Ampco System Parking Awarded Contract with Intercontinental Houston.

LOS ANGELES -- Ampco System Parking, a wholly owned subsidiary of ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM), has been awarded a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract with InterContinental Houston. The contract covers comprehensive, 24-hour parking operations management for the hotel and resort's 600-space facility located in the prestigious uptown Houston area.

"We are pleased to have the opportunity to work with InterContinental Houston to provide specialized and efficient parking management solutions for one of the country's most thriving and convenient hotel and meeting facilities," said Thomas Barnett, president of Ampco System Parking. "Our extensive hospitality industry expertise enables our dedicated staff to deliver the highest quality services to meet and exceed the expectations of the hotel's guests, employees and visitors," he added.

"As one of Houston's premier hotel and meeting accommodations, we look forward to working with Ampco to ensure excellent service and parking convenience for our guests and clients," said Hotel Manager Ronald Hoogerbrugge.

InterContinental Houston is ideally located in the heart of the city's international shopping, dining and business district in prestigious uptown Houston. In a city where more than 90 languages are spoken, InterContinental Houston reflects the city's unique spirit and contemporary flair, providing a multilingual staff, international menus and amenities tailored to the global traveler. Accommodations include 485 deluxe guest rooms and suites, which include extensive amenities, cutting-edge in-room technology and courtesy transportation within Houston's Galleria and Uptown Houston business district.

Ampco System Parking is an industry leader, operating more than 1,700 lots and garages in 30 states, including parking facilities at or adjacent to such major international airports as Austin, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Denver, Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles, Omaha, Orlando, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Seattle.

ABM Industries Incorporated is among the largest facility services contractors listed on the New York Stock Exchange. With fiscal 2004 revenues in excess of $2.4 billion and more than 73,000 employees, ABM provides janitorial, parking, security, engineering and lighting services for thousands of commercial, industrial, institutional and retail facilities in hundreds of cities across the United States and British Columbia, Canada. The ABM Family of Services includes ABM Janitorial; Ampco System Parking; ABM Security Services, which includes American Commercial Security Services (ACSS) and Security Services of America (SSA); ABM Facility Services; ABM Engineering; and Amtech Lighting Services.