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Tuesday, May 23, 2006
For Immediate Release
Pittsburgh, PA: Allin Corporation (OTCBB: ALLN) announced that it has contracted with Costa Crociere to implement an interactive television system on the new 112,000-ton Costa Concordia, which is scheduled to sail in July 2006. Costa Crociere is part of Carnival Corporation & plc, a multi-line cruise conglomerate. The contracted implementation for the Costa Concordia, coupled with other existing interactive television systems for Carnival-affiliated companies, will take the number of Carnival Corporation & plc vessels installed with Allin interactive television solutions to fifteen. Across all cruise lines, Allin has a total of thirty-four shipboard interactive television systems in operation or under contract. This order was previously disclosed in the Company’s year-end earnings release.
The interactive television solutions will use the latest in Web technology to provide Costa’s guests the convenience of using their in-stateroom TV sets to access a variety of electronic commerce services such as previewing shore excursions, watching on-demand movies and informational videos, ordering room service, and reviewing their folio accounts and shipboard activities. The Allin solution will interface with the vessel’s hotel management system to allow direct billing to guest accounts for E-commerce transactions processed through the interactive television system.
“We are very pleased that Costa Crociere has selected Allin to continue with the deployment on their newest vessel, Costa Concordia,” commented Rich Talarico, Allin’s CEO. “With this contract, since May of 2003, every new Costa Crociere vessel will have entered service with an interactive television solution implemented by Allin. We are the only provider of interactive television technology able to offer a thin-client, a thick-client or hybrid system to our cruise line clients. This broad base of solution offerings, coupled with our unrivaled experience in the cruise industry and our tremendous support infrastructure, are the reasons that we continue to be the leader in providing interactive television technology to this marketplace. ”
About Allin Corporation
Allin Corporation is a leading provider of solutions-oriented application development and technology infrastructure consulting and systems integration services. Allin specializes in Microsoft-based technologies and interactive media with operations centered on four practice areas: Technology Infrastructure, Collaborative Solutions, Business Process and Interactive Media. Allin leverages its experience in these areas to work with clients through a disciplined project delivery framework to ensure that solutions are delivered on time and on budget. Allin delivers these services through the trade names Allin Consulting, Allin Interactive and CodeLab Technology Group. The Company maintains offices in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Wakefield, Massachusetts; and San Jose and Walnut Creek, California. For additional information about Allin, visit the Company’s Internet sites on the World Wide Web at http://www.allin.com and http://codelabtech.com.
About Carnival
Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest cruise vacation group in the world, with a portfolio of 12 cruise brands in North America, Europe and Australia, comprised of Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, Seabourn Cruise Line, Windstar Cruises, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard Line, Ocean Village, P&O Cruises, Swan Hellenic, and P&O Cruises Australia.
Together, these brands operate 80 ships totaling more than 139,000 lower berths with 15 new ships scheduled to enter service between May 2006 and fall 2009. Carnival Corporation & plc also operates the leading tour companies in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon, Holland America Tours and Princess Tours. Traded on both the New York and London Stock Exchanges, Carnival Corporation & plc is the only group in the world to be included in both the S&P 500 and the FTSE 100 indices.
Additional information is available at http://www.carnivalcorp.com, http://www.carnivalplc.com, and http://www.costa.it/asia
CONTACT: Dean C. Praskach Phone: (412) 928-2022
Chief Financial Officer Telefax: (412) 928-0225
Allin Corporation E-mail: Dean.Praskach@allin.com
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