Philadelphia, PA USA and Miami, FL USA; December 13, 2012I-Meet (www.i-Meet.com®), the online community for people who plan meetings and events and OnTrade Travel (www.OnTrade.com), the B2B, members only lead and deal network for the travel trade announced a strategic partnership today that will broadly distribute high-value group offerings to planners and buyers, as Ontrade?s deals are promoted to i-Meet?s 90,000 members worldwide.
As part of the agreement, i-Meet will power OnTrade?s member community, where buyers, planners and suppliers from around the world can connect, communicate and collaborate . With the addition of custom technology features on both platforms, members will be able to have access to group deals that are unique and exclusive, adding significant benefits for industry buyers.
OnTrade secures its deals from suppliers around the world and protects their brand identity in the process. Members can see many details of the group offering, including the property?s rating and location, and if interested, can contact the supplier through OnTrade?s online platform. The process yields interested buyers only in each specific offering, and in many cases, avoids a long and costly RFP process to find the best deals.
Buyers can also post their own requests, which are matched online, in real time, with deals posted by suppliers that would normally be reserved only for face-to-face meetings.
I-Meet members can use their profiles to gain instant access to OnTrade?s members only platform using a single sign on. The platform has been accessible by invitation only until now. Suppliers from both platforms will now have an easy and efficient way to promote their offerings to meeting planners around the world.
?We are delighted to be able to offer our members access to OnTrade?s unique value proposition which posts great group space offers from the industry?s leading suppliers,? said John Pino, i-Meet?s Founder and CEO . ?This will give planners and buyers another important option to traditional RFPs ? seeing offers that they can contract quickly, with the potential to save a tremendous amount of time. Meeting planners are always looking for the best deals, but because of price and brand integrity, many of the best deals are often never seen. Our partnership with OnTrade brings these deals to our members proactively, and we?re excited to be a part of this innovation.?
?This is a unique opportunity for our supplier members to showcase their offerings in a new, unique and efficient way, promoting offers to more and more meeting planners around the world,? said James Harrison, CEO of OnTrade. ?Working with i-Meet and their fast-growing global community of buyers is exciting, as it brings awareness and opportunity to the industry in a way that?s new and refreshing. This makes doing group business faster and easier, something the industry has been screaming for.?
Members will be able to view the latest deals online, (http://i-meet.ontrade.com). Planners and buyers who are not members of i-Meet or OnTrade are welcome to register (required, at no cost) to take advantage of these unique offerings.
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