TDC Agenda 09/28/2020COLLIER COUNTY
Tourist Development Council
AGENDA
September 28, 2020
9:00 AM
Board of County Commission Chambers
Collier County Government Center
3299 Tamiami Trail East, 3rd Floor
Naples, FL 34112
Commissioner Andy Solis, Chair
Clark Hill, Vice-Chair
Susan Becker
Amanda Cox
Nancy Kerns
Kathleen Brock
Edward (Ski) Olesky
Councilor Victor Rios
Councilman Michael McCabe
All interested parties are invited to attend, and to register to speak and to submit their objections, if
any, in writing, to the Council prior to the meeting if applicable. For more information, please
contact Jack Wert at (239) 252-2402. If you are a person with a disability who needs any
accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the
provision of certain assistance. Please contact the Collier County Facilities Management Department
located at 3335 Tamiami Trail East, Suite 101, Naples, FL 34112-5356, (239) 252-8380. Public
comments will be limited to 3 minutes unless the Chairma n grants permission for additional time.
Collier County Ordinance No. 99-22 requires that all lobbyists shall, before engaging in any lobbying
activities (including, but not limited to, addressing the Board of County Commissioners before the
Board of County Commissioners and its advisory boards, register with the Clerk to the Board at the
Board Minutes and Records Department.
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1. Call to Order
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Roll Call
4. Agenda and Minutes
A. Changes and Approval of Today's Agenda
B. Approval of prior TDC Meeting Minutes
1. July 27, 2020 TDC Meeting Minutes
5. Presentations
6. Consent Agenda - All Matters listed under this agenda item are considered to be routine and action
will be taken by one motion without separate discussion of each item. If discussion is desired by a
member of the Council, that item will be moved from the Consent Agenda and considered
separately under New Business or Old Business.
A. Coastal Zone Management
B. Beach Park Facilities
1. Recommendation to approve one (1) Collier County Tourist Development Council
Grant Application for Beach Park Facilities for Fiscal Year 2020 in the total amount
of $165,000 dollars and to make the finding that the project expenditures promote
tourism.
C. Tourism Division
7. New Business
A. Recommendation to approve the use of Tourist Development Tax Promotion Funds to
support the upcoming November 2020 Sports Tourism Event up to $7,000 and make a
finding that this expenditure promote tourism.
B. Recommendation that the Tourist Development Council approve an Agreement with the
United Arts Council of Collier County in support of achieving the strategies outlined in the
Collier County Arts & Culture Strategic Plan, and make a finding that this expenditure
promotes tourism.
C. Recommendation to award an agreement for Request for Proposal (“RFP”) 20-7775,
“Tourism Marketing and Promotions,” to Paradise Advertising and Marketing, Inc.; and
make a finding that this action promotes tourism.
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D. Recommendation to approve the Fiscal Year 2020-21 Strategic Marketing Plan for the
Naples, Marco Island, Everglades Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) and make a finding
that this plan promotes tourism.
8. Old Business
9. Council Member Discussion
10. Marketing Partner Reports
A. Marketing Partner Report
11. Tourism Staff Reports
A. Tourism Staff Report
12. Detailed Staff Reports
13. Next Scheduled Meeting
A. Next Meeting Date - October 26, 2020
14. Adjournment
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COLLIER COUNTY
Collier County Tourist Development Council
Item Number: 4.B.1
Item Summary: July 27, 2020 TDC Meeting Minutes
Meeting Date: 09/28/2020
Prepared by:
Title: Tourist Development Tax Coordinator – Tourism
Name: Kelly Green
09/17/2020 12:29 PM
Submitted by:
Title: Division Director – Tourism
Name: Jack Wert
09/17/2020 12:29 PM
Approved By:
Review:
Tourism Kelly Green Tourism Division Completed 09/17/2020 12:30 PM
Tourism Jack Wert Director Completed 09/17/2020 12:34 PM
Public Services Department Jennifer Reynolds Additional Reviewer Completed 09/17/2020 12:36 PM
Corporate Business Operations Sean Callahan Executive Director Completed 09/18/2020 2:48 PM
County Attorney's Office Colleen Greene Attorney Review Completed 09/18/2020 2:48 PM
Tourist Development Council Jack Wert Meeting Pending 09/28/2020 9:00 AM
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MINUTES OF THE COLLIER COUNTY TOURIST DEVELOPMENT
COUNCIL MEETING
Naples, Florida, July 27, 2020
LET IT BE REMEMBERED the Collier County Tourist Development Council in and for
the County of Collier, having conducted business herein, met on this date at 9:00 AM in a
REGULAR SESSION in Building “F” of the Government Complex, Naples, Florida
with the Following members present:
Chairman: Commissioner Andy Solis
Vice Chairman: Clark Hill
Victor Rios
Susan Becker
Kathleen Brock
Ed (Ski) Olesky
Amanda Cox
Michael McCabe
Nancy Kerns
ALSO PRESENT: Jack Wert, Tourism Director
Gary McAlpin, Manager, Coastal Zone Management
Colleen Greene, Assistant County Attorney
Kelly Green, Senior Accountant, Corporate Business Operations
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Any persons in need of the verbatim record of the meeting may request a copy of the video recording
from the Collier County Communications and Customer Relations Department or view online.
The meeting was held via Zoom with some Members and Staff in personal attendance in the Board
Room.
1. Call to Order – Commissioner Solis
Commissioner Solis called the meeting to order at 9:00 A.M.
2. Pledge of Allegiance
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
3. Roll Call
A quorum was established.
4. Agenda and Minutes
A. Changes and Approval of Today’s Agenda
Mr. Rios moved to approve the Agenda. Second by Ms. Kerns. Carried unanimously 9 – 0.
B. Approval of prior TDC Meeting Minutes
1. Regular Meeting June 22, 2020
Ms. Becker moved to approve the minutes of the June 22, 2020 meeting as presented. Second
by Mr. Rios. Carried unanimously 9 - 0.
5. Presentations/Public Comment - (3 minutes each)
None
6. Consent Agenda
All matters listed under this agenda item are considered to be routine and action will be taken by one
motion without separate discussion of each item. If discussion is desired by a member of the Council,
that item(s) will be moved from the Consent Agenda and considered separately under New Business or
Old Business.
A. Coastal Zone Management
None
B. Beach Park Facilities
1. Recommendation to approve one (1) Collier County Tourist Development Council Grant
Application for Beach Park Facilities for Fiscal Year 2020 in the total amount of $123,000
dollars and to make the finding that the project expenditures promote tourism.
C. Tourism Division
None
Mr. Rios moved to recommend the Board of County Commissioners approve the Item 6.B.1 on the
Consent Agenda and hereby finds the item promote tourism. Second by Ms. Kerns.
Carried unanimously 9 – 0.
7. New Business
A. Recommendation to approve the Tourist Development Council Grant application requests
from the City of Naples, the City of Marco Island and Collier County for FY-2020-2021 in the
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amount of $5,742,100; budget these expenditures; and make a finding that these expenditures
will promote tourism.
Mr. McAlpin presented the above referenced Executive Summary and following Grant requests for
consideration:
Beach Renourishment Projects
Naples Beach FY 2021 Beach Renourishment Program – 90068 - $2,000,000
USACE Feasibility Study Technical Support – 80366 - $150,000
Local Government Funding Request (LGFR) – 90065 - $25,000
Total $2,175,000
Mr. Rios moved to recommend the Board of County Commissioners approve the Tourist
Development Council Grant application requests for Beach Renourishment projects in the
amount of $2,175,000.00 and finds these expenditures will promote tourism. Second by Mr. Hill.
Carried unanimously 9 – 0.
Inlet Projects
Wiggins Pass Monitoring – 80288 - $25,000
Collier Creek Permit, Jetty Rework and Channel Training – 90072 - $1,100,000
Total $1,125,000
Mr. Rios moved to recommend the Board of County Commissioners approve the Tourist
Development Council Grant application requests for Inlet projects in the amount of $1,125,000.00
and finds these expenditures will promote tourism. Second by Mr. McCabe.
Carried unanimously 9 – 0.
Regulatory
Beach Tilling – Collier County – 80171 - $30,000
Biological Monitoring Nearshore Hardbottom – 90033 - $185,000
Shorebird Monitoring - 90297 – $25,000
Physical Beach and Pass Monitoring – (Vanderbilt, Clam Pass Beach, Park Shore, Naples and
Marco South Beaches along with Wiggins, Doctors, Collier Creek and Caxambas Pass) - $170,000
Sea Turtle Protection Program – 9999 - $170,000
Total $580,000
Ms. Becker moved to recommend the Board of County Commissioners approve the Tourist
Development Council Grant application requests for Regulatory in the amount of $580,000.00
and finds these expenditures will promote tourism. Second by Mr. Rios. Carried unanimously 9 –
0.
Beach Maintenance
Beach Maintenance – City of Naples – 90527 - $197,000
Beach Maintenance – Collier County/Marco Island – 90533 - $354,200
Heavy loadout Ramp/Access - Collier Blvd – 80407 - $25,000
$576,200
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Mr. Rios moved to recommend the Board of County Commissioners approve the Tourist
Development Council Grant application requests for Beach Maintenance in the amount of
$576,200.00 and finds these expenditures will promote tourism. Second by Ms. Becker.
Carried unanimously 9 – 0.
Structures
Naples Pier Repair & Maintenance - 90096 (Category D) - $135,600
Mr. Rios moved to recommend the Board of County Commissioners approve the Tourist
Development Council Grant application request for Structures in the amount of $135,600.00 and
finds this expenditure will promote tourism. Second by Ms. Becker.
Carried unanimously 9 – 0.
Administration
195 Administration Costs – 90020 - $75,000
185 Project Management and Administration – 99195 - $846,000
Tax Collector Fee’s (2.5%) – 99195 - $155,300
Total $1,076,300
Mr. Hill moved to recommend the Board of County Commissioners approve the Tourist
Development Council Grant application requests for Administration in the amount of
$1,076,300.00 and finds these expenditures will promote tourism. Second by Mr. Rios.
Carried unanimously 9 – 0.
B. Recommendation to approve advance funding of $135,586 to the City of Naples in
FY2019/2020 for immediate pier maintenance repairs and make a finding that this item
promotes tourism.
Mr. McAlpin presented the above referenced Executive Summary noting:
• Historically, the City of Naples has been allowed funding in the amount of $200,000
annually for maintenance of the Pier.
• In 2015, they were allocated $1.4M in advance for a major renovation to the Pier with the
funds to be “paid back” over a series of years based on the $200,000 annual allocation from
the County.
• The advance is nearly paid off with a balance of approximately $64,000 remaining for 2021.
• The proposal is to advance an additional $135,000 as the Pier is in need of repairs.
• The funding will be allocated to the 2021 Fiscal Year when all balances due will be paid off.
Mr. Rios moved to recommend the Board of County Commissioners approve advance funding of
$135,586 to the City of Naples in FY2019/2020 for immediate pier maintenance repairs and finds
the expenditure promotes tourism. Second by Ms. Becker. Carried unanimously 9 – 0.
C. Recommendation to approve the FY 20/21 10-Year Capital Planning document for Fund 195-
Beach Renourishment and Pass Maintenance and Fund 185 Program Management and
Administration and make a finding that these expenditures promote tourism.
Mr. McAlpin presented the above referenced Executive Summary. He provided an overview of the
Plan which identifies projections for income and expenditures over a 10-year period.
During Council discussion, the following was noted:
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• Beach resiliency involves the plan to construct higher and wider beaches and other measures
to protect upland structures against storm surge while beach renourishment refers to the
maintenance required to maintain the beaches at an acceptable level for the users.
• The County combines dredging projects when feasible to save on costs by coordinating the
mobilization efforts for various projects in the same timeframe.
Mr. Rios moved to recommend the Board of County Commissioners approve the FY 20/21
10-Year Capital Planning document for Fund 195-Beach Renourishment and Pass Maintenance
and Fund 185 Program Management and Administration and finds the expenditure promotes
tourism. Second by Ms. Kerns. Carried unanimously 9 – 0.
D. Recommendation to approve the recommended approach to address the Water Quality
Improvement within Collier County and make a recommendation for approval to the Board of
County Commissioners.
Mr. McAlpin presented the above referenced Executive Summary noting:
• The Board of County Commissioners amended the Ordinance governing the Coastal
Advisory to allow for responsibility in reviewing water quality issues affecting the County’s
bays, estuaries, inlets and shoreline.
• The CAC based on input from its water-quality subcommittee, County and City operating
divisions and water-quality experts is recommending a sharply limited approach with the
following parameters:
• Limiting recommendations to those items pertaining solely to Collier County.
• Avoiding duplication of efforts underway by other parties.
• Avoiding lengthy studies to gather bullet-proof support for recommendations.
• The concept is to not interfere with ongoing activities and for the BCC to implement the
recommendations as they see fit.
The process includes providing periodic recommendations to the BCC with the following proposed
at this point:
1. Improve compliance with the County’s Fertilizer Ordinance.
2. Form a working group to meet with lawn/landscape maintenance companies that work in Collier
County to ensure the necessary training and certification to comply with the fertilizer ordinance.
and the understanding to adjust fertilizer levels when using recycled water for irrigation.
3. Make a recommendation as to the cost-benefit of installing Advanced Wastewater Treatment to
reduce nutrient levels in recycled irrigation water.
4. Other water-quality recommendations will be considered in 2020.
Mr. Rios moved to recommend the Board of County Commissioners approve the recommended
approach to address Water Quality Improvement within Collier County. Second by Mr. Hill.
Carried unanimously 9 – 0.
E. Recommendation to approve a work order with APTIM Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc.
to provide professional support services for the extension of the Bureau of Ocean and En ergy
Management (BOEM) lease of the T1 Borrow Area sand source under the current library
services Contract #18-7432-CZ for time and material not to exceed $16,128.00, and make a
finding that this item promotes tourism.
Mr. McAlpin presented the above referenced Executive Summary noted:
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• The work is necessary for the County to extend their Lease Agreement with BOEM to utilize
the T1 borrow area as an offshore sand source for Collier County Beach Renourishment
projects.
• The current lease expires on January 26, 2021 which allows use of up to 1.7 million cubic
yards of Outer Continental Shelf sand sources from Borrow Area T-1 for beach
renourishment in Collier County.
• APTIM will provide professional engineering services to the County in support of the lease
extension (preparation of a letter to BOEM requesting the lease extension and submittal of an
updated National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) document, etc.).
During Council discussion the following was noted:
• Even though the County has not used the source during the existing lease term, it is available
for use during emergency events when truck haul projects are not feasible.
• The source is located 40-miles off shore and the County is responsible for the costs related
for filing the application, but does not have to pay for the sand.
• The proposed expenditure is for technical support in filing the application and if detailed
environmental studies are required, further funding will be necessary and a request will be
brought forward to the TDC for a recommendation and BCC for approval.
Mr. Rios moved to recommend the Board of County Commissioners approve a work order with
APTIM Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc. to provide professional support services for the
extension of the Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM) lease of the T1 Borrow Area
sand source under the current library services Contract #18-7432-CZ for time and material not to
exceed $16,128.00, and finds the expenditure promotes tourism. Second by Mr. Hill.
Carried unanimously 9 – 0.
F. Recommendation to approve the use of Tourist Development Tax Promotion Funds to support
the upcoming November 2020 Sports Tourism Events up to $23,250 and make a finding that
these expenditures promote tourism.
Mr. Wert presented the above referenced Executive Summary and provided an overview of the
following events:
Alligator Alley Fall Baseball Classic (Florida Premier Baseball League, Inc.) - scheduled for
November 6-8, 2020 for the eighth year at North Collier Regional Park, Veterans Community Park
and Golden Gate Community Park. It is a boys’ youth baseball event for ages 9-14 years old. The
expenses to be reimbursed for the event will be assistance with facility rental and operating expenses
up to $5,250. The event organizer is responsible for payment of park staff overtime.
Paradise Coast Softball College Showcase (NextGen Softball) - scheduled for November 20-22,
2020 for the fourth year at North Collier Regional Park. It is a high school girls’ fast-pitch softball
showcase. The expenses to be reimbursed for the event will be assistance with facility rental, and
operating expenses up to $4,500 and parks staff overtime up to $1,500, for a total of $6,000.
True Lacrosse World Cup Championships (True Lacrosse) - is scheduled for November 21-22, 2020
for the first year at North Collier Regional Park. It is a youth boys’ lacrosse event for ages 12-18
years old. Reimbursement will be for assistance with facility rental and operating expenses up to
$12,000. The event organizer is responsible for payment of park staff overtime.
Mr. Rios moved to recommend the Board of County Commissioners approve the use of Tourist
Development Tax Promotion Funds to support the upcoming November 2020 Sports Tourism
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Events up to $23,250.00 and finds the expenditure promotes tourism. Second by Ms. Kerns.
Carried unanimously 9 – 0.
G. Recommendation to approve the cancellation of the August 24, 2020 Tourist Development
Council (TDC) meeting.
Mr. Wert reported the Board of County Commissioners does not meet in August and noted the TDC
may want to consider canceling their meeting.
Mr. Hill moved to cancel the August 24, 2020 Tourist Development Council (TDC) meeting.
Second by Mr. Rios. Carried unanimously 9 – 0.
8. Old Business
None
9. Council Member Discussion
Mr. Hill queried on the feasibility of funding marketing strategies moving forward given the decrease in
tax revenues and the drive market has easier access to the competitive markets to the north (Sarasota,
Tampa, etc.) - Mr. Wert noted the advertising campaign has been altered for reduced exposure and less
expensive campaigns (digital, etc.). Funds remain readily available given the lack of travel by staff,
trade show attendance, etc., and the bigger challenge may be next fiscal year, especially the first half
given the potential reductions in revenue and related budget projections. There is a potential that funds
may be made available to the County through the CARES Act, which may help fund the campaigns.
Ms. Cox noted one benefit to the current strategy is this is traditionally the time of year the drive market
is targeted and this season may be elongated given the reluctance of the public to travel by air.
Additionally, the direct flights opening up in November from Seattle and Los Angeles to RSW airport
may present opportunities in new markets.
Ms. Becker queried on the response to the “Paradise Pledge.” Mr. Wert reported it has been well
received by businesses who continue to sign up to the program – Commissioner Solis requested Staff to
send the information on the Pledge to Commissioner Taylor.
10. Marketing Partner Reports
These reports (Marketing Partner Reports - Research Data Services, Paradise Advertising & Marketing,
Inc., LHG (Lou Hammond Group), Collier County Tourist Tax Collections, Miles Partners - Website
Activity, Digital & Social Media- Paradise Advertising, Book Direct, County Museums) are provided to
TDC members on the digital link above to the County website. The Research Data Services report will
be presented on a monthly basis, and the other reports will be presented at TDC meetings on an as
needed basis. TDC members may request a presentation by the Marketing Partner representative or by
Tourism staff at each TDC meeting.
A. Research Data Services – Anne Wittine
B. Paradise Advertising – Amber de Lisser, Tom Merrick, Cindy Murrieta
C. Lou Hammond Group – Jack Wert
D. Collier County Tourist Tax Collections – Jack Wert
E. Miles Partners – Website Activity – Jack Wert
F. Digital & Social Media- Paradise Advertising and Zebra Brazil - Jack Wert
G. County Museums – Amanda Townsend
11.Tourism Staff Reports
Mr. Wert provided the activity reports as necessary (Tourism Staff Reports - Director, Group Sales,
Leisure & Travel Trade Sales, Special Markets, Sports Marketing, Public Relations &
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Communications, Film Office, International Representatives, Visitor Centers) are provided to TDC
members on a digital link to the County website and will be presented to the TDC on an as needed basis.
