughes Properties Inc., a subsidiary of Summa Corporation, which managed over 5,000 employees in the Nevada gaming industry. 

He currently consults privately with highly visible, leading organizations in hospitality, sports and other.  As a former professional athlete, Mr. Schroeder is able to include as clients the National Football League, NASCAR, the National Hockey League, and Major League Baseball and their officially-licensed consumer products. Mr. Schroeder is a Director of Responsive Marketing & Communications in Chicago, the official marketing agency for the 1996 Olympic Games, Boboli Pizza, Hellman�s Mayonnaise, Eveready Batteries, and Maestro Christobal Gabbaron (official artist for the 1996 Olympic Games and World Cup Soccer).

�As RSi positions itself to be the major worldwide player in the hospitality and information industry, it is critical that we bring strong directors like Larry Schroeder onto our Board to enable RSi� to sustain the rapid growth our company has experienced over these past years,� said Sunyich. �As Director of Cutie Pies Corporation Larry was instrumental in helping the company increase sales 1,000% in less than two years. This is the type of growth we are looking for at RSi� and we are thrilled that Larry will help us reach such challenging goals the company has set for the near future.�

RSi is a private, full-service company which designs, manufactures, installs, services, and finances high-tech, in-room products including fully-computerized Refreshment Centers, electronic safes, and billing processing for on-demand movies, cash advance, long-distance telephone, etc. and unique medium of information analysis and advertising. 

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Contact:
Frank L. Hicks Jr.
RSi
Phone: (435) 688-3610
Internet: [email protected]
www.roomsystems.com
 
Also See: Small Hotels / Motels Join Larger Properties in Reducing Minibar Amenity Prices / June 1999 
RSi Refreshment Centers Designed into Promus�s New Property Management System / April 1999 

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