ex-act, from Expotel, a revolution in meetings and conference booking

29th October 2007

Expotel today announced the launch of its new meeting, conference and events management solution – ex-act.

Developed in collaboration with ABC Connection, this global solution takes the traditionally manual Request for Meetings (RfM) process online, allowing Expotel staff to be more consultative in their discussions with clients.

Sherie Starkey, Expotel’s Commercial & Operations Director Conference & Events explains: “Our clients require professional meetings and conference management but in addition require consolidation of all meeting and conference spend combined with comprehensive Management Information. From the outset our objective was to exceed their expectations.

“The time-consuming process of identifying venues, checking availability, creating shortlists, proposals and confirmations has been automated and will generate a comprehensive audit trail of activities. This in turn will provide a full suite of Management Information for our clients”, said Sherie Starkey.

“We are very excited about this innovative, market-leading product,” says Ian Burnley, Expotel’s CEO. “The database of venues is over 160,000 allowing our domestic and overseas clients an enormous amount of choice. The ex-act solution will clarify the process giving greater visibility of spend, by type of meeting or conference.”

ex-act is currently being used by Expotel staff and will be available to all clients via unique client-facing portals in January 2008.

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For further information please contact:
Sharon Smith Expotel Press Office 020 7604 2765 ssmith@expotel.com M: 07771 833 856