Press Release: MeetingPackage named Best Online Venue Booking Platform in the 2023 HotelTechAwards

Helsinki, Finland – 10  January 2023

For the third year in a row, MeetingPackage is honored to announce that we have been named 2023’s #1 Best Online Venue Booking Platform by Hotel Tech Report. 

The HotelTechReport awards are based on more than 1,000 products and are globally ranked based on factors like usability, customer support, likelihood to recommend, partner network strength, and integration compatibility. Winners of the HotelTechAwards are determined based on verified client feedback and highlight best of breed companies across key categories of the hotel tech stack. on the most transparent, customer feedback-led reviews on which people in industry can base their technology purchasing decisions. 

During the 3-month 2022 HotelTechAwards period, 513,609 hoteliers across 127 countries visited Hotel Tech Report and spent more than 6,000 hours contributing 11,622 verified hotel software product reviews to save you time and help you make better vendor decisions.

"The ranking process is simple, transparent, and unbiased--judging is based on time tested ranking factors developed specifically for the industry. Only verified hoteliers with hands-on experience using each product are allowed to participate in the voting process. This means that MeetingPackage’s users decided the #1 Best Online Venue Booking Platform,” said Hotel Tech Report CEO, Jordan Hollander.

Reviews from verified users of MeetingPackage highlight features like the ability to sell meetings and events online, excellent customer experience, and increase in revenue through high conversion. Customers also widely praised MeetingPackage for their willingness to help and truly understand how to automate Meetings & Events sales process and for their proactive approach on how to develop Meetings & Events business in general.

“The authentic voice of the customer decides the winners of the annual HotelTechAwards - ranking hotel software solutions based on users’ experience in buying, implementing and using those solutions,” said Jordan Hollander, CEO of Hotel Tech Report. “We’re thrilled to highlight the value that the world’s leading software solutions deliver to their customers. By building a platform around the voice of the people actually using these hotel tech solutions, we’re able to deliver actionable, peer-to-peer insights that potential buyers can trust. Winning a HotelTechAward is the highest achievement in the industry because it’s based on data.”

MeetingPackage Founder and CEO, Joonas Ahola commented: “We are honored and thrilled to be recognised as the hotel industry’s best technology provider globally for the third year running. As a provider of technology to the hotel industry there is no greater indication that we continue to go in the right direction than retaining their vote of confidence in our platform. Our customers continue to guide our development and ensure that our product maintains its ease-of-use, removes the need to handle simple meetings manually and delivers an increase in customer and employee satisfaction whilst driving up each of our customers revenue per available square meter. Backed up by our excellent customer experience that we proudly offer to help hoteliers when they need it most, validates the entire ethos of our company.”

The HotelTechAwards are often referred to as "the Grammys of Hotel Tech" and winners have been selected from more than 200 of the top technology products around the world. The HotelTechAwards are the industry's only data-driven awards platform with winners determined not by a handful of judges or popularity votes but by product reviews from a global community of verified hotel technology users across more than 120 countries.

“In addition, we remain very proud to be the first Finnish technology provider to win at Hotel Tech Awards. Even though our business is global it is nice to acknowledge that a global hospitality business can be built by a startup based in Finland.” adds  Joonas Ahola.

About MeetingPackage

MeetingPackage is an omni-channel sales automation software for Meeting & Event bookings based in Finland. Our objective is to improve the Meetings & Events booking process for both meetings planners and event venues including hotels, conference centres and serviced offices.  The company integrates with venues’ existing PMS, S&C and back-office solutions while delivering products to all customer facing channels.  Products include a venue and sales management platform, an online Booking Engine and a Meetings & Events specific Channel Manager.  The software features twelve different language versions and is used by thousands of hotel customers globally and over 10 000 distribution partners.

The CEO of MeetingPackage is Joonas Ahola, and the company has HQ in Finland. 

Media contacts:
Joonas Ahola, CEO
Tel +358 (0)50 514 3542
[email protected]

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