Planit Direct http://www.planitdirect.com All-Direct Supplier to Vacation and Meeting Planner Savings Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:16:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 PlanitDirecthttp://feedburner.google.com Where All-Direct Meeting & Vacation Planning Means Big Savings. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PlanitDirect/~3/ev3uFV1REwI/ http://www.planitdirect.com/why-planit-direct/where-planners-conference-attendees-and-vaction-travelers-all-enjoy-convenience-and-save-money/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 02:00:13 +0000 admin http://www.planitdirect.com/?p=61

Convenience, savings and common sense.

Planit Direct is two great supplier-driven portals with simple-to-use tools that help visitors and meeting planners find and organize the products they need or want to experience in different destinations.

There are no middlemen or hidden transaction costs.  Just direct supplier prices and real savings.

Vacation Travelers
Click Here to Buy Direct and Save!
 Meeting Planners
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The first destination we bring to you is Hawaii. 

Others destinations are are in the pipeline and will be presented soon. 

With Hawaii’s best suppliers providing activities, tours, dining, entertainment, decor, event production, transportation, audio visual services, photography, staffing and more, your savings will add up fast.

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Here are a few more reasons why businesses that focus on the vacation and meetings industry are joining Planit Direct.

Recent Industry Insider articles

“Another survey finding reflects the seismic influence of technology on incentive travel planning. Nearly 73% of planners and close to 67% of users said they’d book group services online with multiple suppliers rather than use a DMC to coordinate and manage all aspects of a program”.

Full story:  It’s Not Business as Usual by Robin Amster June 27, 2011  Travel Market Report

“The big story is, it isn’t all one way; it’s happening forward and backward, top to bottom, and bottom to top, to all players in the supply chain. End users in effect are leap frogging the intermediary and wondering why they have to have someone in the middle. It’s the whole thought process of ‘I want to go as direct as I can,’” said Schuldt who is also chair of the SITE International Foundation Research Committee.

Jane Schuldt, CITE, president of World Marketing Group as quoted in Travel Market Report, June 2011

“Other trends suggest that although corporations are permitting employees to take trips, they’re being more stringent on spending and restricting the length of the trip”.

Julie Parodi, senior director of strategic planning for Pegasus Solutions Inc. Sept. 23, 2011

Full story:  Hotel News Now by By Jason Q. Freed, News Editor Americas jfreed@HotelNewsNow.com

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