Santa Barbara, CA – October 27, 2009 – Elite Meetings International
(EMI), a provider of integrated solutions to enhance the performance of
meeting and hospitality professionals, announced that its proprietary FaceTime
appointment scheduling technology has been selected to facilitate connections,
appointments and scheduling between top professionals participating in
the Hosted Buyer Program at Meeting Professionals International’s (MPI)
MeetDifferent Conference, February 20-23, 2010, in Cancun, Mexico. The
announcement follows the successful launch of FaceTime at the Hosted Buyer
Program at the 2009 Motivation Show, held last month in Chicago.
“We are happy to confirm that MPI will use FaceTime as a vehicle for
helping attendees identify synergies, manage appointments and make direct
connections with one another,” said Kelly Foy, chief executive officer
of Elite Meetings. He concluded, “Having received tremendously positive
feedback from FaceTime’s debut at the Motivation Show, we look forward
to continuing to demonstrate the product’s unique features and benefits
to meeting and hospitality professionals in the months leading up to MeetDifferent.
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All About FaceTime
FaceTime is EMI’s proprietary streamlined technology for helping buyers
and sellers request, create and manage appointments. Features of the product
include:
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Simple and instantaneous appointment scheduling.
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Detailed user information allowing potential business to be identified
easily.
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“Smart” scheduling via cross-referencing multiple appointment schedules
and suggesting available slots.
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Advanced communications functions through real-time appointment request
system and streamlined responses.
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Easily accessible display and printing of comprehensive event schedule
with appointments.
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An appointment “alert” system that notifies participants of additions,
changes, cancellations and messages from other event participants.
“We are delighted to partner with Elite Meetings International to feature
FaceTime at our Hosted Buyer Program at MeetDifferent,” said Bridget Sypolt,
Director of Events for MPI, the meeting and event industry’s largest and
most vibrant community, which has more than 24,000 members and 71 chapters
worldwide. She concluded, “For the first time ever, MeetDifferent will
forego a traditional trade show set up, in an effort to allow participants
to structure personalized, one-on-one interactions that generate direct
results. We believe FaceTime will be instrumental in helping us achieve
this goal.”
MeetDifferent is an annual conference that offers meeting professionals
a wide array of educational, networking and sales events to help professionals
drive performance and deliver results. The Hosted Buyer Program brings
together pre-qualified planners and suppliers in an intensive series of
one-on-one meetings designed to generate future business for both parties.
For more information regarding MeetDifferent 2010 and the Hosted Buyer
Program, please visit www.mpimeetdifferent.org.
About Elite Meetings International
 Based
in Santa Barbara, Elite Meetings International (EMI) provides integrated
solutions to enhance the performance of meeting and hospitality professionals.
EMI supports this community through a combination of innovative technology,
direct sales support, customized marketing programs and face-to-face business-building
events. Additionally, www.EliteMeetings.com
serves as a commission-free RFP-generating tool and a comprehensive vehicle
for sourcing luxury, upper-upscale and upscale properties. EMI’s innovations
include FaceTime™, a widely used program for helping buyers and sellers
– across any industry – identify synergies, manage appointments and make
direct connections with one another; and SpeedRFP™ (www.SpeedRFP.com),
a new time-saving product for creating, submitting, and managing RFPs online.
For additional information, please visit www.EliteMeetings.com
or call 805-730-1000.
For more information on FaceTime, contact sales@EliteMeetings.com,
or call (805) 730-1000.
About MPI
Meeting Professionals International (MPI), the meeting and event industry’s
largest and most vibrant global community, helps our members thrive by
providing human connections to knowledge and ideas, relationships, and
marketplaces. MPI membership is comprised of more than 24,000 members
belonging to 71 chapters and clubs worldwide. For additional information,
visit www.mpiweb.org.
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