Nextech3D.ai partners with HotelPlanner to add lodging to event platform

Nextech3D.ai CEO Evan Gappelberg joined Steve Darling from Proactive to announce a new strategic partnership and lodging integration with HotelPlanner, a global hotel booking platform with established relationships across major travel brands including Expedia, Priceline, Kayak, Hotels.com, and Booking.com. The collaboration is focused on enhancing group and event-driven travel by embedding accommodation solutions directly into Nextech’s event technology ecosystem. Gappelberg explained that the integration will allow lodging and accommodation booking capabilities to be seamlessly incorporated within Nextech’s platforms, giving event participants, exhibitors, and organizers direct access to curated hotel inventory tied specifically to the events they are attending. This creates a more streamlined and convenient user experience, eliminating the need for attendees to source accommodations independently. He noted that the initiative represents an important expansion of Nextech’s monet...