Meetingmax signs Tacoma Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau

Meetingmax announced today the signing of an agreement with the Tacoma Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB). Meetingmax systems will handle all online housing reservations needs for the CVB. With 87 hotels containing over 6,000 hotel rooms, the Tacoma Regional CVB was looking for a system which could simplify the process of reserving room blocks for a variety of hotels. Meetingmax's system was selected based on it user-friendly interface and the fact that it does not have minimum booking requirements.

"Meetingmax's system has an excellent reputation within the travel industry," says Shauna Lunde, Director of Sales and Marketing for the Tacoma Regional CVB. "Meeting planners have had positive experiences with the system in other destinations and have been requesting the service from us."

The Tacoma Regional CVB made the decision in order to meet the growing number of calls from meeting planners for a simplified housing solution. "In today's competitive market, having an online housing reservation system is another service that CVB's can offer their meeting planners," says Jeff Duncan, COO, Meetingmax. "It's a value added benefit that can help Tacoma and Pierce County attract business."

VIFF attendees get the Sundance treatment

While organizers of the Vancouver International Film Festival have countless details to worry about, this year they won’t be worrying about hotel reservations. As a festival sponsor, Vancouver‐based Meetingmax will be providing its online housing reservation technology to manage room bookings for visiting filmmakers, VIPs and guests. This follows the successful use of the online platform at Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

“We were looking for a way to make sure that housing arrangements for our guests would run seamlessly and were impressed with the results that Meetingmax produced at Sundance,” said Betty Verkuil, Director of Development, VIFF. “Having the support of local companies for our festival is critical for our success. We’re pleased to have technology developed by a Vancouver business play a key role in the festival’s logistics.”

With multiple hotels providing rooms for the festival, VIFF organizers wanted to simplify the process of reserving rooms for VIPs and guests. Instead of having to use each hotel’s system, organizers can manage all hotel bookings through one central portal.

“Our partnership with VIFF will allow potential clients to explore the customizable features of our online booking platform,” says Jeff Duncan, COO, Meetingmax. “In turn, our system will streamline the housing reservations process for festival organizers, which can otherwise be an unnecessarily time-consuming element of event management.”

This will mark one of the first times that the system will be used in Vancouver by local hotels and event planners.