Metropolis PRESS RELEASE Metropolis Inks DEAL WITH NORTHWIND TO PROVIDE CALL ACCOUNTING TO CUSTOMERS SAN DIEGO, California - April 13, 2001 -- Metropolis, a leading provider of call accounting systems, has announced that Northwind, a global provider of software and e-commerce solutions for hotels, will offer customers ProfitWatch Hotel Call Accounting alongside its Maestro Property Management System. Northwind is a leading global supplier of solutions to satisfy the wide range of lodging and hospitality venues. Designed to handle any size hotel, resort, meeting/conference center and corporate enterprise, Northwind’s Maestro Property Management System has experienced heightened demand as its open platform superior functionality is recognized in the global marketplace. Its flexibility to accommodate the diverse requirements of hospitality establishments, from full service hotels, resorts and all-inclusive to limited service properties, far exceeds industry standards as currently defined. With over 1,000 installs and many well-known industry distributors (including MSI, Ericsson, and Expanets), ProfitWatch Call Accounting is the leading Windows-based call accounting solution for the hospitality industry. ProfitWatch is widely recognized for its innovative features that streamline telecom operations within hotels, including speaking alarms, pager notification options, and reports that can be automatically generated and sent to various email addresses. Metropolis has been a provider of call accounting software for both the hospitality industry and general businesses since 1993. Headquartered in San Diego, California, Metropolis specializes in the hospitality industry and markets ProfitWatch Hotel Call Accounting both domestically and internationally through direct and indirect sales with select OEM agreements. |