TDC members may request a presentation by Tourism staff members at each TDC meeting.
A. Director
B. Group Sales
C. Leisure and Travel Trade Sales
D. Sports Marketing
E. Public Relations & Communications
F. Film Office
G. International Representatives
H. Visitor Centers
12. Detailed Staff Reports
A. Detailed Staff Reports
Submitted
13. Next Scheduled Meeting Date/Location – September 28, 2020 – 9:00 a.m.
Collier County Government Center, Administration Bldg. F, 3rd Floor,
3299 East Tamiami Trail, Naples, Florida 34112
There being no further business for the good of the County, the meeting was adjourned by order
of the chair at 11:07 A.M.
COLLIER COUNTY TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
_________________________________
Chairman, Commissioner Andy Solis
These minutes approved by the Board/Committee on _________________ as presented ________ or as
amended ___________.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Recommendation to approve one (1) Collier County Tourist Development Council Grant
Application for Beach Park Facilities for Fiscal Year 2020 in the total amount of $165,000 dollars
and to make the finding that the project expenditures promote tourism.
OBJECTIVE: To obtain Collier County Tourist Development Council grant funding for beach park
facilities.
CONSIDERATIONS: The attached Collier County Tourist Development Council grant application for
Beach Park Facilities was reviewed by the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board (PARAB) on
08/19/2020 for Tigertail Beach Park User/Site Enhancements. Details regarding previous funding and
additional funding required are shown in the table below:
PROJECT AMOUNT REQUESTED PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED
FY 17
Tigertail Beach Park User/Site
Enhancements
$165,000 $690,000
TOTAL $165,000 $690,000
PROJECT DETAILS:
Tigertail Park Beach User/Site Enhancements total estimated cost for construction is $745,000.
On April 25, 2016 (Item 7-f), the Collier County Tourist Development Council approved a Category “A”
Grant Application in the amount of $690,000 for completion of the Tigertail Park Beach User/Site
Enhancements project. The design for this project was completed at a cost of $86,186. Benches and picnic
tables were also purchased at a cost of $24,299. The remaining balance of TDC funds previously
requested for this project is $579,515, but current construction costs are $745,000. Additional funds are
now being requested to complete construction.
Estimated time frame for this project is 5 months. Project to begin in May 2021 and to be completed by
October 2021.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds in the amount of $165,000 are available for appropriation from Tourist
Development Tax Fund 183 Beach Park Facilities.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: There is no impact to the Growth Management Plan related to
this action.
ADVISORY BOARD RECOMMENDATION(S): The Collier County Parks and Recreation Advisory
Board (PARAB) voted unanimously to recommend additional funding for this project at their 08/19/2020
meeting. In addition, PARAB made a recommended finding that the project expenditure promotes
tourism.
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This item is approved as to form and legality and requires majority vote
for approval. - CMG
RECOMMENDATION: That the Collier County Tourist Development Council recommends approval
of the Tigertail Park Beach User/Site Enhancements grant application for additional funding in the
amount of $165,000 and make a finding that the project expenditures promote tourism.
Prepared by: Melissa Hennig, Regional Manager, Parks and Recreation Division
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ATTACHMENT(S)
1. TDC Grant Application_Tigertail Beach Park User-Site Enhancements (DOCX)
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COLLIER COUNTY
Collier County Tourist Development Council
Item Number: 6.B.1
Doc ID: 13477
Item Summary: Recommendation to approve one (1) Collier County Tourist Development
Council Grant Application for Beach Park Facilities for Fiscal Year 2020 in the total amount of $165,000
dollars and to make the finding that the project expenditures promote tourism.
Meeting Date: 09/28/2020
Prepared by:
Title: Operations Analyst – Parks & Recreation
Name: Matthew Catoe
09/04/2020 4:39 PM
Submitted by:
Title: Division Director - Parks & Recreation – Parks & Recreation
Name: Barry Williams
09/04/2020 4:39 PM
Approved By:
Review:
Facilities Management James Morton Additional Reviewer Completed 09/04/2020 4:55 PM
Public Services Department Melissa Hennig Additional Reviewer Completed 09/04/2020 5:05 PM
Parks & Recreation Ilonka Washburn Additional Reviewer Completed 09/08/2020 8:23 AM
Facilities Management Ayoub Al-bahou Additional Reviewer Completed 09/08/2020 8:25 AM
Tourism Kelly Green Tourism Division Completed 09/11/2020 7:54 AM
Parks & Recreation Barry Williams Additional Reviewer Completed 09/21/2020 2:48 PM
Tourism Jack Wert Director Completed 09/21/2020 3:13 PM
Corporate Business Operations Sean Callahan Executive Director Completed 09/22/2020 11:25 AM
County Attorney's Office Colleen Greene Attorney Review Completed 09/22/2020 11:29 AM
Tourist Development Council Jack Wert Meeting Pending 09/28/2020 9:00 AM
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COLLIER COUNTY TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
CATEGORY "A" GRANT APPLICATION
Tigertail Beach Park User/Site Enhancements
1. Name and Address of Project Sponsor Organization:
Collier County Parks and Recreation Division
North Collier Regional Park
15000 Livingston Road
Naples, Florida 34109
2. Contact Person, Title and Phone Number:
Barry Williams, Director
15000 Livingston Road
Naples, FL 34109
Phone: 239-252-4035 FAX: 252-530-6538
Other: 239-280-7035
3. Organization's Chief Official and Title:
Barry Williams, Director
Collier County Parks and Recreation Division
4. Details of Project-Description and Location:
Collier County Parks and Recreation is requesting additional funding to complete user
enhancements at Tigertail Beach Park located on 480 Hernando Drive, Marco Island.
Annual visitation at this public beach park exceeds 150,000. User/site enhancements
include:
• Augment the Visitor Information Center/Public amenity area of the beach
park:
- Improve current main restroom facilities to include: waterless urinals,
vandal proof mirrors, hand-dryers, auto-sinks and auto-flush toilets,
repaint and re-tile all facilities.
- Xeri-scape landscaping and irrigation enhancements around the Visitor
Center and Café entrance.
- Renovate Ranger Station and Kiosk
• Replace the remaining recycled boardwalk next to the playground and
restaurant with IPE, an environmentally sustainable hardwood. Includes
removal of old boardwalk.
• Refurbish the two foot shower areas with auto-on/auto-off and provide for
appropriate drainage
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• Renovate parking lot to include new wheel stops, curbing, sidewalks, brick
pavers at Boardwalk entry, and re-surfacing and re-striping of parking lot.
5. Estimated project start date: May 2021.
6. Estimated project duration: (see below for milestones).
7. Total TDC Tax Funds Requested : $165,000
8. If the full amount requested cannot be awarded, can the program/project be
restructured to accommodate a smaller award? Yes ( ) No (X)
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COLLIER COUNTY TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
CATEGORY "A" GRANT APPLICATION
Tigertail Beach Park User/Site Enhancements
PROJECT BUDGET
PROJECT ELEMENT AMOUNT
TDC Funds Requested $165,000
City/Taxing District Share $N/A
State of Florida Share $N/A
Federal Share $N/A
TOTAL $165,000
PROJECT EXPENSES:
Design $86,186
Purchase and delivery of benches and picnic tables $24,299
Construction $647,300
SUBTOTAL $757,785
Owners Allowance $97,700
TOTAL $855,485
TDC Tigertail Beach User/Site Enhancements Funds Available $579,514
Added TDC Funds requested $165,000
MILESTONES:
Obtain PARAB 8/19/20 approval for additional TDC Funds August 2020
Obtain TDC approval for additional TDC Funds September 2020
Request RLS September 2020
Obtain BCC approval October 2020
Solicitation bids for construction November 2020
Issue PO/NTP construction May 2021
Project completion October 2021
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Recommendation to approve the use of Tourist Development Tax Promotion Funds to support the
upcoming November 2020 Sports Tourism Event up to $7,000 and make a finding that this
expenditure promote tourism.
OBJECTIVE: To support the hosting cost for sporting event in November 2020 with a goal to attract
participants and spectators to Collier County through Sports Tourism.
CONSIDERATIONS: Collier County is scheduled to host the following Sports Tourism Event in
November 2020. The Tourism Division Sports Marketing Team has attracted this event to our
community. The projected hosting costs are based on experience with these same or similar events, the
event funding application request, and the projected room nights from the event organizer. Event
expenditures are the responsibility of the event organizer to pay. The Tourism Division proposes to
reimburse the event organizers for court rental costs based on the proposed rental cost from the facility
and room night visitation delivered to Collier County from the event participants and fans. These
expenditures are authorized to be reimbursed through the BCC approved Sports Assistance Program.
Staff utilizes the BCC approved Event Application form (attached) to determine the appropriate amount
of recommended funding based on a sports tourism industry standard maximum acquisition cost of fifteen
dollars per room night. In the case of this event, the acquisition cost is $10 per the chart below. Funding
for these sports events are subject to TDC recommendation and Board approval.
Naples Invitational (BDG, LLC) is scheduled for November 23-28, 2020 for the first time at
Community School of Naples. This is a men’s collegiate basketball tournament that was previously held
for the last four years in Nassau, Bahamas. The event is projected to attract 8 collegiate teams, 240
participants and generate 700 room nights in the County, direct visitor spending of $310,686 and TDT
revenue of $6,825. The requested reimbursement amount provided by the event organizer is $7,000 based
on the court rental costs and estimated 700 room nights.
Year Projected Nov 2020
Direct Spending $310,686
TDT Revenue $6,825
Room Nights 700
Acquisition Cost $10 (for $7,000)
Projected Teams: Drake, Iona, Toledo, South Alabama, Drexel, Loyola Marymount, Austin Peay, 8th team
TBD.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding of up to $7,000 for the November 2020 events is included in the proposed
FY 21 Tourism Division budget in Fund 184 for Sports Marketing Event support.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: There is no impact to the Growth Management Plan with this
Executive Summary.
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This item is approved as to form and legality and requires majority vote
for approval. - CMG
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RECOMMENDATION: For the Tourist Development Council to recommend approval of the use of
Tourist Development Tax Promotion Funds to support the upcoming November 2020 Sports Tourism
Event up to $7,000 and make a finding that this expenditure promotes tourism.
Prepared by Nikki King, Sports Marketing Manager
ATTACHMENT(S)
1. Naples Invitational Basketball App (PDF)
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Collier County Tourist Development Council
Item Number: 7.A
Doc ID: 13635
Item Summary: Recommendation to approve the use of Tourist Development Tax Promotion
Funds to support the upcoming November 2020 Sports Tourism Event up to $7,000 and make a finding
that this expenditure promote tourism.
Meeting Date: 09/28/2020
Prepared by:
Title: Tourist Development Tax Coordinator – Tourism
Name: Kelly Green
09/17/2020 12:03 PM
Submitted by:
Title: Division Director – Tourism
Name: Jack Wert
09/17/2020 12:03 PM
Approved By:
Review:
Tourism Kelly Green Tourism Division Completed 09/17/2020 12:03 PM
Tourism Jack Wert Director Completed 09/17/2020 12:37 PM
Public Services Department Jennifer Reynolds Additional Reviewer Completed 09/17/2020 12:39 PM
Corporate Business Operations Sean Callahan Executive Director Completed 09/18/2020 2:47 PM
County Attorney's Office Colleen Greene Attorney Review Completed 09/18/2020 2:49 PM
Tourist Development Council Jack Wert Meeting Pending 09/28/2020 9:00 AM
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Recommendation that the Tourist Development Council approve an Agreement with the United
Arts Council of Collier County in support of achieving the strategies outlined in the Collier County
Arts & Culture Strategic Plan, and make a finding that this expenditure promotes tourism.
OBJECTIVE: To contract for services in support of the Collier County Arts & Culture Strategic Plan
with the United Arts Council of Collier County (“UAC”).
CONSIDERATIONS: On March 24, 2020 (Item 16.F.1), the BCC adopted the Collier County Arts &
Culture Strategic Plan (“Plan”), which included commitments to build the foundation for Collier County
to become an arts and cultural destination, and to celebrate, support, and build local arts, creativity, and
culture to enrich the quality of life for all residents of all ages and backgrounds.
The development of the Plan was commissioned by the Board after the results of the Arts & Economic
Impact 5 study in 2016 found that the nonprofit arts and culture sector is, at a minimum, a $108 million
industry in Collier County that supports approximately 3,000 full-time equivalent jobs and generates
$107.5 million in local and state government revenue annually.
Recommendation 1.3.1 in the Plan was to establish a contract for services with defined roles, goals,
funding and accountability for the County and the Local Arts Agency (LAA). The UAC was designated
by the State of Florida as the Local Arts Agency in Collier County with a mission to enrich lives and
strengthen the community through the power of the arts. Under this Agreement, the UAC will collaborate
with the County in the achievement of the economic and tourist development goals and objectives related
to arts and culture.
Specifically, through this Agreement, the UAC will focus on:
1. Serve as the coordinator and facilitator for the arts & cultural community with respect to
producing programming to augment Collier County tourism; and working collaboratively
with the Tourism and Development Council (TDC), UAC will provide input on the TDC’s
system for tracking arts & cultural economic impact on Collier County and,
2. Implementing select projects during 2020-2021 identified by Collier County & the United
Arts Council (UAC) based on the Collier County Arts & Culture Strategic Plan; and,
3. Establishing a cultural calendar and developing a Collier Cultural Concierge Program,
including specific events for future programming like the Bayshore Boardwalk Arts
Festival;
4. The UAC, working cooperatively with the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), will
begin to utilize the Bayshore Gateway Triangle area to solidity and enhance this arts and
cultural district by establishing a Public Art Program and Cultural Community Space.
Additionally, the UAC will support other Collier County areas as they are officially
recognized by the Board of County Commissioners (BCC).
5. Using the foundation of support provided by Collier County, UAC will work with the
Community Foundation of Collier County (CFCC) to forge a public-private partnership
designed to maintain a healthy and vibrant arts and cultural community in Collier County.
During the first year of the contract, the UAC will establish a Cultural Trust Fund to support
the different projects in development under the Plan.
Future goals of the UAC will include working cooperatively with the County and its contract operator,
Sports Force Parks, to identify and develop arts and cultural programming for the Paradise Coast
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Sports Complex (PCSC). This will continue the holistic programming of the PCSC to become an event
destination focused on more than just sports.
FISCAL IMPACT: The total amount of the Agreement is $125,000 in FY 21, which will be provided
on a reimbursable basis through quarterly payables. Funding for the contract will be apportioned between
the Tourist Development promotional funds and the Bayshore Gateway Triangle Community
Redevelopment Agency. Funding in the amount of $50,000 is available within the FY 21 Tourist
Development Promotion Fund (184). The remainder of funding is available within Bayshore Gateway
Triangle CRA Fund (187).
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: There is no growth management impact associated with this
action.
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This item is approved as to form and legality and requires majority vote
for approval. - CMG
RECOMMENDATION: That the Tourist Development Council approve an Agreement with the
United Arts Council of Collier County in support of achieving the strategies outlined in the Collier
County Arts & Culture Strategic Plan, and make a finding that this expenditure promotes tourism.
Prepared by: Sean Callahan, Executive Director, Corporate Business Operations
ATTACHMENT(S)
1. A Cultural Paradise - Collier Arts & Culture Strategic Plan (PDF)
2. UAC Stamped Agreement 09222020 (PDF)
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COLLIER COUNTY
Collier County Tourist Development Council
Item Number: 7.B
Doc ID: 13646
Item Summary: Recommendation that the Tourist Development Council approve an Agreement
with the United Arts Council of Collier County in support of achieving the strategies outlined in the
Collier County Arts & Culture Strategic Plan, and make a finding that this expenditure promotes tourism.
Meeting Date: 09/28/2020
Prepared by:
Title: – Corporate Business Operations
Name: Sean Callahan
09/18/2020 2:45 PM
Submitted by:
Title: – Corporate Business Operations
Name: Sean Callahan
09/18/2020 2:45 PM
Approved By:
Review:
Tourism Kelly Green Tourism Division Completed 09/21/2020 2:54 PM
Tourism Jack Wert Director Completed 09/21/2020 3:12 PM
Corporate Business Operations Sean Callahan Executive Director Completed 09/22/2020 11:14 AM
County Attorney's Office Colleen Greene Attorney Review Completed 09/22/2020 3:27 PM
Tourist Development Council Jack Wert Meeting Pending 09/28/2020 9:00 AM
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Recommendation to award an agreement for Request for Proposal (“RFP”) 20-7775, “Tourism
Marketing and Promotions,” to Paradise Advertising and Marketing, Inc.; and make a finding that
this action promotes tourism.
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OBJECTIVE: To provide continuing advertising and marketing services which promote Collier County
as a worldwide visitor destination.
CONSIDERATIONS: On June 1, 2020, the Procurement Services Division released RFP No. 20-7775,
Tourism Marketing & Promotions. The County notified 12,650 firms, 224 interested firms viewed the
solicitation information, and staff received seven proposals by the July 1, 2020 deadline.
A selection committee met on July 31, 2020, evaluated the proposals and established a final
recommended ranking. Each of the selection committee members independently reviewed the proposals
and discussed their evaluative comments the selection committee meeting. Based on the selection
committee’s ranking, staff is recommending that the RFP be awarded to Paradise Advertising &
Marketing Inc. (“Paradise”).
Staff negotiated the attached agreement with Paradise, which provides as follows:
• The first year of the agreement will consist of an annual $400,000 service fee based on an annual
marketing and advertising budget of $4 million.
• A $150 flat hourly rate will apply to all creative functions not covered by the service fee and each
project will be estimated and pre-approved.
• In the initial term and in subsequent years of this agreement, Paradise will invoice for time and
material services on all media and production projects at net with no mark up.
• In the initial term and in subsequent years of this agreement, Paradise will invoice the County
monthly a fixed service fee in twelve (12) equal installments of ten (10) percent of the Board
approved annual Tourism Division budget for marketing and advertising.
• For this fixed monthly service fee, Paradise Advertising and Marketing, Inc will provide on
average an estimated two-hundred twenty-two (222) hours per month of services covered by that
service fee.
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This item is approved as to form and legality and requires majority vote
for approval. - CMG
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds for marketing services is in the proposed Tourism Department budget for
Fiscal Year 21. The projected annual contract budget for the first year of the agreement is $4,400,000
consisting of $4,000,000 in media and production and $400,000 in service fee.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: There is no impact to the Growth Management plan with this
action.
RECOMMENDATION: To award an Agreement for RFP 20-7775, “Tourism Marketing and
Promotions,” to Paradise Advertising and Marketing, Inc. and make a finding that this action promotes
tourism.
Prepared by: Jack Wert, Tourism Director
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ATTACHMENT(S)
1. 20-7775 Solicitation (PDF)
2. [Linked] ParadiseAdvertising-Collier-RFP-FINAL (1) (PDF)
3. 20-7775 Final Ranking (PDF)
4. 20-7775 Notice of Recommended Award (PDF)
5. 20-7775 ParadiseAdvertising&Marketing_VendorSigned (PDF)
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COLLIER COUNTY
Collier County Tourist Development Council
Item Number: 7.C
Doc ID: 13649
Item Summary: Recommendation to award an agreement for Request for Proposal (“RFP”) 20-
7775, “Tourism Marketing and Promotions,” to Paradise Advertising and Marketing, Inc.; and make a
finding that this action promotes tourism.
