Contract wins

Clarity Commerce Solutions PLC 23 October 2007 Clarity Commerce Solutions plc Clarity to deliver innovative rail ticketing system Clarity Commerce Solutions plc (AIM: CCS, 'Clarity'), a leading supplier of management software solutions for the retail, ticketing, entertainment and leisure sectors, is pleased to announce that their subsidiary MATRA, has been awarded the contract to deliver the ticketing system for the Oslo Airport Express Train. The Oslo Airport Express Train (Flytoget) is Norway's first high-speed train, providing fast, modern and comfortable transportation between the Oslo International Airport at Gardermoen and Oslo. MATRA has been the core supplier of Flytoget's ticketing infrastructure since 1998 and the provider of the system that supports their 'ticketless travel' concept. In this latest contract, worth over £500,000 across the next 2 years, MATRA will be using the latest generation of their FREEDOM product suite to refresh the entire ticketing infrastructure. This is to enable Flytoget to continue their strategy of delivering improvements to the service. - Important new features of the system will be extensions to the ticketless travel experience, multi trip tickets that can be topped up over the web, and the latest touch screen technology at the sales counters. The FREEDOM product suite is an integrated multi channel sales solution that encompasses point of sale, stored value and loyalty, web store integration, electronic value cards, and real-time data channelling. FREEDOM is installed at major retailers in the UK, US, Canada, Europe, Scandinavia and South Africa, Toril Dyrkorn, Head of IT at Flytoget said: 'We are delighted to award this contract to MATRA. They have a great understanding of the way that Flytoget works and our vision for the future. Through the selection process, they demonstrated the flexibility of the latest FREEDOM product and showed how it will be able to not just keep pace with our plans, but bring new opportunities as well.' Clarity software progresses in European theme park market Clarity is also pleased to announce successful installation of its ticketing and point of sale (POS) solution at independent theme park, Movie Park Germany. Movie Park Germany is a well-established, independent theme park situated near Dusseldorf, Germany. During the 2006 season, Movie Park attracted approximately 1.2m visitors. Movie Park took the decision to implement a comprehensive modernisation programme, which included the specification of a new IT environment, complete with ticketing and POS software, interfaced to Movie Park's new ERP and HR systems. Clarity is delighted that this new installation not only gives it a presence in the complimentary theme park marketplace, but also confirms Clarity's presence in mainland Europe. Commenting on the project, Wouter Dekkers, General Manager at Movie Park Germany, stated: 'Interfacing the proposed new POS and Ticketing solutions with our existing systems was a major challenge. We selected Clarity not only because of their well-proven market specific software applications, but also because we were impressed by their approach to the interfacing requirement. Reporting across our ticketing, concessions, food and retail related activities has been significantly enhanced. This is invaluable to the Executive Management Team's efforts to improve decision making and profitability.' Press contact: Jacquie Mitchell, Clarity Commerce Solutions plc Tel: 01932 778001 Fiona Kindness, Director Grant Thornton UK LLP (Nominated Adviser) 020 7728 3414 Ian Callaway, Director SVS Securities plc (Broker) 020 7638 5600 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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