Bethesda, Maryland – Ariane Systems, a world leader in self-service check-in/out technology for the hospitality industry, today announced that it has achieved Gold Partner status in Oracle Partner Network (OPN). By attaining Gold membership, Oracle has recognized Ariane Systems for its commitment to establish Oracle related knowledge in delivering advanced self-service solutions to support the hospitality industry, and for uniquely addressing the challenges of joint customers.

With more than 567,000 customers using its systems around the world, Oracle Hospitality's MICROS is renowned for providing the hospitality industry with one of the most advanced property management systems (PMS) in the industry: MICROS OPERA. As one of the most recognized and widely used systems, MICROS OPERA is often the PMS of choice by hoteliers that are seeking to implement Ariane Systems' industry leading self-service solutions. In fact, many hospitality professionals regard MICROS OPERA as an ideal match for Ariane's Cloud-based check-in kiosk system. As a leading provider in its respective sector of the industry, Oracle Hospitality and Ariane Systems will work together to enable new and enhanced functionality, when serving mutual clients.

"Achieving Gold status with Oracle PartnerNetwork can help us achieve our goal to attain a greater understanding of the systems that our clients use, so that we can further improve our products and provide a much more efficient hotel operation," said Laurent Cardot, CEO of Ariane Systems. "We are very pleased to be able to create even closer ties with both Oracle Hospitality and MICROS, and consider our new membership status to be further proof of our long term commitment in providing unmatched support to the many clients around the world that use our products."

With its Gold status, Ariane Systems receives the benefit of being able to start developing specializations that will allow them to grow their business, increase their expertise, reach higher levels of customer retention, and create differentiation in the marketplace. Gold members also become eligible to resell all Oracle Technology products and can apply to resell Oracle Applications and Industry Solutions. In addition, they receive access to Oracle account representatives and My Oracle Support updates for all products, discounts on training, limited free assessment/exam vouchers, reduced rates on the purchase of Oracle licenses for internal use, discounts on advances customer services and more. For more information about the benefits of becoming an OPN Gold level partner, please visit: http://www.oracle.com/us/partnerships/index.htm

For more information on Ariane Systems solutions, please visit www.ariane.com

About Ariane Systems

Ariane Systems is the world's leading provider of self check-in / check-out technology solutions for the hospitality industry. Founded in 2001 by Michel Lavandier and Laurent Cardot, Ariane now has more than 3,000 installations running at hotel properties in over 25 countries. Numerous hotel chains utilize Ariane's electronic kiosk, mobile and web solutions to streamline the check-in/out process. These include B&B Hotels, Choice Hotels, Scandic, Hyatt, MGM, Mövenpick, Park Inn, Radisson Blu, and Louvre Hotels, among others. With corporate headquarters based in Paris, France, Ariane Systems maintains regional offices in North America, UK, Germany, Spain, Benelux and Scandinavia. For more information, please visit www.ariane.com.

Andrea Roland
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