E-DestinAccess (EDA), an Orange County, Calif.-based company that specializes in software for destination management companies, will soon launch a new Web-based DMC service for meeting and event planners, it announced last week. The free service, called e-DMC, will debut later this quarter and will directly connect planners with suppliers, as well as with tools for automating the meeting planning process.

"Planners and suppliers agree that an increase in creativity and innovation will be a necessary and invaluable tool in 2009," reads a statement from EDA, which in turn quotes a press release from American Express and MPI about results from their forthcoming FutureWatch 2009 study. "Planners and suppliers expect new, (including currently unknown standards and practices) to emerge which will make the industry more efficient and effective for the long term."

According to EDA spokesperson Mia Nguyen, e-DMC is a tool that fulfills MPI's FutureWatch prophecy, as it allows meeting planners to electronically organize events, create and submit RFPs, manage accounting and billing needs, and automate business processes, error-checking procedures and report production.

Because it's free and Web-based, the company suggests that e-DMC will save meeting planners time and money, enabling them to plan meetings from anywhere in the world and to shift more resources from personnel towards meeting-enhancing activities such as entertainment, spa services, and food and beverage.

"In accordance with the economical crisis, EDA sticks to the motto, 'Time is Money,'" reads a company statement. "To be successful as a meeting professional requires a cost-effective technological solution that provides the convenience, efficiency, structure and consistency within the industry that e-DMC offers."

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