1. Book-in-Block

2. Why HotelPlanner.com? - Group Innovations
HotelPlanner.com processes over 3500 group requests per day, starting at 5 rooms per night
Leads produced through B2C and B2B solutions
HotelPlanner.com works with over hotels worldwide
HotelPlanner.com is the hotel group solutions the major OTAs worldwide
Partnerships on OTA and hotel level enable HotelPlanner.com to introduce a GDS group solution called ‘Book-in-Block’
Group Partner of Travelport based on new Book-in-Block technology:
Enabling Travelport clients to use Book-in-Block to create efficiencies and added value
- Group Innovations

3. Book-in-Block Complete End to End Solutions
Book groups or provide attendee event pages to book hotel reservations
Book-in-Block
Complete End to End Solutions
Create and control multiple events from the dashboard
Manage room blocks by day online
Book-in-Block by HotelPlanner is the latest addition to the company’s event housing product lineup and, in conjunction with Travelport, positions HotelPlanner ahead of the curve when it comes to delivering comprehensive online housing solutions for a faster, more effective group booking process.
Bridge other GDS PNR products to provide a complete itinerary to each traveler with real time confirmation numbers
Instantly access public rates before or after cut off date for a particular hotel or enable a full city search sorted by event location

4. Products & Services
Sourcing Solutions
White Label Products
Book-in-Block Technology
Housing Management
Attrition Protection
World Class Support

5. Semi-Automated Accommodation & Meeting Space Sourcing Solution
Worldwide turn around average of under 24 hours
Direct access to over hotel sales managers
Pass through of existing commission structure for hotel bookings
Local market specialists support sourcing process
Best Price Guarantee facilitated through Technology
Sourcing Solutions

6. White Label Products
Take event branding to the next level through fully branded bookings portals for end clients
Create White Label Portals for your clients within minutes
Optional addition of Job Codes and Booking References for reporting
Collect commissions on any bookings processed through the provided portal

7. Examples

10. Book-in-Block Interface
Group Contracts Loaded into GDS
Interface books into Group allocations in GDS
Up to 5000 reservations to be made at once with instant confirmation numbers
Every reservations creates a individual segment in GDS
All Methods of Payment are supported
Segment Revenues and Automation are increased
Operational Workload is decreased

11. Activate your GDS Group Rates through Booking Engine
Pull Contracted Rates into ready to book portals for attendees
All Methods of Payment facilitated
Attendees can combine contracted rates with public rates to stay on shoulder nights
Get Full Credit for reservations with minimal operational effort

12. Book your GDS Group Rates through Rooming Lists
Instant Reservation Segments with PNRs
PNRs can be linked with transport PNRs to create entire Travel Schedules
Interface keeps track of Room Counts
Public Rates can be activated at any point

13. Housing Management
Room counts instantly update in your interface for full oversight
Instantly download real time rooming lists with reservation numbers at all hotels
Amend existing reservations without contacting hotels
Add individual reservations & additional rooming lists without contacting the hotel
Interface can process different methods of payment within the same room block

14. Make any changes in a reservation:
Names and Contact Details
Add/Remove Guests
Assign to Sub-Blocks
Change Room Types
Check-in & Check-out dates
Changes are instantly applied to PNR and appear in Hotel system within minutes

15. Attrition Protection Comprehensive Attrition Protection Program
Rate Monitoring
Distressed Inventory Distribution to help minimize financial responsibility for unused rooms

16. Rate Monitoring
Rate monitoring Technology constantly checks public rates for contracted dates
Instant Alerts to hotel and client when public rates fall below contracted rates
Systems ensures that contracted rates stay competitive at all times and that attendees will have no reason to bot book contracted rates

17. Distressed Inventory Distribution
Client can contact HotelPlanner at any point to resell unused rooms within GDS block
HotelPlanner will then open up the contracted rates for their Closed User Group Clients around the world
Any resold reservation will decrease the cancelation penalties that the client would face in a usual scenario

18. Q&A

19. THANK YOU U.S. / Australia
Melissa Le’ppin – EVP – Lexyl Travel Technologies
HotelPlanner and Meetings.com
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THANK YOU
Europe/Asia
Fritz Müller – Intn’l Sr. Product Manager
HotelPlanner and Meetings.com
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