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Passkey Unveils RoomList Express�, World's First Fully-Automated
And Secure Room List Tool For Hotels
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First to Offer PCI Compliance and Complete Automation for Hotel Groups using Room Lists
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QUINCY, Mass - (November 15, 2007) - Passkey, the worldwide leader in online group reservations, today announced the launch of RoomList Express�, the world's first fully automated and 100% secure room list tool for hotels and meetings.  RoomList Express is the first product that lets meeting planners upload their own hotel rooming lists anytime at a secure web location, where hotels can then import those lists directly into their own reservation systems.  This eliminates a great deal of manual labor and errors, as well as mitigates the security risk associated with exchanging rooming lists via email or fax, providing hotels and planners significant time savings and abridged risk, while reducing reservation errors by more than 50 percent. 
 
"Event planners and hotels are demanding more streamlined and secure methods for managing events and group reservations, and the reality is that many of the existing models are no longer adequate," said Greg Pesik, President and CEO of Passkey. "With RoomList Express, we are raising the bar again by delivering to the industry the first solution that completely automates several time-consuming processes in a completely PCI compliant environment. In doing so, we save all parties time while closing the door to potential errors or security flaws that can create problems both in the near term and down the road."
 
Passkey's RoomList Express includes the following capabilities:

� Meeting Planners Securely Drop-Off Lists

With RoomList Express, hotels can provide a Web address where planners can drop off their room lists anytime, eliminating the need for lists to reside on hotel systems or in emails, where they are vulnerable to potential security threats.  Once a room list is dropped off by the planner, the hotel is notified via email so they can manage the room list and transfer the underlying reservations into their central reservation or property management system, all via Passkey's automated process.
� Handles All Room List Formats
RoomList Express can handle room lists of any size in any CSV or Excel format. Passkey's unique mapping technology can turn any room list into valid reservations, which can then be transferred directly into a hotel's internal system.
� From Room List to Reservations, Easily
Passkey's RoomList Express completely automates the room list process, so hotels can turn any room list into valid reservations quickly, easily and accurately.
� Maximum Accuracy, Minimum Effort
Passkey's RoomList Express eliminates the need to re-key data, therefore minimizing workload and errors. Room lists are turned into reservations in less time with maximum accuracy.
 RoomList Express will be available immediately to meeting planners holding their events at any Passkey licensed hotel.  
 
About Passkey

Passkey (www.passkey.com) is the worldwide leader in online group reservations. The Boston-based technology company offers event planners and providers a powerful web-based application to optimize group hotel reservations. The heart of the Passkey system is an innovative online booking engine that lets group attendees make and manage their hotel reservations online in the contracted group block, while allowing event planners and hotels to access real-time reports and event information. Offered as an onDemand solution, Passkey delivers benchmark speed, security and scalability. 

The Passkey-enabled global network consists of over 85% of major U.S. Convention and Visitors Bureaus (CVBs), as well as thousands of hotels, trade associations, corporate meeting planners, and meeting management companies. Passkey investors include: Lazard Technology Partners, and DRV Investments, LLC.

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Contact:

Dahlia El Gazzar
Director of Marketing
Passkey International Inc.
617.237.8238
[email protected]
http://www.passkey.com/

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Also See: Sunstone Hotel Properties, Inc. Deploys Passkey for Online Group Reservations Sunstone Hotel Properties, Inc. Offers Passkey as a Complimentary Service for Meeting Planners at Twelve Hotels across North America / November 2007
Passkey Unveils Smart Alerts�, World's First Event Alert System; E-mail Alerts Take Management of Group Hotel Reservations to the Next Level / June 2007
Passkey Transforms Event Management at CoreNet Global; Company Leverages Passkey at all Events to Maximize Revenue, Mitigate Attrition Risks, Minimize Labor and Automate Hotel Reservations Process / June 2007
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Atlas Hotels Adds Passkey to Maximize Group Business; Town & Country and Kona Kai Resorts Offer Passkey to all Event Planners / February 2007
The Inverness Aligns with Passkey to Gain Group Advantage; Planner gains more control over entire event housing process / January 2007
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Dave Lutz Named to Passkey Board of Directors / September 2006
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Portola Plaza Hotel Upgrades Its Group Business By Implementing Passkey / June 2006
Adam�s Mark Hotels Implements Passkey as its Online Group Reservation & Management System / June 2006
Bill Oates Named to Passkey Board of Directors / June 2006
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Passkey Adds Las Vegas Hilton to Rapidly Growing Roster of Passkey-enabled Hotels / June 2005
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Passkey Names Bob Orlando Chief Financial Officer / January 2005
Passkey Releases Automated Rooming List Management Product; New Functionality Eliminates Manual Keying of Room Lists for Passkey Users / December 2004
Hotels Accelerating Adoption of Advanced Technology Solutions to Manage Group Business; Passkey Empowers Hotels to Increase their Online Group Bookings / June 2004
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Marriott To Offer Passkey Meeting Management Tool; Meeting Planners Receive Greater Control and Flexibility / October 2003
Passkey is Named MPI's Exclusive Digital Partner for Group Housing / March 2003
Passkey Appoints Chris Avery as New VP, Business Development / March 2003
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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