Meeting Date: 09/28/2020
Prepared by:
Title: Tourist Development Tax Coordinator – Tourism
Name: Kelly Green
09/21/2020 9:48 AM
Submitted by:
Title: Division Director – Tourism
Name: Jack Wert
09/21/2020 9:48 AM
Approved By:
Review:
Tourism Kelly Green Tourism Division Completed 09/21/2020 9:49 AM
Tourism Jack Wert Director Completed 09/21/2020 10:14 AM
Public Services Department Jennifer Reynolds Additional Reviewer Completed 09/22/2020 9:56 AM
Corporate Business Operations Sean Callahan Executive Director Completed 09/22/2020 11:20 AM
County Attorney's Office Colleen Greene Attorney Review Completed 09/22/2020 11:28 AM
Tourist Development Council Jack Wert Meeting Pending 09/28/2020 9:00 AM
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COLLIER COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)
FOR
TOURISM MARKETING & PROMOTIONS
SOLICITATION NO.: 20-7775
VIVIANA GIARIMOUSTAS, PROCUREMENT STRATEGIST
PROCUREMENT SERVICES DIVISION
3295 TAMIAMI TRAIL EAST, BLDG C-2
NAPLES, FLORIDA 34112
TELEPHONE: (239) 252-8375
Viviana.Giarimoustas@colliercountyfl.gov (Email)
This solicitation document is prepared in a Microsoft Word format (Rev 8/7/2017). Any alterations
to this document made by the Vendor may be grounds for rejection of proposal, cancellation of any
subsequent award, or any other legal remedies available to the Collier County Government.
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SOLICITATION PUBLIC NOTICE
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)
NUMBER:
20-7775
PROJECT TITLE: Tourism Marketing & Promotions
DUE DATE: 7/1/2020 10:00 AM EST
PLACE OF RFP OPENING: Procurement Services Division
3295 Tamiami Trail East, Bldg. C-2
Naples, FL 34112
All proposals shall be submitted online via the Collier County Procurement Services Division Online Bidding System:
https://www.bidsync.com/bidsync-cas/
INTRODUCTION
As requested by the Tourism Division (hereinafter, the “Division or Department”), the Collier County Board of County
Commissioners Procurement Services Division (hereinafter, “County”) has issued this Request for Proposal (hereinafter, “RFP”)
with the intent of obtaining proposals from interested and qualified vendors in accordance with the terms, conditions and
specifications stated or attached. The vendor, at a minimum, must achieve the requirements of the Scope of Work stated.
The results of this solicitation may be used by other County departments once awarded according to the Board of County
Commissioners Procurement Ordinance.
Historically, the Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) has had a destination marketing annual budget of approximately two million
($2) to five ($5) million dollars based on the revenue derived each year from the 5% Collier County Tourist Development Tax (TDT).
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Advertising is funded from a special reserve account and these funds will be utilized on an as-needed
basis as approved by the Board of County Commissioners. The successful firm will be responsible for developing and implementing
the annual Emergency Communications Plan as needed.
Additionally, other departments within the County Manager's operation (i.e. Museum, Parks and Recreation, Libraries, etc.) may be
allocated their own budget dollars for advertising and promotion. Those marketing dollars will be from separate funds and if used,
will be under a separate purchase order.
BACKGROUND
The Naples, Marco Island, Everglades CVB is a part of the County Manager's Agency in Collier County Government. The CVB, with
oversight by the Tourist Development Council (TDC) Advisory Board, markets and promotes the entire County as a worldwide leisure
travel, group meetings and sports event destination.
The CVB is seeking a full-service advertising, promotion, marketing and digital agency with extensive experience in marketing tourism
destinations in various local, regional, national and international target markets. The agency should have expertise in domestic and
international television, magazine, newspaper and radio advertising, social media and digital marketing and in planning and implementing
cooperative advertising and promotional programs and events.
TERM OF CONTRACT
The contract term, if an award(s) is/are made is intended to be for three (3) years with two (2) one (1) year renewals. Prices shall
remain firm for the initial term of this contract.
Surcharges will not be accepted in conjunction with this contract, and such charges should be incorporated into the pricing structure.
The County Manager, or designee, may, at his discretion, extend the Agreement under all of the terms and conditions contained in
this Agreement for up to one hundred eighty (180) days. The County Manager, or designee, shall give the Contractor written notice
of the County's intention to extend the Agreement term not less than ten (10) days prior to the end of the Agreement term then in
effect.
All goods are FOB destination and must be suitably packed and prepared to secure the lowest transportation rates and to
comply with all carrier regulations. Risk of loss of any goods sold hereunder shall transfer to the COUNTY at the time and
place of delivery; provided that risk of loss prior to actual receipt of the goods by the COUNTY nonetheless remain with
VENDOR.
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DETAILED SCOPE OF WORK
Collier County is located in Southwest Florida. Naples, the seat of Collier County, is about twenty-five (25) miles south of Fort Myers
and the Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW). The full-time population of Collier County is about three hundred seventy
thousand (370,000) although a seasonal peak of about four hundred fifty thousand (450,000) occurs between November and April.
The structure of the Collier County Government is based on the standard constitutional form of county governments in Florida.
Visitors have much to discover along Florida's Paradise Coast of Naples, Marco Island & the western portion of the Everglades. They
will find an escape, serenity and relaxing beachside fun along the Gulf of Mexico in beautiful Southwest Florida. Visitors will also
enjoy pristine natural wilderness perfect for bird watching or outdoor adventure in the world-famous Everglades. The area is most
know for it’s over 30 miles of soft white sand beaches, exceptional accommodations, family attractions, world-class dining, arts,
culture and heritage activities and exceptional shopping.
The CVB promotes the destination to consumers with discretionary travel dollars, to travel industry professionals such as meeting
planners, travel agents and tour operators, to golfers, fishermen, arts and culture, heritage seekers and nature and adventure
enthusiasts.
The budget for the CVB is determined from the five percent (5%) tourist development tax collections on short-term lodging (six
months or less) within Collier County. A predetermined allocation of the tax collected directs funds to various uses including
promotion and advertising, beach renourishment and inlet management, beach park facilities and County owned museum operation.
The CVB has determined that Public Relations and Media Relations activities will be handled by internal staff and through a
separately contracted outside Public Relations firm. Social and digital media is handled by internal staff working in concert with the
contracted firm and the contracted advertising firm.
The County is seeking a full-service advertising, promotion, marketing and digital agency with extensive experience in marketing
tourism destinations in various local, regional, national and International target markets. The agency should have extensive expertise
in domestic and international advertising, social media and digital marketing and in strategic planning and implementation of annual
marketing plans and promotional programs and events.
While the successful firm will be acting in an independent contractor role, the County may:
• Provide temporary workspace, access to telephone and Internet service if needed while on County property at County's
expense.
• Reimburse pre-approved travel expenses related to executing the marketing plan elements or production of advertising
or promotional materials as outlined in FS 125.0104 and County Resolution 2006- 40.
• Pre-approve any advertising, production, media and travel expenditures created or distributed by the successful firm.
The successful firm will be responsible to provide (this list is not exhaustive and is intended to be illustrative in nature) the following:
• An annual marketing plan and a longer-term strategic plan
• An advertising campaign which will allow for the broadest possible exposure into international and domestic markets
within the available budget maximizing the usage of cooperative advertising, and identifying promotional and value-
added opportunities;
• Develop, nurture and promote targeted consumers, meeting planners, trade professionals and sports event organizers.
• Be knowledgeable of and provide extensive industry research models, for use in targeting strategic audiences and to
determine and report return on investment of all campaigns and activities.
• Explore and provide possible joint-advertising programs which would match the CVB with travel related and non-
travel advertisers, e.g., airlines, auto rental centers, credit card companies, luggage companies, suntan product
manufacturers, etc., as well as regional and statewide promotions with other destination marketing organizations.
• Provide advertising, marketing and promotional services which promote Collier County as a tourist destination
worldwide.
• Provide a "lead" contact person/project manager to the County; an individual who shall serve as a first point of contact
between the County and the agency. The Collier County Tourism Director or designee, at their sole discretion, shall
approve the appointment of the "lead" contact person/ project manager.
The firm, and all of its agents and subcontractors, are expected to comply with Florida Statute 125.0104 and the County's Ordinance
92-60 as amended and County Resolution 2006-40.
Marketing and Advertising Flat Service Fee
For marketing and advertising services in paid media and production, the County prefers to pay an agreed upon annual fixed service
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fee in twelve monthly installments in lieu of media commissions and mark up on outside vendor services. This fee will be a percentage
of the total annual Collier County’s Board approved destination marketing budget comprised of paid media, creative services,
production of all media and collateral materials, photography and video production. This fixed service fee will include account
management service time, senior management, media research, media buying and verifying, accounting, administrative and other
internal operating costs.
No markup will be applicable for vendor or sub-contracted services, paid media, social or digital media.
Professional Fees/Creative Work-Optional Services
Optional Services includes any other related professional services (other than the Marketing and Advertising Flat Service Fee), for
marketing and promotional creative design, advertising, production, photography, online and social media production and creative
design, copywriting, direct mail development, audiovisual production services, marketing research, social media creative and
supervision and promotional publicity. Hourly rates for these services will be provided by the vendor in an attachment to the final
agreement. The firm will provide quotes for pre-approval and invoices and proof of performance for each of these services/projects
which will include:
• A project quote estimate that includes the number of hours by each position (hourly rate) the extended total, and any
anticipated subcontractor hours and rates, travel, and miscellaneous charges such as expenses relating to "photo shoots,"
wardrobe, television or radio ads, special printing or service charges, etc. at no additional mark-up or surcharges fees
(at cost amounts);
• An agency invoice which matches the approved estimate and includes the number of hours by each position (with their
hourly rate) and the extended total for payment and "at cost" invoices.
• Provide a copy of the advertising, promotional and marketing information or documentation of paid media delivered
such as affidavits.
General Requirements:
• Retain a permanent full-time staffed office within Collier County. Other branch offices or the main office will be considered
as part of the total corporate entity of the agency.
• Pay media and production invoices/bills upon demand from suppliers with a full understanding that the agency will not be
reimbursed until the service has been performed and/or the promotion/advertisement has appeared, and proof of performance
has been supplied to and accepted by the County.
• Prepare reports required by the County and submit said reports as requested, including formal monthly presentations to the
Tourist Development Council (TDC) at the agency's expense. Establish and maintain a system of records, books, and
accounts in a manner satisfactory to the County, which is consistent with and for the durations mandated by the affordability
period.
• The selected firm will keep adequate records and supporting documentation which concern or reflect its services. The records
and documentation will be retained by the firm for a minimum of five (5) years from the date of termination of this
agreement.
• The County, or any duly authorized agents or representatives of the County, shall, free of charge, have the right to audit,
inspect and copy all such records and documentation as often as they deem necessary during the period of this agreement
and during the five (5) year period noted above; provided however, such activity shall be conducted only during business
hours.
• We understand a portion of this work may be subcontracted to meet expertise or timelines for the County. Similarly, the
County reserves the right to contract/utilize other service providers during the term of this contract for similar advertising,
promotional or marketing materials or services.
• Participate in certain meetings, discussions, project site visits, workshops and hearings, which pertain to the administration
of the services being provided and report results to the Board at the agency's expense.
• Obtain travel compensation for programs and events per Florida Statute 125.0104 and County Resolution 2006-40.
• Obtain pre-approval on stock materials, including, but not limited to stock photos, voice talent, models, clothing, etc. The
firm must provide evidence of any restrictions, terms and conditions or other considerations prior to use.
• Charges for advertising and media placed by the Firm on behalf of the CVB will be billed at the actual cost paid by the Firm
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and shall not include any markup, for the specified medium or media.
• Charges for expertise talents and services needed to execute marketing, media or production advertisement placed by the
Firm on behalf of the CVB will be billed at the actual cost paid by the Firm.
• County will own all promotional, marketing and advertising campaign materials, film, negatives, videos and art.
• The County will retain ownership and the right to use any materials generated by the agency and any other CVB material
generated by CVB personnel and may do so without agency consent or approval. The CVB acknowledges certain legal
constraints require universal releases unless cost considerations become prohibitive (such as model releases, music,
photographs, etc.) and retains sole right to use materials created for the CVB as it sees fit.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) PROCESS
1.1 The Proposers will submit a qualifications proposal which will be scored based on the criteria in Evaluation Criteria for
Development of Shortlist, which will be the basis for short-listing firms.
The Proposers will need to meet the minimum requirements outlined herein in order for their proposal to be evaluated and
scored by the COUNTY. The COUNTY will then score and rank the firms and enter into negotiations with the top ranked
firm to establish cost for the services needed. The COUNTY reserves the right to issue an invitation for oral presentations
to obtain additional information after scoring and before the final ranking. With successful negotiations, a contract will be
developed with the selected firm, based on the negotiated price and scope of services and submitted for approval by the
Board of County Commissioners.
1.2 The COUNTY will use a Selection Committee in the Request for Proposal selection process.
1.3 The intent of the scoring of the proposal is for respondents to indicate their interest, relevant experience, financial capability,
staffing and organizational structure.
1.4 The intent of the oral presentations, if deemed necessary, is to provide the vendors with a venue where they can conduct
discussions with the Selection Committee to clarify questions and concerns before providing a final rank.
1.5 Based upon a review of these proposals, the COUNTY will rank the Proposers based on the discussion and clarifying
questions on their approach and related criteria, and then negotiate in good faith an Agreement with the top ranked Proposer.
1.6 If, in the sole judgment of the COUNTY, a contract cannot be successfully negotiated with the top-ranked firm, negotiations
with that firm will be formally terminated and negotiations shall begin with the firm ranked second. If a contract cannot be
successfully negotiated with the firm ranked second, negotiations with that firm will be formally terminated and negotiations
shall begin with the third ranked firm, and so on. The COUNTY reserves the right to negotiate any element of the proposals
in the best interest of the COUNTY.
RESPONSE FORMAT AND EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SHORTLIST:
1.7 For the development of a shortlist, this evaluation criterion will be utilized by the COUNTY’S Selection Committee to score
each proposal. Proposers are encouraged to keep their submittals concise and to include a minimum of marketing
materials. Proposals must address the following criteria:
Evaluation Criteria Maximum Points
1. Cover Letter / Management Summary 5 Points
2. Certified Minority Business Enterprise 5 Points
3. Business Plan 20 Points
4. Cost of Services to the County 20 Points
5. Experience and Capacity of the Firm 20 Points
6. Specialized Expertise of Team Members 20 Points
7. Local Vendor Preference 10 Points
TOTAL POSSIBLE POINTS 100 Points
Tie Breaker: In the event of a tie at final ranking, award shall be made to the proposer with the lower volume of work
previously awarded. Volume of work shall be calculated based upon total dollars paid to the proposer in the twenty-four
(24) months prior to the RFP submittal deadline. Payment information will be retrieved from the County’s financial system
of record. The tie breaking procedure is only applied in the final ranking step of the selection process and is invoked by the
Procurement Services Division Director or designee. In the event a tie still exists, selection will be determined based on
random selection by the Procurement Services Director before at least three (3) witnesses.
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Each criterion and methodology for scoring is further described below.
***Proposals must be assembled, at minimum, in the order of the Evaluation Criteria listed or your
proposal may be deemed non-responsive***
EVALUATION CRITERIA NO. 1: COVER LETTER/MANAGEMENT SUMMARY (5 Total Points Available)
Provide a cover letter, signed by an authorized officer of the firm, indicating the underlying philosophy of the firm in
providing the services stated herein. Include the name(s), telephone number(s) and email(s) of the authorized contact
person(s) concerning proposal. Submission of a signed Proposal is Vendor's certification that the Vendor will accept any
awards as a result of this RFP.
EVALUATION CRITERIA NO. 2: CERTIFIED WOMAN AND/OR MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (5
Total Points Available)
Submit certification with the Florida Department of Management Service, Office of Supplier Diversity as a Certified
Minority Business Enterprise.
EVALUATION CRITERIA NO. 3: BUSINESS PLAN (20 Total Points Available)
In this tab, include but not limited to:
• Detailed plan of approach that answers the scope of work requirements.
• Detailed timeline for startup phase through full implementation of the initial annual marketing plan.
• Include with the Business Plan or as an attachment, a copy of a report as an example of similar work provided for
another destination marketing organization. This should be for one of the client projects listed as a reference.
• Provide a narrative, or demonstrate through sample work, the firm’s creative expertise attracting and recruiting new
visitors.
• Provide a narrative, or demonstrate through sample work, the firm’s creative expertise and ideas for the retention
of visitors returning to Southwest Florida.
EVALUATION CRITERIA NO. 4: COST OF SERVICES TO THE COUNTY (20 Total Points Available)
In this tab, include but not limited to:
• Provide the projected Marketing and Advertising annual flat service fee including the minimum number of
hours per month your firm will invest each month to provide the Scope of Work provided in this RFP.
• Provide an hourly fee schedule of agency staff for all tasks not included in the flat service fee.
• Indicate how sub-vendors will be compensated, if needed.
• Provide a proposed monthly and annual amount of out-of-pocket expenses that the firm will request
reimbursement of pre-approved expenses such as travel expenses, shipping, postage, etc.
EVALUATION CRITERIA NO. 5: EXPERIENCE AND CAPACITY OF THE FIRM (20 Total Points Available)
In this tab, include but not limited to:
• Provide information that documents your firm’s qualifications and experience in representing destination
marketing organizations or other clients with travel industry marketing programs. Include examples of the
firm’s capacity, skill, and financial strength, and number of years of experience in providing the required
services included in the Scope of Work.
• Describe the various team members’ successful experience in working with one another on previous projects.
The County requests that the vendor submit three (3) completed reference forms from clients in the past five (5)
years, whose projects are of a similar nature to the Scope of Services as a part of their proposal. Provide information
on the assignments completed by the vendor that best represent campaigns of similar size, scope and complexity to the tasks
listed in the Scope of Services using format provided. Vendors may include two (2) additional pages for each project to
illustrate aspects of the completed project that provides the information to assess the experience of the agency on related
client work.
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EVALUATION CRITERIA NO. 6: SPECIALIZED EXPERTISE OF TEAM MEMBERS (20 Total Points
Available)
In this tab, include but not limited to:
• Description of the proposed agency team that will work on the CVB account and the role to be played by each
member of the team to fulfill the Scope of Work.
• Attach brief resumes of all proposed agency team members who will be involved in the creative, production,
media, social and digital media services as described in the Scope of Work.
• Attach resumes of any sub-vendors that you know will be used and attach letters of intent from stated sub-
vendors indicating their willingness to sub-contract on the CVB’s service needs. If sub-vendors will not be
used, please indicate that fact in your proposal.
EVALUATION CRITERIA NO. 7: LOCAL VENDOR PREFERENCE (10 Total Points Available)
Local business is defined as the vendor having a current Business Tax Receipt issued by the Collier or Lee County Tax
Collector prior to proposal submission to do business within Collier County, and that identifies the business with a permanent
physical business address located within the limits of Collier or Lee County from which the vendor’s staff operates and
performs business in an area zoned for the conduct of such business.
