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Contact Cody Chomiak, Director of Marketing, at cody@tourismwinnipeg.com or call 204.954.1960 39 TRAVEL TRADE WEBSITE FEATURE LISTING Highlight your brand on the newly redesigned travel trade website with a feature listing on the Itinerary Ideas, Tours and Free Group Activities pages. Feature Listing Cost Website (limit of four per month) $100/month 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. 2018 Winnipeg Tour Connection Partnership Fees Tourism Winnipeg, Travel Manitoba, Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights are strategic partners. Industry Partner Cost Hotels (more than 100 rooms) $1,250 Hotels (less than 100 rooms) $ 750 Attractions/receptive operators/festivals/other $ 500 Tourism Winnipeg will continue to lead and invest in the Winnipeg Tour Connection, a private/public-sector marketing consortium comprised of 37 industry partners representing destination marketing associations, hoteliers, attractions, transportation, events and receptive tour companies. It provides a single identity in the marketplace for increased recognition of Winnipeg as a group and travel trade destination. The Winnipeg Tour Connection attracts 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, trade shows and familiarization trips » Be featured in sample tour itineraries » Develop experiential tour products » Gain exposure in a quarterly newsletter, The Messenger, 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 Proposed Winnipeg Tour Connection Initiatives and Trade Shows 2018 Dates Initiatives Spring Sales Blitz and Client Reception, Minneapolis, MN June Mayflower Tours Sales Team FAM July/August Student Tour Operator Teacher FAM Aug. 24 – 28 Student Youth Travel Association Conference, Baltimore, MD Oct. 22 – 24 Bienvenue Quebec Bas-Saint-Laurent, QC WINNIPEG TOUR CONNECTION PARTNERSHIP 2017 WINNIPEG TOUR CONNECTION PARTNERS ALT Hotel Assiniboia Downs Assiniboine Park Conservancy Beaver Bus Lines Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet Canadian Museum for Human Rights Celebrations Dinner Theatre Delta Hotels by Marriott Winnipeg Exclusive Bus Lines Fairfield Inn & Suites Festival du Voyageur/Fort Gibraltar Folklorama FortWhyte Alive Friends of Upper Fort Garry Hampton Inn By Hilton Winnipeg Airport/ Polo Park Heartland International Travel & Tours - D.M.C. Holiday Inn Winnipeg South Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site of Canada Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Manitoba Museum Norwood Hotel Ô Tours Inc. Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre Outlet Collection Winnipeg Promenade Café and Wine Rainbow Stage Royal Canadian Mint Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Square Peg Tours The Forks The Fort Garry Hotel, Spa and Conference Centre Thermëa by Nordik Spa-Nature Tourism Winnipeg Travel Manitoba Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra TR AV E L TR A D E O PP O RT U N ITI E S