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Contact Cody Chomiak, Director of Marketing | E cody@tourismwinnipeg.com P 204.954.1960 31 Travel trade opportunities Tourism Winnipeg leads Winnipeg Tour Connection, a marketing consortium of 35 industry partners that represent destination marketing associations, hoteliers, attractions, transportation, events and receptive tour companies. It provides a single identity for Winnipeg in the marketplace for increased recognition of the city as an attractive group and travel trade destination. Tourism Winnipeg manages Winnipeg Tour Connection initiatives with goals to attract new group and packaged tours, optimizes marketing budgets and ensures the ultimate delivery of tours that are ideal for exploration, discovery and inspiration. As a Winnipeg Tour Connection stakeholder, your investment in co-operative sales and marketing initiatives will be leveraged to maximize opportunities for a greater return on investment: › Access qualified leads and annual client profiles for individual sales follow-up › Be referred to prospective and qualified clients at Winnipeg Tour Connection events, initiatives and familiarization tours › Be featured in sample tour itineraries › Develop experiential tour products › Gain exposure in The Messenger, a quarterly newsletter distributed to more than 500 travel trade contacts › Receive a listing in the Winnipeg Tour Connection Travel Trade Planner › Receive an enhanced listing in the newly redesigned travel trade section of www.tourismwinnipeg.com Winnipeg Tour Connection partnership 2020 Winnipeg Tour Connection sales initiatives (subject to change) Dates Event Location Feb. 13 – 15 Minnesota Music Educators Midwinter Clinic Minneapolis, MN Spring Winnipeg Tour Connection Sales Blitz Toronto, ON Summer Tour Operator FAM Tours Winnipeg, MB Aug. 14 – 18 Student Youth Travel Association Conference Winnipeg, MB Oct. Bienvenue Trois-Rivieres, PQ Tourism Winnipeg, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, and Travel Manitoba are strategic partners representing approximately 60 per cent of the total investment into the Winnipeg Tour Connection. Industry partner fees make up 40 per cent of the total budget and are as follows: Industry partners Cost Hotels (more than 100 rooms) ................................................................................................. $1,250 Hotels (less than 100 rooms) ................................................................................................... $750 Attractions/receptive operators/festivals/others .................................................................. $500 Note: Winnipeg Tour Connection partnership fees include exhibit and booth costs, client events, sponsorships, etc. Individual travel expenses for airfare, hotel and conference registration are not included. › Across the Board Game Café › Alt Hotel Winnipeg › Assiniboine Park Conservancy › Beaver Bus Lines › Canadian Museum for Human Rights › Celebrations Dinner Theatre › Culinary Adventure Co. › Delta Hotels by Marriott Winnipeg › Festival du Voyageur › Folklorama Travel › Fort Gibraltar › FortWhyte Alive › Friends of Upper Fort Garry National Historic Site › Heartland International Travel & Tours – D.M.C. › Holiday Inn Winnipeg South › Homewood Suites by Hilton Winnipeg Airport-Polo Park › Lazy Bear Expeditions › Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site › Manitoba Museum › Norwood Hotel › Ô TOURS (a division of Entreprises Riel) › Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre › Outlet Collection Winnipeg › Parks Canada › Peasant Cookery › Promenade Café and Wine › Quality Inn & Suites › Rainbow Stage › Residence Inn – Fairfield Inn Winnipeg › Royal Canadian Mint › Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre › Stella's Café & Bakery › The Forks › The Fort Garry Hotel, Spa and Conference Centre › Thermea by Nordik Spa-Nature › Tourism Winnipeg › Travel Manitoba › Winnipeg Art Gallery › Winnipeg Goldeyes Baseball Club › Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra › Winnipeg Trolley Company 2019 Winnipeg Tour Connection partners