HMSHost to Install mymicros.net in Over 1,700 Travel Restaurants to Streamline and Improve Operations

An existing MICROS customer for over a decade, HMSHost's new multi-year agreement makes available the application at the MICROS Hosting Center in Columbia, MD. "With , HMSHost expects to have transaction-level operational data from each location up to a central data warehouse every 15 minutes," explained Martyn Holland, Senior Vice President and CIO, HMSHost. "The central application will summarize and translate this information and automatically forward this critical data to various other central applications."

HMSHost is continuing its long-time relationship with MICROS because the Company's advanced technology supports HMSHost's corporate strategy. "Our goal is to offer centralized support to all business units from one location," noted Mr. Holland. "We also use it to manage menu items and taxes centrally. This will mean greater control over standardization efforts resulting in better information flow to all aspects of the business."

HMSHost has relied on MICROS POS in their airport and travel plaza operations since the early 1990s. Now, following several months of piloted testing, HMSHost is poised to move forward with as the "centerpiece" for collecting and distributing data across their enterprise.

"While an installation for an organization of this size, with this many high volume revenue centers spread around the US and Canada, is a massive undertaking, we are confident that MICROS's software is up to the challenge," said J. Alan Hayman, Executive Vice President of Restaurant Sales and Strategies, MICROS Systems. "HMSHost will benefit by having a single tool and source for collecting data from and posting data to all other corporate systems, and because users will have 24-hour access to near real-time data, decision-making will clearly be more effective."

HMSHost, formerly known as Host Marriott Services, is world-renowned for creating innovative concession plans in travel venues. HMSHost has revenues of $1.7 billion and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Autogrill S.p.A. Together, HMSHost and the rest of the Autogrill Group are recognized leaders in retail, food and beverage concessions serving people on the move. With operations in nineteen countries around the globe, the combined Company has annual revenues of over $3.0 billion.

MICROS Systems, Inc. provides enterprise applications for the hospitality industry worldwide. Over 135,000 MICROS systems are currently installed in table and quick service restaurants, hotels, motels, casinos, and leisure and entertainment operations in more than 130 countries. MICROS provides property management systems and central reservation and customer information solutions under the brand MICROS-Fidelio for more than 15,000 hotels worldwide. MICROS stock is traded through NASDAQ under the symbol MCRS. For more information on MICROS and its advanced information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, please contact Louise Casamento, Director of Marketing at (443) 285-8144 or (800) 638-0985. You can also visit the MICROS website at www.micros.com or send an email to [email protected].

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