Groople In the News

DENVER, CO � October, 2006 - Groople (www.groople.com), the industry leader in online group travel understands what group travel organizers need and how technology can help provide travelers with better options. Through the newly redesigned Website, including social networking technology, Groople offers an easy to follow path to securing group travel reservations by offering event and group specific hotels, trip planning ideas, and even a place for group members to discuss their selections online.

"Based on customer feedback, and through researching social-networking and popular consumer sites, we redesigned our Website in consideration of multi-faceted group types," said Mike Stacy, Chief Executive Officer for Groople. "We have emerged with a product that integrates our group booking engine with some of the latest innovations in online collaboration and social networking."

Social Networking

Enabled by blogs, podcasts and social networking sites consumers today have the easy means to communicate their ideas with anyone at anytime. Groople is the first group travel Website to offer social networking technology to their customers, allowing travelers to collaborate, vote, and even review their group leader's top picks for upcoming travel.

"We integrated the use of the customer's email client with our group travel planning and booking tools, providing an easy way to network with other group members," said Stacy.

Each group receives a personalized Web page with hotel options, amenities, and destination information. Taking advantage of Microsoft's .net platform and social networking technology group members can discuss which hotels best suit their needs as well as alternate destination options and desired trip activities.

Integrated Features

Tailored hotel searches provide only results from hotels that fit your group's needs. Most travel Websites have separate shopping and comparison paths. Through the new design, Groople has integrated these two functionalities with the use of a horizontal slider control which provides a vertical listing of comparable hotel options. Group leaders no longer have to take the time to select their hotel amenities when they search online; all relevant results, including customized hotel options, are automatically provided for each of their selected destinations. Additionally the group leader has the ability to reserve the block of rooms for everyone and allow each member to pay individually.

For more information on the newly redesigned Website and group travel please visit www.groople.com.

About Groople

Groople is a combination of the words GROups and peOPLE � GROOPLE...we understand groups and we provide the best planning and booking tools for any group! Headquartered in Centennial, Colorado, Groople was launched in 2004. For more than two years Groople, the leading group travel website, has worked with thousands of people from a wide variety of groups and has come to has come to understand that planning, searching and booking group travel arrangements should be a fun part of group travel At Groople, we're working around the clock to negotiate the best rates for flights, hotels, cars and cruises and find the best locations to fit your group's needs. We provide booking capability on more than 60,000 hotels located on four continents, twenty-five islands and one mountain top. Through our social networking environment we allow travelers to collaborate and compare travel options before any decisions are made. After reserving a block of rooms, group members are welcome to pay for their rooms individually online or in one payment made by the group leader.

Groople allows groups to shop online with confidence through our low price guarantee. We search far and wide to provide free rooms, upgrades and other special amenities wherever your group qualifies. Groople's technology upgrades are supported by: Ciber, 5280 Solutions, Harvey Nash, Foundry Networks, Via West, Dell.

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