VENDOR CHECKLIST
***Vendor should check off each of the following items as the necessary action is completed (please see, Vendor Check List)***
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Selection Committee
Scoring Sheet (STEP 1)
RFP # 20-7775
Title: Tourism Marketing and Promotions
Name of Firm Troy Maggie Debbie Claudia Total Scores Final Rank
Paradise Advertising & Marketing Inc.84 87 89 92 352.00 1
Madden Preprint Media LLC dba
Madden Media 81 79 74 81 315.00 2
Miles Partnership LLLP 74 84 75 78 311.00 3
Quenzel & Associates Inc.84 80 62 76 302.00 4
Starmark International Inc.78 84 71 65 298.00 5
Spark Branding House Inc.76 74 63 83 296.00 6
The Partnership of Atlanta 67 65 63 41 236.00 7
Procurement Professional Viviana Giarimoustas
Step 1: Upon direction by the Procurement professional, the individual selection committee member should provide their
scoring of the proposals.
Step 2: The procurement professional will review the mathematically tabulated scores.
Step 3: The Committee will determine the number of proposers to bring back for oral presentations.
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Notice of Recommended Award
Solicitation: 20-7775 Title: Tourism, Marketing, and Promotion
Due Date and Time: 7/1/2020 10:00 AM
Respondents:
Company Name City County State Final Ranking Responsive/Responsible
Paradise Advertising &
Marketing Inc.
St.
Petersburg
Pinellas FL 1 YES/YES
Madden Preprint Media
LLC dba Madden Media
Tucson Pima AZ 2 YES/YES
Miles Partnership LLLP Sarasota Sarasota FL 3 YES/YES
Quenzel & Associates Inc. Fort Myers Lee FL 4 YES/YES
Starmark International Inc. Fort
Lauderdale
Broward FL 5 YES/YES
Spark Branding House Inc. Tampa Hillsborough FL 6 YES/YES
The Partnership of Atlanta Atlanta Fulton GA 7 YES/YES
Utilized Local Vendor Preference: Yes No
Recommended Vendor(s) For Award:
On June 1, 2020 the Procurement Services Division released Request for Proposal 20-7775 Tourism, Marketing,
and Promotion. 12,650 firms were notified, 224 firms viewed the solicitation information and seven (7)
proposals were received on July 1, 2020.
A selection committee convened on July 31, 2020 and a final ranking was established.
Award is recommended to Paradise Advertising & Marketing Inc.
Contract Driven Purchase Order Driven
Required Signatures
Project Manager:
Jack Wert
Procurement Strategist:
Viviana Giarimoustas
Procurement Services Director:
__________________________________ _________________
Sandra Herrera Date
DocuSign Envelope ID: C023F3D2-B0B7-488D-9A82-34A1E734F797
8/11/2020
8/11/2020
8/11/2020
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Recommendation to approve the Fiscal Year 2020-21 Strategic Marketing Plan for the Naples,
Marco Island, Everglades Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) and make a finding that this plan
promotes tourism.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
OBJECTIVE: Review the strategic plan for the destination for FY 21 commencing October 2020.
CONSIDERATIONS: From the beginning of FY 21 in October 2019, the Tourism Division conducted
regular monthly meetings with its sales and marketing partners from hotels, and at quarterly Advisory
Roundtables where an average of 70 tourism business representatives from hotels, attractions, restaurants,
shopping and arts and culture groups contributed new suggestions for our destination marketing efforts.
We postponed our quarterly partner meetings in March 2020 due to the COVID -19 outbreak but
continued virtual meetings and e-newsletter contacts with our partners each week. We gained additional
input from our tourism partners at our day-long strategic marketing retreat in August that was a hybrid
virtual meeting attended by over 60 tourism industry partners.
The information collected from all these above sources has been compiled into a one-year marketing plan
to promote the destination to meet our destination marketing objectives in the next year and is ready for
TDC review. Each TDC member has been provided a written version of the plan and we will present a
PowerPoint Summary of the 2020-21 Marketing Plan at the TDC meeting. The plan includes all aspects
of the CVB’s initiatives to market Collier County worldwide as a tourism destination of choice for group
meetings, sports events, leisure vacations, wellness retreats, golf vacations, culinary, and arts and culture
getaways in 2020-2021. Upon approval by the BCC, the complete plan will be posted on our website for
use by our Collier tourism industry partners.
The Marketing Plan includes Goals, Objectives, Target Markets, Situation Analysis, Strategies, Tacti cs,
Implementation details, and detailed planned expenditures for each marketing discipline in the proposed
FY 21 Tourism Division Budget. Those planned expenditures include Administrative Costs, Marketing
and Advertising, Public Relations and Communications, Group and Leisure Sales, Special Markets,
Sports Marketing, Film and Entertainment, International Representation in UK, Europe and Latin
America.
This plan is designed to change direction at any time the tourism marketplace shows a significant change
in direction. We experienced such a sudden change in March of 2020 with the COVID pandemic.
Utilizing a message delivery through digital and social media, we are able to make immediate changes in
message, media outlets and platforms.
We have reduced expenditures in all categories of our operation is accordance budget direction and with
the Tourist Development Tax projections by the County Budget Office. We feel this plan reflects a
responsible and affordable plan that will help to attract visitors back to our community and to bring back
the many lost jobs to our economy.
FISCAL IMPACT: The projected destination marketing budget to support this strategic marketing plan
is $4,000,000 in paid advertising and production, plus Contracted Services, Promotions , Sports
Marketing, Travel, Registrations, Marketing Grants and Group Meetings support totaling an additional
$5,553,200 for a total of $9,553,200 for tourism promotion. These expenditures will be funded by the FY
21 projected tourist development tax revenue. collected monthly by the Collier County Tax Collector.
Non-County Owned Museum Grants total $300,000. Funds 184, 193, 194, 196 and 758 contain the details
of all the above marketing expenditures in the proposed Tourism Division budget for FY 21.
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GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: There is no impact to the Growth Management Plan related to
this action.
LEGAL CONSIDERATION: This item is approved as to form and legality and requires majority vote
for approval. - CMG
RECOMMENDATION: To approve the Fiscal Year 2020-21 Strategic Marketing Plan for the Naples,
Marco Island, Everglades Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) and make a finding that this Plan
promotes tourism.
Prepared by: Jack Wert, Tourism Division Director
ATTACHMENT(S)
1. MARKETING PLAN FY 21 to TDC 9-28-20 (PPTX)
2. Marketing Plan 2021 Draft To TDC 9-28-2020 (DOCX)
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COLLIER COUNTY
Collier County Tourist Development Council
Item Number: 7.D
Doc ID: 13654
Item Summary: Recommendation to approve the Fiscal Year 2020-21 Strategic Marketing Plan
for the Naples, Marco Island, Everglades Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) and make a finding that
this plan promotes tourism.
Meeting Date: 09/28/2020
Prepared by:
Title: – Tourism
Name: Yasmith Yidi
09/22/2020 10:28 AM
Submitted by:
Title: Division Director – Tourism
Name: Jack Wert
09/22/2020 10:28 AM
Approved By:
Review:
Tourism Kelly Green Tourism Division Completed 09/22/2020 10:41 AM
Tourism Jack Wert Director Completed 09/22/2020 11:31 AM
Public Services Department Jennifer Reynolds Additional Reviewer Completed 09/22/2020 11:47 AM
Corporate Business Operations Sean Callahan Executive Director Completed 09/22/2020 3:16 PM
County Attorney's Office Colleen Greene Attorney Review Completed 09/23/2020 8:13 AM
Tourist Development Council Jack Wert Meeting Pending 09/28/2020 9:00 AM
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FY 21 Marketing Plan Overview
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Marketing Plan Development Highlights
•Monthly meetings with hotel Sales & Marketing staffs on strategy
•Quarterly roundtable meetings to discuss strategies and new
marketing techniques with hotels, attractions, shopping, restaurants
•Monthly reports on market conditions from Research Data Services,
secondary research and from our International reps
•Annual Marketing Summit (August 2020)
o 60 Tourism Industry Partners helped shape the plan
o Input from Sales, PR, International, Sports Council, etc.
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Elements of the Plan
•Vision / Mission / Value Statements
•Tourism Industry Conditions
•Travel & Tourism Industry Insights
•Research and Data-Driven Insights
•Marketing Goals and Objectives
•Marketing Strategies / Tactics
•Target Audiences
•Media Strategy
•Creative Strategy
•Sales Efforts
•Measurement and Metrics
•Budgets for each Discipline
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Packet Pg. 114 Attachment: MARKETING PLAN FY 21 to TDC 9-28-20 (13654 : FY 21 Tourism Marketing Plan)
Marketing Goals
•Mitigate the Decline of Tourism Economic Impact
•Create, Deliver and Sustain Tourism Value for
Visitors, Partners and Residents
•Evolve the Paradise Coast Brand Message to
Sustain Confidence in Travel
•Maintain Brand Continuity Across All Channels
•Further Align Marketing Attribution to Tourism
Impact
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Packet Pg. 115 Attachment: MARKETING PLAN FY 21 to TDC 9-28-20 (13654 : FY 21 Tourism Marketing Plan)
Research and Insights
Continuously monitoring research partners & platforms to gain insight on current
travel sentiment to apply to our marketing strategy:
•Trending to shorter/quicker travel getaways but long distance is still a
possibility and we expect that to continue to grow in the fall, winter and spring.
•Travelers are seeking options that provide enhanced safety precautions
(standard guidelines, masks, open spaces, social distancing, etc.)
•International travel and domestic air travel will continue to be negatively
impacted into 2021 and beyond.
•Meetings/Groups/Events will continue to be impacted but organizers and
venues will be creative to continue to host and deliver positive experiences.
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Packet Pg. 116 Attachment: MARKETING PLAN FY 21 to TDC 9-28-20 (13654 : FY 21 Tourism Marketing Plan)
Customer Segments
Leisure
•Domestic
•International
•Sports Event Attendees
•Niche
•LGBTQ, Ecotourism, Culinary, Arts, Culture, Golf
Groups
•Sports Event Planners
•Meetings/Groups
•Bridal/Weddings
Travel Trade
•Travel Agents
•International Tour Operators
•Airline/Airport
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Leisure Traveler -Segments
EAGER TRAVELER
•Adults 25-49, which includes Millennials and Generation X
•$150K+ Household Income (HHI)
RELUCTANT TR AVELER
•Adults 35-64, which includes Generation X and Boomers
•$175K+ HHI
WORK AND LEARN TRAVELERS
•Adults 25-54, Professionals with families who can work
remotely and are homeschooling or virtually teaching their kids
•$150K+ HHI, with children under the age of 12
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Packet Pg. 118 Attachment: MARKETING PLAN FY 21 to TDC 9-28-20 (13654 : FY 21 Tourism Marketing Plan)
Group Meeting & Sports Travelers
Key Strategies
Ø Thought Leadership Opportunities
Ø Strong Paid Social Media
Ø E-Mail Marketing
Tactics:
Ø Webinar Sponsorships
Ø Key Virtual and in Person events & tradeshows
Ø Linkedin, Facebook, Instagram for planners and event organizers
Ø E-newsletters to targeted paid lists of planners, event organizers and
event rights holders
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Marketing Discipline Plans
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Group Meeting Sales
Leisure and Travel Trade Sales
Specialty Market Sales
Sports Event Sales
PR & Communications
Digital & Social Media
International Markets
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10
TRAVEL INDUSTRY SALES PLAN -2021
GOALS
Increase brand awareness and grow database from Latin American Markets
Focus on B2B domestic market to increase
visitation
Continue participating in the West Coast of FL Coalition
initiative to increase Latam visitation Continue to increase Canadian visitation
OBJECTIVES
Train at least 1000 travel advisors in Latin America
Further educate 1000 domestic travel
advisors 5 West Coast of FL Coalition Missions/Virtual Trainings Train 300 travel agents in Canada
STRATEGIES
Educate agents and TO in Latin America re: location and key selling features of
Naples/Marco/Everglades
Educate the Luxury travel advisors on the top reasons
to book the Paradise Coast. Followed by all travel
advisors as we proceed into Phases 3 and 4.
Work together with West Coast of FL CVB's to leverage
shared contacts and budgets to continue promoting the
region.
Educate the Canadian advisors on the reasons why to choose
Naples/Marco/Everglades over other FL destinations
TACTICS
Renew Virtuoso Latam
Participate in luxury and regular trade
shows and virtual events
Virtual or in person trainings in Argentina, Chile,
Colombia and Mexico Email campaign in the Fall and Spring through IDSS.
Participate in Latam tradeshows/webinars/virtual events
Offer virtual FAM's followed by regular
FAM's in Phases 3 and 4.
Continue to promote the SWFL itinerary in through
Tampa out of Miami or vice versa.virtual shows / tradeshows / Missions in cooperation with Visit FL
Host La Cita September 2021
East coast sales mission in Spring to target
summer business Participate in trade shows once it's safe to do so.
Coordinate and assist the new representation firms in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and
Mexico.
Create a top reasons to visit the
destination and send out to travel agent
database host trainings pre or post tradeshows.
Create a top 5 reasons to visit the
destination and send out to database
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Packet Pg. 121 Attachment: MARKETING PLAN FY 21 to TDC 9-28-20 (13654 : FY 21 Tourism Marketing Plan)
Me dia Strategy
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Media Targeting Strategy
Media channels will be tailored to reach each segment.
EAGER TRAVELER (previously RESILIENT TRAVELER):
•Digital media focused on travel-intenders to both prospect and retarget, including Octas
•Competitive market research will continue to be important, reaching consumers as they are
considering our competitors
•Leverage opportunities to use credit card data for targeting and reporting on economic impact
•Target those utilizing shorter term booking windows
RELUCTANT TRAVELER:
•Informational-and inspirational-based media to educate and stimulate interest in travel to
Florida’s Paradise Coast
•Heavy use of video and digital media that allows for multiple images and longer-form content to
educate safety and showcase the beauty and myriad of experiences waiting for them in the
destination
•We will also include various traditional media channels as well as digital opportunities
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Fall -October –December 2020
•Atlanta, Savannah, Chicago, Cleveland, New York City*
•Tampa Bay, Orlando, Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, Tallahassee, Gainesville
Winter -January –March 2021
•Atlanta, Savannah, Chicago, Cleveland, New York City*, Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit
•Tampa Bay, Orlando, Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, Tallahassee, Gainesville
Spring/Summer -Ap ril –September 2021
•Atlanta, Savannah, other out of state markets TBD
•Tampa Bay, Orlando, Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, Tallahassee, Gainesville
*NY Metro -Inclusion in Fall would be determined based on quarantine restrictions upon returning to NY state. Miami/Fort
Lauderdale will be determined based on COVID cases in those areas.
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FALL -Local | In-state | Out of Market
October through December 2020
•Targeted to specific markets with highest propensity to return to travel to Paradise Coast
•Digital targeting to consumers as they are in-market for travel
•Strong presence on key Online Travel Agents (OTAs) to reach Eager Travelers with shorter
booking windows
•Conquest targeting to our consumer when they are considering a competitive destinations
•Targeting focused on our new “Work and Learn” segment for those with professional
occupations and kids under the age of 12
•Paid Social Campaign on Facebook and Instagram with awareness and engagement goals
•Inspirational media with streaming and local television in key markets
•Comprehensive end-of-campaign economic impact reporting showing visitor spending in
our community from those exposed to our advertising
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WINTER CAMPAIGN
January through March 2021
•Target Markets will likely continue momentum of Fall campaign but could adjust to possibly
add more out of state markets, based on current research on fly-market travel
•Digital tactics will include a similar approach as above, but will possibly include more native
content and video to allow for more engagement with the destination and a focus on both
short and longer-term booking windows
•Content marketing that provides compelling information and storytelling with premium
partners with loyal followers
•Email marketing targeted to key interests in eco/outdoors, culinary, and the Work and Learn
activities
•Streaming video and audio platforms to engage and inspire
•Print media to drive awareness of destination with focus on culinary, outdoors, and travel
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WINTER / SPRING / SUMMER CAMPAIGN
January through September 2021
•Target markets and tactics to be developed as
market conditions change through the Winter and
early Spring of 2021
•Media usage, consumer sentiment and trends will be
analyzed, and recommendations will be made that
are relevant to our target market’s mindsets on travel
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Creative Strategy
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Authentic, relevant to the current situation and always on brand.
Florida’s Paradise Coast is a unique, luxurious destination that
elevates every single moment of every single day you spend here.
In fact, it’s those very qualities that make Naples, Marco Island and
the Everglades the perfect place to visit when you’re ready to travel.
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Only Paradise Will Do.
Quarantining. Social distancing. Living in place.
These are things that few of us have ever heard of, much less
experienced. But we’ve done what we had to do, and thankfully, a new
day is dawning on our lives. So when we feel confident enough to
travel outside of our communities again, not just any getaway will do. It
has to be special. Memorable. Maybe even epic. Because the truth is,
after months of worry, stress and uncertainty,
Only Paradise Will Do.
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Out of Market COVID Recovery Campaign
Timing: October 1 -December 31, 2020
Messaging:
•“Only Paradise Will Do”-Co-op media featuring special offers from Collier hotels, attractions,
arts, museums
•“Paradise Pledge”-tourism partner program to showcase how we are following CDC and Florida
Department of Health Protocols to make resident and visitor experiences safe and extraordinary
Markets: (if research confirms)
Out of State:
•Atlanta, Savannah, Chicago, Cleveland, New York City
•NYC to be reevaluated closer to campaign based on quarantine restrictions upon re-
entering NY state from Florida
In-State:
•Tampa/St. Pete, Orlando, Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, Gainesville, Tallahassee
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Strategy:
•Multi-pronged approach where we can deliver safety and visitor experience messaging
and content
•Heavy presence to reach travel intenders in later stages of travel planning
•Awareness and informational media to educate those a little more hesitant
Tactics:
•Targeting Online Travel Agencies (OTA’s) like Expedia and TripAdvisor to reach people
as they are actively looking for travel opportunities to Florida
•Leverage American Express cardholders to reach “passionate spenders” in the
categories of eco-tourism, high-end hotels, resorts, and family travel
•Digital Display Advertising -Targeted with high interest in experiencing what they have
been missing–With Economic Impact Report
•Native Advertising to deliver content about the safety protocols utilized in the
destination and the importance of travel for future well-being
•Television advertising in key feeder markets to deliver positive and informational video
images of Florida’s Paradise Coast
•Advertising utilizing streaming content
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There’s a movement happening in Collier County right now.
It’s happening in our hotels. Our shops and museums.
Our restaurants and attractions. They’re taking the Paradise Pledge,
a promise to keep their visitors healthy and safe. It’s a powerful,
welcome message to the many customers that drive their business –
and with it, our community’s economy.
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Be a local hero.
Now is the time to take the Paradise Pledge a step further. To have
our own residents make a similar Pledge –to support our local
businesses.
All they have to do is eat in our restaurants. Shop in our stores.
Patronize our museums, performing arts centers, and attractions.
When they do, they’ll be more than just a customer. They’ll be
something everyone in Collier County needs to get through this
challenging moment in time:
A Local Hero.
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Local Hero :30 TV
It’s happening in our hotels, our restaurants, and our shops.
A pledge to keep our businesses safe for the millions of
visitors who drive our economy.
And now it’s your turn.
When you take the Paradise Pledge, you’re making a
promise to your friends and neighbors. One that says, “Hey,
I’ve got your back. Let’s get through this together.”
So eat in their restaurants. Shop in their stores. Be more than
just a customer. Be a local hero. And be the reason Collier
County emerges from this stronger than ever before.
