London, February 26, 2008 -Birch Street Systems is pleased to announce that Hilton Hotels has deployed its online eProcurement System in Egypt. The first property in Sharm El Sheikh is now live, along with the Central Purchasing Office in the World Trade Centre in Cairo, with the remaining Egyptian properties deploying throughout early 2008.

This announcement comes only a few weeks following the news that the first Hilton Hotel in Paris had deployed Birch Street Systems online e-Procurement System and that a program was in place to deploy to the other Paris properties. This endorses the fact that the software is really gaining global recognition, with rapid expansion to the client base within mainland Europe and the UK.

“We are happy to continue bringing our portfolio online with Birch Street and we are planning a comprehensive deployment schedule for 2008,” said Steven Henderson, Hilton Hotel’s director of procurement systems. “We plan on running all purchases through Birch Street, including food and beverage, which represents a significant portion of our total procurement volume. The estate-wide visibility we obtain from the reports generated by the Birch Street System will help us drive both buyer and supplier compliance. This, along with the time-savings we derive from the automation of our procurement workflows, will have a direct and almost immediate impact on our bottom line.”