Adelman Meetings & Incentives Aligns Top Clients With b-there.com Attendee Management Tools; Today's Economy Demands b-there's Fast, Efficient Meeting Technology.Business/Travel & Internet Editors MILWAUKEE, WI & WESTPORT, CT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 2001 Adelman Meetings & Incentives has selected b-there.com as its exclusive web-based solutions partner. The Milwaukee-based travel management company announced today that one of their largest meeting sponsors, United Stationers United Stationers NASDAQ: USTR is the largest wholesale distributor of office products in North America, with sales in excess of $4 billion. Its brands include Azerty, a computer products distributor, and Lagasse, a sanitary maintenance company. Supply Co., will be going online with b-there this month. Their national sales meeting sales meeting n → reunión f de ventas , January 21-24, 2002, will be USSCO's first web-enabled event. Meetings sponsored by Pella Corporation and Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. will also be operated using b-there's integrated online registration and travel software, announced Debbie Meihls, CMP CMP (cytidine monophosphate): see cytosine. (1) (CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, NY, www.cmp.com) Part of United Business Media, CMP is a leading integrated media company that offers a wide variety of publications and services in the information , CHME CHME California Home Medical Equipment (Foster City, California) CHME Certified Hospitality Marketing Executive (Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International) , CTC CTC - Cornell Theory Center , Director of Meetings & Incentives for Adelman Travel Group. "At United Stationers, we look forward to the use of this new technology to help us streamline our meetings registration process, and give us quicker access to more accurate information and greater control. It is indicative of how the power of the Web really can help companies save time and money," said Jeff Kressmann, Director of Marketing Communications Marketing communications (or marcom) are messages and related media used to communicate with a market. Those who practice advertising, branding, direct marketing, graphic design, marketing, packaging, promotion, publicity, sponsorship, public relations, sales, sales & Research for United Stationers Supply Co. Based out of Des Plaines Des Plaines, city, United States Des Plaines (dĕs plānz), city (1990 pop. 53,223), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago on the Des Plaines River; inc. 1925. Among its manufactures are chemicals and electronic equipment. , IL, United is a leading wholesaler of business products. Evelyn Nikkel, PhD, Sales and Service Training Manager of Pella Corporation, one of the world's leading manufacturers of premium-quality windows and doors, expressed enthusiasm for Adelman Travel's new b-there powered capabilities. "We stage seven Sales training sessions nationwide every January and February. Over 1500 salespeople, sales managers, product specialists, segment specialists and presenters attend these sessions. Registration for these has been a nightmare, with all the steps to make sure salespeople are in their correct training sessions at the right locations." - Dr. Nikkel has indicated to Adelman Travel that they are particularly pleased that the event websites can be fully branded with Pella logos, fonts and design elements. "All of the attendees will be able to register immediately - choosing the type of room they want, teaming up with the roommate of their choice and billing the rooms to their own cards, making them the only ones accountable for canceling in a timely manner. AND, they'll be able to register or view information 24/7. With b-there.com, we've added the manpower and convenience of five people at a fraction of the cost and at a high rate of positive return on our investment." Adelman Meetings & Incentives offers a wide range of services to its clients, including corporate meetings, retreat services, conventions, tradeshows, entertainment, speakers, and merchandising, and corporate incentives. This dynamic division produces hundreds of events yearly with different venues, themes and activities. "Our mission statement is our philosophy, we want to be an integral partner with our clients and to not only meet their expectations, but to exceed them," said Meihls. "This tool will allow us to stay on the cutting edge of technology. Most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" above all, most especially it allows our clients a more efficient means to the registration process, while allowing them 24/7 access to data through the numerous reporting options. Goal one is to provide second-to-none customer service, as expectations for pinnacle meetings are extremely high." About Adelman Travel Group Adelman Meetings & Incentives, a division of Adelman Travel Goup, is currently ranked in the top one percent of 33,000 travel agencies nation-wide. The Meetings division employs a dedicated staff of 12 including meeting planners with a collective industry experience of over 40 years, incentive planners with a collective industry experience of 18 years, and air coordinators with industry experience over 37 years. To find out more information about Adelman Travel Group or Adelman Meetings & Incentives, please log on to our website at www.adelmantravel.com About b-there.com b-there.com is the most powerful Internet registration, housing and transportation management solution for the meeting and trade show industries. It is the first and only system of its kind to integrate negotiated airfare booking capabilities with event registration/housing management, and can be easily customized by the user for any size or type of event. b-there.com is powered by its Internet Attendee Management Engine, which further enables planners to configure even complex registration forms without the use of any technical languages. More than 2,000 events have already been run through b-there.com's system in the past two years, with forecasted 2001 events exceeding the last two years combined. Clients include Nortel Networks (Nortel Networks Limited, Brampton, Ontario, www.nortelnetworks.com) A world leader in telecommunications products, which includes switching, wireless and broadband systems for service providers and carriers, telephones and systems for residential and business users, computer telephony , Penton Media Penton Media, Inc. (OTC: PTON.OB), founded in 1892, is a diversified business-to-business media company. Penton Media is a mass media corporation that publishes and produces over 40 magazines, 80 trade shows, and 47 web sites. , PGI PGI Protected Geographical Indication PGI Progiciel de Gestion Intégré (French: Enterprise Resource Planning) PGI Phosphoglucose Isomerase PGI Polish Geological Institute (Warsaw, Poland) , Colgate-Palmolive, and National Petrochemical & Refiners Association. For more information, visit www.b-there.com. |
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