(Las Vegas, NV / Quincy, MA)
� June 21, 2005 � Passkey International, Inc. today announced it has entered
an agreement with The Las Vegas Hilton to adopt the hotel industry�s leading
online group housing management solution, Passkey. The Las Vegas
Hilton will use Passkey to manage its online housing for all types of events
and meetings, expanding Hilton�s ability to attract and uniquely service
its meeting planner clients.
As a major international meeting
location, the Las Vegas Hilton is continually seeking to maximize the revenue
and improve the efficiencies associated with the vast amount of group business
it manages on an annual basis. �Already successful with our group
and meeting management, we realized there were areas, that if improved,
would produce additional benefits and more satisfied customers.� stated
Tom Page, Senior Vice President of Sales Las Vegas Hilton. �Once
we learned more about Passkey, we knew we had found our answer.�
The
Las Vegas Hilton�s implementation of Passkey is designed to:
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Drive more group bookings online,
while accelerating the booking pace,
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Provide meeting planners a real-time
single event data source for room list and group reservations management
capabilities,
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Up-sell rooms and hotel amenities
by effectively marketing to group attendees prior to the event,
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Reduce operational costs and time
associated with manual labor-intensive processes.
Passkey�s key benefit is serving
meeting planner business, helping them improve their group management processes.
�Hotels that offer Passkey have a definite advantage in the meeting planner
decision process,� stated Kevin Johnston, CMP, Director of Global Events,
CoreNet Global. �The shared access to Passkey is invaluable, enhancing
communications between the meeting planner and hotel, and allowing both
parties to see the same event information.�
The Las Vegas Hilton will implement
the Passkey Enterprise Solution, which includes several enhancing applications:
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Passkey � the hotel group reservations
management application;
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ReglinkSM
� an API interface that seamlessly integrates the meeting planner�s preferred
registration or attendee management system with Passkey;
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GroupLinkSM
� an API interface that electronically transfers reservations entered in
Passkey into the property management system;
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Room List ManagerSM
� an application that imports room lists, automatically creates reservations,
and instantly sends out hotel confirmations;
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GroupmasterLinkSM
� an API interface that automatically transfers events and room blocks
from hotel sales and catering systems (in this case Delphi) into Passkey.
With over 4,500 Passkey-enabled
hotels and 2,500 meeting planners booking more online group business through
their applications, Passkey is well positioned to continue to deliver innovative
technology solutions to the hospitality marketplace. �We�re thrilled
to be working with the Las Vegas Hilton,� stated Greg Pesik, President
& CEO of Passkey International Inc. �More leading properties
like the Las Vegas Hilton, for whom groups and meetings are critical to
achieving business objectives, are relying on our proven solutions.�
About Las Vegas Hilton:
The Las Vegas Hilton ranks
among the world�s most famous and popular resort destinations, located
blocks from the Las Vegas Strip and adjacent to the Las Vegas Convention
Center, offering 3,000 luxurious rooms and suites situated on 59 acres.
The property is one of the largest hotels in the world and features top-name
entertainment (such as Barry Manilow in the 1638-seat Hilton Theater, and
David Brenner in the 300-seat Shimmer Cabaret.), 15 distinctive restaurants,
and a full-service health club and spa.
About Passkey International
Inc.:
Passkey is the industry standard
for on-line group reservations management. The Quincy, Mass.-based provider
offers group event organizers a web-based application that lets attendees
make their hotel reservations on-line, and provides all parties 24/7 access
to critical event information. The Passkey-enabledSM global network consists
of 85% of major U.S. Convention and Visitors Bureaus (CVBs), 4,500 leading
hotels, 2,500 corporate and association meeting planners, as well as major
meeting management companies and other travel entities. Passkey investors
include: Lazard Technology Partners; Galileo
(NYSE: GLC); Worldspan; and TravelCLICK.
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