Maestro Automates All Areas of Property Operations

Maestro Enterprise expands to 15 fully-integrated applications for hospitality, resort and ownership

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. October 14, 2008

MARKHAM, Canada, November 7, 2006. NORTHWIND, provider of the Maestro Enterprise Property Management Suite of hotel software and reservation solutions for hospitality, announced it has expanded its solutions to include Maestro Retail Point of Sale, Golf Management and Membership Management. The new modules extend Maestro's ability to automate every area of hospitality operations with a single client record. The Maestro Enterprise Suite includes PMS, Sales and Catering, Spa and Activities Management, Yield Management, Accounts Receivable, Work Order Management, ResEze Web Booking Engine, CRM, Condo and Timeshare Owner Management, and Maestro Analytics Business Intelligence.

NORTHWIND's President of US Operations, Warren Dehan, said, "NORTHWIND is continually expanding its Maestro Enterprise Suite to make it the most powerful hospitality property solution in the industry. By adding a strong Retail Point of Sale (POS) System and Golf Management to the extensive family of property automation modules, Maestro Enterprise is able to cost effectively automate virtually every area of hotel, extended stay or timeshare-condo operations, whether for an independent property or a full-service destination resort."

The Maestro Golf Management system is a widely installed world-class tee-time scheduling and tournament solution for professional and private courses and clubs. Maestro Retail POS automates property outlets like pro shops or other stores that maintain extensive inventories to track and automatically post guest purchases and monitor stock levels. Membership Management has proven itself in a wide range of club and private member organizations. All three systems are fully integrated with the Maestro Enterprise Suite of hospitality management modules for single and multi-property hotel companies.

"NORTHWIND is committed to providing technology tools and services that drive greater productivity and profitability for users. Our new Golf Management, Retail POS and Membership Management systems coupled with our strong commitment to the Four Diamond Service program make Maestro Enterprise Suite the most complete technology solution for hospitality, resort, condo-timeshare and club operators," said Warren Dehan.

Maestro Enterprise Suite

The Maestro Property Management Suite combines the full-function Maestro Front Office System - used by hotels from 3,500 to 25 rooms - with a family of specialized modules that includes:

---|Maestro GDS+ - An online, real-time reservation engine with integrated Yield ---|---|-Management to maximize ADR for virtually all eReservation channels;

---|Maestro Owner Management - Fully integrated ownership accounting functionality for timeshare and condo reservations and asset performance reporting;

Maestro Fine Dining Point of Sale - Is a flexible POS for single-terminal outlets or extensive multi-property network operations. The system is linked to each guests' record so all F&B package reconciliation is calculated automatically and reporting is accurate;

---|Maestro Sales & Catering - Manages group-convention sales and function rooms, whether at one property or for a portfolio of hotels;

---|Golf Management - Is a world-class tee-time scheduling and tournament system powered by Jencess for professional and private courses and clubs;

---|ResEze Web Booking Engine - Enables independent and multi-property hotels to take advantage of the growing online revenue opportunity by providing tools for guests and owners to book their own reservations from an operator's website;

---|Maestro Yield - A revenue manager that makes sophisticated revenue optimization strategies easy to implement and track for multiple booking channels, including Internet reservations, at one or more properties;

---|Maestro Analytics - A complete business intelligence software suite that enables end-users to interactively analyze critical business information in real time for better informed decision making;

---|Club Membership Management - For property-based clubs, Maestro Club Management powered by Jencess, automates membership, accounting and events from the Maestro server;

---|Maestro CRM - A robust technology solution that gives managers the information to provide better guest service, build more profitable marketing campaigns and to make the best decisions for booking new business;

---|Work Order Maintenance - Enables businesses to track asset use and schedule service and replacement;

---|Maestro Spa & Activities Management - Enables resorts, hotels and clubs to schedule facilities and activities with real-time integration to all other modules;

Retail Point of Sale - A fully integrated module powered by Jencess that automates property outlets, like pro shops or other stores that maintain extensive inventories, to track and post guest purchases and monitor stock levels;

---|Maestro CRS - Supports a two-way interface to corporate sales offices;

---|Maestro Multi-Property - Used by many multi-property operating companies and corporate reservation facilities to automate a large number of properties on a single server with a single database; or it can allow each property to operate on its own server with relevant data being replicated at the central corporate offices.

Northwind is exhibiting its Maestro family of solutions at THE IH/M&RS SHOW in New York, NY on November 12-14 2006. If you are attending the show, please visit the Maestro team at Booth # 3038.