(ORLANDO, FL/QUINCY, MA) - November 28, 2006 - The Peabody Orlando, a Four-Star, Four- Diamond, 891-room, 57,000 sq. ft. flexible function space hotel on Orlando's famed International Drive, announced today that it has adopted Passkey as its online group reservations system.
"We are installing Passkey to further elevate the level of service Peabody provides its meeting planners," said Barbara Bowden, CRDE, corporate director of revenue management for Peabody Hotels. "Passkey enables us to provide state-of-the-art online capabilities to the nation's meeting planners. "We did the research, and found that Passkey, the leader in group reservations management systems, is the perfect match for us and provides our meeting planners the sophisticated online tools they need to efficiently and conveniently create memorable meetings."
The Peabody Orlando, a custom-built hotel catering to the meetings and conventions industry nationwide, opened for business in November 1986, and has established itself as one of the leading hotels of its type in the nation. Whether a meeting planner is creating an event for 10 or 2,000 attendees, the hotel guarantees top-level service and attention to every minute detail.
"With The Peabody Orlando turning to Passkey, they are maximizing their innovative, exemplary Peabody Service Excellence® image", said Greg Pesik, Passkey"s President & CEO. "They continue to show their commitment to their meeting planners by offering them the best online tools in the market. We welcome The Peabody Orlando to the Passkey network."
Some of the Passkey benefits for meeting planners include:
• Online hotel reservations against contracted room blocks
• 24/7 access to real-time pick-up reports
• Reduced book-arounds
• Minimized attrition exposure
• Seamless integration with their preferred registration system
One of the significant improvements for both meeting planners and Peabody staff is Passkey's Room List Manager. Meeting planners will now be able to upload rooming lists at their convenience into designated room blocks, and track pick-up more accurately.
Peabody Hotels comprises The Peabody Orlando, The Peabody Memphis and The Peabody Little Rock, within the portfolio of the Memphis, Tennessee-based Peabody Hotel Group. Passkey will debut at The Peabody Memphis in early 2007 and is being considered for The Peabody Little Rock at a later date.
About Peabody Hotels:
Peabody Hotels comprises The Peabody Orlando, The Peabody Memphis and The Peabody Little Rock, within the portfolio of the Memphis, Tennessee-based Peabody Hotel Group. The Peabody Orlando, a custom-built hotel catering to the meetings and conventions industry nationwide, opened for business in November, 1986, and has established itself as one of the leading hotels of its type in the nation. Whether a meeting planner is creating an event for 10 or 2,000 attendees, the hotel guarantees top-level service and attention to every minute detail.
About Passkey:
Passkey is the worldwide leader in online group reservations. The Boston-based technology company offers event planners and providers a powerful web- based application to optimize group hotel reservations.
The heart of the Passkey system is an innovative online booking engine that lets group attendees make and manage their hotel reservations online in the contracted group block, while allowing event planners and hotels to access real-time reports and event information. Offered as an onDemand solution, Passkey delivers benchmark speed, security and scalability.
The Passkey-enabled global network consists of over 85% of major U.S. Convention and Visitors Bureaus (CVBs), as well as thousands of hotels, trade associations, corporate meeting planners, and meeting management companies.
Passkey investors include: Lazard Technology Partners, TravelCLICK, and DRV Investments, LLC.
