MPBID.COM: Site Selection in 1 minute or less at no cost.

MPBID.COM is a business to business website designed to simplify and accelerate the site-selection process for meeting planners, third parties and hotels. The environment used is a modified exchange process.

Need to find the best hotel, not the last resort for your next meeting? Now, there is a quick and easy option for site selection, and its not an RFP. "It became increasingly obvious that what was at first seen as a better choice, was becoming another burden," says Jim Etkin, president of MPBID.COM, an on-line site developed for planners.

Etkin created MPBID in response to feedback he received from planners who were fed-up with long forms to complete, time-consuming delays, and a lack of control over final site negotiations. „Internet sites tried to offer options through databases, RFP forms and online auctions, but I cant wait. I need to book immediately when a client is ready, and there is always some fee involved, responded meeting planner Andrew Gerrits when he spoke to Etkin about his upcoming events.

With responses like that, Etkin believed he could create a better alternative. He worked with a designer to develop an easy interface, proprietary application that enables meeting planners to post meeting specs online at MPBid.com, at no cost, without utilizing an RFP. Click on the site and meeting planners easily:

name the desired location for their event
the number of rooms needed meeting room requirements and required amenities, and
budgeted room rates

"In just one minute or less," adds Jim. "Then, all the properties that match the meeting specs by the planner, and that have availability, post their rate for the meeting. All the bids are then forwarded to the planner, in one easy to use format."

MPBid automatically provides planners with an exact count of the number of hotels that received the post, how many sites have availability within the requested price range, the number of venues that didnt have availability, and so on. The planner then takes control of the final negotiations. Now planners have the opportunity to develop a direct relationship with the property to discuss the details of the meeting, a unique feature not found on other sites. Planners regain control over the process, and the details are easier to negotiate once the primary criteria has been established.

"MPBID.COM is easy to use, free of cost and it took me under a minute to post my Dallas meeting," said Gerrits of his experience with the site.

Once registered in the website www.mpbid.com, planners also get help with any cancellations they may encounter. And, they also have the opportunity to take advantage of all the special deals that the hotels post throughout the year.

For more information, contact MPBID.COM at (888) 941-9396 or mpbid@mpbid.com.

About the company
MPBID.COM is a business to business website designed to simplify and accelerate the site-selection process for meeting planners, third parties and hotels. The environment used is a modified exchange process. The company is located in Pembroke Park, Florida. For further information, contact MPBid at (888) 941-9396 or electronically, mpbid@mpbid.com.