New Seating Charts Software for Event Management

Event management software leader etouches® launches new seating charts application featuring powerful, easy to use capabilities and graphical user interface

Ridgefield, CT (PRWEB) November 21, 2008 -- etouches® (http://www.etouches.com), a leader in event management software (http://www.etouches.com), today announced the release of a new version of its seating charts application, eSeating, featuring powerful new capabilities coupled with an easy to use graphical user interface implemented using Adobe Flash technology.

According to meetings industry insider and etouches® CEO Leonora Valvo, seating charts can be a real challenge, especially for large events. Valvo cites the following as being specific issues: quickly arranging the seating of hundreds of people; integration with the registration process; allowing attendees to seat themselves and their groups without imposing a huge administrative burden on the event team; and coping with multiple seating plans for the same event.

eSeating is an innovative seating charts (http://www.etouches.com/Services/Event-Program-Management/eSeating.php) application that addresses all of these challenges and more. eSeating is simple to use and is fully integrated with the etouches® online registration (http://www.etouches.com/Services/Event-Registration.php)application eReg. Using the drag and drop feature, attendees can be placed exactly where required - they can even seat themselves! Or eSeating can seat everyone automatically as they register for the event. eSeating's one-click buttons can also be used to automatically seat and unseat all attendees. And using the search feature, attendees can be selected by name or company to be seated individually. But eSeating is capable and flexible enough for even the most complex events. For example, eSeating allows multiple seating plans to be managed for the same event. eSeating also gives complete control over table sizes and arrangements and even supports theatre-style seating. Access to certain tables can also be limited by assigning passwords to them.

Commenting on eSeating, meetings technology expert Corbin Ball said "It can solve a big challenge for those groups who arrange seating for their banquets and events". "There are only a handful of attendee management companies that provide electronic banquet seating as part of their product line", continued Ball. "The eSeating product from etouches® looks to be quite configurable and easy to use", added Ball.

About etouches®

etouches® (http://www.etouches.com) is a web-based software as a service (SaaS) leader in the $3.0 billion global, event management software marketplace. etouches® facilitates effective and efficient management of all phases of the event lifecycle and features a real-time dashboard view of event performance to support closed loop processes for spend management, marketing demand generation, and predictive analysis. The award-winning software solution supports any language and any currency and enables clients to realize the benefits of consolidation and control with simple web-based tools for easy user adoption.

Serving over 2,000 global event programs annually in 28 countries, the customer base includes top tier companies such as Volkswagen, Dell and The Financial Times. Self-funded by its existing management team and with a sustainable revenue growth, etouches® has been recognized by Inc. magazine as the "55th fastest growing business services company in 2007".

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