Groople In the News

Groople (www.groople.com), the leader in group travel planning, has partnered with Go10000, a travel focused development and hosting firm, to bring to market a new group collaboration site for the travel space. GroopVine will provide the solution to the complex communication and booking problems group travel planning can create. Enhancing the online travel space by combining the key elements of social networking such as invitations, forums, messaging, photos and video posting, with the best in online travel booking, GroopVine is the only place for group travelers to shop, plan and book together online.

Additional details about this innovative technology include:

• GroopVine is a place where group travelers can log on, research destination information and dates.
• The site searches throughout Groople's database of over 60,000 hotels and presents the relevant information to the user in a side by side comparison.
• Users can also search for domestic and international flights and rental car options.
• On the Group Trip Pages, users are able to create their own personalized URL for the trip that can be customized with headers, color schemes, and drag & drop options for redesigning page items, etc.
• Group travelers can collaborate on their Wiki based group trip page with the ability to:
  • Add and edit sections from a personalized Web page, including weather forecasts, forum discussions, photos and videos and activities.
  • Invite guests to join the trip, add ideas, photos or video to the personalized Web page.
  • Gain additional trip ideas by:
    • Search by category - a customer can search on other group trips in 13 different categories from girlfriend getaways to religious groups.
    • Clone trip itineraries - look at other trips or search them for ideas as a starting point in building their own.
    • Construct trip itineraries and schedules of events - Groople's event scheduler supports recommending, voting and commenting, in addition to organizing the final itinerary.
  • Have a threaded discussion where each member of the group can add his or her own comment(s).
  • Easily create a poll to determine where or when the group can go, or on any topic on which the group leader would like to get input.
  • Freely add more information on the page (using wiki) and receive RSS support for Web page updates.
  • Upload photos and short videos.
  • Keep tabs on who's attending their group trip and who's already paid.
  • Share information with the entire group about hotel, airline and rental car options.
  • Review hotel information and amenities together.
• Once a decision has been made travelers can make reservations for hotel, air or car and have each guest pay for them individually.

About Groople

Groople is the leader in online group travel, offering one-stop group booking on hotel, cruise, air, bus, and rail, and is backed by partnerships with the largest travel suppliers worldwide. Groople is group travel made easy, with more than 60,000 hotel choices worldwide and six top cruise lines brought together in an online group booking website. Groople offers discounted rates, individual payment options and creates a single point of contact for the group travel consumer. Groople's customer sales center provides personal attention and offers group travel experts to advise leisure group travelers on weddings, family reunions, religious groups, sports teams, and more. Created by 20 travel industry veterans, Groople pioneered the online group travel space and continues to lead the group travel industry in technology, inventory and convenience.

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