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Comments &
Suggestions
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Recomme ndation
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Thank you
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Table of Contents
Overview ............................................................................................................................................................ 4
Research and Data-Driven Insights ................................................................................................................... 8
Destination Marketing Goals ............................................................................................................................ 11
Destination Marketing Strategies and Tactics ................................................................................................. 12
Destination Marketing Results Measurement .................................................................................................. 17
Target Audiences ............................................................................................................................................. 18
Media Strategy ................................................................................................................................................. 23
Media Campaigns and Tactics ........................................................................................................................ 25
Group/Meeting and Sports Planners ............................................................................................................... 27
Creative Strategy ............................................................................................................................................ 28
Measurement, Metrics and Reporting .............................................................................................................. 36
Marketing Disicipline Plans .............................................................................................................................. 38
» Group Sales Plan…..…………………………………………………………………………………..38
» Leisure and Travel Industry Plan……………………………………………………………………..40
» Specialty Markets Plan………………………………………………………………………………...41
» Public Relations Plan…………………………………………………………………………………..42
» Digital and Social Media Plan…………………………………………………………………………44
» Sports Marketing Plan………………………………………………………………………………… 45
» Film Commission Plan………………………………………………………………………………… 46
Art, Culture and Heritage Marketing ................................................................................................................ 47
Wellness Tourism ............................................................................................................................................. 51
Air Service Marketing Support ......................................................................................................................... 53
Market Intelligence SWOT Analysis ................................................................................................................ 55
Challenges to Running the Business ............................................................................................................... 58
Best Practices of Other Tourism Destinations ................................................................................................. 61
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Competitive Destinations in Florida ................................................................................................................. 62
Consumer E-Scapes ....................................................................................................................................... 65
Meetings E-Scapes ......................................................................................................................................... 68
APPENDICES
Advertising and Marketing Budget ................................................................................................................... 69
Department Budgets ....................................................................................................................................... 70
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OVERVIEW
The Tourism Division of Collier County, operating as the Naples, Marco Island, Everglades Convention & Visitors
Bureau (CVB), developed this one-year marketing plan utilizing extensive input from our tourism partners within the
County. We gathered this input at quarterly planning meetings, an annual planning day in August and at other tourism
industry gatherings throughout the last year. The plan is based on extensive market research from our contracted
research team and secondary research sources in the tourism industry, as well as in-house research derived from our
customers and tourism industry partners.
OVERALL GOAL: We will use our destination marketing initiatives to answer a need in our customers’ minds to fulfill
their travel dreams – to discover places they have only wished to visit and experience. Destination Marketing
Organizations (DMOs) like our Naples, Marco Island, Everglades Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) are in a unique
position to deliver that dream by gaining a share of voice in the very noisy media universe.
We are especially challenged this year to create a sense of safety in the minds of potential visitors and are taking all
the necessary safety protocols to ensure their visit will be safe and enjoyable. The lessons learned during the COVID-
19 pandemic have taught us to be adaptable, changing message, direction and tactics on a continual basis.
An important part of our recovery from the devastating losses of visitor spending and lost jobs in the hospitality and
tourism sector is in building traveler confidence in leaving their homes for a getaway to recharge. Our CVB is in a
unique position to deliver that confidence-building message and bring visitors back to our community. That will result
in a boost to all our businesses in Collier County.
It is important to realize that Destination Marketing drives economic development initiatives. Business relocation
specialists are often influenced by travel to a destination. The decision to relocate, expand or start a business usually
starts with a visit. Relocation specialists indicate that an important factor in a relocation decision starts with the visitor’s
messaging and leisure travel experiences.
It is a similar situation in the real estate sector. A visit is usually the first step in an eventual decision to buy property
in our area. We need our northern visitors to come back and experience this destination again. In turn, they will spend
their dollars in our restaurants, shops, at our attractions and our hotels. That spending will bring the lost jobs back and
eventually a return to prosperity in our community.
Consumers are exposed to thousands of advertising messages daily and are asked to make decisions every 2.1
seconds. To cut through this clutter of messages, we must continue to deliver compelling reasons to those potential
visitors and convince them to react to our brand promise and to seek more information or to book travel to our area.
We will use all of the traditional and emerging marketing channels to convince potential visitors that our businesses
are taking the necessary precautions to ensure a safe visit. We will use all the research tools at our disposal to seek
out those potential visitors by identifying where they live and work. We must then grab their attention using captivating
messaging to convince them to visit our area rather than choosing another competing destination.
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MISSION AND VALUE STATEMENTS
• Our Mission is to provide a quality, year-round vacation and group meeting experience that produces a positive
benefit to our business community through jobs, visitor spending and economic vitality, resulting in a healthy local
economy and tax savings to our residents.
• Our Vision is to be recognized as the number one destination for travel in the US.
• The Value of our destination is communicated through highly targeted marketing tactics to show the sustainability
of our natural resources and our quality of life.
Our Target Market is a select demographic of traveler who is attracted to our beautiful beaches, downtown areas,
dining, arts, cultural and heritage experiences, natural wonders and world-class shopping
DESTINATION MARKETING GOALS
• Communicate our unique brand to grow destination awareness, customer loyalty and desire to share their
experiences with other potential customers.
• Anticipate where our customers are in the buying decision spectrum and deliver a message to them in the various
points in the decision funnel the reasons to choose our area.
• Grow the yield of our marketing efforts by increasing tourism taxable sales and other local visitor spending.
• Engage our visitors and build solid relationships to encourage them to share their experiences.
• Deliver an ever-increasing return on our marketing investments.
• Influence potential visitors to extend their stay by at least one additional day.
• Attract sustainable visits that maximize visitor economic impact and encourage repeat visitation for many years.
DESTINATION MARKETING OBJECTIVES
• Grow tourist tax revenue back to pre COVID levels of $30 million in increments of $2 million per year by end of
Fiscal Year 23.
• Increase inquiries to our tourism website by 2% each year by year-end 2022.
• Grow requests for our official visitor guide by 1% in 2021 and in 2022
• Grow year-round occupancy back to pre-COVID levels by 1.5% per year by the end of 2022.
• Grow our Return on Investment (ROI) of visitor spending to advertising dollars invested from a current base of
$100 by an additional $10 each year through 2022.
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MARKET CONDITIONS
The current fiscal year of 2019-2020, which ended on September 30, has been a real rollercoaster ride for our Collier
tourism industry. Through the first five-and-a-half months of the fiscal year, we were on pace for another record year
for the number of visitors, spending by those visitors, jobs in the hospitality and tourism sector, ADR and Tourist Tax
Revenue. Then, in mid-March, the bottom fell out with the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Hotel occupancy tumbled to
below 10%. The number of COVID cases rose, as did the death toll. Travel restrictions, quarantines and fear gripped
travelers worldwide. Domestic air travel all but ceased, and international air travel did stop completely. Group meetings
canceled or postponed, leaving our resort hotels with empty meeting space and tremendous lost revenue.
Our Collier residents were told to adopt a “Safer at Home” lifestyle that continued for several months. In short, our
local tourism economy was at a standstill. Massive layoffs and furloughs were the result, and the travel industry was
and still is hit the hardest from the lack of visitors and our residents staying at home.
In May, we saw some travel restrictions ease, and Florida’s Governor allowed people to leave their homes for essential
local travel only. Beaches opened sporadically, with many restrictions on hours and what people could bring to the
beach. Restaurants eventually were allowed to open at 25% capacity and then to 50% capacity. The Fourth of July
holiday brought another surge of travelers, and so did the Labor Day weekend. We will end the fiscal year down in
average occupancy about 12% below 2019. Average rate will show marginal growth the balance of 2020 and end the
year about even with 2019. Jobs will only recover about 50% of the employment levels in 2019.
The CVB marketing efforts have kept people thinking about travel, and research results show evidence that people
will travel if they feel they will be safe. They are traveling by auto, not by air, and they are making last minute travel
plans. Our Paradise Pledge program has nearly 90 tourism businesses adopting the CDC and Florida Department of
Health protocols. Some of the lost jobs have come back, but the supply of available workers seems to be l imited at
this time.
As we get into the colder winter months, our traditional northern market visitors will begin to dream about travel to a
warm place, and Florida will be at the top of their list of destinations. The CVB will continue to market to these potential
travelers, and, barring another set back from the COVID virus, we should begin to see recovery in group meetings,
international travel and air travel, and we will see many of the lost jobs return by the second quarter of 2021.
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PARADISE COAST BRAND PILLARS
Beach Eco-
Adventure
Outdoors
Sports Wellness
Culinary Arts & Culture
Entertainment
Shopping Film
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RESEARCH AND DATA-DRIVEN INSIGHTS
DATA THAT DRIVES BUSINESS DECISIONS
The Arrivalist platform is a research tool that we implemented in 2017 to allow us to see the travel behavior of
consumers who have been exposed and unexposed to our advertising. We have been able to monitor those travel
patterns over the years to provide a historical window and up-to-the-day patterns. From the middle of March 2020,
we’ve been monitoring Arrivalist Daily Travel Index, which shows us travel patterns during the pandemic. This data
has provided us with sound insight as we have needed to adjust our marketing efforts. We will continue to use this
tool to determine our markets moving forward into the 20/21 fiscal year.
Actual origin markets overall during the pandemic.
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Historically, our research indicates that we have a strong market in the Northeast, particularly during the fall/winter
months. We have been marketing to them heavily during the winter for years, so they know our destination, and they
know it well. They are often repeat visitors. We anticipate visitation from these markets this year as well, although not
at the same volume as years past. But Arrivalist indicates that we should continue to target and market to this audience
as we have previously during this timeframe.
We have a growing market in the Midwest currently traveling mostly in the fall, winter and in the spring months. Within
the past two years, we have added new cities in the Midwest such as Minneapolis, Cleveland and Columbus, and we
have seen some nice growth from these markets. Like the Northeast markets, we anticipate lower volume but
continued travel during this fiscal year from the Midwest, but this will continue to be an important region for the
destination and our efforts should continue, although we may have to reduce the amount of markets we reach given
reduction in media budget.
It is important to note that the longer the distance traveled, the longer the visitors seem to be staying in our destination.
Midwest visitors, for example, stay about five days compared to a visitor from Miami/Fort Lauderdale, who stays on
average 2.5 days.
We have seen significant growth in travel within 250 miles during the pandemic, which is expected, and we anticipate
we will see this pattern continue into 2021.
After reviewing the data from Smith Travel Research (STR) and Arrivalist, we are seeing that our Florida drive market
is strong year-round. Historically, Florida travel decreases slightly in the winter, likely due to higher hotel rates (which
Floridians are aware of) and more congested highways, but this year could be different, as those willing to travel are
choosing destinations that are closer to home and more likely to be a drive market. Florida travel increases significantly
to our area during the summer months, with a typical stay between two and three days on the weekend.
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INDUSTRY RESEARCH AND ALLIANCE PARTNERS
We are aligned with many industry partners on a local, state, national and international level. We continue to work
collaboratively with them to garner and leverage resources, research and partnership opportunities.
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DESTINATION MARKETING GOALS
1. Mitigate the Decline of Tourism Economic Impact for the Destination
2. Create, Deliver and Sustain Tourism Value for Visitors, Partners and Residents
3. Evolve the Paradise Coast Brand Message to Sustain Confidence in Travel
4. Maintain Brand Continuity Across All Marketing Communications Channels
5. Further Align Marketing Attribution to Overall Tourism Impact
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DESTINATION MARKETING STRATEGIES AND TACTICS
Goal 1: Mitigate the Decline of Tourism Economic Impact for the Destination
STRATEGIES & TACTICS
• Develop seasonal integrated marketing communications (IMC) plans to be implemented to support sales efforts
for the destination.
» Implement a data-driven advertising media plan for leisure, group/meeting, sports, eco-adventure,
international, film, arts and culture, and various niche audience segments.
• Maximize earned media (PR, Social, Word of Mouth), leveraged (Partner)
• Maximize owned media (Web, Social, Email, Newsletter) channels to supplement and/or complement paid
marketing initiatives.
» Utilize research and data to influence all plan executions and ongoing modifications in the tourism
marketplace.
• Align sales, marketing and communications initiatives to ensure strategy, brand and message continuity.
» Review sales/business development plans (sports, group/meeting, trade, niche, etc.) to identify specific areas
for alignment, supplement, complement and cross promotion.
» Proactively communicate brand marketing plan execution components (source market focuses,
timing/seasonality, customer segments, brand voice and messaging, creative themes, channel intentions) with
domestic and international sales team members and sales channel partners.
» Engage and explore ways to influence advance (pre-visit) Paradise Coast messaging to sports, leisure groups,
and meetings attendees.
• Implement tools to track results and IMC plan attribution against tourism impact.
» Continue to utilize Data Depot as centralized hub to aggregate all IMC plan KPIs and PMs.
» Lean on media partners for all paid advertising metrics and measurements.
» Utilize advertising tag manager tools in all relevant platforms for specific digital campaign and customer
journey attribute.
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Goal 2: Create, Deliver and Sustain Tourism Value for Visitors, Partners and Residents
STRATEGIES & TACTICS
• Continue to refine research practices to more clearly define customer profile (demographic, psychographic,
behavioral, contextual) across all sales channels.
» Identify core leisure customer profile and personas.
» Identify core sports event organizer customer profile and persona.
» Identify core group/meeting customer profile and persona.
» Identify core niche customer profile and personas.
• Manage prospective, current and past visitors and sales leads contacts, and facilitate meaningful communications
in an ongoing way.
» Assess and maintain the health of all existing databases.
» Acquire new qualified visitor and sales leads contact information (input into CRM).
» Create and deploy direct nurturing communications with contacts via email, direct mail, newsletters, social
posts, etc.
• Effectively communicate the breadth and depth of Paradise Coast tourism offerings to all customer segments.
» Identify tourism offerings to strategically showcase in IMC plan initiatives.
» Ensure content refreshed often to maintain relevance.
» Intentionally align offerings with seasonality, message intention, consumer groups interest, market segments
relevance, stage in customer journey, etc.
• Incorporate relevant partner information in advertising, marketing and communications efforts (hotels, resorts,
beaches, attractions, venues, events, airports, facilities, restaurants, parks, etc.) as applicable and available.
» Routinely solicit partners for information and content (images, video) submissions for IMC plan inclusion.
» Maintain two-way open lines of communication among all partners.
• Proactively communicate the value of Paradise Coast tourism to partners and residents.
» Develop and deploy communications components containing tourism KPIs and PMs for stakeholder groups
(press releases, social posts, highlight video, emails, newsletters, monthly/quarterly/annual report, etc.)
» Solicit feedback from partners to better address ways to communicate tourism value to stakeholders.
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Goal 3: Evolve the Paradise Coast Brand Message to Sustain Confidence in Travel
STRATEGIES & TACTICS
• Enhance/shift brand messaging and themes as needed for use within seasonal advertising campaigns across all
customer group segments to ensure messaging is relevant.
» Maintain “Only Paradise will do” messaging into the fall/winter (determined by research and insights) to
communicate brand attributes and destination safety. Evolve messaging as needed throughout the year to
ensure it is consistent with travel sentiment.
» Extend final campaign selection throughout IMC plans across all channels and mediums
• Continuously acquire, refresh and curate destination content.
» Curate, compile and complete creative components for IMC plan needs.
» Identify priority content needs for new IMC plan executions (sports complex, golf, niche, etc.)
• Identify and incorporate travel trends and visitor insights to influence relevant campaign extensions.
» Explore the addition of sports events and sports complex tourism components into campaigns such as venue
technical specifications, area amenities, event information, leisure activities, restaurants,
» When appropriate, explore wellness tourism components into campaigns such as Blue Zones, healthy eating,
activities, fitness, spa, yoga, meditation, etc.
» Enhance eco/outdoor/adventure tourism components into campaigns such as the Everglades, national and
state parks, fishing, boating, kayaking, paddle-boarding, hiking, biking and other outdoor activities.
» Weave culinary components into campaigns such as exclusive/cornerstone offerings (custom beverages,
chefs, mixologists, bartenders, stone crab and other food), fish to fork/cook your catch, etc.
» Integrate arts, culture and entertainment tourism components into campaigns such as visual arts, performing
arts, events, festivals, attractions, museums, etc.
» Enhance integration of relevant audience components into campaigns such as LGBTQ couples, solo travelers,
couples, families, multi-generational travelers, active boomers, girls’ trips, guys’ trips, golfers, destination
wedding groups, affinity groups, International visitors, etc.
• Harness key data sources to craft custom messaging for consumer segments, channels and markets.
» Create and deploy A/B testing for campaigns to garner specific consumer insights.
» Review consumer behaviors and reactions to creative and messaging across earned, paid, owned, leveraged
media.
» Assess digital and social customer journey trends (VCR, CTR, digital source sites, social engagements) to
further establish strategic creative and message executions.
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Goal 4: Maintain Brand Continuity Across All Marketing Communications Channels
STRATEGIES & TACTICS
• Identify brand campaign asset distribution opportunities for all internal and external stakeholders.
» Enhance internal and external stakeholder lists requiring brand assets (such as Website, Advertising Media,
Public Relations, Social Media, Sales, Sports, Events, Film, Community Partners, Visitor Centers, Collateral,
etc.)
» Identify and satisfy specific stakeholder campaign asset needs associated by IMC plan component
(advertisement, video, image, collateral, etc.)
» Develop turn-key brand campaign asset distribution strategy (Digital Asset Management system portal,
marketing tool kits, etc.)
• Ensure brand asset usage across non-advertising campaign customer journey channels.
» Deploy brand assets and aligned messaging throughout Paradise Coast websites, including header images,
primary videos, User Generated Content (UGC), messaging, key words, etc.
» Deploy brand assets and aligned messaging throughout Paradise Coast social media pages including header
images, primary videos, messaging, key words, etc.
• Design opportunities to engage internal and external stakeholders.
» Assemble and facilitate annual community workshop(s).
» Schedule marketing partner workshop(s) and marketing summit(s).
• Consider additional opportunities to engage stakeholders with shared content with Public Relations, Sales and
International Representatives.
» Develop and facilitate social media (organic) workshops for partners.
» Develop and facilitate sales techniques workshops for partners.
» Develop and facilitate public relations workshops for partners.
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Goal 5: Further Align Marketing Attribution to Overall Tourism Impact
STRATEGIES & TACTICS
• Utilize research, data and technology to indicate marketing attribution towards Return on Investment (ROI) and
Return on Business Objectives (ROBO).
» Secure Key Performance Indicator (KPI) data through various County resources, technology and data
platforms, and research partners.
» Quantify and analyze data to measure results and report overall ROI and ROBO.
• Utilize research, data and technology to indicate marketing attribution towards Return on Ad Spend (ROAS).
» Secure Performance Metrics (PM) data through marketing technology partners.
» Quantify and analyze data platforms to measure results and report ROAS.
• Utilize marketing technology platforms to analyze and compare advertising campaign performance and overall
website/digital performance.
» Secure campaign and website data through marketing technology partners.
» Quantify and analyze data to measure results and report campaign attribution contribution to overall
website/digital performance.
