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CALGARY and SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, April 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Guest-Tek Interactive Entertainment Ltd., (”Guest-Tek” ) (TSX:GTK) has announced it has entered into an agreement (the “Agreement”) with Real Hotels & Resorts to install Guest-Tek’s OneView(TM) Media platform with video-on-demand (”VOD”) in over 1300 rooms spread over seven properties located in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Currently these properties have Guest-Tek’s high speed internet access (”HSIA”) platform which through this agreement will be upgraded to the latest version of Guest-Tek’s OneView(TM) Internet platform.”This agreement is an example of Guest-Tek’s abilities in the Latin American marketplace. We have taken a customer with our Internet platform and upgraded their offerings with the latest OneView(TM) Internet and OneView(TM) Media platforms,” noted Arnon Levy, chief executive officer of Guest-Tek. “Guest-tek continues to expand its operations globally. We are pleased to work with Real Hotels & Resorts and provide them with world leading OneView(TM) products and services.”With this Agreement, Guest-Tek will install these services over the 2008 calendar year and will provide 24 hour, seven day a week support in English and Spanish.”Real Hotels & Resorts has made this Agreement with Guest-Tek because we see Guest-Tek as a leader in providing HSIA and VOD in Latin America,” said Fernando Poma, Managing Director of Real Hotels & Resorts. “Our past experience with Guest-Tek has proven to our company that we can rely on Guest-Tek to provide exceptional support and service to our properties.”ABOUT GUEST-TEKGuest-Tek (Toronto Stock Exchange: GTK) is the world’s largest provider of IP based technology solutions for the hospitality industry. Guest-Tek’s OneView(TM) platform provides hotels with converged data, video and telephony services. Guest-Tek is a preferred vendor to major hotel brands, providing services including network design, procurement, implementation, and post sales customer support to over 3,019 properties and over 504,000 rooms. The company’s head offices are in Calgary, Alberta, and it has major support facilities in Irvine, California, and Warsaw, Poland as well as Sales offices located throughout North America and Europe. For more information about Guest-Tek, go to ABOUT REAL HOTELS & RESORTSReal Hotels & Resorts, Grupo Poma’s hospitality division, is a leading lodging company with more than 4,500 available rooms distributed within its 27 hotels opened or under development in the United States, Central and South America and the Caribbean. Real Hotels & Resorts operates its properties in alliance with three large hotel chains: InterContinental Hotels Group, Choice Hotels International and Marriott International. The company is headquartered in San Salvador, El Salvador and had approximately 3,500 employees at 2007 year-end. It is ranked as one of the top hotel management companies in Latin America having received multiple awards and recognitions for its high service and product consistence across its entire property portfolio. For more information or reservations, please visit Guest-Tek Interactive Entertainment Ltd.

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OTTAWA, March 27 /PRNewswire/ — Halogen Software Inc., a leading provider of web-based employee performance and talent management software, has sponsored an IDC case study which profiles Florida-based CPA firm, O’Sullivan Creel. It was selected for this study based on its best-practice driven approach to employee performance and talent management, which includes the use of Halogen’s product suite.The case study, “Transforming Employee Performance Management: A Case Study on O’Sullivan Creel,” finds that automating the management of employee performance can reduce turnover, significantly improve savings and drive adoption and efficiency.Following the rollout of the Halogen solution, independent survey results from the McGladrey network indicated a 38 percent improvement in employees’ understanding of the link between the work they do and how they are paid. Employees now have a clear roadmap for their success in the firm and O’Sullivan Creel has higher employee satisfaction - a key driver in retaining top performers.”Employee performance and talent management systems offer more than just automation. This case study is a good example how these systems can be used to drive value for the organization and support recruitment and retention efforts as well,” says Krista Collins, Research Analyst, Canadian IT Innovation & Export, IDC.O’Sullivan Creel selected Halogen eAppraisal and Multi-Rater based on the flexibility of the solution, as it could be configured without IT or vendor involvement. Since rolling out the solution, under the leadership of partner Kathy Anthony, the firm has realized a number of benefits including productivity gains, improved quality of appraisals and greater transparency into the process.”Given where we want our company to go, we could not accomplish it without Halogen,” said Kathy Anthony, PHR, Partner, O’Sullivan Creel. “I believe the performance management culture that we have built using Halogen’s solutions will ensure we meet our strategic vision.”The study can be downloaded at: About Halogen SoftwareA recognized industry leader with over 1000 customers worldwide, Halogen Software makes powerful, simple-to-use and affordable employee performance and talent management applications. The company offers a complete suite of web-based products that automate, simplify and integrate employee performance management, 360/multi-rater feedback, compensation management, succession planning and learning management. Halogen’s offering makes HR best-practices accessible to companies of all sizes and its healthcare, financial services and professional services specific suites meet the unique needs of these industries. Halogen is consistently recognized by the industry and its customers for its exceptional implementation and support services, and has won multiple awards for its corporate leadership and product innovation, including HR Technology Product of the Year. For more information, visit . HALOGEN SOFTWARE

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