Hotel Desk now managing its venue search, enquiry and client proposal process via ABC Connection's Request for Meetings system

(London, 10 November 2009)  Hotel Desk, one of the UK's leading venue finding agencies and a member of the Hotel Booking Agency Association (HBAA), has implemented the online Request for Meetings system from ABC Connection to manage its venue search, enquiry and client proposal process.

Hotel Desk has been an ABC Connection channel partner since 2004, providing an online search tool via its web site where its clients can view detailed information and images on thousands of venues in the UK and Ireland, all searchable by name, location or capacity. 

Its new Request for Meetings (RfM) system will provide Hotel Desk with a much improved ability to interrogate the ABC Connection database of meetings and conferences content on behalf of its clients.  The integrated system enables the Hotel Desk team to take detailed briefs, negotiate with suppliers, compile a shortlist of the most suitable properties and create professional online proposals with at-a-glance venue comparisons, all in one seamless process.  The system automatically alerts hotels and venues when they have an enquiry from Hotel Desk and enables them to respond online with availability and prices.

Matt Egan, Managing Director, Hotel Desk, said:

“At Hotel Desk we are continuously striving to improve our services and implement new technology and online techniques to benefit our clients.  As one of the first agencies to implement ABC Connection's online venue database we have been working closely with them ever since. We have received tremendous positive response from both clients and venues to the new Request for Meetings system."   

ABC Connection’s database includes the widest range of options for conferences, meetings and events, ranging from grand sporting venues and specialist sites to city centre hotels and intimate local properties.

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Media Contact:

Alison Pickering, Head of Communications & Brand, ABC Connection

alison@abcconnection.com   Mobile: +44 (0)7787 504 331

About Hotel Desk

Hotel Desk is one of the UK's leading venue finding agencies, providing meeting and conference booking services to a wide range of corporate and commercial companies. Hotel Desk is a member of the Hotel and Booking Agents Association (HBAA) and is also accredited with ISO9001 and Investors in People. For more information visit www.hoteldesk.co.uk 

About ABC Connection

ABC Connection is the foremost online publisher of data and rich content as an integrated solution for the hospitality community, promoting collaboration between buyers and sellers of meetings, events and accommodation.   Its core competency is its content management capability, delivered through data services and technology tools that simplify processes and generate corporate and leisure business for hotels and venues.  For more information visit www.abcconnection.com

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