A new partnership between group booking site HotelPlanner and group sourcing/RFP software MeetingPackage aims to streamline the event booking process for both event planners and hotel sales teams.
MeetingPackage is a self-service, cloud-based, no-code platform that automates all meetings and event sales and operations for hotels and venues. Through this partnership, the platform is now the official provider of meeting and event spaces for all HotelPlanner customers.
"This partnership is a big milestone for us as we push forward in our mission to become the first channel manager solution for meetings and event spaces," said Joonas Ahola, MeetingPackage founder and CEO. "Hotels and venues shouldn't have to create multiple accounts for all sorts of different portals and marketplaces, or sort through [request for proposal] spam. We couldn't have asked for a better partner than HotelPlanner. Giving event spaces one central profile with real-time availability on the world's biggest travel sites is a game changer."
Traditionally, the hospitality industry has managed sales and operations manually, relying on email exchanges and RFPs. The COVID-19 pandemic spotlighted the need for more efficient sales processes.
"Allowing our customers to book meeting rooms directly online will deliver huge cost reductions and time savings," said Bas Lemmens, managing director, HotelPlanner. "We know what it takes to provide a world-class booking service and we can help relieve any stress that may come with large event or group bookings. Working together with MeetingPackage, we will win the trust of more customers by providing them with an easy, available and customer-friendly booking solution within all our partner websites. The integration work has already started, and we expect to go live by the year end of 2021."