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Spring Shoulder Season Campaign $200,000
Summer Campaign $100,000
Bounce-back Advertising & Promotion $24,800
Groups, Meetings & Conventions Campaign $200,000
Branding/Co-Op $300,000
Collateral, Campaign Production & Visitors Guide $400,000
Base Services/Travel Reimbursement $465,000
Total $2,600,000
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Appendix
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Affluent Travel to FL for beach
Month by Month Comparison: 2011
December
December - 6.3%
6.3%
4.1 5.1 November - 5.1%
7.8 4.4 October - 4.4%
2.7
September - 2.7%
5.4 August - 5.4%
25.3 July - 5.5%
5.5
June - 4.5%
4.5
8.3 5.1 May - 5.1%
April- 8.3%
March - 25.3%
February - 4.1%
January - 7.8%
Vacation travel to Florida does not include Miami/South Beach, Palm Beach, Orlando, Tampa or Naples
Source: gfkMRI Affluent, 2011/2012 Affluent Doublebase
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Southern Living
Placements:
• Exclusive family travel package sponsorship
• Logo, banners
• Social mentions across Southern Living’s social
accounts, driving to family travel content
• Support banner rotation across
SouthernLiving.com, including bonus impressions
Rationale:
• Family travel focus provides support for
campaign’s family audience
• Southern Living readers have a high propensity
to travel to Florida (205 index)
Budget & Return:
• $50,000; 3,957,692 impressions
Source: gfk MRI Doublebase 2012 – Vacation within Florida, 3+ nights stay, earning $50,000+ HHI
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AT&T AdWorks
Placements:
• Geo-targeted and behaviorally-targeted
banners, focused on travel intenders within
the campaign drive markets not receiving
broadcast coverage
• Banners to run across desktop sites as
well as tablet
• Value add run of network banners
Rationale:
• Opportunity to build frequency within target
markets not reached via broadcast Sample Travel Sites within
• 88% reach against target (Comscore) AT&T Network
Budget & Return:
• $15,000; 3,500,000 impressions
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TravelZoo
Placements:
• Cost per click-based textlinks driving to the
Emerald Coast dedicated page within
TravelZoo
• Content refresh of the Emerald Coast page
Rationale:
• Driving traffic to Emerald Coast/Travelzoo
page allows for maximum exposure and
opportunity for direct clicks to multiple
accommodation sites
• 169 index against target (Comscore)
• Low-risk cost per click rate structure
Budget & Return:
• $15,000; 15,000 clicks to Emerald Coast
page
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TripAdvisor
Placements:
• Banners targeted to Destin, Fort Walton and
Okaloosa Island content
• Geo-targeted banner rotation across beach
travel content
• Bonus run of site banner rotation
Rationale:
• TripAdvisor has been consistent in terms of
driving site-side actions for both our Spring
and Summer efforts
• 15% reach and 132 index against target
(Comscore)
Budget & Return:
• $15,000; 817,000 impressions
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Google
Placements:
• Text ads targeted to relevant keyword categories:
• Holiday travel getaways/deals (“last minute
holiday vacation ideas”, “holiday beach trip”,
etc.)
• Competitive market terms (“Pensacola
hotels”)
• General travel (“travel deals”, “travel offers”)
• Okaloosa branded terms (“Destin travel”)
Rationale:
• Reaches travelers when they are actively seeking
out relevant information
• Google text ads have been a consistent site-side
action driver
• Cost per click bidding structure allows for minimal
risk
Budget & Return:
• $2,500; 1,250 estimated clicks to Okaloosa site
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Visit Florida
Placements:
• Prominent position on site’s most
visited page
• Content Tile ad rotates between
limited number of advertisers
• 194x255 and 160x600
Rationale:
• #1 visited Florida site
• Over 250,000 unique monthly visitors
August - November
Budget & Return:
• $3,600
Source: Compete.com – August through November 2012 site traffic
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Occupancy by Year: 2006 – 2012
Source:
Source: Smith Smith
Travel Travel Research
Research
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RevPar by Year: 2006 – 2012
Source: Smith Travel Research
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