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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 15, 2005

Passkey & Visual One Systems Partner to Provide Group Reservations Integration to Their Growing Hotel Portfolio

Reservations Integration Reduces Hotel Operational Costs Associated with Managing Group Reservations

Quincy, MA - November 15, 2005 - Passkey, the worldwide leader in online group reservations, today announced that it has completed a full reservations integration with Visual One Systems. The integration of the two technologies provides a completely automated on-line solution for all group reservations, providing hotel staff 24/7 access to accurate attendee and event data, and further decreasing the costs and time associated with manually entering and managing group reservations.

"We are very excited about our integration with Passkey at our properties," said Dan Wasser, senior vice president for Visual One Systems. "By leveraging the unique strengths of both our systems, our two companies have worked together to create a reservations integration environment for group properties such as The Scottsdale Plaza Resort, and the National Conference Center."

The integration utilizes Passkey's GroupLink, an industry-leading reservation interface that enables delivery and synchronization of reservation data between Passkey and a hotel's property management system.


With Passkey hotels gain an important competitive edge that lets them:
- Increase staff efficiencies by eliminating manual reservation processes;
- Reduce operational costs and intermediary commissions by automating reservation data delivery process;
- Eliminate human errors associated with the manual entry of group data;
- Improve forecasting and yield management using accurate reservation information.


"The benefits of our solution increase significantly with partners like Visual One where we share in delivering value to a mutual client," said Greg Pesik, president & CEO of Passkey International, Inc.

About Passkey:
Passkey is the worldwide leader in online group reservations management. The Boston-based provider empowers organizers of single property meetings and citywide events with access to a Web-based application that provides all parties with 24/7, shared access to critical event information and real-time reports. The Passkey-enabledSM global network consists of Convention and Visitors Bureaus (CVBs), hotels, association and corporate meeting planners, and meeting management companies. Passkey investors include: Lazard Technology Partners; Sabre (NYSE: TSG) (www.sabre.com); Galileo (NYSE: GLC) (www.galileo.com); Worldspan (www.worldspan.com); TravelCLICK (www.travelclick.net) and DRV Investments, LLC.

About Visual One Systems:
V1 has provided software to the hospitality industry since 1977. Their products, using Microsoft's SQL database, include property management, sales & catering, restaurant/retail point-of-sale, back-office accounting including condominium and timeshare, spa and activities management, golf course, club management, central reservations and interfaces to hundreds of other systems. Please visit www.visualonesystems.com for more information.

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