Posts Tagged ‘rfp’

What’s the big deal with PhoCusWright?

November 18th, 2009

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OK, in case you can’t tell…..we’re pretty excited about being asked to participate in the Travel Innovation Summit @ The PhoCusWright Conference. It’s kind of a big deal!

But many of you may be asking…..why?

The Summit and Conference showcase the travel industry’s hottest, most innovative Web and mobile-based solutions. An elite group of innovators are invited, Start-up and seasoned companies from around the world, to demonstrate tools, products and sites that significantly impact how travelers research, plan, purchase, organize and memorialize their trips.

All innovators are screened and selected by PhoCusWright’s team of experienced analysts to showcase true market-changing technology. Four finalists are selected by the live audience and one will be named The PhoCusWright Travel Innovation Summit Winner.

Now, SpeedRFP has received initial support from Starwood Hotels & Resorts, which is integrating SpeedRFP on its www.StarwoodConventionCollection.com website. It has also received support from the Convention Industry Council’s (CIC) Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX), and from the meeting planning community. All things we are very proud of and excited about.

However, The PhoCusWright Conference and The Travel Innovation Summit represents the next big wave of innovation in the travel industry. They look for products that will have an actual impact on your business and we have a shot at being one of the final four!

Check out the press release here for more info on SpeedRFP, Elite Meetings and The PhoCusWright Conference.

Why introduce a new RFP system?

November 8th, 2009

Without a doubt, this is the question we hear the most. Why would you tackle an industry that already has heavy hitters delivering a widely used product?

Essentially, we can do it better!

Current online RFP systems have not proven popular with meeting professionals. The largest hotel chains receive only 20-30% of their RFPs through online forms, meaning both planners and hotels continue to deal with unnecessary inconvenience, administrative cost, and inefficiencies. we are developing SpeedRFP to bring as many of these professionals as possible into a community of users that benefit from quicker, easier, and more cost-effective transactions.

We developed SpeedRFP to overcome the tremendous barriers to adoption of online RFPs. It dramatically reduces the amount of data rekeying required of both buyer and seller. It offers a form that adheres to APEX’s recognized industry standard. It increases the quality of RFPs and the subsequent communications by making it easy to exchange complete event information.

Additionally, SpeedRFP is the first and only online Request For Proposal (RFP) tool that is completely portable—if you’re planning an event, meeting or incentive trip, it lets you take your RFPs with you anywhere on the web, and submit an RFP on any site that accepts SpeedRFP, in as little as 3 clicks.

The home site, SpeedRFP.com, also allows users to submit an RFP to any hotel in the world, whether or not that hotel’s website is SpeedRFP enabled. Making it incredibly easy to adopt and manage.

Because SpeedRFP is free and brand-neutral, its unique combination of features and benefits makes SpeedRFP an RFP solution with the potential to generate the benefits of adoption and efficiency expected of a true industry-wide standard.

Bottom line is, we can do it better!

So, check out SpeedRFP.com and sign up today. Help us beta test the system as it comes online and let us know how we can improve. We want to hear your feedback and we want to build this together!

SpeedRFP in a few words…

SpeedRFP is the only online Request For Proposal (RFP) tool that is completely portable – it permits planners to take meeting, event and incentive RFPs anywhere on the web, and submit an RFP on any SpeedRFP-enabled site, with as few as 3 clicks.