Meeting News - October 6, 2008 - (Page 6) Hotels & Resorts Marriott International is introducing two new tools for meeting planners and third-parties—or, as the hotelier calls both constituencies, “group travel intermediaries”—who book group travel. The company will debut this month a website for meeting buyers to monitor their commission payments and future bookings, as well as an online training program. The site, which is www.marriott.com/grouppartners, will provide group customers with online By Rayna Katz rayna.katz@nielsen.com Marriott Launches Duo of Online Tools for Meeting Planners Hotelier rolls out website for commission tracking and online training program for meeting planning access to all of their commission statements, information on meetings on the books, news relating to planners, and special promotions. The online commission information will include the property name, total room pickup, total commission paid, and the reason commissions weren’t paid on particular rooms (such as no-shows, cancellations, or complimentary rooms). Group intermediaries also will be able to search for specific continued on page 8 Camelback Inn, in Scottsdale, AZ offers a poolside view of sunset. concorde-hotels.com/meetings Event planning at your fingertips. Dream, visualize, plan, simplify, relax Go to concorde-hotels.com/meetings and offer yourself the luxury of a dedicated event-planning platform. A user-friendly, time-saving web site A tool that simplifies the planning of customized events A team of experts ready to help you at (1) 800 261 73 83* Concorde Management Compagny, SAS RCS Nanterre 493 203 897 *Toll-free number from a landline phone. 6 MeetingNews October 6, 2008 www.meetingnews.com http://www.marriott.com/grouppartners http://www.marriott.com/grouppartners http://www.concorde-hotels.com/meetings http://www.concorde-hotels.com/meetings http://www.concorde-hotels.com http://www.meetingnews.com
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