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How to add a GSO to your SpeedRFP

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Do you work with Global or National Sales Offices (GSO) at any Hotel Chains or Affiliations? If so, you can add them to your SpeedRFP to view, edit or share the RFP. Just follow these simple steps. 1. Click the GSO button next to the hotel you’ve selected 2. Enter their email address. If the GSO is already in SpeedRFP we will find them for you If this GSO is [...]

by Martha Brooks on December 5, 2012

The SpeedRFP Evolution and 5 New Features Sure to Save You Time

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If you haven’t used SpeedRFP lately (this month), you’re in for a treat. Many of the event planners from the SpeedRFP community —now more than 35,000 strong and growing—gave us recommendations for making SpeedRFP work even better for them. We’re happy to share the top 5 enhancements, which will make your busy lives a little easier. Here’s a snapshot: Access Proposals On-the-Go You now have the ability to view, respond [...]

by Travis Hodge on November 8, 2012

WeddingLocation.com Selects SpeedRFP™ to Facilitate Wedding and Special Event Leads

Integration Provides Cutting-Edge Request for Proposal System to thousands of engaged couples planning their 2013 wedding SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Nov, 8, 2012 &mdash Elite Meetings International (EMI) and Beverly Clark Enterprises (BCE) announced today that they have fully implemented EMI’s cutting-edge SpeedRFP™ technology on www.WeddingLocation.com, to facilitate all online requests for wedding and special event proposals.A product of Elite Meetings International, SpeedRFP provides meeting, wedding and special event planners [...]

by Martha Brooks on November 8, 2012

Making the Grade: How We Evaluate an Elite Hotel

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When I started Elite Meetings International in 2006, the #1 objective was to create ratings standards in the meetings industry that meeting professionals would rely on when trying to find the best hotel or resort for their upcoming groups. We are 6 years in, and feel we have achieved our objective and are filling a major void in the industry that specifically focuses on meeting planners. Our criteria is broken [...]

by Kelly Foy on October 30, 2012

How to View/Send Messages tied to a SpeedRFP

Want to send a message to the planner who sent you the RFP or view a message from the planner? Here’s how to view/send messages: Messages can be viewed from your RFP list, the RFP itself and from the proposal. View messages by clicking the message bubble at the far left in your RFP list (message bubbles are highlighted blue when you have a new message. or the “View/Send Messages” [...]

by Martha Brooks on October 23, 2012

Noble House Hotels & Resorts Selects SpeedRFP™ To Facilitate Online Requests For Proposals

Noble House Hotels & Resorts Selects SpeedRFP™ To Facilitate Online Requests For Proposals All-in-one solution incorporates meeting, wedding and special event requests for proposals SANTA BARBARA, Calif. and SEATTLE, Wash. — Oct, 9, 2012 — Elite Meetings International (EMI) and Noble House Hotels & Resorts announced today at IMEX a partnership that will implement the use of EMI’s cutting-edge SpeedRFP™ technology on the Seattle-based hotel ownership and management company’s corporate [...]

by Martha Brooks on October 22, 2012

International Association of Conference Centres (IACC) Selects SpeedRFP™ to Facilitate Meeting Online Requests for Proposals

Santa Barbara, CA & St. Louis, MO—August 2012 The International Association of Conference Centres integrated SpeedRFP to its website, IACCOnline.org to facilitate the distribution of online RFPs to IACC member properties around the world. A product of Elite Meetings International, SpeedRFP provides meeting planners an efficient, time-saving tool to solicit bids for group business to multiple venues without having to rekey data. The system enables planners to enter their group’s [...]

by Martha Brooks on October 22, 2012

Helping our Clients Succeed One Appointment at a Time

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The FaceTime team is fortunate to work with some amazing clients. These people consistently run stellar events, and we’re happy to play a small role in their success. It’s doubly rewarding when they send feedback on how FaceTime helped them. We thought we’d share some of their testimonials with you, as they shed some light on functionality that may enhance your own stellar events. Enjoy! “During this past year’s MPI [...]

by janelle on October 11, 2012

Tuesday, 8/28 Daily Digest

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Hi! I hope you all had a great day yesterday with the start of the one-on-one sessions. You can tell that the mixing and mingling has really paid off the last couple of days by the excitement and interest that fills each table. May the successful connections continue! Today brings the event to a close-and what an event it has been! Last night we had the Circus FantasticOH dinner. From [...]

by Christina Lawrence on August 28, 2012

Building a Better FaceTime

I still remember walking into the office on June 4. After Janelle, our FaceTime product specialist, and I exchanged delightful stories about our weekends, I turned on my computer and logged into the brand-new version of the FaceTime Appointment Scheduler. I yelped and clapped my hands turning around to show my excitement to Janelle. And that’s when I realized I was officially way too excited about my job. Seeing this [...]

