Leisure Link Group Place Their Bets on Serious Benefits with Astea's Leading Field Service Management

Leisure Link Group Place Their Bets on Serious Benefits with Astea's Leading Field Service Management CRANFIELD, England, Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Astea International Inc. (NASDAQ:ATEA), a global provider of service management solutions, today announced that Leisure Link Group has selected the latest version of Astea Alliance, a rich and comprehensive Microsoft .NET-based best of breed service management offering to underpin the company's market leading management of 90,000 pay to play machines across more than 25,000 leisure retail venues. One of Leisure Link's key business drivers for selecting a new service system was the desire to continuously improve on the service levels delivered to their customers. Astea's world-class system which offers a future-proof technology platform was seen as the compelling solution to address Leisure Link's needs, particularly given recent Astea developments - the announcement of the first fully .NET compliant application About Astea International Astea is a global provider of service management software that addresses the unique needs of companies who manage capital equipment, mission critical assets and human capital. The Astea Alliance suite supports the complete service lifecycle, from lead generation and project quotation to service and billing through asset retirement. It integrates and optimizes critical business processes for Contact Center, Field Service, Depot Repair, Logistics, Professional Services, and Sales & Marketing. Astea extends its application suite with portal, analytics and mobile solutions. Since its inception in 1979, Astea has licensed applications to companies in a wide range of sectors including information technology, telecommunications, instruments & controls, business systems, and medical devices. http://www.astea.com/. Service Smart. Enterprise Proven. Astea UK Ltd, Trent House, University Way, The Technology Park, Cranfield, Bedford MK43 0AN Tel: 01234 756700 Fax: 01234 757477 Web: http://www.astea.co.uk/ or http://www.astea.com/ Email: sarah.anstee@astea.co.uk Contact: Sarah Anstee About Leisure Link Group Leisure Link Solutions, Inspired Broadcast Networks and Revolution Entertainment Systems are part of the Leisure Link Group, the UK's largest provider of public space gaming and entertainment machines. Activities include machine management; design, supply and assembly of digital equipment; and content and technology provision for out-of-home networked devices. The company was formed in 1998 through the acquisition of BLMS from Bass plc. In 2001 Leisure Link was acquired by Henderson Private Capital, the private equity arm of Henderson Global Investors. http://www.leisure-link.com/http://www.inspiredbroadcast.net/http://www.revolutionentertainment.co.uk/ For more information, please contact: Anne Harris, Leisure Link Rebecca Blinston-Jones, Mantra PR anne.harris@llg.co.ukrblinston-jones@mantra-pr.com 01283 512777 020 7907 7810 Astea and Astea Alliance are trademarks of Astea International Inc. All other company and product names contained herein are trademarks of the respective holders. This press release contains forward-looking statements that are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could materially affect future results. Among these risk factors are possibilities that the companies mentioned in this press release may not purchase licenses for Astea Alliance, the continuing acceptance of Astea's products, general competitive pressures in the marketplace, and continued overall growth in the customer relationship management solutions industry. Further information regarding these as well as other key risk factors and meaningful cautionary statements that could affect the Company's financial results are included at length in the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Source: Astea International Inc. CONTACT: Bobbie Sauter, Astea International Inc., +1-215-682-2500, bsauter@astea.com Web site: http://www.leisure-link.com/ http://www.inspiredbroadcast.net/ http://www.revolutionentertainment.co.uk/ /Web site: http://www.astea.com/ ------- Profile: International Entertainment