NEUSS, Germany, Oct. 15, 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 Pestana Group, Portugal's leading hospitality group, has
selected MICROS OPERA for its 9 properties in Brazil, expanding its decade long partnership
with MICROS, which has included the MICROS OPERA Enterprise
Solution, along with a variety of MICROS Point-of-Sale (POS)
solutions for its restaurants. Through the expanded partnership,
The Pestana Group will begin to replace its legacy technology in
all of its Brazilian properties with MICROS OPERA as the hotel
group pursues to expand the scope of its operations.
The Pestana Group presently owns and manages 90 properties,
spread over 13 countries in 3 continents under the brands
"Pestana Hotels & Resorts", and "Pousadas de Portugal", its historic properties' brand. The
Pestana Group has embraced innovation to enhance its competitive
position and the Group's quality standards. MICROS offers a global
presence and support infrastructure, including in the fast emerging
Brazilian market. Most importantly, MICROS offers flexibility and
scalability with its MICROS OPERA and MICROS POS solutions,
designed to address Pestana's evolving needs as it continues its
growth trajectory.
In parallel, The Pestana Group subscribed to the newly
established MICROS Consulting Services to perform an OPERA audit
for its Central Reservations Office. Three major goals of the OPERA
audit was to ensure Pestana's CRO is benefiting from the full
utilization of OPERA functionality and how the current structure
could support a shift into global CRO operations, to receive
independent strategic advice on further interface developments to
support growth plans, and finally to qualify if the CRO team's
skill set is appropriate to make the most of the OPERA Suite of
products.
"Scalability is one of the most crucial components in an
enterprise hotel management solution," stated Mr. Joao Machado, Director of Information
Technology, Pestana Group Hotels. "MICROS offers unparalleled
next generation hotel management technology in the private cloud
that fully meets our requirements and large-scale deployments.
Additionally, the OPERA audit services were critical in identifying
areas of improvement to optimize both our operational efficiency
and our return on investment in OPERA. It showed us that our OPERA
platform is able to support our operations through both changes and
growth."
"We are pleased to add the Pestana Group's 9 Brazilian
properties to our distinguished and growing list of customers in
South America," stated
Bernard Jammet, MICROS President
Latin America. "MICROS prides itself on its distinct ability
to offer enterprise solutions that technically foster and enable
our customers growth objectives. We look forward to expanding and
strengthening our long-lasting partnership with the Pestana Hotels
Group."
About Pestana Hotel Group
The Pestana Group is currently the largest Portuguese
tourism and leisure group and the third largest European group in
the holiday ownership sector. During the past 40 years (2012)
Pestana has established itself as a recognized and successful force
in the hotel and leisure industry. The Group was able to leverage
its strong performance in the hotel sector to further diversify
into real estate, construction, brewing, aviation and an
international business and free trade centre in Madeira. For more
Information please contact:
HEAD OFFICE
Pestana Casino Park
Rua Imperatriz D. Amelia
9004-513 Funchal
Madeira
Telephone: +351 291 209 100
About MICROS-FIDELIO GmbH
MICROS-FIDELIO GmbH in the EAME region is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of MICROS Systems, Inc., which 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.
More information on www.micros-fidelio.eu or contact:
MICROS-FIDELIO GmbH
Europadamm 2-6
41460 Neuss
Tel. +49-(0)2131-137 0
Fax. +49-(0)2131-137 310
E-Mail: sales-eu@micros.com
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