Budgetel Inns Enhances Computer Links; Adds Voice Mail in All Properties - Company Purchases System from MCORP -.

MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 15, 1998--Budgetel Inns, a leading national economy-lodging chain operated and franchised by The Marcus Corporation (NYSE:MCS), today announced the investment of $3 million to install voice mail for guests and enhance its local computerized property management capabilities at all of its 156 properties.

This announcement comes after The Marcus Corporation announced it is changing the name of Budgetel Inns to Baymont Inns, effective September 30. The addition of voice mail for all guests is part of the company's plan to add amenities in conjunction with the name change.

Budgetel executives selected MCORP, an Edison, New Jersey-based technology company, to install its Emissary Voice Mail and ImagInn(TM) Property Management systems by December 31.

The new technology will enable guests to have the convenience of voice mail, similar to what they have at their offices or their homes, including off-site message retrieval, group messaging and the ability to listen to, skip or delete messages. In addition to capturing telephone messages, the new system will allow guests to program their own wake-up calls if desired.

The computerized property management system will also allow Budgetel to better capture guest information and statistics for reporting purposes.

"The new technology will further enhance the company's operational efficiency and advance the new Baymont image," said Budgetel Inns president David T. Lucas. "MCORP provides us with the functionality, service and value that we need to better serve guests in one single source."

Voice mail and the new property management system has already been installed and test marketed in 18 Budgetel Inns locations.

Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Marcus Corporation is comprised of four divisions: motels, movie theatres, hotels/resorts and restaurants. The company operates 156 Budgetel Inns (106 company-owned and 50 franchised) in 30 states and five Woodfield Suites in Wisconsin, Colorado and Ohio; 361 movie screens in Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio and Minnesota and one family entertainment center in Wisconsin; three hotels and a resort in Wisconsin, one hotel in Minnesota, one hotel and a resort in California and one resort in Michigan; and 31 KFC restaurants in Wisconsin.

MCORP has been providing technology solutions for the hospitality industry for more than 15 years. MCORP's product line now includes Property Management, PBX, Call Accounting, Answer Detection, Telephones, Voice Mail and HQ Link.

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