McGettigan Partners Links With WebEx

<B> McGettigan Partners Links With WebEx</B>

By Chris Davis

More travel agencies are offering Webcasting as part of their group and meetings travel solutions, as the second such industry alliance in as many months has formed.

McGettigan Partners of Philadelphia has formed a partnership with San Jose-based internet company WebEx to offer online meetings through a Web site (Mcgettigansolutions.com) that is currently under construction.

Last month, Philadelphia-based Rosenbluth International hooked up with Webcaster PlaceWare Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., to develop a suite of online products aimed at reducing meetings travel.

"While we don't believe face-to-face meetings will go away, we do believe that the Internet will play an ever-increasing role and we will continue to develop capabilities to help our clients take advantage of emerging technologies," said McGettigan president and COO Mimi McGettigan Kehan.

The partnership also represents WebEx's first entry into the realm of traditional meeting planning. "This allows us to leverage McGettigan's experience and clientele in the industry," said WebEx CEO Subrah Iyer. "It enables them to introduce and educate their audience on the advantages of Web-based meetings."

McGettigan in January spun off a technological subsidiary, Star-Cite Technologies.