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"Blockflation" is the tendency for youth sports travel teams to over-reserve hotel rooms, blocking more than they realistically need, and often doing it across multiple hotels. 🏨 Learn more below. ⤵️ hubs.la/Q04gpbG70

5 Tips for Proactive #StaytoPlay Compliance Management 5.) Platform flexibility It's key to keep your compliance process independent of which registration tool you use. 💯

Another day, another tip for proactive Stay to Play compliance management 💡 4.) Ensure availability It's key to maintain enough room inventory to meet team demand when booking opens. Fight blockflation! 🏨🏨🏨

Continuing with 5 Tips for Proactive #StaytoPlay Compliance Management 3.) Reach out early and often 📤 It's important to use targeted, automated messaging to guide teams toward compliance. ✔️

5 Tips for Proactive #StaytoPlay Compliance Management 2.) Track in real time It's critical to monitor team compliance as it happens, not after the fact. ✔️

5 Tips for Proactive #StaytoPlay Compliance Management Tip 1.) Sync data immediately It's key to standardize registration and housing data at the point of booking. 🏨

Our Co-Founder and CTO, Mike Addesa (@maddesa), explained EventPipe like you're five years old on The Reckoning Sports Tourism Podcast. 90k hotel room nights. 250 hotels. One event. Here's how it all comes together. 🎙️

Most housing companies think their #StaytoPlay compliance is working. It's probably not. Mismatched names, reactive enforcement, untracked exemptions. Our guide breaks down 8 myths that are quietly costing you pickup and hotel trust. Check it out here: hubs.la/Q04f3w5c0

#TBT to the @Sports_ETA Symposium last week. Our very own Scott Villemain discussed proactive Stay to Play compliance over reactive enforcement, as well as how to combat "blockflation". Great job, Scott!👏

Choosing the wrong hotel booking platform doesn't just slow you down. It can cost you commissions, expose client data, and put your brand at risk. 🤯 Our free checklist covers 10 things to look for before you commit. 👇 hubs.la/Q04dWdqg0

The EventPipe product team doesn't debate to win. They debate to get it right for the customer. Mike Addesa (@maddesa) shared that philosophy on the Reckoning Sports Tourism Podcast, and it says a lot about how EventPipe is built. 💯

This week, we'll be headed down to Ft. Worth, Texas, for the @ESPORTSTAssoc's ESPORTS NEXT conference. ✈️ Don't miss our session this Wednesday, 4/29, at 2 pm CT on "Turning Hotel Bookings Into Your Next Growth Engine".🏨💰 Hope to see you there! 👋

As Brandon Hollmann, our SVP of Partnerships & New Markets, puts it: "In the youth sports space, we're 100% focused on our customers that are housing companies, and we're providing very specific software for hotel bookings and housing." Learn more here: hubs.ly/Q04cMGbh0

We're excited to welcome Christine Mancini (SVP, Product) to the EventPipe team! 🎉 Here's a little about Christine (in her own words): - Fitness enthusiast, love running and playing tennis 🏃‍♀️🎾 - Proud mom of a young athlete, supporting his development and passion for the game

"There's nothing better than handing over a check to a kid who just got an opportunity that they previously didn't have." - Mike Addesa, Cofounder/CTO of EventPipe @maddesa Swing by booth 713 at the Sports ETA Symposium this week to learn more about the EventPipe Foundation. 💯

#Blockflation: when teams over-reserve hotel rooms the moment blocks go live, way more than they'll actually use. Catch Scott Villemain discussing it on the CREATE Stage at #SportsETA tomorrow at 10:40 AM, and read the full breakdown here.👇 hubs.la/Q04cMJp00

Hot off the press 🗞️ The EventPipe Foundation Launches to Expand Access to Youth Sports Read more below: hubs.la/Q04cbs3B0

Our own Scott Villemain will be presenting at the @Sports_ETA Symposium next week. 🗣️ If you'd like to use more carrots and fewer sticks in your #StayToPlay approach, don't miss it! Tue, 4/21 | 10:40–11:00 am PT Info below. See you there! 👋 hubs.la/Q04c2WVY0

We're heading to the Sports ETA Symposium next week in Vegas! 🎲 Stop by booth 713 to talk room block management, live hotel inventory, and Stay to Play compliance. We may also have a thing or two to say about compliance misconceptions. Stay tuned. 👀 @Sports_ETA #SportsETA

Stay to Play compliance is a lot of work, but it doesn't have to be. EventPipe's Teams Management automates compliance tracking, syncs registration and housing data in real time, and stops "blockflation" before it starts. hubs.la/Q04bp77W0