Newport Beach, CA – June 26, 2008 – Birch Street Systems, a leading provider of hosted procure-to-pay solutions specifically designed for the food & beverage needs of the hospitality industry, today announced that it has achieved an installation milestone by deploying their suite of solutions in more than forty Hilton Hotel [NYSE:HLT] properties within a thirty day window.

Birch Street solutions can provide a substantial Return on Investment (ROI) for properties that have adopted their e-procurement systems. In all cases, an immediate return is seen in the form of reduced time and costs associated with the purchasing cycle. Effective automation consistently shows a significant reduction in time, errors and costs. On average, requisition-to-order time is reduced by 65%, and processing costs are reduced by more than 58%.

“We were able to quickly deploy multiple Hilton sites because of our ‘best of practice’ approach to development which integrates the knowledge gained from hundreds of Birch Street implementations spanning across the globe.” Said Douglas Sanborn, President  & CEO of Birch Street Systems.

With the addition of these forty properties, Hilton now runs Birch Street solutions in 673 of their hotels worldwide.