Clients are able to submit e-RFPs to multiple Dolce properties simultaneously and, consistent with Dolce Conference Solutions, are promised a real-time response to the request for proposal within 30 minutes. A unique partnership with highly visible industry partners like American Airlines and Avis, Dolce Conference Solutions is designed to save meeting planners time and money by providing a complete proposal including airfare, transportation and learning components.
The private label e-RFP was designed with PlanSoft, the industry leader in electronic technology for meetings and event industry. The e-RFP is available on the Dolce International website (www.dolce.com) as well as through PlanSoft's distribution channels.
"Meeting Planners prefer to conduct business electronically. In less than one year, we have received over 1,000 RFPs," said Brian Griesbaum, Corporate Director of E-Marketing for Dolce International.
Griesbaum predicts a 25 percent increase in the number of e-RFPs received by Dolce International after the solution's launch. The e-RFP is fully integrated with all marketing initiatives and is trackable through Dolce's eValue Codes.
According to travel industry intelligence firm PhoCusWright Inc. of Sherman, Conn., electronic group booking solutions such as NetXchangeTM MeetingBroker are ripe for significant and sustained growth. A recent PhoCusWright study projected the on-line corporate travel market to soar 69 percent to $14.5 billion in 2002.
"Our findings show the Internet is transforming the purchase and distribution of corporate travel. One in five corporate travel transactions will be booked on-line in 2003," said Philip C. Wolf, PhoCusWright Chairman & CEO.
Newmarket International's NetXchangeTM MeetingBroker solution has helped lodging properties sell more than 6 million roomnights since being introduced to the marketplace just two years ago. Since January, monthly roomnight bookings via NetXchangeTM MeetingBroker have more than doubled to an average of more than 500,000 per month.
"The old way of faxing leads from a national sales office to individual properties is ineffective, time consuming and costly for all parties," said Sean O'Neill, President & CEO of Portsmouth-based Newmarket International. "With NetXchangeTM MeetingBroker, we put everyone on the same electronic page in real time, so qualified leads can convert to booked business in record time."
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About Dolce International - Founded in 1981 and based in Montvale, N.J., Dolce International is the global leader in learning through meetings and leisure, with a growing portfolio of 21 conference destinations in the United States, Canada and Europe. For more information about the most-recognized company in the conference center industry, please contact James M. Mahon, Corporate Director of Public Relations at 201.505.5914, e-mail james.mahon@dolce.com or visit www.dolce.com.
About Newmarket International - Newmarket International, "the makers of Delphi," is the leader in delivering groups, sales, catering and banquet software solutions to global travel and entertainment organizations. Hotels, Casinos, Visitor Bureaus, Meeting Houses, Convention Centers and Arenas all use this powerful technology. Newmarket International provides competitive advantages to all of its customers by enabling leads to electronically transfer across cities and around the world. By harnessing award-winning technology and support, the industry's best return on investment, domain expertise, and a commitment to the travel industry, Portsmouth, N.H.-based Newmarket enables customers to increase efficiencies and maximize profits. For more information, please visit www.newmarketinc.com.
