biztravelconnect in the News

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biztravelconnect was recently featured in the news:

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BizTravelConnect Offers Professional Social Networking Alternative
07/2009 By Loree Stark

Yes, social networking is officially the hot new tool for promoting your event. But too often the mainstream sites (think: Facebook and MySpace) don’t have the business vibe event organizers are going for. Check out www.biztravelconnect.com, which is positioning itself as a social networking site — free of charge — targeted at business travelers from all industries.

On the site, business users are encouraged to maximize networking opportunities during business conferences and peruse online vertical communities based on attendance at an upcoming event or travel to a particular city, their industry, business interests, languages spoken and other criteria. Users can customize their own user pages to feature their events. The site also contains useful tools for business travelers — from time zone conversion to reviews of hotels and restaurants in popular business hubs. Local executives can use the site to augment networking and business development at events held in their own cities.

A few ways you can use the service:
• Publicizing an event to targeted professionals
• Creating a group related to the event, making it public or private and inviting whomever you want
• Offering social networking, blogs and forums to your event attendees
• Using the site as a thought leadership outlet for featured speakers to build interest and dialogue with attendees

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