Audio Interview w/ Bob Boles, Executive VP for Sales and Marketing, Pegasus Solutions - Discussing the Acquisition of Unirez

The recent acquisition of Unirez, by Pegasus Solutions, solidifies Pegasus' position as one of the global leaders of hotel reservations-related services and technology. Bob Boles joins us via phone from London to discuss the acquisition while it was in the go-ahead stages. The acquisition is now complete. In this streaming audio interview, Bob provides us with some information on how this deal makes Pegasus a stronger, more complete company.

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Robert (Bob) J. Boles, Jr. - Executive Vice President - Sales & Marketing - Pegasus Solutions, Inc.

Robert J. Boles, Jr. is executive vice president of sales and marketing for Pegasus Solutions, Inc. PEGS, a leading global provider of hotel reservations-related services and technology. Boles oversees product development, sales, property systems development and marketing for Dallas-based Pegasus Solutions. Boles joined Pegasus in May 2003, bringing more than 20 years of information technology services experience. As president of AimNet Solutions, Boles was the driving force behind the launch of the IT/network professional and managed services company in January 2001. AimNet recently turned EBITDA positive despite the difficult IT environment, attesting to Boles' leadership skills and technology acumen. Prior to AimNet, Boles spent 18 years with IBM, the majority of that time in executive positions with IBM's Global Services unit. As vice president of sales and support of the network services organization within IBM Global Services - the largest and fastest-growing area of IBM in the mid-1990s - Boles was responsible for revenues of $1.5 billion, sales, account management, product marketing and support for clients within the United States and around the world. A New Jersey native, Boles holds a bachelor of science degree in business administration from The University of Scranton in Scranton, Pa.

Dallas-based Pegasus Solutions, Inc. (www.pegs.com) is a leading global provider of hotel reservations-related services and technology. Its services include central reservations systems; electronic distribution services that connect more than 45,000 hotels to the Internet and to the global distribution systems (GDS); travel agent commission processing and payment services; the Utell marketing and reservation representation service (www.Utell.com); and PegasusCentral(TM), a Web-based enterprise solution with property management applications. Pegasus' customers comprise the majority of travel agencies around the world, including the top 10 largest U.S.-based travel agencies(1); more than 48,000 hotel properties around the globe, including all of the 50 largest hotel brands in the world based on total number of guest rooms(2); and thousands of Web sites/services have their hotel reservations Powered by Pegasus(TM). In addition to its corporate headquarters in Dallas, Pegasus has 18 offices in 11 countries, including regional hubs in Phoenix, London and Singapore. The company's stock is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol PEGS.

Kevin Heilbronner is the US Editor for wiredhotelier.com and hospitalitynet.org, providing streaming multimedia-content for these websites. Based outside of Washington DC, Heilbronner has worked with Hsyndicate to conduct interviews at several hospitality trade shows in the US and Europe over the last couple of years. His column and content are featured in the Hospitality Net weekly newsletter. A familiar voice in Washington, DC, Heilbronner is the stadium announcer for the NBA's Washington Wizards, WNBA's Washington Mystics and WUSA's Washington Freedom. He resides in Centreville, VA and can be reached via email: [email protected].

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