COLUMBIA, Md., March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MICROS
Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCRS), a leading provider of information
technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is
pleased to announce the release of a certified MICROS interface for
Louvre Hotels Group. This interface allows Louvre Hotels
Group to display price and availability information next to its
hotel listings in Google search results, Google Maps and Places
pages, and Google Hotel Finder. As this capability is live,
this valuable data is now available to the global Google
audience.
Louvre Hotels Group, a longtime customer of MICROS, can now
interact with Google to drive direct reservation traffic for its
Premiere Classe, Kyriad and Campanile brands. The MICROS interface
technology facilitates real-time updates from the Louvre hotel
system to the Google sites. This allows Google to present accurate
hotel inventory and prices together with various search results and
a direct link into the hotels MICROS OPERA booking engine,
resulting in direct business from user searches.
"This new connectivity provides a strategic competitive
advantage for Louvre Hotels Group hotel properties," stated Thierry
Guiraudios, SVP Information Systems.
Chinmai Sharma, VP Revenue and Distribution for Louvre Hotels
Group added, "Connecting with a global technology company such as
Google through the MICROS OPERA platform makes it very easy for
participating hotels to reach the end customer. Now our hotels can
offer best rates and availability directly to our guests who can
book with confidence on our brand websites."
"We are pleased that one of our long-term hotel clients has
successfully launched this innovative connection to Google," stated
Peter Agel, Senior Vice President,
eCommerce and Strategic Solutions, Europe, Africa, and Middle-East. "This advanced
interface technology with Google is now available for all MICROS
hotel clients worldwide. By providing a standardized interface
technology to partners offering outstanding hotel search services
such as Google, MICROS can better support customer behavior that is
leaning heavily towards such generic search platforms. We are happy
to contribute to the success of Louvre Brands like Kyriad,
Campanile and Premiere Classe, by allowing these hotels to generate
more business directly from consumers."
About Louvre Hotels Group
Louvre Hotels Group is a
Groupe du Louvre subsidiary and is managed by Pierre-Frederic
Roulot. It was established in 1976 and since 2005 has been owned by
Starwood Capital Group.
In July 2009 Louvre Hotels joined
forces with the Golden Tulip Hospitality Group, when Starwood
Capital took over the latter. This move propelled Louvre Hotels
Group (Louvre Hotels & Golden
Tulip) to the position of a key player in the international
hotel industry with more than 1,100 hotels, representing a total
capacity of over 88,000 rooms in 42 countries.
Louvre Hotels Group operates six clearly differentiated hotel
brands, ranging from 1 to 5 stars: Premiere Classe, Campanile,
Kyriad, Tulip Inn, Golden Tulip and
Royal Tulip.
About MICROS Systems, Inc.
MICROS Systems, Inc.
provides enterprise applications for the hospitality and retail
industries worldwide. Over 370,000 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 for more than 30,000 hotels
worldwide, as well as point-of-sale, loss prevention, and
cross-channel functionality for more than 150,000 retail stores
worldwide and 17,000 Fuel and Convenience stores. MICROS stock is
traded through NASDAQ under the symbol MCRS.
For more information on MICROS and its advanced information
technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries,
please contact Louise Casamento,
Vice President of Marketing at (443) 285-8144 or (866) 287-4736.
You can also visit the MICROS website at www.micros.com or send an
email to info@micros.com. Follow MICROS on Facebook,
LinkedIn, YouTube, and the MICROS Blog.
The MICROS logo is a registered
trademark of MICROS Systems, Inc.
All other product and brand names are the property of their
respective owners.
Contact:
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Louise
Casamento
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443-285-8144
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lcasamento@micros.com
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SOURCE MICROS Systems, Inc.