TOKYO, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MICROS Systems, Inc. , a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, is pleased to announce that Tokyo based Solare Hotels & Resorts has become the largest MICROS OPERA Multi-property management system user in Japan. The initial phase of its roll out program encompassing 17 properties has now been completed.

Solare Hotels & Resorts is one of Japan's fastest growing hotel operators. Its brands include Chisun Inn, Chisun Hotel, Chisun Resort, Chisun Grand and the Solare Collection. Solare started with two hotels in 2003 and rapidly expanded its network to currently include 25 properties. Solare Hotels & Resorts expects to exceed 40 properties and 8,000 rooms by the end of 2005. Solare's goal was to establish a new standard of limited-service class hotels throughout Japan during the initial phase of growth before expanding into full service resorts and hotels.

"By creating a new standard in terms of upgraded hotels and service at reasonable prices, Solare was faced with the task of implementing an IT solution that would complement our financial, technical, and service requirements," said A. G. (Tony) Virili, President of Solare Hotels & Resorts. "MICROS worked closely with us in developing such a solution. The solution provides us with single image inventory and last room, best rate availability. We are pleased with the partnership approach of MICROS who had demonstrated its ability and willingness to work in this market segment, and we expect our relationship to continue as we push forward with our goal of 10,000 rooms by the end of 2006."

"Solare Hotels & Resorts' selection of the OPERA multi-property management system provides MICROS with a unique opportunity to expand into the Japanese limited-service hotel market segment," added Stefan M. Piringer, President of MICROS-Fidelio Asia/Pacific. "The solution deployed demonstrates OPERA's double byte and multi-property capabilities within a market segment that targets more than 72 million people who travel domestically each year -- the largest base market in Asia/Pacific."

About Solare Hotels & Resorts

Tokyo based Solare Hotels and Resorts operates 38 hotels and resorts with a total of 7,403 guestrooms. Its brands comprise Chisun Inn, Chisun Hotel, Chisun Resort, Chisun Grand and the Solare Collection, which includes such properties as the Kobe Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers, the Holiday Inn Kyoto and the Mercure Hotel Narita. For more information on Solare Hotels & Resorts please contact Mark Holguin, Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing at 81(03)6402-7117, or E-mail: mark.holguin@solarehotels.com. You can also visit the Solare Hotels & Resorts website at http://www.solarehotels.com/.

About MICROS Systems

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, Vice President 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.

CONTACT: Louise Casamento, Vice President of Marketing of MICROS,
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http://www.solarehotels.com/