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Groople Named Official Group Travel Hotel Booking Agency for Big West Conference

Denver, CO (PRWEB) November 13, 2007 -- Groople (http://www.groople.com/hotels/Default.aspx), the leading travel website (http://www.groople.com/hotels/Default.aspx) for group travel planning and booking, becomes Big West's (http://www.bigwest.org/) official online group hotel reservation agency as part of a three-year agreement. The partnership will provide several advantages for Big West including the ability for teams, officials and fans to book discounted rates on hotels, airfare and cars for all tournaments and games.

"This partnership has the potential to change the sports travel industry by leveraging the large volume of travelers to games with secure price-points not available to individual travelers," said Mike Stacy, CEO of Groople. "By providing Big West with more than the traditional travel services, and offering both online and offline agent support, we can meet the needs of the organization."

The agreement includes a designated travel website for Big West on Groople's newest social networking feature, GroopVine (http://groopvine.groople.com/pages/); allowing access to room blocks for tournaments, shootouts and championships as well as fan and official travel links. Groople's purchasing power and long standing relationships with preferred hotel partners give Big West's constituents substantial group travel discounts of more than 20 percent.

"Groople has created a "hands-free" way to offer hotel booking services to Big West teams, fans and officials for sports, business and leisure travel," said Rob Halvaks, Senior Associate Commissioner of the Big West. "Teams can realize significant savings in both time and money through this new partnership. Big West benefits from Groople's ability to negotiate better group travel discount rates with its multi-conference relationships." This partnership, in addition to handling hotel room bookings for all Big West championship events, looks to build and strengthen the relationship with alumni, students and each campus community.

About Groople:

Groople (www.groople.com) is a combination of the words GROups and peOPLE - GROOPLE?we understand groups and we provide the best planning and booking tools for any group! Headquartered in Centennial, Colorado, Groople was launched in 2004. For more than three years Groople, the leading group travel (http://www.groople.com/hotels/Default.aspx) Website, has worked with thousands of people from a wide variety of groups and has come to understand that planning, searching and booking group travel arrangements should be a fun part of group travel. At Groople, we're working around the clock to negotiate the best rates for hotels and cars and find the best locations to fit your group's needs. We provide booking capability on more than 60,000 hotels located on four continents, twenty-five islands and one mountain top. Through our social networking environment we allow travelers to collaborate and compare travel options before any decisions are made. After reserving a block of rooms, group members are welcome to pay for their rooms individually online or in one payment made by the group leader.

Groople allows groups to shop online with confidence through our low price guarantee. We search far and wide to provide free rooms, upgrades and other special amenities wherever your group qualifies.

Groople?Group Travel Made Easy

About Big West:

The Big West Conference (BWC) is an NCAA-affiliated Division I major college athletic conference with nine member schools:

Cal Poly Mustangs

Cal State Fullerton Titans

Cal State Northridge Matadors

Long Beach State 49ers

Pacific Tigers

UC Davis Aggies

UC Irvine Anteaters

UC Riverside Highlanders

UC Santa Barbara Gauchos

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