IHG Hotels & Resorts and Groups360 launch GroupSync Engage online booking solution for meeting and event planners and hotel brands

Select IHG properties are the first to deploy GroupSync Engage, the market’s premier online booking technology with real-time room and space availability for planners

Denham, United Kingdom, 2021-Feb-26 — /Travel PR News/ — Groups360 and IHG Hotels & Resorts today (25 FEBRUARY 2021) announced the release of GroupSync Engage, the hospitality industry’s first integrated direct booking solution for groups to include both meeting space and guestrooms. IHG is the first brand to launch the streamlined instant booking capability on the platform, which will initially be available at approximately 30 hotels in the U.S. in the coming weeks.

GroupSync Engage offers a breakthrough online booking solution for meeting and event planners and hotel brands. Event planners can now book guestrooms, meeting space or both in a convenient, online transaction. This initial rollout marks the first of many deployments of GroupSync Engage with IHG during 2021.

Kemp Gallineau, CEO of Groups360, commented: “We have been working with IHG Hotels & Resorts to deliver greater value to the meetings and events customer. We believe that the future of booking meetings will be direct and online, especially for smaller and less complicated events. Our collaboration with IHG will extend to more IHG Hotels & Resorts throughout the U.S. and Canada in 2021.”

Gallineau noted that the GroupSync Engage solution enhances the relationship between planners and suppliers by offering, for the first time, real-time availability and group rates for both meeting space and guestrooms, so planners can book a meeting or event completely online. Simplifying booking eases the planners’ workload and frees up hotel staff and resources, which are mission-critical issues during this period of recovery for the hospitality industry.

This instant booking capability also allows customers to customize their event by selecting food and beverage options, audiovisual needs and meeting room configuration. It’s a perfect solution for meeting planners needing meeting space and guestrooms for any occasion, from city-wide conventions to sports tournaments.

Derek DeCross, Senior Vice President, Global Sales, IHG Hotels & Resorts, commented: “We are always looking for ways to make the lives of meeting planners easier and more efficient – allowing them to instantly book a meeting space will eliminate the need to create an RFP. We know not all planners are booking meetings right now, but together with our recently enhanced Meet With Confidence program, GroupsSync Engage is just one more way we’ll be ready when they are.”

About IHG

IHG Hotels & Resorts [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is a global hospitality company, with a purpose to provide True Hospitality for Good.

With a family of 16 hotel brands and IHG Rewards, one of the world’s largest hotel loyalty programmes, IHG has nearly 6,000 open hotels in more than 100 countries, and a further 1,800 due to open over the next five years.

• Luxury and Lifestyle: Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas, Regent Hotels & Resorts, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, Hotel Indigo
• Premium: HUALUXE Hotels and Resorts, Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, EVEN Hotels, voco Hotels
• Essentials: Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn Express, avid hotels
• Suites: Atwell Suites, Staybridge Suites, Holiday Inn Club Vacations, Candlewood Suites

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC is the Group’s holding company and is incorporated in Great Britain and registered in England and Wales. Approximately 350,000 people work across IHG’s hotels and corporate offices globally.

Visit www.ihg.com for hotel information and reservations and www.ihgrewards.com for more on IHG Rewards Club. For our latest news, visit our Newsroom and follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

For further information please contact:

Trey Newstedt
Trey.Newstedt@ihg.com
+1 (770) 604 8526

Source: IHG

 

Subscribe to Notifications