NEW YORK, March 20, 2001 - BiZBash.com Idea
Center (www.bizbash.com), the first comprehensive media
outlet targeted exclusively to corporate event planning
and business entertaining professionals, meeting planners
and hospitality executives, announced that it has discovered
a unique service for events and parties called the Flying
Squadron.
As appearing on BiZBash.com:
"World leaders and big parades require police motorcades
to escort them as they drive around town. But if your
special event doesn't warrant such protection, you can
still get a police escort to add some pomp and flash.
Al Gonzales and Jeff Simon of the Flying Squadron are
real New York City police officers who also run a police
escort service that can provide as many as four officers
on motorcycles for special events, TV shows and movies."
To see BiZBash's complete story on the Flying Squadron
go to http://bizbash.com/content/editorial/e796.asp.
BiZBash.com content will add creative ideas and localized
editorial to mpoint.com, while PlanSoft content will
provide additional planning guidelines and formulas
to BiZBash.com. Each of the sites will promote links
to the other's content.
"Working with BiZBash, we are able to provide mpoint
members relevant information and insight to the special
events world. This relationship supports our ongoing
effort to provide professional planners a comprehensive
resource for their meeting and event needs," said David
K. Hunt, PlanSoft's chief executive officer.
About the BiZBash.com Idea Center
The BiZBash.com Idea Center is a free online and offline
resource center for special events and business entertaining
professionals that was created to fill a real need:
to find localized "nooks and crannies" information to
help in producing effective events. The service provides
an extensive database of the best event resources -
starting in New York - as well as industry gossip, personality
profiles and coverage of all types of events.
The BiZBash.com Idea Center was developed by former
Primedia (NYSE: PRM) corporate communications executive
and Washington Dossier president David Adler; former
Apartment Shoppers Guide entrepreneur and Washington
Dossier publisher Jonathan Adler; and founder of the
New York ISES Chapter and well-known event industry
specialist Richard Aaron, CMP, CSEP. Experts are also
available offline for advice and referrals on venues,
products and services by calling toll free 800.BiZBash
(249.2274).
About PlanSoft Corporation
PlanSoft is the leading Internet-based, business-to-business
solutions provider for the professional meeting planner
in the $110 billion meeting and convention industry.
At its planner destination site, mpoint.com, the company
enables meeting professionals to communicate and transact
business throughout the purchasing and planning process
with both U.S. and international meeting facilities,
hotels and related industry suppliers. PlanSoft's Meeting
Management Solutions (MMS) product reflects the natural
evolution of the planning industry by giving organizations
more direct control over their costs and productivity.
In addition to the company's mpoint.com destination
site, MMS provides corporations and associations private
labeled versions of many of mpoint's online tools and
adds the ability to budget, schedule, report and track
internal and external meeting information.
PlanSoft has strategic alliances with the two most influential
organizations in the industry -- the American Society
of Association Executives (ASAE) and Meeting Professionals
International (MPI). PlanSoft's comprehensive information
databases, meeting planning solutions and online tools
are available to meeting professionals at www.mpoint.com.
More information regarding Meeting Management Solutions
is available at the company's corporate Web site, www.plansoft.com.
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