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Travel Leaders Corporate announced details of Meetings iQ, its meetings management program for strategic meetings management, planning, and onsite execution services, and development of incentive and loyalty programs.

The more clients use Travel Leaders Corporate’s various offerings, the greater their savings, all while increasing visibility and accessing unparalleled on and offsite support, the company said.

Travel Leaders Corporate also has developed a solution for small meetings management, most of which go unmanaged and present an opportunity for major efficiency increases and large savings through its Groups iQ platform.

“Companies that convene large meetings, whether it be once a year or once a week can significantly improve efficiency and cost savings by engaging with Travel Leaders Corporate’s strategic meetings management platform, Meetings iQ,” said Travel Leaders Corporate President David Holyoke.

“Our dedicated team of meetings, travel and business experts create individualized solutions for every client and every meeting. Their diverse expertise opens new doors that not only drive savings, but boost meeting attendance and engagement.”

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Travel Leaders Corporate’s coordination and execution of clients’ meetings-related processes includes policy development, group hotel sourcing, expert planning, site selection, supplier negotiations, post-program billing and more, which increases visibility of spending, reduces risk and results in savings, according to the company.

Clients can also work with Travel Leaders Corporate on planning and onsite execution of their meetings. For example:

• Each step of the meeting planning and execution process from producing and staging the event, creating content and brand marketing to attracting the ideal audience and providing onsite staff, is accounted for and can be handled on behalf of the client.

• Travel Leaders Corporate’s dedicated Group Air Specialists are available 24/7.

• Its team of meetings experts can create travel incentives and loyalty programs.

• Travel Leaders Corporate uses detailed business intelligence to provide detailed data on program design assessments, supplier spend optimization, benchmarking and return on investment, plus value stream analysis.

Groups iQ, developed through Travel Leaders Corporate’s Meetings iQ platform, provides businesses with solutions for small-to-mid-sized groups and events and offers companies a way to deliver savings and efficiency without introducing complexity into the buying process, all while complying with each client company’s travel policy.

“What we also know through research and various meeting industry sources, is that approximately 80 percent of groups and meetings are booked outside of company travel departments, bypassing their travel partners,” said Anthony Paola, CMP, managing director of meetings operations, sales and strategy for Travel Leaders Corporate.

“In fact, we’ve seen that companies have been unable to track over two-thirds of their group bookings ranging from two to 25 hotel rooms for meetings with 50 or fewer participants,” he added.

“Travel Leaders Corporate developed a unique web-based platform, Groups iQ, to address this need for businesses of all sizes. Instead of leaving money on the table by neglecting this large portion of their meetings and travel program, companies that utilize Groups iQ have vast opportunities for savings.”

To contact a strategic meetings management specialist, call 800-810-0191 or email meetingsiq@travelleaders.com.

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