NEW YORK -- The 2004 Republican National Convention selected Travel
Planners as its official housing coordinator for the convention.
New York-based Travel Planners is a third-party housing
coordinator, offering convention and trade show housing as well as
reservation management services for event organizers, exhibitors
and attendees.
Travel Planners said it expects to manage the booking of about
18,000 hotel rooms for state delegations and convention
attendees.
"This is the pinnacle, the Super Bowl, of event housing," said
Ray Vastola, president of Travel Planners. "In 25 years of
business, Travel Planners has managed larger events, but the
Republican National Convention is special because of the
customization and the level of detail involved."
The Republican National Convention will be held for the first
time in New York at Madison Square Garden from Aug. 30 to Sept.
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