Peter Carmody

Bio: Pete Carmody is a seasoned meeting professional with 7+ years experience in the hospitality and software industries. Currently, Mr. Carmody is the director of business development at Passkey. Since joining the Passkey team in 2004, Pete has worked in both operations and sales departments and has extensive experience in implementation, training and consulting fields of meeting technology software. Pete has extensive speaking experience on various industry issues such as attrition, housing best practices and emerging meeting planning technologies at industry events.

Housing is still one of the most challenging aspects of meeting planning. In this tutorial we will discuss the different tools available to meeting planners today. This will include the tools that planners can purchase and also tools that hotels are offering. These tools provide more control over your housing process and can offer extensive reporting of critical information. We will explore how these tools can integrate to your registration process and enhance you ability to maximize your contracted room blocks.

Session Take-Aways:

• Understand the different tools available to meeting planners
• Learn housing best practices using technology
• Know the advantages of integrating your registration and housing

This session is applicable to:

Planner Type: Corporate, association, trade show

Technology Level: Beginner – Mid-level

*CMP-Accredited Session:BS IV: Logistics