GCI Team Travel Managing Hotel Reservations for KC Friendly Games
GSI Sports, Inc. chooses GCI Team Travel to provide hotel reservations for annual KC Friendly Games, a stay to play soccer tournament
Overland Park, KS. February 28, 2013— GCI Team Travel has been chosen by GSI Sports, Inc. to provide the hotel reservations for teams participating in the KC Friendly Games. The annual soccer tournament will be played at the Overland Park Soccer Complex August 9 – 11, 2013.
GCI Team Travel has secured contracts with 20 prime Overland Park hotel properties located within eight miles of the soccer complex. The event expects to bring 120 teams to Overland Park, KS. The team travel agency anticipates booking 600 to 700 room nights for out of town soccer teams arriving to the city from locations throughout the Midwest.
This is the fourth consecutive year GCI Team Travel has been chosen to be the KC Friendly Games soccer tournament's team travel agency by GSI Sports.
"The website is really easy to use and makes planning the team's travel easier for managers and parents," says Huw Savage, GSI Sports Tournament Director.
Teams playing in the KC Friendly Games can make group travel arrangements by visiting www.GCITeamTravel.com, the proprietary software designed by the company for hotel group bookings.
About GCI Team Travel®
GCI Team Travel is a division of Global Connections, Inc., a full service, accredited professional travel agency based in Overland Park, Kansas. As a sports team travel agency, GCI Team Travel provides group hotel reservations for sports teams using custom reservation software designed for team travel. GCI Team Travel's event managers personally tour hotels to verify they meet high quality standards before negotiating the best nightly group hotel rates. Players, parents and sports team event organizers find one, easy to use and safe resource for group hotel reservations.
With Global Connections affiliation, tournament directors tap into a solid reputation in the travel industry as Global Connections is one of the nation's most respected travel club providers. Global Connections' staff of knowledgeable, professional travel agents has been reserving team travel since 1996. Last year alone GCI Travel professionals booked over 200,000 hotel room nights and more than 30,000 condominium weeks. Learn more at www.GCITeamTravel.com and www.ExploreGCI.com.