Newport Beach, CA – September 23, 2008 - Birch Street Systems, a leading provider of e-procurement and back office automation solutions to the hospitality industry, today announced that the InterContinental Chicago O’Hare has selected its Single Property Solution to streamline purchasing and inventory control.  One of Chicago’s premiere hotels, the InterContinental Chicago O’Hare is the latest property to adopt Birch Street’s Single Property Solution to manage critical hotel operations.

Birch Street’s Single Property Solution is a comprehensive back-office business system built for the specific needs of the hospitality and food service industries.  The system was designed to automate the Procure-to-Pay [P2P] cycle cutting inefficiencies out of the process while strengthening financial controls.

“We wanted to ensure our spend management controls were in place prior to opening our doors.” David Hall, CHA, general manager of InterContinental Chicago O’Hare states. “Once I asked our other location; InterContinental Chicago about how they benefit from Birch Streets solutions, I knew I had to implement it here as well.”

“SPS is the perfect solution for InterContinental Chicago O’Hare,” said Doug Sanborn, president and CEO of Birch Street Systems.  “It provides everything needed to automate their procurement process, and supports all of the purchasing needs of a hotel property in an affordable and flexible package. The solution offers best-in-class property level automation benefits and leverages our network of over 30,000 integrated industry suppliers.”