Medicine Hat Accommodation Association Signs Up With Meetingmax

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.