Candlewood Suites to Centrally Host OPERAXpress Multi-Property With Extended Stay Functionality

COLUMBIA, Md., MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCRS) , a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, and Candlewood Suites, an extended stay concept of InterContinental Hotels Group, will partner to deploy the MICROS OPERAXpress Property Management System to all Candlewood Suite properties. This solution, which is centrally hosted will be deployed to all corporately managed Candlewood properties in an Oracle 9i Real Application Cluster configuration powered by Hewlett Packard's Integrity Servers.

OPERAXpress's multi-property functionality will allow the Candlewood Suites to be centrally hosted at a data center located in the AT&T hosting facility in Douglasville, Georgia. By centrally hosting the property management software, Candlewood will be able to control costs and leverage central IT maintenance. Candlewood Suites will deploy OPERAXpress throughout its existing 113 properties and at all future hotel openings, which are estimated at approximately 38 per year, including the central deployment to all 76 corporately managed properties.

"The feature-rich OPERAXpress software, continues to prove itself throughout the Intercontinental Hotels Group deployment," stated, John P. Taratini, Vice President of Operations, InterContinental Hotels Group. "We will realize a substantial cost saving by centrally hosting OPERAXpress for our 76 corporately managed Candlewood properties. Rapid deployment is possible, site hardware requirements are minimized, and data center maintenance is handled jointly by AT&T and MICROS."

"MICROS is introducing a new regional deployment model, which includes installation and training, for the Candlewood Suites data center project," stated Robin Layman, Vice President, MICROS IHG Business Unit. "By centrally hosting the OPERAXpress solution, MICROS can accelerate deployment to the 76 corporate properties, and cost savings are shared by all properties. MICROS continues to partner with InterContinental Hotels Group in devising innovative ways to meet their needs."

About InterContinental Hotels Group | InterContinental Hotels Group PLC of the United Kingdom [(LON: IHG) (NYSE:IHG) (ADRs)] is the world's most global hotel company and the largest by number of rooms. InterContinental Hotels Group owns, manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries, more than 3,500 hotels and 536,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world. The Group owns a portfolio of well recognised and respected hotel brands including InterContinental(R) Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza(R) Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn(R) Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express(R), Staybridge Suites(R), Candlewood Suites(R) and Hotel Indigo(TM), and also manages the world's largest hotel loyalty program, Priority Club(R) Rewards, with more than 23 million members worldwide. In addition to this, InterContinental Hotels Group has a controlling interest in Britvic, the second largest soft drinks manufacturer in the UK. InterContinental Hotels Group offers information and online reservations for all its hotel brands at http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/ and information for the Priority Club Rewards programme at http://www.priorityclub.com/. For the latest news from InterContinental Hotels Group, visit our online Media Centre at http://www.ihgplc.com/media.

About MICROS Systems, Inc. | MICROS Systems, Inc. provides enterprise applications for the hospitality and retail industries worldwide. Over 200,000 MICROS systems are currently installed in table and quick service restaurants, hotels, motels, casinos, leisure and entertainment, and retail operations in more than 130 countries, and on all seven continents. In addition, MICROS provides property management systems, central reservation and customer information solutions under the brand MICROS-Fidelio for more than 20,000 hotels worldwide, as well as point- of-sale and loss prevention products through its subsidiary Datavantage for more than 50,000 specialty retail stores worldwide. MICROS stock is traded through NASDAQ under the symbol MCRS.

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