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CTC hosts online travel marketing conf

Hotel Booking The Canadian Tourism Commission is hosting the nations first-ever online travel marketing conference in Ottawa, Ontario called Online Revealed Canada.

Groople (www.groople.com), the leader in group travel planning, has partnered with Go10000, a travel focused development and hosting firm, to bring to market a new group collaboration site for the travel space. GroopVine will provide the solution to the complex communication and booking problems group travel planning can create. Enhancing the online travel space by combining the key elements of social networking such as invitations, forums, messaging, photos and video posting, with the best in online travel booking, GroopVine is the only place for group travelers to shop, plan and book together online.

Travel Agency The event also features the first panel discussion between the top tourism leaders from Canada and the United States.

8mong many firsts for the group market, the new technology platform enables consumers to do something that other sites haven k allowed to book travel and accommodations for more than five rooms in a single online session. Featuring more than 56, 000 hotels, including 7, time group rates, Groople is primed to become the industry largest automated solution for unmanaged group leisure travel, a market estimated at $18 billion to $24 billion. Under its hosted inventory and commission models, Groople generates group bookings niche by niche for hotels and plans to add air, car, cruise, bus and rail later this year.

Cheap Hotel On May 16th, CTC President and CEO Michele McKenzie, Tourism Industry Association of Canada President Randy Williams, and Mike Pusateri, Chief Operating Officer for the Travel Industry Association of America discussed marketing North America as a travel destination and the state of the tourism industry on both sides of the border.

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Flight Booking Not for the squeamish, Online Revealed Canada is upfront about why Canadian tourism businesses have yet to uncover the multi-billion dollar online travel market by bringing some of the best online marketers in the world together to tackle subjects like search verticals, real simple syndication and the important differences between e-marketing in Canada and the US.

Groople (www.groople.com), the leading online group travel booking and planning site, has partnered with Hotel Hotline (www.hotelhotline.com), an online hotel reservation site including the properties HotelHotline.com and HotelsCheap.org. Groople provides Hotel Hotline customers with the ability to search for and book group hotels that are appropriate for their group type. Groople's private label solution offers Hotel Hotline with a customized booking solution that satisfies the needs of their users. "Partnering with Groople gives Hotel Hotline access to dependable group booking technology and professional group travel customer service, " said Mike Stacy, CEO of Groople. "HotelsCheap knows the size and growth of the group market and sees Groople as the best way to tap into that market"

Travel Agent With speakers from destination marketing leaders Travel Alberta, Tourism British Columbia, Tourism Banff Lake Louise, Quebec Tourism, the Canadian Tourism Commission, online travel innovators Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Air Canada, Via Rail, and West Jet Airlines, among others, the event will give attendees insight into marketing and delivering Canadian tourism product online. Other conference speakers include:

As the premier online booking resource for the $20+ billion leisure group travel market, Groople provides group rates and inventory, allowing consumers to easily plan, book and manage all group travel needs in a single setting. In addition to more than 60, 000 hotels and six major cruise lines, Groople also offers group bookings for air, car, bus and rail.

Hotel Chicago Vince Chirico, Head of Travel Sales Google

Online Booking Ron Andruff, CEO, Tralliance (creator of the .travel revolution)

Travel Health Insurance Geoff Ramsey, CEO, eMarketer

Hotel Reservation John Bray, VP Advisory Services, PhoCusWright

London Hotel Booking Paula Gignac, President, Interactive Advertising Bureau Canada

Discount Travel Sean Shannon, Managing Director, Expedia Canada

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