In the course of planning a big meeting at a big hotel, personal relationships can easily get lost in bureaucracy. To prevent that from happening at its properties, Hilton Worldwide has launched a new cloud-based meeting-planning platform that enables real-time connections between planners, hotel staff, vendors and partners, it announced yesterday.
“We’re always listening to meeting professionals around the world as we evolve our tools and services to deliver successful events for them and their clients,” Mark Komine senior vice president, sales, Americas, Hilton Worldwide, said in a statement. “We believe strongly in the value of personal relationships and this platform enables planners to stay connected to everyone involved in their event.”
Called “getplanning,” Hilton’s new platform is available at participating Hilton, Waldorf Astoria, Conrad, DoubleTree and Embassy Suites hotels that are part of the company’s Connect+ program, which provides event-planning support at large hotels in major convention destinations.
Among getplanning’s features are: real-time communication tools; centralized document access and dissemination; and one-click access to floor plans, menus and room management. Because it’s cloud-based, it also facilitates through mobile devices onsite access to daily pick-up reports, food and beverage and banquet checks, weather, etc.
“When planning large events, meetings and conventions, circumstances change often and decisions need to be made quickly,” said Joyce Inderbitzin, vice president, events and catering, Americas, Hilton Worldwide. “getplanning enables our clients to exchange information seamlessly and securely between all stakeholders in real-time.”
For more information, visit www.hiltonworldwide.com/connectplus.
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