Passkey, the standard technology for group hospitality
management, has been selected to integrate housing management for BlueSkyz,
the Internet¹s premier one-stop meeting solution |
QUINCY, Mass. September 12, 2002 Tim Durant, executive vice
president of Passkey, the meetings and conventions standard for group hospitality
management and distribution, announced today that it will provide BlueSkyz,
the premier online event management system, with its seamless integrated
housing solution.
Commenting on the company¹s decision to go with Passkey, Scott
Thomas, director of sales and business development, explains, "Housing
and registration are often the first point at which an organization �touches¹
a potential meeting attendee. A good first impression is critical
to the success of any event and it was Passkey¹s flexibility and functionality
that impressed us from the start."
Passkey will process all online hotel bookings made by event attendees
through the BlueSkyz application, then via it's Application Programming
Interface (API), RegLinkSM, it will seamlessly transfer all data into a
selected location, thereby eliminating the need for re-keying the information.
Thomas explains, "Passkey decreases cumbersome manual processes by automating
the group housing reservation process. Their robust technology has been
incorporated into BlueSkyz to offer event planners total control over reserving
and managing room blocks." Some additional benefits to planners using
Passkey include accessing and sharing real-time information; the ability
to use only one system from city-to-city; and reduction of attrition risk.
Development of the BlueSkyz application was a collaborative project
developed by Spectrum Management Group, a full service management consulting
firm specializing in customizable meeting, incentive and travel management,
and other leading industry technology partners. It is the company¹s
online solution for event registration, housing, travel, data collection
and integration, as well as lead retrieval. BlueSkyz has successfully
managed events for organizations including Pfizer, Lockheed Martin and
the U.S. Army.
Durant concludes, "Registration, hotel reservations and travel management
used to operate independently of each other. Thanks to our rapidly
growing industry standard technology, we are able to not only take the
lead on handling BlueSkyz¹ online processing, but with RegLink, we
can easily integrate with best of breed registration solutions."
About Passkey:
Passkey
(www.passkey.com), the industry leading
ASP solution for group reservations management and distribution, provides
all channels of this industry¹s planning process with better, more
efficient ways to manage events. The Quincy, Mass.-based provider empowers
users with web-based applications that provide all parties with real-time
reports and updates on every facet of the planning process. Industries
served include Convention and Visitors Bureaus (CVBs), Global Distribution
Systems (GDS), hotels, travel agencies, associations, corporations, meetings
RFP engines and registration vendors. Travel providers who are Passkey-enabledSM
can also leverage Passkey technology to manage group housing for both citywide
and single property meetings. Passkey investors include: Lazard Technology
Partners; Sabre (NYSE: TSG) (www.sabre.com); Galileo (NYSE: GLC) (www.galileo.com);
Worldspan (www.worldspan.com); TravelCLICK (www.travelclick.net); DRV and
McCord Group Travel Services (www.mccord.com).
About BlueSkyz:
BlueSkyz (www.blueskyz.com) is
a full service registration and housing company who¹s premier web-based
application combines the power of industry leading applications -Passkey
(housing), Cliqbook (travel) and Foresight International (lead retrieval)
- with it¹s own registration and data collection and integration components.
BlueSkyz is a one-of-a kind, user-friendly solution that is used to more
effectively manage the quality and financial impact of current and future
events. The BlueSkyz application can be used by a variety of industries
including association, corporations, Convention and Visitors Bureaus, third
party meeting and event management organizations, as well as travel agencies.
BlueSkyz partners include:
Spectrum Management Group (www.spectrummeetings.com), Passkey (www.passkey.com),
Outtask (www.outtask.com), and Foresight International (www.foresightint.com) |