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RFP Responses – Part 2: How turning down an RFP can still bring in business
We uncover how hoteliers can easily respond to more leads and improve their chances for winning more business in the future, and how technology is improving the way hoteliers do business.
RFP Responses – Part 1: Why hotels should reply to every RFP
Hoteliers know how important group business is to their bottom line. However, on average, 65% of leads are ignored by hoteliers. Here we uncover why these missed opportunities that can have lasting impacts.
5 real-life reasons to book a hotel room block
Booking group hotel reservations for more than ten rooms? You don't have to be a pro to use GroupSync. See our list of the most common real-life events group organizers are booking for.
It’s About Time: 5 Faster Ways to Source a Venue
To keep up in this new high-performance era, planners need to find efficiencies in managing the logistical legwork behind meetings and events. Fortunately, new technology is streamlining one of the most stressful aspects of the job: hotel and venue sourcing.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts and Choice Hotels to offer GroupSync Instant Booking
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts and Choice Hotels are the latest brands to offer Instant Booking on GroupSync—adding thousands of properties to GroupSync’s Instant Booking inventory. Read more about what this means for group organizers and planners.
Better Hotel Marketing Can Win You More Group Business – Part 2
Part 2 of this 2-part article series reviews how hoteliers can easily promote need dates and incentives to generate more interest from groups and planners that are sourcing hotels within GroupSync.
Better Hotel Marketing Can Win You More Group Business – Part 1
Part 1 of this article series reviews how hoteliers can attract more group business with better marketing to group travel, meeting and event planners with detailed, group-centric content that best showcases your hotel to groups.
More intention, less waste—is it time to rethink event swag?
While swag isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, there is a push to make promotional products more intentional, authentic, and less of what contributes to landfills post event. In our latest article, we dive into the impact of the event giveaway.
3 ways to speed up your meeting planning
As in-person meetings and events continue to pick up speed, planners need to become faster at a major part of meeting planning—hotel booking. Originally covered with BizBash, we outline 3 ways to better planning efficiency.
Rethinking the hotel booking process for groups
As published by BTN, learn how GroupSync is changing the group travel industry by making the hotel booking process for groups a better, faster experience—by reimagining a better way to do business.
Instant Booking Ushers in New Era of Transparency for Group Rates
Read how GroupSync is changing the hospitality industry with online Instant Booking, Marriott International's role in making this happen, and what this means for group travel organizers and hoteliers.
Marriott International launches online Instant Booking for groups and events
Big news for the group booking industry. Marriott becomes the first brand to use GroupSync’s Instant Booking functionality for both room blocks and meeting space at scale. Read the article for more on this launch news.
5 winter destinations that will melt your groups’ heart
We've discovered 5 winter wonderlands with a variety of benefits for your next group event or meeting. We’re shining a spotlight on lesser-known locations for your group and breaking down everything you want to know.
It’s finally here: Instant booking for groups
When group travel organizers and event planners start their hotel sourcing process, they find themselves working a process that hasn’t changed in decades. Read how GroupSync is revolutionizing the way hotels are sourced for groups with Instant Booking.
3 ways GroupSync is better than other group booking systems
It’s through our tech where we’re helping our customers save time, build trust and accelerate revenue. Learn about 3 key GroupSync differentiators and how they positively impact how group travel organizers, meeting planners and hoteliers book groups.
