{"id":371,"date":"2011-02-28T07:54:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T07:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erevmax.com\/blog\/?p=371"},"modified":"2011-02-28T07:54:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T07:54:00","slug":"florida-huddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erevmax.com\/blog\/index.php\/2011\/02\/florida-huddle\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Huddle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Organized at the Daytona Beach from 23 &#8211; 25 January, Florida Huddle turned out to be a great event for us. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The event focuses completely on <i>buyer-supplier meetings<\/i> and is a good platform to meet prospective buyers and close deals. This year\u2019s event saw a turnout of over 350 people which is very good for an event of this size.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The discussions revolved around <i><b>the hoteliers\u2019 concern over the extremely low ADR in Orlando <\/b><\/i>while Miami and other south coastal areas witness an improvement in performance and rates. More than 200 hoteliers were present and all were eager to find out the best way to take prices up again. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">RateTiger\u2019s major advantage this year was our stand\u2019s location in the VIP lounge, receiving a lot of visitor traffic. Jonathan and I managed to meet a lot of attendees to whom <i>we showcased RateTiger and its suite of premium online channel management tools.<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From the business perspective, presence at Florida Huddle is always lucrative as it allows decision makers from the buyer and supplier sides to meet directly and cut deals. RateTiger signed many new contracts at the event therefore very successful.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i>Siobhain McArdle is Sales Manager for south eastern states of USA at eRevMax and is responsible for sales of RateTiger products in the region. She is based out of Florida and can be reached at <\/i><\/span><link href=\"file:\/\/\/C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cnehag%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml\" rel=\"File-List\"><\/link><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><a href=\"mailto:siobhainm@ratetiger.com\">siobhainm@ratetiger.com<\/a><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organized at the Daytona Beach from 23 &#8211; 25 January, Florida Huddle turned out to be a great event for us. The event focuses completely on buyer-supplier meetings and is a good platform to meet prospective buyers and close deals. 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