#117: Streamlining Sales & Management for Hotel Group Bookings, Meetings & Events | with Joonas Ahola

In this episode, hosts Steve Carran and David Millili sit down with Joonas Ahola, founder of Meeting Package. Having started his entrepreneurial journey at age 16 with an event agency, Ahola discusses how his frustration with the RFP process led him to create Meeting Package, a comprehensive CRS platform for groups, meetings, and events sales.He shares insights on the differences between European and US markets in hospitality tech adoption, current challenges facing hoteliers in managing group sales, and Meeting Package's ambitious plans to reach 50,000 properties by 2027. The conversation explores how the platform is leveraging AI and partnerships to revolutionize the fragmented world of hotel group bookings and events management. In this episode, you'll discover about:How Meeting Package serves as a centralized platform for managing group bookings, meetings, and events across all sales channels - from direct to indirect, online to offline What are the two major challenges hotels face today? What are the Future Innovations from Meeting Package? Sponsor spot: This episode is sponsored by Meeting Package: https://meetingpackage.com/Join the conversation on today's episode on The Modern Hotelier LinkedIn pageThe Modern Hotelier is produced, edited, and published by Make More MediaLinks:Joonas Ahola on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joonasahola/?originalSubdomain=fiMeeting Package: https://meetingpackage.com/For full show notes head to: https://themodernhotelier.com/episode/117Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-...Connect with Steve and David:Steve: https://www.linkedin.com/in/%F0%9F%8E...David: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-mil...