Bass Hotels & Resorts, whose Americas Division include the Inter-Continental and Crowne Plaza hotel brands, has created clusters - 

• In Houston for the Crowne Plaza - Near the Houston Galleria and the Inter-Continental Stephen F. Austin Hotel in Austin. 
• In Los Angeles, for the Crowne Plaza Los Angeles International Airport and the Crowne Plaza Redondo Beach & Marina. 
• In New York for the Hotel Inter-Continental New York, the Inter-Continental Central Park South and the Crowne Plaza at the United Nations.

Delphi MPE is powered by a Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 database and provides real-time, direct-book capability to any guest- or function room in a region or cluster of hotels -regardless of size - from a single database.

Launched in November 1999, Delphi MPE is among the first products to integrate with MeetingBroker.com, Newmarket's new Internet service that routes electronic Requests For Proposals (e-RFP) from member sites that include: AllMeetings.com, BusinessMeetings.com, HotDatesHotRates, Meetings & Travel Online, PlanIt Online, and RFPExpress.

The power of MeetingBroker.com is that it enables hotels to immediately evaluate and accept business from Web-based sales leads, merge a proposal and email it back to the meeting planner in minutes, saving hours or days of delay.  In addition, MeetingBroker.com retains sales leads for future opportunities.