Wingate By Wyndham Brand Chooses Micros Opera Xpress Pms

Wyndham Hotel Group has selected the MICROS OPERA Xpress property management system for installation throughout the 155-hotel Wingate by Wyndham system in North America, a process that is expected to be completed within the next two years.

Bill Hall, Wingate by Wyndham brand senior vice president, said standardization will ensure compatibility with Wyndham Hotel Group's central reservations system and other distribution channels and simplify the process of upgrading and maintaining each hotel's property management system.

The MICROS OPERA Xpress system can be configured to support the Wingate by Wyndham brand's business processes including booking reservations, rate and inventory management, yield and revenue management, reporting and third party interfaces, he said.

"The flexible functionality of the MICROS OPERA Xpress system is expected to streamline the day-to-day work of each hotel's staff,"� Hall said. "The MICROS OPERA Xpress system also provides robust reporting and vast integration capabilities along with the ability to interface with a large variety of third-party applications."� Jeff Edwards, Wyndham Hotel Group chief information officer and executive vice president, global revenue services, said the selection of MICROS OPERA Xpress for the Wingate by Wyndham brand is part of a companywide initiative to standardize property management systems across the company's 6,060 properties in North America.

"The ease of use offered by MICROS OPERA Xpress is ideal for Wingate by Wyndham properties,"� he said. "Employing a property management system that offers a fully functional two-way interface capable of seamlessly integrating with our central reservations system, brand Web sites, Wyndham Rewards(sm0 loyalty program, multiple third-party distribution channels and central revenue management services is critical for our operations and assists in driving continuing positive results to our hotel franchisee partners."� Wyndham Hotel Group, one of three principal components of Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE: WYN), encompasses more than 6,550 hotels and 551,000 rooms in 59 countries on six continents under the Wyndham, Ramada, Days Inn, Super 8, Wingate by Wyndham, Baymont Inn, Howard Johnson, Travelodge, Knights Inn and AmeriHost Inn brands. All hotels are owned individually and operated independently or by Wyndham Hotel Management. Wyndham Hotel Group is based in Parsippany, N.J. Additional information is available at www.wyndhamworldwide.com.

MICROS Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRS) provides enterprise applications for the hospitality and retail industries worldwide. More than 310,000 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 on seven continents.

MICROS provides property management systems, central reservations and customer information systems under the brand MICROS-Fidelio for more than 21,000 hotels worldwide as well as point-of-sale, loss prevention, and cross-channel functionality through its MICROS-Retail division for more than 90,000 retail stores worldwide. Information is available at www.micros.com.

CONTACT: Rich Roberts Vice President, Communications Wyndham Hotel Group 1 Sylvan Way Parsippany, NJ 07054 (973) 753-6590 [email protected]

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