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Press Release: MICROS Systems, Inc.
December 14, 2004
COLUMBIA, MD -- MICROS Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCRS), a leading provider of information technology solutions for
the hospitality industry, is pleased to announce that Shell Vacations Club, L.P., one of the nation's largest independent
vacation ownership developers, currently operating 17 resorts in six states and Canada and various preview centers,
has chosen the MICROS OPERA Enterprise Solution as its strategic technology platform across the Shell Vacations
brand. The MICROS OPERA Enterprise Solution will be installed in all corporate locations across the United States
and will be recommended to all future Shell Vacations Club franchisees.
The MICROS OPERA Enterprise Solution includes the OPERA Reservation System, OPERA Property Management System, OPERA
Web Suite, OPERA Revenue Management, and MICROS-Fidelio Financials (powered by Sun Systems). The suite of solutions
will allow seamless connectivity to Shell Vacations' proprietary timeshare system.
"We are very impressed with the MICROS OPERA Enterprise Solution," stated Gary Gorson, CIO, Shell Vacations
Club. "We require a platform that seamlessly integrates to our timeshare system and would also be scalable
enough to support our expansion strategies."
"The MICROS OPERA Enterprise Solution is very comprehensive," stated Susan Kelley, Senior Vice President,
Shell Hospitality. "We examined various systems and determined that the OPERA Solution would provide the tools
we require to meet our corporate objectives."
"We are pleased that Shell Vacations Club has chosen OPERA as its strategic technology platform," stated
Tom Giannopoulos, Chairman and CEO of MICROS Systems. "The OPERA Enterprise solution capabilities continue
to expand as the MICROS suite is now deployed in the timeshare environment."
About Shell Vacations Club, L.P.
Shell Vacations is one of the nation's largest independent vacation ownership developers, operating 17 resorts
in six states and Canada and various preview centers. California resorts include: The Inn at the Opera, The Suites
at Fisherman's Wharf, the Donatello Hotel in San Francisco, and Peacock Suites in Anaheim. The company has over
2,000 employees and a hospitality division serving close to 90,000 owner/members.
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.
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 http://www.micros.com or send an email
to info@micros.com.
The MICROS logo is a registered trademark of MICROS Systems, Inc. All other product and brand names are the property
of their respective owners.
Source: MICROS Systems, Inc.