by Kimberley OCallaghan on August 27, 2012

Monday, 8/27 Daily Digest

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Hi everyone! Welcome to Day 2 of the Elite Meetings Alliance at Revel. Hopefully you all got some sleep after the rockin’ kick off dinner last night. It was an all-around great time- we were all able to rock out and dance the night away to some great tunes written by some of our talented attendees. Tipsy Biscuit, the winning band, walked away with the victorious title and were granted [...]

by Christina Lawrence on August 27, 2012

Sunday, 8/26 Daily Digest

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The first day of the Elite Meeting Alliance here at Revel has finally arrived! And what a day it will be! I know we have all made an effort to be here–being sure to read and respond to all the emails, making the necessary travel plans and communicating accordingly, and just all-around devoting time in our busy lives to this Alliance. We greatly appreciate all of your hard work! Last [...]

by Christina Lawrence on August 26, 2012

Saturday, 8/25 Daily Digest

It’s August in Atlantic City! And the Elite Meetings crew has arrived-willing and ready to make this one of the most memorable Elite Meetings Alliances to date. Hi! Welcome! My name is Christina. I’ve been an Elite Meetings intern for about a year now. This is my very first EMA event and it has been quite the experience thus far! New places and new faces! Come say hello at the [...]

by Christina Lawrence on August 25, 2012

The Past, Present, and Future of FaceTime

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Our very own FaceTime Appointment Scheduler has come a long way, baby, since its early days the die-hard scheduling system designed to help us with our own Elite Meetings Alliances. Before this brainchild was born, we’d been undertaking a laborious process of referencing and cross-referencing spreadsheets to set schedules for the one-on-one meetings that take place at our three-day events. The good ol’ days were, well, less than efficient. So [...]

by Susan Campbell on July 29, 2012

Sending 476 Pounds of Soap and Bottled Amenities to Those in Need

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One of the really nice things that Clean the World does for meeting planners who enlist their services for group events is provide an Impact Statement after the event. It details the amount of gently used soap and amenities diverted from landfills and sent to places where it can make a real difference in people’s lives. We recently received the results from our Elite Meetings Alliance at the Omni Dallas. [...]

by Susan Campbell on June 28, 2012

SpeedRFP™ Outpaces Expectations For Growth…

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SpeedRFP is on the up and up. Here’s a snippet of what you’ll find in the official press release, “SpeedRFP’s growth surpassed even our own estimates,” says Foy. “Given the rate of adoption by hoteliers—largely in North America, Latin America, and Europe—and the ever-growing community of new buyers, we’re very optimistic about exceeding $1 billion in unique business opportunities by year’s end.” To read the full press release, visit the [...]

by Alina Itkin on May 31, 2012

Digital Magazine Version Available Now!

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Elite Meetings magazine is available now on Hudson newsstands in major airports throughout the United States. But what if you can’t get to a terminal? Have no fear, dear meeting planning guru. You may now access all of your favorite properties from your smart phone or tablet, thanks to Elite Meeting’s brand-new magazine App. Look for it at the Apple App store, and have the magazine at your fingertips any [...]

by Alina Itkin on May 25, 2012

Tuesday, 4/24 Daily Digest

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Hello Elite Meetings Alliance-ers! We hope you had a productive and inspiring day yesterday. If you missed any of the speaker sessions, you can find them online. Did you know that the speakers were broadcasted live to viewers at home? Pretty neat little feature if I do say so myself. Big thank you to SonicFoundry for making that possible. I won’t go too deep in the speaker sessions [...]

by Alina Itkin on April 23, 2012

Monday 4/23 – Daily Digest

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Welcome to the Elite Meeting’s Alliance everyone! My name is Alina and if we have yet to meet, stop by the hospitably desk to say hello. I’ll be taking you through recaps of the days ahead through the Daily Digest posts which can be found on your QuickMobile app and also on the EliteMeetings.com blog page. I hope you have as much fun reading these as I do writing them. [...]

by Alina Itkin on April 22, 2012

REVEL Books Major Music Performances

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The last Elite Meetings Alliance (EMA) of 2012 will be held in August at the brand new REVEL in Atlantic City. If you’re dying to get a peek before the EMA and you’re a fan of Maroon 5, The Black Keys, Beyonce, Sugar Ray, Seal & Macy Gray, they are all performing at REVEL before we converge on this great new meeting hotel! You can buy tickets for all of [...]

by Alina Itkin on April 12, 2012

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