Group Travel Planet and The Active Network Inc. have formed a new marketing partnership for online group travel deals an

Group Travel Planet and The Active Network Inc. have formed a new marketing partnership for online group travel deals and reservations.

Published: 01 Nov 2005

Group Travel Planet and The Active Network Inc. have formed a new marketing partnership for online group travel deals and reservations.

The tie-up will allow Active's team administrators, event directors and
customers to book group hotel rooms and motor coach charters at deeply
discounted rates using Group Travel Planet's unique online reservation
technology. The partnership will enable over 2.3 million sports teams
and 60,000 sports event directors to access online group booking engine
for hotel rooms and bus chartering.

Group Travel Planet's proprietary booking engine will offer The Active
Network's travelers and event planners the ability to plan, reserve and
manage all aspects of their group hotel stay and ground transportation
needs online, including consolidated group billing, rooming lists,
cancellations and adding or subtracting rooms.

"Active members have had a robust selection of discounted individual
travel products available to them through Active, and we believe the
addition of 'real-time' group hotel rooms and bus charters will
complement the existing travel product offering so members can complete
all their travel needs online," said Jim Woodman, vice president -
business development, The Active Network.

Members of Active's loyalty programmes, ActiveAdvantage and
TeamAdvantage, will enjoy deeper discounted rates made available through
the member booking engine, according to a release. It added that
Active's team administrators, event directors and customers can now
access Group Travel Planet's array of discounted group hotel rates at
more than 10,200 hotels across North America. In addition, through Group
Travel Planet's exclusive agreements with the American Bus Association
and Ontario Motor Coach, Active's members can get price quotes and make
motor coaches reservations online.

Scott Harness, president and chief executive officer, Group Travel
Planet said, "Our partnership will provide their members and event
planners with the ultimate ease and convenience when they plan and book
sports team travel and organize events."

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