HotelPlanner.com has taken on their latest partnership with the Florida Panthers. Beginning in 2010, HotelPlanner.com will be providing the NHL team and executives with their on-the-road hotel accommodations. Not only will the team and their executives benefit from HotelPlanner.com’s unique booking services, but the fans will also have access to the exclusive deals that HotelPlanner.com has to offer.

HotelPlanner.com will be hosting a Travel Coordinator Reception for all Florida Panthers group ticket buyers and travel coordinators for Panthers Limited. HotelPlanner.com will also become an associate sponsor of the 2009 MetroPCS Orange Bowl Basketball Classic along with signage placements at BankAtlantic Center.

“We are very excited to partnering with one of the best teams in the NHL. The Florida Panthers’ executives have been great to work with,” said Tim Hentschel CEO of HotelPlanner.com. “We are confident that their expertise in sports marketing along with our expertise in booking the guaranteed lowest group travel deals with superior customer service will make this a successful partnership for many years.”

“We are both thrilled and honored to partner with an innovative company such as HotelPlanner.com,” said Panthers president & COO Michael Yormark. “I am confident that through this unique partnership we can help HotelPlanner.com meet many of their marketing goals and objectives.”

HotelPlanner.com is the leading provider of online services to the estimated $30-45 billion global group hotel sales market. Customers retain the ultimate decision-making power, enjoying access to competitive rates without ever having to pick up the phone and without having to purchase rooms at an undetermined hotel for pre-negotiated rates. Currently, HotelPlanner’s system processes over 15,000 group leads per month completely online. Over 30,000 hotel members currently compete online for HotelPlanner’s group business daily. HotelPlanner.com has increased sales over 300% in 2008 versus 2007 and is showing the same rapid lead and revenue growth in 2009.

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