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DESTINATION MARKETING RESULTS MEASUREMENT
Our marketing communications efforts will be tracked and measured in an ongoing basis throughout the year as
follows:
• Tourism Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Integrated Marketing Communications Performance Metrics (PMs)
KPI'S FISCAL 2018 FISCAL 2019 AUGUST YTD
Increase Direct Visitor Expenditure $1,418,940,300 $1,519,393,900 $1,114,321,100
Increase Overall Economic Impact $2,115,640,100 $2,265,416,300 $1,661,452,700
Increase Annual Hotel Occupancy 77.1% 74.3% 55.5%
Increase Average Daily Room Rate $230.32 $235.80 $234.83
Increase Average Length of Stay 4.3 days 4.2 days 4.1 days
Increase Industry Supported Jobs 38,700 40,200 36,200
Increase Qualified Social Channel Followers 60,686 67,619 73,149
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TARGET AUDIENCES
CUSTOMER SEGMENTS
• Leisure
» Domestic
» International
» Sports Event Attendees
» Niche (LGBTQ, Ecotourism, Culinary, Arts/Culture, Leisure Golf)
• Groups
» Sports Event Planners
» Meetings/Groups
» Bridal/Weddings
• Travel Trade
» Travel Agents
» International Tour Operators
» Airline Initiatives
LEISURE TRAVELER PROFILE
In response to the current challenges facing travel and tourism due to COVID-19 and the resulting economic situation,
we developed a strategy during the summer (2020) height of the pandemic to segment travel audiences based on
their level of readiness to travel again, and to reach them in their respective mindsets. Those audiences were defined
as Resilient Travelers (those who were seemingly ready to travel and actively planning) and Reluctant Travelers (who
were more hesitant and needed more inspiration and reassurance to consider traveling again).
The reality is that not much has changed since that strategy was developed. The key difference is that, by now, most
people have established their philosophies as it relates to social distancing, hygiene, mask-wearing, how they plan to
keep themselves and their families safe, and their personal comfort level with travel. Although there is much
uncertainty about how long this period will last, we do anticipate that it will extend well into 2021.
For many, the past few months have included parents working from home, children learning from home and everyone
adapting to their new normal way of life. With previous travel plans postponed/cancelled and many extracurricular
activities paused, the interest and dreaming of getting away from their daily routine is stronger now than it was just a
few months ago. We believe that the Resilient Traveler has evolved into the Eager Traveler.
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The Reluctant Traveler is still an important segment, and we know that many are still very hesitant and anxious about
how to proceed about their daily lives. They will continue to need reassurance about the safety protocols being
practiced in the destination, to learn more about the experiences they can expect, and see images of the wide- open
spaces available here.
Moving into 2021, we are identifying a new traveler segment. Prior to the pandemic, there were approximately 4.8
million Americans who identified themselves as “digital nomads” who work remotely. Since March, we have seen the
majority of US companies move their workforces to working from home, and for most, that has no indication of
changing in the near future. Parents with school-aged children are finding their way into new routines of
homeschooling and working full-time. There is a heightened interest and ability to have a change of scenery while
keeping their daily responsibilities in place. With this in mind, we introduce the Work and Learn Traveler to our
marketing plan.
All three of our targets have intrinsic similarities: they are primarily female and the decision maker and primary travel
planner in the home/family. They are educated and affluent and understand the importance of self-care and wellness.
They enjoy (and miss!) travel with their friends and loved ones.
EAGER TRAVELER
• Adults 25-49, which includes Millennials and Generation X
• $150K+ Household Income (HHI)
RELUCTANT TRAVELER
• Adults 35-64, which includes Generation X and Boomers
• $175K+ HHI
WORK AND LEARN TRAVELERS
• Adults 25-54, Professionals with families who can work remotely and are homeschooling or virtually teaching their
kids
• $150K+ HHI, with children under the age of 12
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PARADISE COAST CUSTOMER PERSONAS
Within these segments (listed above), we feel our previously developed target personas will also provide opportunities
for a deeper level of targeting, inspiration and connection.
• Travel Enthusiasts: Love to travel, do so often, and are always looking for their next new and unique experience.
• Experiential Travelers: Seek out the authentic experiences in a destination, strive to connect with the local people
and culture.
• Luxury Travelers: Unique from the overall affluent traveler, the luxury traveler seeks exclusive experiences that
can’t be easily attained by the general consumer. They have high standards in service and quality and enjoy
treating themselves.
• Millennial Influencer: Always looking for their next great trip and are seen as experts on travel to their friends
and family. From authentic cuisine to craft beer, they want to immerse themselves in the local culture of the
destination and share socially throughout the trip.
• Nature Explorers: Look for locations that offer numerous outdoor activities and are interested in sustainability
and building environmental and cultural respect for the destinations they visit.
• Golf Enthusiasts: Travel specifically to play many different golf courses in the destination, often with a small
group of like-minded friends.
• Wellness Gurus: Seek out destinations that promote healthy lifestyles, wellness and fitness, and find allure in
pampering themselves along the way.
• LGBTQ Travelers: While diverse in experiences they seek, from luxury to eco-tourism, they look for inclusive
destinations where they are welcomed.
• Romance: From millennial couples to empty nesters, they seek romantic getaways for relaxation and
reconnecting.
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LEISURE TARGET GEOGRAPHIC MARKET
In Fiscal Year 2019, we adopted the strategy of segmenting geographic target markets (DMAs) into three core tiers
that reflect their familiarity with and affinity to Naples, Marco Island and the Everglades. As we have closely watched
our success in travel intent and visitation from the markets we have targeted, we have gained a clear understanding
of where our destination marketing can make the most impact. During the pandemic, we have watched Arrivalist
research data to see where recovery has started to come from, studied the changing consumer sentiment, and made
solid market recommendations based on those trends.
The geographic markets we target in 2021 will be based on seasonal visitation as well as traveler sentiment given the
COVID-19 pandemic. As we plan for the Winter season, we anticipate adding proven out-of-state markets if we’re
able to see that consumers feel comfortable about flying or prefer to continue to travel by auto. Spring/Summer will
be determined using the same research resources to evaluate the situation as we approach that seasonal planning
time.
These markets are outlined below from current research as viable source markets.
• Fall
» Atlanta, Savannah, Chicago, Cleveland, New York Metro*
» Florida Markets: Tampa Bay, Orlando, Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, Tallahassee, Gainesville
• Winter
» Atlanta, Savannah, Chicago, Cleveland, New York Metro*, Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit
» Florida Markets: Tampa Bay, Orlando, Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, Tallahassee, Gainesville
• Spring/Summer
» Atlanta, Savannah
» Florida Markets: Tampa Bay, Orlando, Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, Tallahassee, Gainesville
*New York Metro - Inclusion in Fall would be determined based on quarantine restrictions upon returning to NY state.
Miami/Fort Lauderdale will be determined based on COVID cases in those areas.
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GROUPS/MEETINGS SEGMENT PROFILE
Meetings are ever evolving in this time, and no one has a crystal ball as to how they will ultimately rebound. We
believe it is key to concentrate messaging and media on what’s most important and provide Meeting Planners with
valuable information about the destination that will help them convince their clients to get back to business when they
are receptive to research, plan and book group meetings.
It is clear the landscape of group business is going to change, likely in a dramatic fashion in this current and post-
COVID-19 world, and the way in which planners work and make decisions will change with that. We will need, more
than ever before, to be stewards of our destination and work in a transparent and exceptional way. Planners will be
more focused than ever on the experience of their attendees. They will want to know about the atmosphere, culture
and nature of the destination, but now they will also want specific information and reassurance about the individual
safety of their attendees. They will want details about the cleanliness standards for the venues and for the destination
as a whole.
With that in mind, planners will expect a higher-than-ever level of professionalism and customer service as well as
thought leadership from the DMO sales staff. Planners want to get back into the market, and they want unique and
innovative opportunities for venues and meetings and meaningful experiences for their attendees.
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MEDIA STRATEGY
LEISURE
The strategy to connect with each of our targeted travelers is empirical in how best to reach them in their current
mindset and personal journey in planning for future travel.
To continue to reach our two traveler segments, we will continue to employ our successful overarching strategies, but
will evolve them slightly:
EAGER TRAVELER (AKA RESILIENT TRAVELER):
• Digital media focused on travel-intenders to both prospect and retarget, including OTAs
• Competitive market research will continue to be important, reaching consumers as they are considering our
competitors
• Leverage opportunities to use credit card data for targeting and reporting on economic impact
• Target those utilizing shorter term booking windows
RELUCTANT TRAVELER:
• Informational- and inspirational-based media to educate and stimulate interest in travel to Florida’s Paradise Coast
• Heavy use of video and digital media that allows for multiple images and longer -form content to educate safety
and showcase the beauty and myriad of experiences waiting for them in the destination
• We will also include various traditional media channels as well as digital opportunities
The overall strategy will continue the shift we began in FY20 to employ more video and images and incorporate long-
form content when possible. We are inviting travelers to join us on the Paradise Coast, whether they are vacationing
or working remotely, so we must show them beautiful videos and images to inspire them to visit.
Additionally, our analytics show us that visitors to our website who arrived there via paid social media ads on Facebook
and Instagram, or through a Google search, were more engaged with the website. Those visitors have a lower bounce
rate, spend more time on the site, and visit more pages to learn more about the destination. It’s important to note that
the organic Google searches and the Cost Per Click (CPC) paid searches have a very low bounce rate, and those
are most often driven by upper funnel traditional media such as television, radio, print and outdoor, reaching our
targets in the dreaming stages.
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With that in mind, our digital strategy in FY21 will continue our always-on paid search and paid social efforts, but
always incorporating the inspirational media that will motivate people to find Paradise Coast organically when they
are ready to spend time on the site exploring.
In today’s climate with heightened interest in wide-open spaces and outdoor experiences, we will increase our focus
on media reaching those interested in eco-tourism and leisure golf. The destination has so much to offer in these
activities, and we will target those looking for these types of experiences.
We are also continuing the momentum we began in FY20 marketing to the LGBTQ market, as we believe they will be
an important segment in recovery for leisure travel. We know from CMI research that 68% of LGBTQ travelers plan
to take at least one vacation during the remainder of 2020, and they spend significantly more on travel than other
segments.
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MEDIA CAMPAIGNS AND TACTICS
• Three main marketing campaigns to extend visibility in our markets throughout the year
» Fall, Winter, Spring/Summer
• Additional local-focus campaign as well as evergreen advertising
EVERGREEN / ALWAYS-ON
October 2020 through September 2021
• Paid Social Media including Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest
• Paid Search (Pay Per Click) to be present when consumers are looking for information on our destination
SHOP AND DINE LOCAL CAMPAIGN
Mid-September through mid-December 2020
• Targeted to local residents of Collier County and surrounding area (Naples-Fort Myers)
• Promote community pride to support local restaurants and shopping through the fall and holiday season
• Local television
• Radio endorsement campaign with local personality
• Local newspaper in entertainment and shopping content
• Billboards in key areas
• Digital advertising targeted to Fort Myers/Naples DMA with shop local messaging
• Economic impact reporting at end of campaign
FALL OUT-OF-MARKET CAMPAIGN
October through December 2020
• Targeted to specific markets with highest propensity to return to travel to Paradise Coast: Atlanta, Chicago,
Cleveland, Savannah, Tampa Bay, West Palm Beach, Jacksonville, Orlando, Tallahassee, and Gainesville. We
will include the New York Metro area if quarantine restrictions when returning to NY state lift
• Digital advertising across all platforms, leveraging media partners who can reach our target consumers when they
are in-market for travel
• Strong presence on key Online Travel Agents (OTAs) to reach Eager Travelers with shorter booking windows
• Employ a conquest targeting approach to serve Paradise Coast ads to our consumer when they are considering
a competitive destination
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• Targeting focused on our new “Work and Learn” segment for those with professional occupations and kids under
the age of 12
• Paid Social Campaign on Facebook and Instagram with awareness and engagement goals
• Inspirational media with streaming on HULU and local television in key markets
• Fall campaign will allow for comprehensive end-of-campaign economic impact reporting showing visitor spending
in our community from those exposed to our advertising
WINTER CAMPAIGN
January through March 2021
• Target Markets will likely continue momentum of Fall campaign but could adjust to possibly add more out of state
markets, based on then current research on fly-market travel
• Digital tactics will include a similar approach as above, but will possibly include more native content and video to
allow for more engagement with the destination and a focus on both short and longer-term booking windows
• Content marketing that provides compelling information and storytelling with premium partners with loyal followers
• Email marketing targeted to key interests in eco/outdoors, culinary, and the Work and Learn activities
• Streaming video and audio platforms to engage and inspire
• Print media to drive awareness of destination with focus on culinary, outdoors, and travel
SPRING-SUMMER CAMPAIGN
May through August 2021
» Target Markets and Tactics to be developed as market conditions change through the Winter and early Spring
of 2021
» Media Usage, Consumer Sentiment and Trends will be analyzed, and recommendations will be made that
are relevant to our target market’s mindsets on travel
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GROUP/MEETING AND SPORTS PLANNERS
The days of heavy print and meetings website advertising doing the job for the meetings initiatives are gone. With in-
person trade shows and sales events on hold for now, we must be nimble and forward thinking in our strategies. Our
strategy must be centered around creating that direct connection with the meetings and sports planners. With that in
mind, the media strategy to reach meetings and sports planners will focus on these key pillars:
• Thought Leadership Opportunities
• Strong Paid Social Media
• Email Marketing
The tactics for each must leverage the media companies, trade associations and organizations that have the audience
and memberships that align best with the ideal sale target for meetings on the Paradise Coast.
The three pillars of the meetings and sports media strategy will drive placements to include:
• Thought Leadership and Content Opportunities
» Webinar Sponsorships, especially those with presentations by the DMO
» Sponsorship of White Papers with lead generation
» Presence at key virtual events that have lead generation opportunities
» With print in key publications, embrace advertorial opportunities to provide content to compel consideration
• Paid Social Media
» Heavy presence on LinkedIn with promoted posts, links to thought leadership of DMO staff, and celebration
of recent/past exciting meetings in destination. Targeting of job titles, target companies and job skills
» Facebook and Instagram – many meeting planners, millennials and younger Gen X are heavy users of
Facebook and Instagram. These platforms are a way to reach them when they are “off duty” and inspire them
with compelling visuals of the destination and success stories of fun meetings.
• Email Marketing
» Eblasts to highly targeted paid lists of meeting and sports planners and event owners with regular monthly
cadence and relevant, yet fun and entertaining content
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CREATIVE STRATEGY
As we prepare for Fiscal Year 2021, our creative strategy can be best summed up in this manner:
Be ready to adapt.
Right now, with the world still dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic, traveler sentiments are in a constant state of
flux.
With the initial virus outbreak in the US in Spring 2020 and the accompanying directives to quarantine, stay in place
and social distance, the large majority of leisure and business travelers put their plans on hold.
But as consumers adjusted to “the new normal” in the weeks and months that followed, sentiments about traveling
began to change again. At this time, it became clear that we could separate travelers into two distinct categories:
Resilient Travelers and Reluctant Travelers.
Resilient Travelers were more amenable to traveling again sooner, so long as they took the necessary precautions
and visited destinations that weren’t considered COVID-19 “hot spots.”
Reluctant Travelers required some more convincing. They needed to know that the destinations they intended to visit
had their safety in mind at all times, and they wanted to see some proof of that commitment. They also wanted to be
sure the destination offered wide-open spaces where they could avoid crowds.
Fortunately, Florida’s Paradise Coast delivers everything both of these audiences are looking for. This enabled us to
quickly adapt our messaging to reflect that. Images showed our large, uncrowded beaches and natural environments,
and promotional copy made it clear that our wide-open spaces were here to be explored and enjoyed safely.
As we communicated these important attributes, our messaging never veered from our core brand promise: Florida’s
Paradise Coast is a unique, luxurious destination that elevates every single moment of every single day you spend
here. In fact, it was those very qualities that made Naples, Marco Island and the Everglades the perfect place to visit
when you WERE ready to travel again.
But how would we convey this message convincingly and authentically? Simple. We adapted. We quickly pivoted in
mid-March 2020 from our “Vacation Well” messaging to something a bit more in-tune with the mindset of travelers:
Quarantining. Social distancing. Living in place. These are things that few of us have ever heard of, much less
experienced. But we’ve done what we had to do, and thankfully, a new day is dawning on our lives. So when we feel
confident enough to travel outside of our communities again, not just any getaway will do. It has to be special.
Memorable. Maybe even epic. Because the truth is, after months of worry, stress and uncertainty,
Only Paradise Will Do.
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The creative theme of “Only Paradise Will Do” is perfect for answering the varied requirements of today’s Resilient
and Reluctant Travelers. It is a framework that allows us to address their concerns – not to mention their current frame
of mind -- while still positioning Florida’s Paradise Coast as the only vacation destination good enough for them.
Here are some examples of how we are currently utilizing this theme in creative executions to different audiences and
different interest segments:
DINING:
When it’s time to stop cooking for yourself…
Only Paradise will do.
COUPLES:
When it’s time to pamper yourself again…
Only Paradise will do.
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LGBTQ:
When it’s time for a date night out…
Only Paradise will do.
FAMILIES ON BEACH:
If this is your idea of social distancing…
Only Paradise will do
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MILLENNIALS:
When it’s time to get away again…
Only Paradise will do.
ECO-ADVENTURES:
When it’s time to explore beyond your backyard…
Only Paradise will do.
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ARTS & CULTURE:
When it’s time to experience arts and culture…
Only Paradise will do.
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SPORTS:
When it’s time to play again…Only Paradise will do.
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MEETINGS:
When meetings need safe, open spaces…Only Paradise will do.
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The true beauty of the “Only Paradise Will Do” theme lies in its adaptability; its flexibility. As the global pandemic
situation continues to change in the months to come, we will be able to quickly adapt our messaging to reflect the
relevant mindset. Even better, we will be able to do so in a way that is seamless to our audiences.
Once the virus has subsided sufficiently – or a vaccine has been introduced – we can expect a lot of travelers to want
to make up for lost time. The “Only Paradise Will Do” theme delivers on everything they’ll be looking for – and we are
prepared to quickly shift the messaging to reflect the many things Florida’s Paradise Coast has to offer:
When you want an attainable luxury vacation experience…Only Paradise will do.
When you want an expansive, tranquil beach destination superior to anything else in Florida…Only Paradise will do.
When you want to visit America’s Happiest, Healthiest Place – a place with a wide variety of offerings that address
and enhance one’s personal, physical, emotional, psychological, mental and spiritual well -being…Only Paradise will
do.
When you want to visit a destination that proudly encourages and embraces diversity…Only Paradise will do.
When you want to explore and experience the natural beauty of the Everglades…Only Paradise will do.
When you want to take advantage of endless natural open-air settings like parks, trails, lakes, rivers, streams,
waterways and outdoor recreational areas…Only Paradise will do.
When you want to plan sporting events that deliver a superior experience for the athlete and the fans who come to
watch them compete…Only Paradise will do.
When you want to stage a meeting in a destination where your attendees will want to visit…Only Paradise will do.
When you want to experience an ever-expanding arts and cultural destination…Only Paradise will do.
When you want to dine in a place that celebrates the creativity of talented chefs who know how to make the most of
fresh-from-the-farm (or Gulf!) ingredients…Only Paradise will do.
Obviously, no one can predict what is going to happen with this pandemic in the months to come – or how it will affect
the mindset of leisure travelers, meetings and sports planners, or even those lucky enough to call Florida’s Paradise
Coast home.
However, there is one thing we can predict:
By allowing ourselves to be flexible with our messages – and then amplifying those messages with a creative theme
that remains true to the core attributes of our brand – we will be able to seamlessly promote Florida’s Paradise Coast
in an effective, persuasive and successful manner.
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MEASUREMENT, METRICS AND REPORTING
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
The “bottom line” KPIs used to measure the overall success of our marketing efforts are:
• Visitation
• Tourist Development Tax, aka Bed Tax Collections - Total amount received from a 5% tax on transient rentals.
