Lanyon Customer Summit 2005 concludes marking record attendance

Lanyon, Inc. (www.lanyon.com) announced today their Global Customer Summit concluded this week in Dallas, with record breaking attendance figures. The event occurred March 29-30, 2005. Industry leaders confronted a wide range of issues and reviewed Lanyon solutions for content distribution and rate management. The two keynote speakers presented their visions of the significant sea changes affecting hoteliers and travel management leaders related to content, rates, purchasing and distribution practices.

John Burns, President of Hotel Technology Consulting, discussed a range of choices facing contemporary hotel and travel managers. These included rate and product packaging practices, revenue management challenges in a significantly more wired world and the impact upon inventory management and distribution. Mr. Burns also left the attendees with several predictions and leading indicators to consider as they shape their strategic plans. Mr. Burns heads an international consulting service specializing in assisting hotel chains and independent hotels in optimizing their central reservations and electronic distribution programs.

Maria Chevalier, Vice President Hotel Relations and TPS Hotels at WorldTravel BTI discussed and predicted several significant changes related to travel procurement and purchasing practices. Ms. Chevalier challenged the attendees to rethink their processes along with the level of automation support and the staffing in the corporate travel segment. Business Travel International is one of the world's leading travel management organizations operating in almost 100 countries.

Attendees had the opportunity to observe first-hand how Lanyon content and automated electronic publishing solutions are implemented throughout the hospitality sector. A highly interactive program enabled attendees to meet and discuss among one another the many approaches to corporate preferred lodging programs.

About Lanyon
For 20 years, Lanyon has focused on delivering exceptional content distribution technologies to the travel industry. Today, Lanyon is the recognized leader in Content Management, Channel Management and Process Improvement Solutions for the hotel industry and their partners. Lanyon products are found in hundreds of travel-related companies that effectively market their services electronically.

Lanyon is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
For more information, visit Lanyon's website: www.lanyon.com.

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