Company to use system to
manage more
than 300,000 rooms in 2013
Colorado Springs, CO and Vancouver, BC; October
23, 2012 – Event solutions provider PSA
announced today the signing of an agreement with Meetingmax Systems, provider
of the hospitality industry’s most flexible hotel reservation system.
PSA will use Meetingmax’s online system to manage the
housing needs of clients including USA Triathlon, USA Fencing, and the National
Senior Games Association. PSA expects to manage more than 300,000 rooms through
the system in 2013.
“We are delighted to partner with Meetingmax for our
event accommodation needs,” says Kurt R. Aichele, Chief Strategy Officer, PSA.
“We looked at numerous providers and none demonstrated the ability to handle
room bookings for large-scale, city-wide events like Meetingmax. Based on the
common values held by our two organizations, we feel that we have a great
relationship ahead.”
While PSA had an existing housing system, the
company was looking for added functionality, more comprehensive reporting, and an
integrated user experience. Meetingmax’s system will allow PSA to link housing
and registration for large-scale events, eliminating the duplication of data
entry and ensuring that registrants book inside reserved housing blocks.
PSA was also looking for a way to track room nights
associated with all of its clients’ events.
“Historically, we manage more than 2,000 events each
year, around the world,” continues Aichele. “Knowing our reach extends beyond
50+ countries, tracking our room bookings through Meetingmax will allow us to
leverage our global buying power on behalf of all of our clients.”
“A huge benefit of our system is the intelligence
that it can provide,” says Jeff Duncan, COO Meetingmax Systems. “With our
reporting features, planners can be sure of their event’s economic impact,
allowing them to leverage that information in the future.”
Using Meetingmax’s system, planners can easily track
and manage their room blocks without having to contact each hotel separately;
hotels can efficiently search, process, and report on all rooms and
reservations for each group; and event attendees can click one link to review
participating hotels, explore their features, and book a room.
About PSA:
For more than 25 years, PSA has been impacting
communities with customized solutions as we SERVE event organizers through intentional,
responsive, and care-filled relationships.
PSA offers an integrated platform of services including site selection, housing
management, event management, travel, creative services, communications, and
peer review support. The company specializes in the Federal, Commercial, and
Sports sectors. Visit the PSA website at www.ExplorePSA.com.
About Meetingmax:
Meetingmax
Systems provides the travel industry with the most flexible online housing
reservation system. Tailored to meet the needs of convention and visitors
bureaus, event planners, and organizations, the system provides users 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.
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Contact:
Gwen Hardy
Elettra
Communications
604.738.3870
gwen@elettra.ca
