Lake Forest, CA. | Hotel Information Systems announces its new integrated management solution while in attendance at the 2006 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC), June 19th – June 22nd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Company’s new on-property enterprise management solution consists of an impressive list of partnerships contributing multiple key business applications integrated with its own Internet-native epitome Property Management System. With the additional business applications, the epitome Solution provides a powerful product for the management of single and multi-property hospitality enterprises. The components of the solution include:

• epitome.NET PMS provides the ability to deploy one comprehensive Property Management System for any operation, from a single property to the largest chain. It is the answer to the growing demand for centralized deployment among global hospitality organizations. This true Internet-native application provides hoteliers with a flexible, cost-effective technology platform that drives positive results. Hotel Information Systems integrated corporate-to-property solution provides their clients with the tools and connectivity they need to respond to increasingly demanding booking sources and optimize processes around relationships, especially the guest. A “connected hotelier” is able to focus on its greatest asset; people who deliver superior guest service.
  
  
• epitome Food and Beverage Management powered by Squirrel Systems – provides customers with the ability to easily access a spectrum of quality enterprise management tools previously not seen in a single solution within the hotel industry. It includes the fully modular and highly scalable SquirrelOne POS, which provides customers with access to powerful management tools and on-demand access to real-time information, aiding better business decision making. Squirrel technology also helps hotels reduce payment handling costs with fast transaction processing through a highly secure managed-network.
  
  
• epitome Golf powered by The Active Network – provides resort hotels a robust and easy-to-use integrated golf and activity software solution for automating the daily administration needs of the golf resort environment. epitome Golf will leverage fundamental software functionality and features enabling hotel resort operators to seamlessly automate golf management and hotel property management using one integrated solution The goal of the solution is to drive rounds & revenues, streamline financial management tracking & reporting and seamlessly integrate all aspects of the golf course business while improving customer service online & over-the-counter.
  
  
• epitome Spa powered by Envision – it’s time to shed the post-it-notes, the clunky paper appointment book and all the things that keep your operation from becoming the dynamic spa you really want it to be. It’s time for epitome Spa. epitome Spa is intuitive, fun, easy to use and it’s full of all the capabilities and features to manage, even transform, your business into an efficient organization that has much more time to focus on keeping the clients you have, attracting new ones and ultimately, increasing revenue. Integrated with epitome PMS, epitome Spa provides the guest-centric solution specific to spa scheduling and resource management, with superior scheduling flexibility along with membership & loyalty programs.
  
  
• Condo-Hotel Management from CondotelWare – Designed specifically for the unique challenges of condominium hotels, CondotelWare is the industry leader by providing exactly what hoteliers need to operate a successful condo-hotel property. The Web-interfacing software is designed to improve operations and profitability -- with applications in owner accounting, reservations, property management, rental rotation, and owner relations. Integrated with epitome PMS, CondotelWare takes much of the software management load off your shoulders, thereby allowing you to do what you do best... gain new customers, provide them with world class service, grow your business, and enhance your operating margins and profitability.
  
  
• epitome Business Intelligence – Knowledge about your business and your position within the market remains an essential ingredient to success. By knowing what you do well and how efficiently you perform within your market segment, you can anticipate the future and make crucial strategic decisions to increase your revenue, enhance guest satisfaction and maintain guest loyalty. epitome Business Intelligence is the long-term essential strategic analysis and planning tool for your organization. By collecting relevant data from diverse systems into a data warehouse, you can merge enterprise-wide data to derive a more comprehensive and valuable view of your business, its processes and customers. epitome Business Intelligence is specifically designed for both multi-property corporations and large luxury/resort property owners or managers that wish to analyze the overall business from a centralized perspective.

“We are very confident in the partnerships and level of integration we are introducing at this year’s HITEC. We believe we have met the requests of our hoteliers by providing them with a fully integrated on-property enterprise solution. We specifically chose the best of breed approach as it allows us to focus on what we do well and not dilute our corporate and property management system expertise by trying to develop all of these applications in house”, stated W. Brian Kretzmer, Hotel Information Systems CEO & President. “Our clients now have the advantage of choice; a choice that allows our clients to deploy a fully integrated solution from a single source or continue to select their own partners. With the tools now available from Hotel Information Systems, hoteliers can capture the knowledge and power of their on-property enterprise to achieve positive results both now and in the future.”

For more information, please visit the Hotel Information Systems Booth (#801), the Squirrel Systems Booth (#901) and the CondotelWare Booth (#747).