• Hospitality and Tourism Jobs
• Occupancy - Rooms sold divided by rooms available multiplied by 100. Occupancy is always expressed as a
percentage of rooms occupied.
• Average Daily Rate (ADR) - Room revenue divided by rooms sold, displayed as the average rental rate for a
single room.
• Length of Stay
• Revenue Per Available Room (RevPAR) - Room revenue divided by rooms available as used by our Hospitality
partners and their benchmark measurement.
• Revenue - Total room revenue generated from the sale or rental of rooms.
• Visitor Spending - both Direct and Induced, combined to indicate Economic Impact.
PERFORMANCE METRICS
The “bottom line” KPIs used to measure the overall success of our marketing efforts are:
On an ongoing basis, we will review data from Arrivalist after our campaigns run to determine if a longer length of stay
occurred. In addition, we will see if a lift occurs in Midwest arrivals in the summer months and an increase in visitation
from the emerging markets. We will also use Conversant as a digital media platform with actual visitor spending
metrics built into the message delivery.
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ANALYTICS AND REPORTING
To measure marketing activities in a most effective manner, we deployed a custom, real time Dashboard Analytics
System (DASH) to encapsulate all results and attributions. With real-time access across all marketing channels, we
will be able to view holistic marketing efforts including paid media performance, social media metrics, website
performance and STR data, as well as tax collections.
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MARKETING DISCIPLINE PLANS
GROUP SALES PLAN
GOALS Create New Group
Meeting Demand
• Continue to focus on
growing markets
• Include
wellness/medical,
incentives,
technology
Develop New Promotion
Tools
• Show your Badge
program keep
• Monthly Virtual
Events
• Continue new video
reach
• Tuesdays with the
Team live online
Chat
Learn the RFPE system
and how to track it
Grow Partner
Engagement
• Hotels to participate
in CVB programs
• Leverage industry
memberships
Personalize service
• With all marketing
and sales efforts use
personalization
tactics to improve
service
• Create personal
business cards,
virtual events
OBJECTIVES Keeping wellness events
going on website
To create reasons and
reach to planners to be
engaged and informed
Track and focus on
RFPE, stay in budget and
track on IDSS
Hotel and destination
partners to gain
opportunities by keeping
the meetings and
incentive market informed
of the current status of the
destination
Reach out to new
planners through HB and
CD programs and Cvent
and sources.
Increase RFP's to 40 per
month, booked business
by 6 per month and room
nights by 2% from 2020
To keep planners
informed of the program
and salespeople informed
to sell it as incentive.
Average 3 RFPE requests
a month with 2 booked
per month
Include planners in a
marketing survey for
strategic retreat invite
group sales to attend
Average 20 new planners
per month to contact
1 targeted
webinar/presentation per
month
Consider adding a Team
committee of CVB and
partners to do virtual
show planning and tie in
PR, Social, Virtual,
YouTube and group etc.
Track all RFPE in IDSS,
track expenses
Have 50% of available
shows with
Expect to have a potential
reach avg. 600 invitations
and 50 attendees per
monthly session
Track booked and paid
and task reminder
Surveys every other
month partner/planner
STRATEGIES Resume individual
presentations and
webinars for specific
target accounts (i.e.
Maritz, Prestige,
Experient, HelmsBriscoe,
Incentive Houses and
corporate planners
Continue using videos,
newsletters and show
your badge
Better use of IDSS Participate in virtual or in
person, experiences for
different chapters of MPI,
FICP, SITE that offer a
target planner audience
and features for the CVB
Work with FSAE, get
involved in committees
use memberships and
CVB incentives
Include tradeshows that
focus on these markets -
Florida planners, incentive
Add virtual and Tuesday
chats monthly
Better tracking to
reconcile
Review RFPE policy
changes to limit to two
years out from budget
year and limit individual
hotel funds to $49k each
max per year.
Create new ways
(spreadsheet) or other
Partners to participate in
virtual site visits and
FAMs for meeting
planners organized by
CVB group sales
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Group Sales Plan Continued
TACTICS Develop LinkedIn posts to
engage new planners
Use new meetings photos
and videos and postcards
in marketing materials.
Encourage group hotels
to share their meeting
photos and video footage
to enhance our
destination message
Better Tracking and
internal controls reporting
Increase partner
participation in trade
shows
Direct mail campaign (i.e.
using Clyde Butcher
postcards)
Use Virtual monthly
events to stay in touch
Purchase locally sourced
promo items: soap,
popcorn, dolphins,
gratitude stones, wellness
journals.
Partners to offer virtual
experiences to feature in
monthly webinars and
virtual events organized
by group sales
Try to bring planners to
the area through
sponsorships, Fams and
sites
Solicit and ask, share
tradeshow list quarterly
Develop contacts with
new planner groups (i.e.
Martz, Experient, etc) Offer MPI, SITE, FICP
virtual and in person
sponsorships to gain
priority features and time
to present during their
meetings and shows
Continue webinars and
Sales presentation to
specific consortia
STRATEGIC RESULTS
Growth in number of
meetings and room
nights.
Learn valuable new virtual
skills
Stay on Budget with the
plan for RFPE and
incentive planners to book
the destination
More partner engagement
in what CVB group sales
is doing and more
participation in trade
shows and sales plan
More RFP's & booked
group business through
this personal engagement
Growth in planner reach
and engagement
Show your badge creates
planner and attendee
incentives & increase
restaurant business in
slower months
Virtual opportunities will
result in new group
busines demand and
RFPs and group bookings
Increase reach and
market presence from
memberships
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LEISURE AND TRAVEL INDUSTRY SALES PLAN
GOALS
Increase brand awareness and
grow database from Latin American
Markets
Focus on B2B domestic market to
increase visitation
Continue participating in the West
Coast of FL Coalition initiative to
increase Latam visitation
Continue to increase Canadian
visitation
OBJECTIVES
Train at least 1,000 travel agents in
Latin America
Further educate 1000 domestic
travel advisors
5 West Coast of FL Coalition
Missions/Virtual Trainings
Train 300 travel agents in Canada
STRATEGIES
Educate agents and TO in Latin
America re: location and key selling
features of
Naples/Marco/Everglades
Educate the Luxury travel advisors
on the top reasons to book the
Paradise Coast. Followed by all
travel advisors as we proceed into
Phases 3 and 4.
Work together with West Coast of
FL CVB's to leverage shared
contacts and budgets to continue
promoting the region.
Educate the Canadian advisors on
the reasons why to choose
Naples/Marco/Everglades over
other FL destinations
TACTICS
Renew Virtuoso Latam Participate in luxury and regular
trade shows and virtual events
Virtual or in person trainings in
Argentina, Chile, Colombia and
Mexico
Email campaign in the Fall and
Spring through IDSS.
Participate in Latam
tradeshows/webinars/virtual events
Offer virtual FAMs followed by
regular FAMs in Phases 3 and 4.
Continue to promote the SWFL
itinerary in through Tampa out of
Miami or vice versa.
virtual shows / tradeshows /
Missions in cooperation with Visit
FL
Host La Cita September 2021 East coast sales mission in Spring
to target summer business
Participate in trade shows once it's
safe to do so.
Coordinate and assist the new
representation firms in Argentina,
Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico.
Create a top reasons to visit the
destination and send out to travel
agent database
Host trainings pre or post
tradeshows.
Create a top 5 reasons to visit the
destination and send out to
database
IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE
Q1 - train 200 advisors Q1 - 200 advisors Q1 - 1 Mission Q1 - 100 Advisors
Q2 - train 300 advisors Q2 - 200 advisors Q2- 2 Missions Q2 - 100 Advisors
Q3 train 200 advisors Q3 - 200 advisors Q3 - 1 Mission Q3 - 100 Advisors
Q4 - train 200 advisors Q4 - 200 advisors Q4 - 1 Mission
STRATEGIC RESULTS
1,000 agents trained 1,000 advisors trained 200 advisors trained 300 advisors trained
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SPECIALTY MARKETS SALES PLAN
GOALS
Continue to grow database contacts for LGBT
and Weddings/Honeymoons
Continue to increase destination exposure Continue partner engagement
OBJECTIVES
Increase contacts 10% Find content for webpage and social media Continue encouraging partners to attend
tradeshows with CVB. I per event min.
STRATEGIES
Join associations, Coordinate Fam/Sites or
Sales Missions, Attend tradeshows or virtual
events, host training webinars
Add new events, new venues, deals and
promotions
Partner Encourage partners to take advantage
of CVB programs on webpage such as deals,
events and promos.
40 per quarter 8 per each
TACTICS
Attend both live and virtual tradeshows and
events geared toward target markets such as
drive markets.
Keep website content updated by searching
internet, emailing partners and sharing info in
our newsletter
Keep partner info up to date in IDSS for all
markets
Host virtual events and webinars for planners
and TA's & TO's
Continue Social Media presence & assist with
searching for content and pics
C Monthly eblasts to partners for deals and
promos
Have agency do segments in the leisure
newsletter, eg. pre pride plans, LGBTQ
Wellness, adventure in the everglades for LGBT.
Destination weddings, possibly in the meeting
newsletter.
STRATEGIC RESULTS
Add 600 new contacts TA's TO's and Planners
find 150 per quarter
Host 1 Fams per market More partner participation with LGBTQ and
Weddings Markets
Increase RFP's to 20 try to get 5 per quarter Host 1 Sales Mission per market More promotions available to travelers
Host 2 webinars and 2 virtual events
Train 50 Travel Agents
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PR & COMMUNICATIONS PLAN
GOALS
Grow story placements
out-of-market
Grow story placement
in-market
Increase Customer
Digital Engagement
Increase Partner
Engagement
Maintain Brand Accuracy
OBJECTIVES
Obtain 150 story placements
annually in out-of-market
national, international, regional
magazines, newspapers, online
and broadcast outlets
Obtain 30 story placements
in local newspapers,
magazines, online and
broadcast outlets
Increase social media link
clicks to 165k by the end of
2021
Issue one tourism
industry e-newsletter
per month, at least two
public relations/social
media workshops per
FY, maintain or
increase individual
partner contact,
assistance
Provide editorial
direction and oversight of
the annual visitors’
guide, consumer e-
newsletters, industry e-
newsletter and crisis
communications
Host 12 regional/national writers
in the destination
At least 30 placements in
local news outlets
Increase social media
engagements to 500,000 by
the end of 2021
Reach 35% open rate
on Paradise CoastLines
Newsletter
Successfully review
content for VG and
submit new info, listings
Increase impressions in out of
market outlets by 10 percent.
Host six Florida-based
social media influencers to
impact drive market travel
Increase Social Media
Impressions to at least 33m
for 2021
PR team secures 15
different site visits to
varying partners over
the year.
Establish enhanced
emergency contact list of
hotel partners
STRATEGIES
Increase year-round visibility Promote benefits of tourism
to community
Extend reach and
engagement with new
customers
Enhance
Communications
Channel engagement
Maintain role as keepers
of the Paradise Coast
Brand
TACTICS
Outreach to feeder markets as
airlines introduce new service
into RSW, expand number of
nonstop flights seasonally.
Maintain and grow new
contributor relationship with
local newspapers and
magazines
Increase usage user
generated content and
engage in more
conversations
Deliver industry e-
newsletter monthly.
Staff to add description
and amenities to ensure
quality in website and
Visitor Guide
Use digital-style content for
media pitching.
Respond to and work
proactively with local media
Create new digital-friendly
content in house.
Schedule PR team site
visits to stay up to date
on latest offerings at
hotels, attractions,
retail, restaurants.
Streamline newsletter
content for readability,
reduce bounce
Write and issue news releases,
fact sheets, background
releases.
Coordinate press and
partner events for State of
Collier Tourism during
National Travel & Tourism
Week and for Tourism
Awards.
Plan, produce videos, social
media to introduce partners
as the faces of travel, local
personalities
Share destination media
coverage with partners
featured.
Implement new
Emergency Web
Accommodations
Module
Host group media visits with up
to six writers; secure partners to
donate experiences
complimentary
Issue targeted news
releases about visitor
statistics as warranted to
highlight newsworthy
information about results.
Set up local photographers
as vendors to obtain new,
authentic photo conten
Work with EOC and
CVB team to streamline
and improve hotel and
industry
communications
Should a crisis take
place, follow-up with
national media that
covered the situation
regularly providing
updates: 6 months later,
one year later
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PR & Communications Plan Continued
Meet with media face to face in
their offices in 2021 for editorial
desk sides
Maintain regular addition of
events, business listings
and editorial updates to
ParadiseCoast.com.
Be authentic, highlight
destination how-to's;
best bets, secrets
Schedule virtual editorial
meetings for the duration of
2020.
Evaluate trending topics and
pitch newsworthy stories that
relate.
Support efforts of individual hotel
partners; enrich itinerary with
destination experiences
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DIGITAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING PLAN
GOALS
Grow social media
engagement with present
and future visitors
Construct Spanish website Continue to grow our
capability to encourage
and capture new user
generated content for our
website including photos,
videos and blog posts
Increase traffic to our
consumer website and
improve analytics for time
on site, bounce rate and
traffic to Book Direct
Increase usage millennial
targeted content
OBJECTIVES
Increase social media link
clicks to 165k by the end of
2021
Increase social media
engagements to 500,000
by the end of 2021
Increase Social Media
Impressions to at least
33m for 2021
Create compelling new
website content with clear
calls to action and utilize
social media to drive traffic
to those new articles
Minimum of 12 Facebook
live sessions by the end of
2021
STRATEGIES
Engage more of our
partners in social media
and digital implementations
Create more compelling
content for the website
Increase usage of user
generated content and
engage in more
conversations
Increase frequency of
boosted posts
Increase frequency of
live/streaming content
TACTICS
Host more influencers in
the destination with large
followings
Utilize influencers and
visiting journalists in
creating new engaging
website content
Utilize CrowdRiff
enhancements to attract
more user generated
content photos
Evaluate top trending
social media for boosting
posts on our channels
Utilize existing technology
platforms
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SPORTS MARKETING PLAN
OBJECTIVES
Continue to partner with Paradise Coast
SportsPlex Operating Agency (Sports
Force Inc.) to market, attract, and book
national and/or international events.
Partner with SFI Marketing Team,
Ad Agency of Record and CVB to
promote the new Sports Complex
Focus on leveraging Sugden,
BMX Track, beaches and water
sports events to bring to
destination
Promote attractions, dining
and water actives for
participants and families
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
NCRP & Sports Complex at 80% capacity Increase buzz and excitement
about the new sports complex
and upcoming events
I Book 1-2 new events Book 1-2 new events
STRATEGIES
Travel with SFI Sales Team to
tradeshows to assist with selling
destination as well as facilities
Ensure we utilize strengths and
resources from all parties
Schedule appointments with
these type of promoters at
Sports ETA Symposium
Develop "Show your Jersey"
and other campaigns to
move participants through
destination
Work with Ad Agency on contract
increase awareness of the Sports
Complex
Conduct weekly meetings with all
parties in preparation for grand
opening and other events
Host 2-4 promoters for site
tours
Work with local partners
TACTICS
Strategic ad placement, rendering video
of Sports Complex, increase print, digital,
email content campaign
Create events within our
Facebook page/Facebook live
and create an IG page
Research and connect to
promoters who have these
types of events that could fit
well with our facilities
Implement "Show your
Jersey" and other
campaigns to move
participants through
destination
Conduct weekly meeting with the SFI
Sales Team
Identify advertisements in digital
media, email and print
Work with Parks and Rec Team
to ensure we have capability of
hosting certain events.
Link on Sports Website
directing participants to local
attractions, restaurants
Lead Sharing Actively posting relevant contact
on all platforms
Link to promoters IOS App if
applicable
STRATEGIC RESULTS
Increase economic impact to the County Combining resources to save in
overall marketing costs
Increase economic impact to
the County
Increase economic impact to
County
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FILM OFFICE MARKETING PLAN
OBJECTIVES
Expand current location library Increase Leads/Inquiries Increase Production/ Spend Grow Client Social Media
Engagement
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
Increase files to Reel-Scout® Inquiry/Lead Increase by 5%
annually
Production Spending Increases per
Production
Increase New
Engagements/Followers
Link to on-line directory thru R-S or
ProdHub
STRATEGIES
Rotate our "hero" shots for each
location file. Refresh current
locations; Increase current library of
images; Take any obsolete files off-
line
Cultivate repeat clients, actively
pursue new inquiries, emphasizing
print and commercial producers
Work with Film Florida & State Film
Office on overall marketing
Production Brand for Filming in
Florida as a health and safety-
conscious
Increase two-way engagement with
social media followers
Create 3 new locations files each
month
Work with vendors for best local
rates and deals, especially during
summer and fall
Efficient permit processing-now in
PDF & revised
Recruit Full Sail student/volunteers
(unpaid) volunteer to handle some
social media fundamentals with
supervision
Increase spec location files Photography Assistant to work with
volunteer to create more posts
across platforms that are photo-
location-centric*
Encourage productions to hire local
production emphasizing health &
safety protocols & cost-
effectiveness
More engaging content-photos.
Asking for participation, choosing
favorites, etc.
Work with location service
companies to inquire about free
links
Member of the Film FL Marketing &
Communications Committee
Daily posting of area photos for
authenticating conditions, new
construction, unique images
Creating Local Resource Links for
Health & Safety Protocols, PPE
Resources, etc.
TACTICS
Virtually attend Industry national
and international conferences and
events
Work with NIFF@Artis-Naples to
develop customized virtual scouting
tours of our area. Familiarize them
with permit and support services
offered locally
With Film Florida -
Introduce/educate new legislators
to the benefits of the Industry to FL
Continue to report quarterly all
updates to R-S library & TDC
Reports to Internal Control
Continue support/promotion of FL
State Los Angeles Liaison and
continue support of existing sales
tax credit
*Add at least two new social media
outlets to marketing
STRATEGIC RESULTS
Grow number of new Reel-Scout®
files
Raise Percentage of Production Increase Production Spending Increase Year-End Total
Engagements
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ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE MARKETING
OVERVIEW
National research indicates that the impact on a community from arts and cultural activities can be significant. The
Arts & Economic Prosperity 5 national economic impact study found that the nonprofit arts and culture industry
generates $107.7 million in annual economic activity in Collier County, supporting 2,923 full-time equivalent jobs and
generating $10.8 million in local and state government revenues. Arts and culture are both a tourism and an economic
generator for our community. Visit Florida has also reported that 65% of visitors to Florida participate in culturally
based activities during their visit.
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Collier County, with the assistance of the CVB, Artis-Naples, the Community Foundation of Collier County, United Arts
Council of Collier County and The Cultural Planning Group, contracted with Cultural Planning Group to develop a new
long-range strategic plan for the arts, cultural and heritage market. That plan was approved by the County Commission
in early 2020. The implementation of the plan was delayed due to the COVID-19 crisis and is now planned for roll out
in in early 2021. That plan will provide our community with a road map to enhance our reputation as an arts and
cultural destination. This plan includes the arts and culture organizations in Collier County that are in various stages
of developing new facilities and considering expansion plans to existing facilities.
The plan components are outlined below.
