In announcing the sale of both companies, Telman CEO and founder Daniel F. Prosser commented, �Through the sale of our software unit to UniFocus, we are taking a solid new technology that we invented and combining it with UniFocus� unique, mission-critical software and services to create a solution with absolutely no parallel technology in the marketplace.  This results in a quantum leap in a hotel management company's ability to grow faster, turn information about its business into knowledge for its employees, produce a return on investment with fewer management resources and, most importantly, predict future outcomes in its business with a high degree of certainty. No other company in the industry besides UniFocus can do that.�

�By combining the forces of Telman�s telecommunications practice management with TIV Operations Group, Inc.,� said Prosser, �these two giants in the industry create a visionary telecommunications management company so unique that the business of telecommunications in hotels is essentially reinvented.  Profits are possible in telecommunications through TIV and its sister company, Wiredinn.com, that are simply not possible with traditional solutions in use today.�

Dallas-based UniFocus, the leading organizational performance management firm in the hospitality industry, has acquired Telman�s Software unit.  Telman Software is widely known in the hospitality industry for its Focused Scorecard® software, the world�s first hotel management company information system linking corporate offices with their hotels and automating the flow of critical information to the organization. Focused Scorecard® allows UniFocus to offer its clients the first Hospitality Industry Balanced Scorecard solution with an unprecedented wealth of real-time, dynamic information about customer and employee satisfaction, revenues, labor costs, retention data and the outcomes correlation of these factors. 

As part of the transition, Prosser will join UniFocus as partner and marketing strategist, and Joseph Sullivan, former vice president of operations for Telman, will join UniFocus as chief information officer.

�The acquisition of Telman Software enhances our ability to offer the core information that creates value for our clients in a real-time environment,� said Mark Heymann, CEO of UniFocus.  �Not only is this a significant step in terms of software and technology, but it also adds substantially greater depth of experience and industry expertise to the UniFocus team, with the addition of industry pacesetters such as Dan Prosser and Joseph Sullivan.�

Dallas-based TIV Operations Group Inc., a telecommunications auditing and consulting company to the hospitality industry worldwide, has incorporated the telecommunications unit of Telman into its operational strategy. David Larsen, founder and chief executive officer of TIV and sister company Wiredinn.com Inc., commented that the acquisition would significantly broaden the marketing scope and reach of TIV in the United States.

�This is a major development for TIV as the company continues its strategy of growing globally while at the same time taking advantage of opportunities at home,� said Larson.  �The Telman purchase is in keeping with our overall business plan of making strategic acquisitions wherever and whenever they become available.�

As part of the agreement, Prosser will serve as a senior marketing advisor to TIV and Wiredinn, a provider of integrated broadband Internet solutions and the content-rich, traveler-oriented Wiredinn portal to the worldwide hospitality industry.

About Dan Prosser
Prosser founded Telman in 1986 and is one of the leading technology futurists in the hospitality industry, with more than 22 years of experience in telecommunications and 16 years as head of his own hospitality technology businesses.  He is a founder of the Technology Research and Education Center (TREC) at the University of Houston � Conrad N. Hilton College, where he also serves as a member of the board of directors for the college.  This year, Prosser became the first non-hotel management recipient of the Honorary Alumni Award of the University of Houston � Conrad N. Hilton College.

About UniFocus
Serving the hospitality, restaurant and gaming industries in the United States and overseas, UniFocus offers full-service performance management analysis, systems, information and training to assist businesses in reaching optimum staff performance and customer satisfaction. With a combination of leading-edge technology, experienced hotel, casino and restaurant industry consultants, and proprietary comparative data, UniFocus represents the next generation of balanced performance management systems and processing. For more information on UniFocus, call 1.800.352.9740, or visit UniFocus on the Internet at www.unifocus.com.

About TIV Operations Group Inc.
Founded in 1987, TIV is a global provider of telecommunications auditing and consulting services for leading hotels.  TIV has established long-term relationships with more than 650 hotels representing more than 60 different hotel chains in 70 countries on 6 continents.  With an astounding 104 percent revenue growth for the 1998-1999 fiscal year and a 31 percent increase in clients across the globe, TIV is the recognized leader in telecommunications auditing and consulting services for luxury hotels around the world.  For additional information, please call +1.972.624.7000 outside the United States, 1.800.880.7455 inside the United States, or visit http://www.tiv.com.

About Wiredinn.com Inc.
Wiredinn is a leading provider of integrated Internet solutions for the hospitality industry worldwide.  By combining broadband Internet access and the content-rich, hotel-branded and travel-centric Wiredinn Portal, Wiredinn provides customized service solutions for the finest hotels around the world.  For additional information, please call +1.972.668.8002 outside the United States, 1.877.WIRED.80 inside the United States, or visit http://www.wiredinn.com.