HotelPlanner named “Official Hotel Reservations Partner of the ECHL”

The ECHL announced on Monday that it has partnered with Lucid Travel, part of HotelPlanner, a leading provider of online group hotel booking solutions, to name HotelPlanner as the “Official Hotel Reservations Partner” of the League.
 
As part of the agreement, the ECHL will work with HotelPlanner to plan the yearly ECHL Hockey Summer Meetings, book staff and on-ice officials travel throughout the season and provide hotel deals for ECHL fans, including a $20 hotel credit.
 
“As the League continues to grow and expand to more markets nationwide, so does our need to quickly secure our hotels for teams, officials, front office personnel and visiting fans as they follow their favorite clubs and players,” said ECHL Commissioner Ryan Crelin. “In addition, our annual conventions and meetings continue to grow in size and scope, and working with HotelPlanner’s robust platform will allow us to explore new host cities and maximize our events.”
 
“It’s such a pleasure to look after the hotel needs of some of the world’s greatest hockey teams and their fans” said HotelPlanner CEO Tim Hentschel.
 
ECHL Fans can access their $20 Hotel Credit by visiting the ECHL’s dedicated HotelPlanner page at https://echlfans.hotelplanner.com/Register/
 
About the ECHL
 
Formed in 1988-89 with five teams in four states, the ECHL has grown into a coast-to-coast league with 29 teams in 22 states and one Canadian province for its 37th season in 2024-25. There have been 752 players who have gone on to play in the National Hockey League after starting their careers in the ECHL, including 12 who made their NHL debuts in the 2023-24 season. The ECHL has affiliations with 29 of the 32 NHL teams in 2024-25, marking the 27th consecutive season that the league has affiliations with at least 20 teams in the NHL. Further information on the ECHL is available on its website at ECHL.com.
 
About HotelPlanner.com
 
HotelPlanner is a leading travel technology company and hotel booking platform that combines proprietary artificial intelligence and a 24/7 global gig-based reservations and customer service network. HotelPlanner is one of the world's leading providers of individual, group and corporate travel bookings. Founded in 2003, HotelPlanner has enduring partnerships with the world's largest online travel agencies, well-known global hotel chains, individual hotels, online wedding providers, ancillary lodging providers, corporations, sporting organizations from youth to professional, universities, and government agencies.
 
HotelPlanner's family of brands includes its flagship site, HotelPlanner.com; its meetings & events-focused sites, Meetings.com; EventConnect.com; and VenueExplorer.com; Lucid Travel, which focuses on sports team travel; Eventsquid, which focuses on corporate and association event registration; and Cleverdis, a mainstay in trade show media. Learn more at https://www.hotelplanner.com
 
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