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| BOSTON - Feb. 17, 2000 -- Passkey.com, Inc.,
the leading provider of Internet-based integrated group hotel reservation,
event registration and travel solutions for the meetings and convention
industry, has added to its growing client list of convention and visitors
bureaus and hospitality industry leaders with the addition of the Tampa
Convention and Visitors Association (TCVA).
Norwood Smith, vice president of sales of the TCVA , said the selection of Passkey.com and its software solution for housing services ended a search that began some two years ago. “We serve one of the most attractive and popular sites for meetings and conventions, as well as tourism in Florida,” said Smith. “The Association wanted an easy-to-use yet robust solution that was Internet-based. We also needed a system that could be readily used by managers of conventions and meetings, by attendees coming to those events, and by local hotel properties. After extensive research, including noting the popularity of the solution among other CVBs, we chose Passkey.com, which we believe meets all of our needs.” Convention Bookings in Tampa Area Up 40% Smith said Tampa’s popularity as a business venue is soaring. “We had a 600,000-square foot convention center, but didn’t have an adjacent headquarters hotel. That will change in March when the 717-room Tampa Marriott Waterside opens across the street from the center, providing an additional 50,000-square feet of meeting space to our inventory. Since the announcement of the building of the hotel,” he said, “convention bookings have jumped 40 percent!” 17th Convention Bureau Contract for Passkey.com Roger Paradis, president and CEO of Passkey.com, said Tampa is the 17th bureau to join the Passkey.com CVB Network by contracting for its services. “Earning the confidence of the leadership of the Tampa bureau is very rewarding,” he said. “As Passkey.com continues to grow, we are adding services, including integrated travel through our new call center, and integrated registration. We know CVBs, including the one serving the Tampa area, and attendees, will benefit from our one-stop shop services, making managing the process simpler and more efficient and making registering for a meeting, along with booking travel and hotel rooms, faster, easier, and, we think, even fun.” Passkey.com connects all industry participants using Web-based software and a shared, centralized reservation database to automate and simplify making, managing and acknowledging group reservations.
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Sasha Galland Corporate Communications Manager Passkey.com, Inc. 617-328-4800 x238 e-mail: sgalland@passkey.com http://www.passkey.com |