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Southwest Commits to Groups with Simplified Booking, Investment in Routes and People

Smart Meetings

Dave Harvey, vice president and chief sales officer for the airline, explained that the new product makes booking and/or changing names for group flights—something that could have taken weeks of manual confirmations, approvals and information gathering in the past—a self-service task with the potential to be condensed into a few minutes.

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Top 3 DMC Trends as Tracked by an AI Proposal Platform

Smart Meetings

She has been building the platform by using it for her DMC clients and soft launched to others. “As Just as you might make a look book for the top three or 10 destinations with images, square footages and prices, this makes it easy to show what is popular, creative and available when the client needs it.

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Is the RFP Dead? Long Live Next Evolution of Booking

Smart Meetings

Hotel sales teams are barraged with automated forms, lean staffs and limited information to determine what the customer really needs. There has also been a shortening of booking windows almost throughout 2021. An Automated Future . Automation is critical,” said Emenecker. “As More, Faster, Pricier.

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Press Release: MeetingPackage named Best Online Venue Booking Platform in the 2023 HotelTechAwards

Meeting Package

Helsinki, Finland – 10 January 2023 For the third year in a row, MeetingPackage is honored to announce that we have been named 2023’s #1 Best Online Venue Booking Platform by Hotel Tech Report. This means that MeetingPackage’s users decided the #1 Best Online Venue Booking Platform,” said Hotel Tech Report CEO, Jordan Hollander.

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B2B Travel Platform For Corporate Travel Management

AltexSoft Travel

A well-structured B2B travel platform is no longer just a “nice-to-have.” This guide delves deep into the specifics of building a custom B2B travel booking platform specifically tailored for corporate travel. Different booking flow. But what does a B2B travel platform entail? Legacy GDS limitations.

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Attention Meeting Planners: Instant Booking Is Finally Here

Skift Meetings

With many meeting planners and event organizers doubling up their bookings to compensate for postponed events from 2021 (and even 2020), it’s getting harder and harder to find hotel rooms and meeting spaces for groups both large and small. The New Marketplace Philosophy for Meeting Bookings.

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B2b platform ‘MyBiz’ records 3X growth over pre-covid period

Travel Daily Media

The post B2b platform ‘MyBiz’ records 3X growth over pre-covid period appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. MakeMyTrip’s B2B platform, MyBiz, fueled by its differentiated product offering and a unique go-to market strategy is growing much faster than the corporate travel industry.

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