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Passkey Appoints Chris Avery as New
VP, Business Development
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-Sales Team Continues to Grow with Hospitality Expertise
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QUINCY, Mass. � March 15, 2003 � Passkey, the leading provider of group housing management technology, announced today the appointment of Chris Avery to the position of vice president, business development.  With 20 years of hospitality and technology expertise, Avery helps round out the company�s growing sales team and will be instrumental in securing business from a significant cross section of customers; hotels, management companies, meeting planners, convention and visitors bureaus, and convention centers.
 
Most recently, Avery served as director, regional sales, destinations and convention centers for Newmarket International, where he refocused the sales team, increasing the monthly revenue by 100% per representative and effectively increasing market share within the hotel, CVB and convention center market.  Prior to Newmarket, Avery was the vice president of sales at Niche Software, where he helped increase the sales lead pipeline by 500% and elevate sales by 200%.

�With Chris� proven sales record and vast knowledge of the hospitality industry and players, he will be a 


Chris Avery
tremendous asset to our sales team.  Chris knows what our customers need to stay competitive and he�ll serve a crucial role in guiding Passkey to the next level,� said Paul Rantilla, Passkey's vice president of sales and marketing. 

An active member of IACVB, IACC, PCMA, and past president of HSMAI, Avery is happy to bring his passion for the hospitality industry to Passkey.  He also is looking forward to showcasing how the Passkey solution can solve many of the known challenges for managing group housing in the meetings industry. 

�The meetings business is going through a tough time right now, but Passkey offers solutions to efficiently steer hotels, meeting planners, and CVBs through this difficult period.  I�m glad to be part of Passkey�s bright future,� said Avery.

About Passkey (www.passkey.com):
Passkey, the Internet-based booking engine and event management solution, is the meetings and convention industry�s standard for group reservations management and distribution.  The Quincy, Mass.-based provider empowers organizers of single property meetings and citywide events with access to a Web-based application that provides all parties with 24/7, shared access to critical event information and real-time reports.  The Passkey-enabledSM global network consists of convention & visitors bureaus (CVBs), hotels, association and corporate meeting planners, meeting management companies, professional congress organizers (PCOs), travel agencies, and registration vendors.  Passkey investors include:  Lazard Technology Partners; TravelCLICK (www.travelclick.net), Sabre (NYSE: TSG) (www.sabre.com); Galileo (NYSE: CD) (www.galileo.com); and Worldspan (www.worldspan.com).

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Contact:

Passkey
Dahlia El Gazzar 
Marketing Director 
voice: 617-237-8238
email: [email protected]
http://www.passkey.com
 



 
Also See: Passkey Goes Global; Opens Office in Dublin, Lyon Convention and Visitors Bureau First European City to Become Passkey-enabled / Nov 2002
Boca Resorts, Inc., Selects Passkey to Further Serve Meeting and Event Planners / Oct 2002
Omni Hotels First to Implement Passkey Enterprise Solution Across Entire 40-Property Portfolio / Oct 2002
PGA of America Hits the Green With Passkey / Aug 2002
Nothing But BlueSkyz and Passkey / Sept 2002
Jay Ramadorai Joins Passkey as Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer / July 2002
Passkey Names Former Hotel Executives Paul Rantilla and Andrew Mace to Sales Positions / April 2002 


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