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Nothing But BlueSkyz and Passkey
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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)

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Contact:

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



 
Also See: PGA of America Hits the Green With Passkey / Aug 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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