DUBLIN, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MICROS
Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRS), a leading provider of information
technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is
pleased to announce that the Moran & Bewley's Hotel Group has
invested in MICROS cloud-based technology to help deliver a
consistent experience to customers and staff throughout its ten
hotels in Ireland and the UK.
The Moran & Bewley's Hotel Group is an Irish owned group of
properties operated by Limerick businessman Tom Moran and his family. There are currently
ten hotels in its portfolio, located across Ireland and the UK, including the four Moran
Hotels and six Bewley's Hotels which the Moran Group purchased in
2008.
MICROS OPERA, the world's most popular property management
system (PMS), is already used throughout the Moran hotels and will
now replace the legacy system in all Bewley's Hotels. MICROS
OPERA will manage room availability and ensure that the
check-in/check-out experience is consistent, fast, and hassle-free
for all guests of Moran & Bewley's Hotels. MICROS OPERA also
supports sales & catering and website integration across the
Moran & Bewley's properties, ensuring efficient management of
functions and sales in all of its establishments.
The property management system within the existing Moran Hotels
was also upgraded and migrated, providing greater resiliency,
reliability and performance across the entire business.
To ensure quality of service in the restaurants and bars within
each hotel, the next-generation MICROS Simphony
point-of-service system was installed in all ten sites.
The Moran & Bewley's Hotel Group opted for a fully hosted
solution, with both OPERA and Simphony being delivered from
MICROS' industry-leading European data center. This ensures that
all of the advantages of a cloud-based solution are realized while
it minimizing the need for investment in technology infrastructure
and maintenance, and ensuring reliability and consistently high
performance.
The project was completed within seven months, allowing The
Moran & Bewley's Hotel Group to rapidly achieve their ambitions
and have all properties on the same technology platform for maximum
consistency.
"We are very confident and happy with our choice of MICROS as
our expert technology service provider," stated Pat Power, Group Financial Director for the
Moran & Bewley's Hotel Group. "MICROS is providing a hosted
solution that allows us to concentrate on being hoteliers, without
having to worry about our IT. Thanks to MICROS, we can focus on
providing excellent service to our guests, while being secure in
the knowledge that our technology is in capable hands."
"We are absolutely delighted to be working with the Moran &
Bewley's Hotel Group on this exciting project," stated Frank Ward, Sr. Vice-President for Business
Development EAME for MICROS-Fidelio UK and Ireland. "Moran Hotels has been a
MICROS customer since 1990. It is a pioneer in Cloud
computing, realizing many years ago that allowing its technology
provider to assume the strain when it comes to running its systems
would yield significant and measurable operation and economic
benefits. As you would expect from MICROS, it has been a truly
international project, with a team from the UK, Ireland, and Germany collaborating to provide the very best
solution to the customer."
About The Moran & Bewley's Hotel Group
Moran & Bewley's Hotel Group is Ireland's largest independent Irish-owned
hotel group in terms of bedroom numbers, with the largest number of
rooms in Ireland across their 6
Irish hotels, as well as a considerable number in their 4 UK-based
properties. Moran and Bewley's Hotel Group is a group of
independently owned and operated hotels in Dublin, London, Cork,
Manchester and Leeds.
The Moran Hotel Group is an Irish family-owned group of
properties operated by Limerick businessman Tom Moran. The group owns and operates the Red
Cow Moran Hotel Dublin, Silver Springs Moran Hotel Cork, The Crown
Moran Hotel in North London and
the Chiswick Moran Hotel in West
London. In March 2008, they
also took ownership of the 6 Bewley's Hotels, four of which are in
Dublin – in Ballsbridge,
Leopardstown, Newlands Cross and Dublin Airport – and two in the
UK, in Manchester Airport and Leeds city centre.
Each of the hotels is conveniently located for speedy access to
city centres, airports, plus major cultural and tourist
attractions, which makes a Moran or a Bewley's Hotel the perfect
choice for those travelling for business or pleasure. All Moran
& Bewley's Hotels also have a strong emphasis on great value
without compromising quality in their restaurants too, with
selections to suit all the family and special provisions made in
each hotel for younger guests.
www.moranhotels.com
www.bewleyshotels.com
About MICROS Systems, Inc.
MICROS Systems, Inc. provides enterprise applications for the
hospitality and retail industries worldwide. Over 330,000 MICROS
systems are currently installed in table and quick service
restaurants, hotels, motels, casinos, leisure and entertainment,
and retail operations in more than 180 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 26,000 hotels
worldwide, as well as point-of-sale, loss prevention, and
cross-channel functionality through its MICROS-Retail division for
more than 100,000 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 call
01753 501629. Alternatively, visit www.micros-fidelio.co.uk.
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