Groople In the News

DENVER, CO � May 17, 2006 - Groople (www.groople.com), the leading online group travel booking resource, announces a new partnership with SPORG (www.sporg.com), a company that provides sophisticated registration capability for organizations. Now groups such as sports leagues, faith based organizations, associations and corporations can manage both their group travel needs and their registration and donation collection programs on one site.

SPORG's innovative online software reduces the typical costs of hosting events, accepting donations, collecting membership registrations, and processing payments while increasing revenue and the number of transactions processed. SPORG provides its registration solution capabilities to over 1,200 organizations across the U.S. and Canada, many with thousands of individual members.

Groople provides online booking capabilities for group travelers and matches the needs of specific groups with appropriate products, prices and support. While facilitating bookings and generating new revenue, Groople allows travel suppliers to retain control of their inventory and rates. Groople provides the tools for non-managed group leaders to request a block of hotel rooms while permitting the individual group members to make changes to reservations and pay individually.

Commencing in June 2006, this new working relationship will provide a co-branded Groople-SPORG website. SPORG will be integrating Groople's group booking functionality into their site and registration forms with a direct connect to Groople for booking accommodations for small unmanaged groups. A large number of SPORG clients are in the sports, not-for-profit, and faith based markets and these groups travel frequently to tournaments and events across North America and overseas.

The SPORG partnership with Groople is the cornerstone of SPORG's innovative Travel Fundraising Program, whereby organizations generate commissions on every travel reservation made by their members through the Groople-SPORG website. Booking team and group travel is something that SPORG clients do every day and now their fundraising efforts will get a boost as they receive the best group travel service in the industry.

"As Groople continues to set the standard for online group travel bookings, our integration with SPORG is another step in growing our distribution channels" said Mike Stacy, Groople CEO. "We are very excited about this new partnership which presents a great opportunity for Groople to reach a specific target audience and to work with an acknowledged industry leader in servicing group registrations."

"Groople sets the standard in online group travel booking," explains Dave Norman, President of SPORG.com. "SPORG.com processes almost one million registrations and donations each year, and our clients have demonstrated a clear desire for creative and flexible fundraising solutions. This partnership with Groople represents yet another significant milestone in our efforts to provide our clients effective tools for fundraising and for simplifying their business processes."

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About Groople

Based in Denver, Groople was created by more than 20 experienced leaders from every area of the travel industry with the goal of becoming the place for leisure group travelers to book the best, hassle-free deals. Groople serves military groups, family reunions, religious organizations and other leisure customers at www.groople.com and through its offline agents while helping suppliers by giving consumers access to hotel inventory.

About SPORG

SPORG.com is a leading provider of online registration and payment services, empowering businesses of all sizes to efficiently connect with members, clients, volunteers and staff. SPORG.com allows sports associations, event organizers, not-for-profit organizations and private businesses to quickly and economically deploy online registration forms and credit card processing. For more information about the SPORG platform, visit www.sporg.com.