FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 28, 2006

New Passkey Partnership Strengthens Features of ConventionPlanit.com

Planners Can Easily Search for Passkey-enabled Hotels & Destinations

(Washington, DC / Quincy, MA – August 28, 2006) Passkey, the worldwide leader in online group reservations, and ConventionPlanit.com have entered into a partnership that will allow both companies to better serve their meeting planner and meeting destination customer base. Through this partnership, valuable new information has been added to site searches for leading meeting and conventions hotels and destinations conducted on ConventionPlanit.com.

All Passkey-enabled hotels and destinations on the search engine will be marked with the 'Powered by Passkey' icon, so meeting professionals can easily discern if a destination or property offers Passkey as its event housing solution. Planners will also have the option to define their search criteria to return only Passkey-enabled venues.

"Passkey is on the cutting-edge of the future of the housing industry for conventions and meetings, a critical area for planners that’s constantly evolving," explains ConventionPlanit.com Co-Founder David Markham. "Many of them are looking for meeting destinations and properties that offer Passkey, and they will get that information right away. ConventionPlanit.com has a wealth of information and a straightforward business model that does not collect, commission, nor requires planners to register to use the site."

Passkey delivers to planners:

Sam Fahmy, VP of Products & Marketing for Passkey adds, "We are pleased to partner with ConventionPlanit.com. This partnership will help meeting planners find the ideal venue for their events. As planners search for meeting destinations, whether they are citywide venues or hotels, they are interested in those venues that are Passkey-enabled. Making hotel reservations online for meetings and events is becoming a de facto standard practice."

About Passkey:

Passkey is the worldwide leader in online group hotel reservations. The Boston-based technology company offers event attendees, planners and providers with a powerful web-based on-Demand solutions that lets them make, monitor and manage their group hotel reservations Online.

The Passkey-enabled^SM global network consists of over 85% of major U.S. Convention and Visitors Bureaus (CVBs) that offer housing, as well as thousands of hotels, trade associations, corporate meeting planners, and meeting management companies. Passkey investors include: Lazard Technology Partners; TravelCLICK (www.travelclick.net) and DRV Investments, LLC.

About ConventionPlanit.com:

Designed by meeting professionals as an efficient registration-free search engine, ConventionPlanit.com is a popular Web portal that quickly refines searches to identify suitable destinations, facilities, and service providers. ConventionPlanit.com connects buyers with sellers and there are no commissions or third party fees.

Website: http://www.conventionplanit.com