ASHBURN, Va., Sept. 15, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Tammy L. Posten, Chief Operating Officer of GuestMetrics, Inc. (Pink Sheets:GESM), a leading provider of Customer Insight solutions for the hospitality industry and its manufacturers, announced today that it had acquired additional contracts in five major markets, increasing its overall market reach by over 35%. Ms. Posten stated, "Restaurant owners are embracing our Guest 360 product offering. Guest 360 provides our clients with turn-key loyalty/gift programs and customer insight tools to increase their top and bottom line. We offer a low-cost, easy to implement alternative to other high priced technology solutions currently on the market."
Over the last 90 days, GuestMetrics expanded its presence in the Atlanta, Austin, Boston, DC and Philadelphia markets. New contracts were signed with Buckhead Life Restaurant Group, Dantes Restaurants, Jillians Boston, La Tasca Restaurants, Macaroni Joe's, Match, Southern Inn, Texitally Russo's, Tony & Joe's and Vin American Bistro. These represent independent and regional chains and include fine dining, casual dining and nightclub concepts, including a 70,000 sq. ft. food, drink and entertainment complex. Also stated Ms. Posten, "Our strategy is to optimize our sales channels and utilize our direct sales team to complement these efforts. We are pleased at the success over the last three months and look forward to an aggressive Q4."
About GuestMetrics
GuestMetrics is a leading provider of Customer Insight solutions to the $440 billion dollar hospitality industry. Our suite of tools for the restaurant industry, "Guest 360", support targeted Email marketing and gift and loyalty programs. These customer outreach programs are combined with powerful near real-time analytics that are fully integrated with the point-of-sale system, enabling our hospitality clients to increase sales and profits, reduce operating costs, reduce fraud, theft, and loss, and improve business operations. In addition, GuestMetrics provides the beverage alcohol and food industry with on-premise check-level spending data. This allows manufacturers to evaluate ROI on promotions, analyze competitive data, and understand share of plate/category. More information about GuestMetrics may be found online at www.guestmetrics.com.
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