Shaken, but not stirred - York on-line with ConferenceBOOKINGS

Following a successful day setting up VisitYork's new on-line accommodation booking system, the earth moved; often the impact of having a new system installed however in this instance it was a physical rather than metaphorical move.

The subject of some debate in news circles, the media frenzie that followed the UK's tremor was a little out of proportion with world events in some opinions - from a hotel room in York it did feel as if the building were collapsing for a brief few seconds!

Earthquakes aside, Rob Stuckey, Anne James and Laura Freer all received training on Velvet's ConferenceBOOKINGS system. The on-line system now handles delegate payments directly on-line in addition to managing complex hotel allocations from multiple providers.

By the end of the two days' training, Rob and Anne had loaded four live events in addition to accommodation providers' details and multiple images for each of their venues. "It will make the manual process of bookings so much easier", commented Rob.

Unique links to each event are generated by the system and included in the destination's web site provided by their DMS (Destination Management System). Created in minutes, a conference may now be created in ConferenceBOOKINGS and on-line for delegates to book with ease.