Provides a cloud-based event housing management platform that streamlines room inventory procurement, negotiation, and booking through a centralized dashboard. Enables event planners to create custom booking sites in under 10 minutes, offering transparent pricing and seamless integration with hotel systems to improve efficiency and reduce manual workload.
Funding
$7.5M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Managing event housing and hotel bookings can be a time-consuming and inefficient process, often relying on manual systems and fragmented communication. Event planners face challenges in procuring room inventory, negotiating rates, and creating a seamless booking experience for attendees. This complexity can lead to increased workload, reduced efficiency, and potential dissatisfaction among event participants and hotel partners.
Solution
EventPipe offers a cloud-based event housing management platform designed to streamline and automate the entire event lodging lifecycle. The platform provides a centralized dashboard for event planners to procure room inventory, manage hotel RFPs, negotiate rates, and create custom booking sites in under 10 minutes. By offering transparent pricing and a simplified reservation process, EventPipe enhances the booking experience for event attendees. The platform also includes a hotel partner portal that simplifies reservation management, enabling hotels to import reservations, view event pick-up, and respond to RFPs directly within the system.
Target Audience
EventPipe serves event producers, sports housing companies, meeting planners, sports commissions, and convention and visitor bureaus (CVBs) seeking to streamline event housing management. The platform also caters to associations, corporations, and independent meeting and event planners.
Features
- Cloud-based, self-service software for managing event room inventory
- Custom booking site creation in under 10 minutes
- Direct RFP submission to hotels with integrated negotiation tools
- Simple three-step reservation process with clear pricing and cancellation policies
- Hotel partner portal for streamlined reservation management and RFP responses
- Real-time reservation tracking and reporting
- Room block management with sub-block capabilities for large events
- Integrated payment processing
- Invoicing and reconciliation tools