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HotelPlanner.com, an online provider of group hotel bookings worldwide, and Travelport have signed a new partnership deal to allow customers to obtain custom group rates plus instant online booking capabilities via the new “Book-in-Block” tool.
The two companies claim the new system "revolutionises" the way groups book reservations online.
HotelPlanner, which provides quotes to 3,000 groups per day in the global group travel market, claims it accesses the lowest rates by allowing customers to receive quotes online directly from hotel group sales managers. It can book hotels for business meetings, conferences, conventions, family reunions, weddings, extended stays, tours, military reunions, church events, and group travels.
Once a group negotiates a contract through Book-in-Block, the tool expedites the rate loading process and creates a consumer facing booking page, as well as, a customised travel coordinator interface.
Consumers will be able to book group rates instantly for any event. The travel coordinator interface offers the ability to upload attendee lists, instantly book live segments, receive instant confirmation numbers, manage room blocks and rates online, combine segments, bridge flight and rental car reservations and send booking information to travellers instantly.
Niklas Andreen, senior vice-president and managing director, hospitality at Travelport, said: “Today’s group travellers want fast, accurate connectivity to the content needed to book their trip. By exclusively connecting to the Travelport Travel Commerce Platform, with relevant choices of more than 650,000 hotel properties globally, HotelPlanner’s new solution gives group and event planners added capability to more efficiently manage their events, regardless of size."
John Prince, co-founder and chief infomration officer of HotelPlanner.com, added: “Travelport has been a great partner of ours for the past four years and this new expanded partnership will open up a whole new market for both of our companies.”
HotelPlanner also owns and operates Meetings.com, a site that provides information, planning and booking services for group, meeting, and individual hotel stays for the corporate, associations and business to business enterprises.
The company was founded in 2002, and has offices in London, Hong Kong, West Palm Beach in Florida and Las Vegas.
