Medicine Hat, AB and Vancouver, BC: August
14, 2012 – The Medicine Hat Accommodation
Association (MHAA) today announced the signing of an agreement with Meetingmax
Systems, provider of the travel industry’s most flexible online housing reservation
system. A group of twelve local hotels is leading the purchase to better manage group housing reservations for sports
events.
“Sports events have a tremendous impact on our local
economy,” says Elisha Ammann, Executive Director, Medicine Hat Accommodation
Association. “The participants not only book rooms at our hotels, but they also
visit local restaurants, attractions, and retailers. Sports event planners are
looking for added value when they select a city for their event. Offering a
system that simplifies their lives just makes good business sense.”
Using Meetingmax’s system, event attendees click one
link to review participating hotels, explore their features, and book a room; planners
can easily track and manage their room blocks without having to contact each
hotel separately; and hotels can efficiently search, process, and report on all
rooms and reservations for each group.
“Without such a system, each hotel might speak with a
planner more than a dozen times to update them on the status of their block,”
continues Ammann. “Being able to offer a simple but powerful online housing
reservation system will make the sports event planner’s job much easier and
free up hotel staff to focus on customer service instead of pulling reports.”
MHAA selected Meetingmax after conducting a thorough
review of reservation systems. The organization was drawn to the low investment
required and the system’s ease of use.
“Our system was built for people of all comfort
levels when it comes to technology,” says Jeff Duncan, COO Meetingmax Systems.
“This means that hotels can easily train all their staff to use the system and
that the end-user can intuitively explore the hotels and book their own room.”
Medicine Hat is rich in local history and unique
attractions. The city is well positioned at the junction of the Trans Canada
Highway and Highway 3, allowing easy access from all directions. Medicine Hat's
Municipal Airport is located five minutes from downtown and is a short
50-minute flight to Calgary International Airport.
About Medicine Hat
Accommodation Association:
The Medicine Hat Accommodation Association (MHAA) is a
group of Southern Alberta Hotels that focuses on attracting additional visitors
to Medicine Hat through joint promotions and advertising. The association’s objectives are to work towards
common interests and goals of the hotel industry and to have a unified voice in
the community of Medicine Hat and Western Canada.
About Meetingmax:
Meetingmax
Systems provides the travel industry with the most flexible online housing
reservation system. Initially developed to meet the needs of Meetingmax’s
meeting and event planning arm, the system provides convention and visitors
bureaus, event planners, and organizations with a simple yet powerful means to
manage conference and event room bookings. The company is based in Vancouver,
BC and can be found online at www.meetingmaxsystems.com.
