Group Lodging Midwest Do you want to build your group travel business?
Tour operators, bank club directors, group leaders and
field trip planners all tell us that they have their hands full when looking
for lodging for their groups, young and old. New can be risky for their
business. Sometimes this even influences whether or not a group will come
at all to an area. So whatever your flag, wherever your property is within
the upper Midwest region of the United States and Canada, this new service
is created to provide tour operators and group travel planners the information
they need to best create successful itinerary packages for their upper
Midwest travel.
You could call it a "resource library" designed to help planners
find properties that are already "group-friendly". This program
is not a reservation service, but a way to bring your hotel into the radar
of a planner. And it's not just North American planners. Consider what
a Swedish or Chinese group travel planner is thinking as they look for
a trustworthy group-friendly hotel in another country. All of these planners
want excellent - and safe - options, with no surprises!
Designed with the generous assistance of numerous tour operators - and
based on what they would like to see - this program is a great opportunity
for group-friendly properties. It utilizes the high profile and established
promotional strength of Itineraries Midwest Magazine plus both itinerariesmidwest.com
and grouplodgingmidwest.com websites to conveniently present you as an
upper Midwest group-friendly lodging option for their packages and itineraries.
Remember, this is not a reservation program. It is designed to encourage
relationships you have with planners, and to help you close the sale!
Here's a summary of what you get in the GLM Program:
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Participation in Group Lodging Midwest Co-op Ads in every issue of Itineraries
Midwest Magazine (both print and online) - showing that you are part of this
exceptional program, and you are inviting them to consider you for their overnight
group lodging accommodations.
- A 35-word directory listing in Itineraries Midwest Magazine.
- One full webpage on www.grouplodgingmidwest.com for your hotel with
multiple photos, your logo, group travel information, links to your hotel
website, group sales name, direct phone, and email address (hotlinked),
plus a Google map showing your property location.
- Updating Services for your hotel webpage at no added charge
- Your hotel's brochure distributed at the Itineraries Midwest Group Travel Show (no charge). |
