Videoconferencing Services Save Businesses Time, Money

Nov. 4, 2008 - PRLog -- Fort Collins, Colo. — Airlines seem to add or raise fees almost weekly, while offering fewer flights; hotel rates are rising due to increased construction costs; and taxes and fees are inflating rental car costs. Colorado Video Connection, northern Colorado’s leading provider of high-speed videoconferencing services, is saving area businesses time and money with a convenient, highly effective alternative to air travel and long car trips for meetings.

Videoconferencing lets local organizations hold meetings, conduct interviews or carry out legal depositions with others across the country or around the world, without leaving the area. For organizations like Envirofit International, Poudre Valley Health System, Universal Well Site Solutions and others, Colorado Video Connection provides a convenient, affordable option to expensive, time-consuming travel.

“United just raised its fee for a second checked bag to $100. With videoconferencing, there’s no worrying about flight delays, rental cars, getting lost, hotels, and the like,” notes Colorado Video Connection President, Carol Luketich. “Companies can use videoconferencing to save time and money, allowing their employees to be more productive, and give them more time to spend with family and friends doing the things they truly enjoy.”

More than half the members of The Association of Corporate Travel Executives have made “major cutbacks” this year when it comes to business travel. Businesses large and small are looking to cut costs and increase productivity during challenging and uncertain economic times. Videoconferencing provides a convenient, affordable option that reduces expenses, stress and hassle, can improve productivity, and brings all the features of a live meeting into play. Participants interact in real time, face-to-face, see one another’s expressions, build rapport, share documents, and more.

“Colorado Video Connection gave us an economical, personal way to communicate more directly than email or a phone conference, allowing us to connect five people in the U.S. in a face-to-face meeting with three individuals in Australia,” notes Tom Rhoads, Customer Coordination Manager for Universal Well Site Solutions. “Sending five people from the U.S. to Australia would have cost us tens of thousands of dollars and taken several days, and this unique solution let us have the necessary dialogue at a much lower cost and in just hours.”

In addition to being cost-effective and saving time, videoconferencing is also environmentally friendly. According to the 2006 Meetings Marketing Report by the International Congress & Convention Association, corporations spend an average of $107 billion sending employees to conventions and meetings. The number of meetings – including groups and small seminars – held worldwide in 2007 was more than 1.2 million. Every airline trip puts greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and choosing videoconferencing over air travel can help reduce the traveler’s and the employer’s environmental impact.

Because many families won’t be able to travel this holiday season, Colorado Video Connection will be offering special pricing on videoconferences to those who wish to connect with loved ones outside the area, which can be a comforting alternative.

About Colorado Video Connection, LLC
Colorado Video Connection, LLC is northern Colorado’s leading provider of public room videoconferencing solutions. This fast, efficient, convenient method of bringing people together from across the globe saves the time and eliminates the hassle, headache and expense of domestic and international air travel or long-distance car trips. For business seeking a way to save on recruiting and interviewing costs, attorneys and deponents that need a convenient way to take depositions from anywhere, businesses needing a way to hold client meetings and presentations, or meetings, seminars and training with staff, videoconferencing provides a quick, cost-effective option that saves time and money.

Call (970) 223-6700 or email carol@coloradovideoconnection.com for more information, or visit www.coloradovideoconnection.com.

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