LateMeetings.com is the world's
most sophisticated and leading edge web platform for booking meeting
rooms 24/7.
* The only online conference and event facility that
offers searchability, availability and bookability.
As such it is a service that is probably unique, globally.
Special features include: day-by-day pricing for unlet
function space; a guide to bedroom availability; and
scope to book there and then.
* To date we have 1500 venues in full membership
(Chewton Glen was the 500th), and 5000+
with directory only listing. Supporting groups include Pride of Britain, Brook, Mercure, De Vere Venues,
Thistle, Macdonald, IHG, Conference Centres of Excellence,
Choice, Best Western, Millennium and Copthorne, Swallow,
Ramada, RadissonSAS, etc.
*Whilst all venues are initially uploaded by LateMeetings.com,
thereafter each is free to adjust its pricing and availability
on a daily, tactical basis
Further benefits:
* Through sister websites LateMeetings.com works to
be 'industry-friendly', and the advantages of these
accrue to your venue or grouping. For instance, we feature
tips for organisers www.meetingshealthcheck.com ; reports
on developments www.meetingstrends.com and www.meetingsresearch.com ; and an e-bulletin www.meetingsnews.co.uk and www.latemeetingsdeals.com which provides venues with the opportunity to offer 'added value' packages through its LateMeetingsXtraSavers service.
*LateMeetings.com also partners with LateRooms.com allowing customers to book bedrooms.
Our affiliate partner sites provide further online marketing and search options with the same availability and bookability of LateMeetings.com (all venues joining LateMeetings.com are uploaded to affiliate sites powered by Latemeetings.com at no additional cost.
* Important, too, is our sustainability programme. Through
www.responsiblemeetings.com we make a donation for every
booking to Climate Care to help offset the carbon emission
associated with delegate travel.
We have compiled 101 tips for the Conference
& Incentive Travel magazine campaign for Corporate
Social Responsibility. (www.responsiblemeetings.com)
* LateMeetings.com is a preferred partner of Meetings
& Incentive Travel magazine for the reader benefit
site www.meetpie.com , and likewise the Meetings Industry
Association www.mia-uk.org.
Action:
* Should you and your colleagues like the proposal,
uploading can be completed quickly. Contact:
John Gallery for your introductory joining /loading
form. Your venue can be loaded within a day. (Subject
to receipt of your material.)
Integrated Marketing Options:
LateMeetings.com is more than an online booking tool and offers you a great range of integrated marketing options:
New options for the integrated marketing of venues online have been introduced, costing from £195+VAT.
The programmes mix together the communications plus points that the LateMeetings.com site represents, notably precision targeting, constant contact, and scope for creativity. LM attracts up to 7000 buyer searches each weekday, operates an e-mailing listing of around 5000 buyers plus 1000 agencies, and is developing a growing number of strategic partnerships with corporate bookers. A strong e-pr campaign also operates. All LM advertising can be tracked for search results.
Initially, three all-inclusive packages are being offered:
Costing £195+VAT, it includes: an online advertisement for two consecutive weeks on the LM landing page;
inclusion in the LM e-zine meetingsnews.co.uk; and inclusion in one e-blast to agencies.
Costing £395+VAT, it includes: an online advertisement on the landing page for four consecutive weeks; inclusion in
meetingsnews.co.uk; and inclusion in an e-blast to all LM agencies and buyers.
Costing £595+VAT it includes: a pride of place revolving banner online advertisement on the landing page for six weeks; and e-blast to all LM buyers and agencies; inclusion in the e-zine; a 'Venue of the Week' spot; plus a
30-minute conference call between LM Director, John Gallery and venue staff to highlight ways to generate more electronic meetings demand.
FREE - all advertisers will be given a 'button' spot
that links direct to their own website.
About the people at LateMeetings.com: *John Gallery
is a former hotel gm with Swallow Hotels, and is now
a meetings industry consultant. He is member of the
Meetings Industry Association, Association for Conferences
and Events Meeting Professionals International and the Institute of Hospitality. * Chris Martins has been a
business tourism consultant since 1978. He helped organise
National Meetings Week (2001-4), and is an industry
journalist (Conference News), and global research co-ordinator
for IMEX.
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