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ConventionPlanit.com an industry leader in event planning services and Lodging Interactive are joining resources to deliver powerful new services for the hospitality industry. ConventionPlanit.com provides a platform of services to hotels and meeting planners to make the meeting planning process easier, including access to the Express RFP service. Their services enable meeting planners to reach hundreds of destinations, meeting facilities and service providers. Lodging Interactive is a leading supplier of hotel Internet marketing services, including website design/hosting, search engine marketing, email services and Internet planning services.



The primary goal for both companies is to develop and provide tools and information that will enhance the hotel's8217;s ability to reach meeting planners with current and accurate information and to help the meeting planners with more hotel choices and speed up the RFP process. ConventionPlanit.com will offer an enhanced Internet service 's8220;More Meetings's8221;. The new service is scheduled for release in early October 2005. Lodging Interactive will enable the new 's8220;More Meetings's8221; service and focus on meeting planner marketing for their hotel clients.

Richard Walsh, Vice President of Business Development for Lodging Interactive, describes the alliance as 's8220;We see the 's8220;More Meetings's8221; service as a combination of both companies's8217; core competencies. The combined expertise of our companies utilizing the power of search optimization will benefit both the hotels and the group and meeting planners by providing greater distribution to the hotels and easier access to information to the meeting planners.'s8221;



David Markham, Principal and Co-Founder described the new relationship in his statement; We are excited about our new partnership with Lodging Interactive which will provide suppliers with a comprehensive online solution to increase market share within the group segment. Lodging Interactive'ss More Meetings turn-key marketing package is positioned to increase awareness with the 85% of meeting professionals who conduct meeting planning and research online.'s8221;



About Lodging Interactive

Lodging Interactive is a leading provider of Internet Marketing Services dedicated to the travel and lodging industries. The company provides a complete portfolio of online and managed marketing services to hundreds of hotels, resorts, timeshares and bed and breakfasts worldwide. Online services offered by Lodging Interactive, include www.hotelBLAST.com a self-service email marketing system, plus www.MyWebsitePromotions.com a self-service online promotions marketing system.



Lodging Interactive clients include branded properties such as Marriott, Sheraton, Hilton, Radisson, Crowne Plaza Hotels, Doubletree Hotels, Candlewood Suites, Best Western, Wyndham Hotels and numerous independent properties. The company is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ and can be reached at 973-402-4970 or by visiting its website at www.LodgingInteractive.com.



About ConventionPlanit.com

ConventionPlanit.com is an effective online directory for the group market. As a registration and commission-free web portal, ConventionPlanit.com saves meeting professionals valuable time by efficiently pre-qualifying providers in every category by their specifications. ConventionPlanit.com allows buyers to quickly narrow their selection to locate suitable providers and contact them directly, resulting in strong, viable inquiries with high conversion rates from targeted corporate and association market segments, worldwide.



Since launching services in 2003, ConventionPlanit.com has moved up in rank to become one of the leading search engines within the group market. ConventionPlanit.com is accessed by approximately 1,000 buyers on a daily basis. Additionally, over 50,000 planners receive our bi-weekly e-ALERT newsletter. Complete real time tracking is provided on every showcased listing and reporting for Display Ads is available, as needed. Please visit our website at www.ConventionPlanit.com or phone us at (301) 975-9458 for more information.

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