Passkey , Inc.

Passkey, the leading processor of integrated Web-based group reservations and travel systems for the $120 billion meetings and convention industry, has pioneered the use of online group management tools for use by hotels, meeting planners, association and corporate travel planners, and travel agencies.

Passkey HotelDirect for Single Property Meetings

Passkey HotelDirect automates group business via an online application. Designed for single-property meetings, HotelDirect enables hotels to create custom reservation Web pages tailored to each event in minutes, with no HTML knowledge required. The Web site allows simultaneous and direct access to group room blocks for hotels and detailed management information for meeting planners. This real-time accessibility is key in maximizing the hotel’s efficiency in managing group reservations and provides multiple benefits.

--Increases timeliness of information and reporting, allowing more flexibility for hotel staff, meeting planners and attendees.
--Minimizes costs of inaccuracies traditionally associated with labor-intensive manual processes.
--Reduces attrition by having the ability to exchange information right up to arrival.
--Assesses contract performance, block pick-up and comprehensive group histories which can be utilized as indicators for future forecasting.

Meeting planners who have Passkey-enabled their city-wide meetings will be able to leverage a new Passkey product, HotelDirect, to manage housing for single property meetings. HotelDirect, is a direct outgrowth of demand from meeting planners and the 2,000+ hotels that have come to rely on Passkey’s simultaneous, immediate and direct reporting on group room block status.