London (21st January 2004)┘ The Alpine Center, a member of the Leading Hotel Management Schools of the World, has signed an agreement with Sysco S.A. to implement Hotel Information Systems▓ (HIS) epitome Property Management System at the school in Glyfada, Greece. Sysco, a distributor of HIS▓ epitome product throughout Greece, will install epitome Property Management software tools in the Center▓s computer room for students to work with whilst developing their management skills at the school.

Sybil Hofmann, President of the Alpine Center commented, ⌠After thorough market research, we have selected epitome PMS as the best suited for our center▓s programme requirements. We strongly believe that the product will prove to be a very valuable educational tool for our students and look forward to a mutually beneficial relationship between our organizations.■

Charis Filaretopoulos, Managing Director of Sysco S.A. observed, ⌠I am extremely pleased that the Alpine Center realizes that by deploying HIS▓ epitome Property Management System within the school, it will underpin the importance of technology in hotels at both the corporate and property level. It is undeniably a great opportunity for us to present our industry specific epitome product range to a whole group of future hospitality graduates.

About Alpine Center
The Alpine Center is an associate institute of IHTTI √ International Hotel & Tourism Training Institute of Switzerland, and a partner institute of Bournemouth Univerzity, UK. Alpine▓s aim is to develop graduates with appropriate knowledge and relevant personal and professional skills to be able to work effectively at middle or senior management levels in any sector of the international food, tourism and hospitality industry. More than 1,000 Alpine graduates hold high level positions within the hospitality industry both in Greece and worldwide.

About Sysco S.A.
SYSCO S.A., is a privately held Greek company established in 1985 by team of highly educated consultants with substantial experience in the purpose of developing and promoting software and specialized applications based on the most current software engineering and programming methods.

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