GOALS
• Build a foundation for cultural tourism and cultural development
• Establish all of Collier County as a cultural destination
• Broaden and diversify the visitor base through cultural tourism
• Enhance the cultural vitality of Collier County for residents and local businesses
• Provide the necessary public and private resources for arts and culture
STRATEGIES & TACTICS
• Designate lead organizations in Collier County for arts and culture
• Amend the Tourism Development Council (TDC) grant program guidelines to encourage more cultural programs
• Develop metrics and systems for tracking a baseline and trends regarding cultural tourists and their economic and
fiscal impacts on the County
• Develop and maintain standards of artistic and creative excellence throughout implementation of this plan
• Define arts, culture, heritage, and creativity as a focus area for County support and tourism.
• Identify, develop, and promote unique and distinctive arts and cultural experiences throughout the county
• Enhance and expand the current development of cross-over experiences connecting arts experiences with other
cultural and creative sectors
• Connect the unique cultures of Collier through communitywide events
• Create and enhance vibrant arts and cultural hubs throughout the County
• Market Collier County as a unique art and cultural destination to discrete target markets outside of the county
within a three-hour drive
• Allocate TDC funds for the tourism-related strategies in this plan
• Public/Private Cultural Trust Fund for the Arts: Establish a Cultural Trust Fund
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ARTS & CULTURE SECTION OF THE CVB WEBSITE:
• Publish the Strategic Plan with download capabilities for all major sections of the Plan.
• Expand partner listings, descriptive information, images, hyperlinks and special offers.
• Develop dropdown menu to access arts and culture-related web videos and articles on the website.
E-NEWSLETTERS: Distribute a consumer e-newsletter to promote the “Celebrate the Arts Month” in November and
feature arts and cultural activities again in two other months of the year. Center content on arts, culture and history
events with hyperlinks to that content on other parts of the website.
ARTS, CULTURE & MUSEUM GRANTS:
• Encourages these organizations to plan and submit grant applications for special events and promotions that will
attract visitors to their facilities and encourage overnight stays in our hotels.
• The grant guidelines encourage special event advertising and promotion of their events in our visitor feeder
markets and to link to our CVB events web pages for destination information. Encourage packages that include
hotels with event tickets, dining and shopping discounts to attract out of market visitors.
UNITED ARTS COUNCIL:
• Negotiate a contract between UAC and Collier County to manage the Arts & Culture plan
• Increase distribution of the UAC’s printed and digital Cultural Arts Calendar of Events to expand the reach for
wider awareness of the arts and cultural events in our community and develop an online ability to sell event
tickets to area performances.
ORGANIZED TOURS: Solicit for one or more Collier area transportation partners to assist the CVB staff to actively offer
new experiences in our performing arts and museums developed for tour partners by an outside consultant. Offer
these tours on our tourism website and at our area Chamber Visitor Information Centers.
PUBLIC RELATIONS PROGRAMS: Identify cultural publications that will provide an opportunity to increase the branding
message via use of half page full color arts and culture advertisements in cooperation with area
arts and culture organizations.
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HERITAGE MARKETING
PAID MEDIA: Identify heritage market advertising and promotional support of area historical events that will drive more
visitation to our County and nonprofit museums. Support the Collier County Museums major events with social
and digital media placement on heritage websites and other websites and publications with followers interested
in history.
EARNED MEDIA
Work with our PR team to grow the coverage of museum events in our area by 10% in 2020.
Encourage museum facilities and event attendees to post on social media their experiences
in our museums.
NAPLES DEPOT VISITOR CENTER: Promote this new location at the Naples Depot Museum to inform visitors and residents
about the many visitor activities available in the County. This new location will be in the lobby of the Naples Depot.
Volunteers will be cross trained as museum docents and as visitor information specialists.
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WELLNESS TOURISM
MISSION STATEMENT
Our mission is to develop effective ways to integrate quality “wellness” businesses and facilitators in Naples, Marco
Island and Everglades. The intention is to establish a cooperative and collaborative initiative to create healthful and
life-changing opportunities that attract wellness travelers from around the world. The ultimate purpose is to establish
Florida’s Paradise Coast – with all its innate treasures – as a wellness destination and capitalize on the fast-growing
multi-billion-dollar wellness tourism industry.
VISION STATEMENT
To be recognized globally as a happy, healthy wellness destination for group and leisure visitors to come to the
Paradise Coast to rejuvenate and “Vacation Well.”
GOALS
• To be an internationally known wellness vacation destination.
• To be on a list of wellness destinations (when one searches wellness destinations online and get on top 10 listing).
• To maintain “happiest, healthiest” designation by Gallup polls.
• To get all Collier County wellness tourism listings linked to CVB website, including events, nature, sports, fitness,
healing/health/medical, Blue Zones Project, hotels, restaurants, spa/beauty.
STRATEGIES
• Gather all wellness entities in Collier County through solicitation to CVB database.
• Input all wellness information as a tagged event or criteria to CVB website.
• Use key adjective words so destination comes up in wellness vacation/tourism searches and wellness is easier to
find on CVB website.
• Further develop our wellness tourism program to use in promotions, website, partner links and press releases.
TACTICS
• Get endorsements from City and County officials that the destination is a “wellness destination.”
• Get endorsements from other Collier entities like all city Chambers of Commerce, Hotel & Lodging Association,
Restaurant & Lodging Association, Blue Zones, The Fifth Avenue Business District, etc. Have them promote and
use logo.
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• Create wellness destination press releases to distribute to meetings publications, destination publications,
wellness associations, local publications and other media.
• Encourage task force members to get their listings in first and show an example.
• Encourage major resorts on board with packages and events JW, La Playa, Edgewater, Ritz -Carlton, Naples
Grande, Naples Beach Hotel, etc.
• Expand wellness activity listings on the website: restaurants/food, hotel/resort, spa/beauty/ nature, Blue Zones,
medical, sports/water land, and events.
• Include wellness in CVB consumer newsletters categories of interest so consumers can sign up to receive
destination wellness information.
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AIR SERVICE MARKETING SUPPORT
OVERVIEW
Air service is the most commonly used transportation mode by our visitors. It is imperative that we continue to foster
partnerships with our local and regional airports and regional destination partners to identify and attract new or
expanded air service to our area.
Of the visitors arriving by air, over 60% fly into Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW), followed
by Miami International Airport (MIA), Fort Lauderdale Airport (FLL), Tampa International (TPA) and
Orlando International Airport (MCO) and Punta Gorda (PDA).
RSW is the largest commercial airport serving the Southwest Florida region, and is the primary focus
of our commercial air service marketing efforts. Naples Municipal Airport is our secondary focus for
commercial air service, although we currently only have General Aviation flights to and from this
airport. We work closely with the Fly Naples team to attract interested commercial carriers to consider
Naples for regional service. We have been successful in attracting several regional carriers in the past
few years, but they have not been adequately financed to sustain the service. We will continue to
meet regularly with the Naples Airport Authority staff to identify other air service opportunities for the
future.
We have developed promotional campaigns with the Punta Gorda Airport Authority and our regional
tourism destination partners in Lee and Charlotte to support the Frontier and Allegiant Airlines flights.
These efforts have focused on selling more tickets from our primary feeder markets and have proved
very successful.
We will also work this next year with the Allegiant Vacations group to expand and grow their network
of contracted hotels in Collier County and to build room night production from Allegiant customers.
In addition to Naples Municipal Airport, our area is also served by three other General Aviation airports
including Marco Island Executive, Everglades City Airpark, and Immokalee Regional. Each General
Aviation Airport in our area serves the private aviation needs of their communities and offers additional
economic development opportunities and to serve as ports of entry for executive jet travelers to our area.
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GOALS
• With the recent success of finally attracting a major carrier for direct flights from the US West Coast to RSW (LA
& SEA), we will work for more of these flights.
• We will also work to attract a major International carrier with direct service from London to RSW.
• Continue to work with our regional partners in Fort Myers to support the German airline flights and to attract new
carriers from the UK.
• Meet with our federal delegation in Washington to expand the passenger facility charges for future.
OBJECTIVES
• Attract at least one additional carrier with direct flights from the US west coast to RSW.
• Attract at least one new international carrier with emphasis on the UK market.
• Get agreement with our federal delegation to increase the Passenger Facility Charge by $2 in the next legislative
session.
• Target two seasonal co-op promotions with the German market air carrier in the fall of 2020 and winter of 2021.
STRATEGIES AND TACTICS
• Encourage expanded air service from our primary fly-drive markets, including Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm
Beach, Tampa, Orlando, Punta Gorda and Sarasota.
• Work with receptive tour operators in Miami and Orlando that represent the major air carriers into Southwest
Florida to expand the number of Collier County hotels featured in their travel programs (i.e. US Air Vacations,
Allegiant Vacations, Delta Vacations).
• Distribute our Official Visitor Guides and maps at RSW, Punta Gorda, Naples Municipal Airport and Collier County
Airports.
• Include mentions of the Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Punta Gorda airports in marketing materials
to show their proximity to Collier County.
• Maintain the current co-op programs and create new co-op programs with Lee VCB, RSW Airport and VISIT
FLORIDA marketing teams in support of current, new and expanded air service to our area.
• Attend air service trade shows such as Routes with the RSW airport, Lee VCB, Visit Florida and Brand USA
marketing teams.
• Apply for air service grants through Visit Florida and Brand USA.
Budget: $200,000 for FY 21 in marketing support for new or expanded air service to our area.
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MARKET INTELLIGENCE SWOT ANALYSIS
STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS
Our community has many unique visitor opportunities that set us apart from competing choices that travelers have.
The following analysis is what we hear from our visitors and from our tourism industry partners that shapes decisions
to travel here.
STRENGTHS
• 30 miles of white sand beaches unlike east coast Florida beaches with entry fee.
• Legendary sunsets and nightly celebrations.
• Small town charm offering a slower pace, with a walkable downtown environment.
• Year-round great weather with sunshine virtually every day.
• Family friendly destination with a growing number of activities for children.
• Wide choice of accommodations from five star to budget.
• Diverse multicultural events and activities including Native American, Latino and LGBT offerings.
• Strong food culture with many locally owned, unique restaurants and well-known chefs.
• Welcoming community with friendly residents; customer service-oriented employees.
• Diverse shopping opportunities from outlets to boutique, plus malls and luxury collections.
• Well maintained boulevards, medians and cleanliness throughout our community.
• International airport with direct service to/from over five destinations and 16 air carriers including new direct service
from the US west coast.
• A strong part of the Florida brand in both international and domestic travel preference.
• Strong brand recognition and pride with our community and marketing partners.
• Artificial reef offering fishing and diving opportunities.
• 80% of county is in preserved land with abundant green space in community, neighborhood and regional and
State parks to enjoy our eco-experiences.
• Close to Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, Orlando and Sarasota, making day trips easy for visitors.
• Multi-year recognition as America’s Happiest and Heathiest Community.
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WEAKNESSES
• Higher than average airfares into Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW).
• Higher than average transportation cost and distance from RSW.
• Higher than expected accommodation rates in high season.
• Summer heat and rain discourages new visitors from experiencing our area
• Perception that our area is only a retirement community with limited activity for families.
• Limited entertainment and nightlife options that can discourage couples and Millennials.
• Limited late-night dining options, especially for international visitors.
• Very limited dining and entertainment options in the Everglades with many closed during the summer season.
• Limited public transportation from nighttime activities to hotels.
• Traffic in high season perceived as a negative to visitors.
• Limited beach access in unincorporated areas of the County.
• No all-inclusive offerings that discourages some international visitors.
OPPORTUNITIES
• Additional domestic and International direct commercial air service to RSW will increase visitor accessibility and
demand.
• Promote our closeness to Punta Gorda, Miami and Fort Lauderdale airports.
• Transportation providers encouraged to offer new airport and area transportation options to visitors.
• Alternate transportation options like Slidr, Uber and Lyft, bicycle rentals and CAT Beach Trolley in Naples and on
Marco Island to mirror successful service in North Naples.
• New expanded group meeting space offers is attractive to new and larger groups.
• New hotel development demand will grow in North Naples and around the new sports complex will attract
additional commercial development.
• Promote the diversity of our community by promoting Naples, Marco Island, Everglades City and Immokalee in
separate advertising and social media posts, as part of Florida’s Paradise Coast brand messaging.
• Develop all-inclusive packages to offer visitors one stop shopping for a vacation.
• Value season in spring, summer and fall combined with attractive package offers for visitors.
• Enhanced community relations/advocacy program will deliver the correct tourism message to our tourism partners,
elected officials and residents alike.
• The new sports complex will bring new and expanded sports and special events to the business
and hotel community.
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Opportunities Cont.
• Promote our growing offerings for families and Millennials.
• Promote to the growing the Argentina, Chile, Colombia markets in South America.
• Promote our reputation as an LGBTQ friendly community and promote these events and infrastructure to this
affluent market segment.
• Promote our craft beer breweries and signature cocktail offerings.
• Promote our unique events like Swamp Buggy Races, Chokoloskee and Isle of Capri.
• Communicate our affordable beach parking fees: $8 vs. $20 per day in competing markets.
• Create more suggested itineraries to post on our website to encourage longer stays.
THREATS
• Weather, climate change, natural and man-made disasters discourage visitation.
• Water pollution algae blooms due to land run off results in a very negative impact on our ecosystem and visitation.
• Climate change and Epidemics and threats of disease challenge visitation growth.
• Homeland Security mandates can discourage International visitation.
• Lack of Federal disaster funding limits numerous businesses from full recovery from COVID-19.
• International currency exchange rate fluctuations affect current and future visitation.
• Lodging offered by VRBO, AirBnB and others grow in popularity posing lifestyle challenges to neighborhoods with
limited resources to enforce and control of those challenges.
• Environmental regulations protecting turtle nesting, sea grasses and beach erosion methods limit our year-round
visitor activities.
• Workforce and affordable housing shortages limit our employment needs in hospitality and tourism other business
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CHALLENGES TO RUNNING THE BUSINESS
INTERNAL & EXTERNAL DYNAMICS
1. The recent COVID-19 pandemic, weather and other naturally occurring situations discourage visitors from
choosing our area. Once lost to other destinations, it is very difficult and expensive to lure those visitors back.
2. Qualitative and quantitative research continues to confirm the safety concerns about travel to places they are not
familiar with. So our loyal repeat visitors need to be the core of our future visitors who know the great service and
care our hotels, restaurants and other businesses demonstrate to our visitors.
3. Through qualitative research, we continuously track our digital advertising and broadcast analytics to ensure our
brand massaging is delivering the correct message to attract our targeted customers to our destination.
4. Tourism in Collier County contributes a positive economic impact and provides a tax savings to each resident of
nearly $1,100 in 2019. Continuing to grow this level of savings will be challenging with economic conditions
slowing.
5. Our full-time contracted international representation in the UK, Europe and South America has enhanced our
efforts to reach potential international visitors and travel trade. We continued our relationships with these firms
and in turn stayed in touch with our customers in those areas. This action will help us to be top of mind in
preference when International travel restrictions are eased.
6. Limited funding for international marketing, continuously changing foreign exchange rates and changing political
situations will challenge future visitation.
7. Real-time booking of accommodations on our website has proven very successful in attracting more visitors. This
technology is constantly evolving, and investment in annual enhancements is necessary to enable our destination
to remain competitive.
EMPLOYEE REQUIREMENTS:
8. As revenue and additional visitation rise due to positive results of our destination marketing efforts, we must be
able to replace staff that leave and to add full and part-time staff to support our sales, public relations, sports and
administrative personnel to support those new staff members. We must keep our salaries and benefits competitive
with the tourism industry organizations we compete against for visitors. We do not compete with other government
agencies for tourism industry talent, so we must always compare our salaries and benefits with the private sector.
9. Incentive pay for sales staff for meeting or exceeding goals must be considered to remain competitive to other
destination’s compensation plans. We compete with sales and marketing professionals who earn bonus pay to
recognize when they exceed annual goals. To retain our staff, we need to be competitive in compensation.
10. Outsourcing of certain sales, PR and other marketing tasks must be continually considered to achieve our mission.
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TECHNOLOGY FACTORS:
1. Our current database management program has served us well, but our hotels do not consistently use this tool to
keep us informed of the progress of new group meeting leads. We need to add a new Extranet site as an interface
to our database at both Miles and at IDSS.
2. We have seen some improvement, but we still experience challenges with technical services. Because we are on
the County server for all our e-mail and other office data platforms, we are very limited in bandwidth. We cannot
access many digital platforms because of Z-scaler and the slowness of the County network. We have permission
to access social medial channels, but updates tend to erase those permissions. The slowness of the network is
compounded when traveling to meet with travel influencers because the VPN network causes further slowness
and continual service interruptions.
GROWTH/SEASONAL FACTORS
1. The high season for tourism is mid-January to Easter each year. However, the vacation planning process has
shortened dramatically due to the COVID-19 crisis. We will need to concentrate more on the Online Travel agents
(OTAs) such as Expedia and Trip Advisor to provide easy access to booking last-minute travel.
2. We will experience lower than usual occupancy levels in 2021 due to International travel restrictions and
reluctance by many travelers to fly. We will need to shift our emphasis to auto travel in markets that have been
high air travel arrivals in the past.
3. Older hotels will continue to close and be replaced by condominiums that will probably be resident-only
developments, and tourist tax revenue could be negatively impacted.
4. On-going coastal development will restrict public access to our beaches and eventually discourage some future
visitors to come to this destination.
5. We are experiencing a renewed demand for new hotels. Currently there are about five new hotels in various
stages of development, which will add about 700 new lodging units in the next 18-24 months.
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LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY FACTORS
1. 2021 will pose numerous state legislative challenges. A good number of seats in both the House and Senate will
change and new faces will take our familiar legislators. We will see a repeat of the fight to retain funding and the
sheer existence of Visit Florida. We will need to stay in touch with our delegations in both the House and Senate
to keep our state marketing organization, Visit Florida, in place and adequately funded. This situation intensifies
our advocacy work in educating our legislators on the importance of tourism to our state and local economy.
2. The annual 60-day legislative session will also pose new threats to our dedicated funding source as legislators
look to non-traditional funds for general revenue needs. This could seriously reduce the amount of money available
for tourism promotion and debt service for the Paradise Coast Sportsplex.
3. Increased federal regulations on visas and passports will negatively affect our international visitation.
4. Shared economy suppliers such as Airbnb and VRBO will continue to challenge us to collect the proper amounts
of tourist tax and sales tax on overnight accommodations to the tax collectors and to adequately regulate this
growing phenomenon.
5. Offshore drilling sites too close to Florida’s Gulf Coast are a reoccurring threat at the state and federal levels, and
we must be diligent to stop this threat of a spill occurring.
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BEST PRACTICES OF OTHER TOURISM DESTINATIONS
1. Most Florida coastal destinations use 50% or more of their tourist tax (TDT) to promote and administer tourism
marketing in their area. Collier County uses 43% of the tax for this purpose. This puts our destination at a
disadvantage with regards to competing with other Florida coastal areas to attract visitors.
2. Most Florida coastal destinations fund only a portion of their beach and coastal renourishment projects from local
tourist development tax funds. They rely heavily on state and federal matching funds and local special taxing
districts. We have traditionally used our local tourist tax funds to pay for all or most of this cost with some
reimbursement from FEMA.
3. This situation may improve if we are approved for future reimbursements from Florida DEP and from FEMA and
perhaps federal beach renourishment funding.
4. Most Florida coastal areas do not use local tourist tax to fund beach park facilities capital projects and major beach
maintenance projects as we do in Collier County. This practice limits our funding available for beach renourishment
projects and promotion.
5. Most Florida tourist destinations fund the operation of their County-owned museums from general revenue, not
tourist development taxes, so their tourist tax revenue can be used for promotion of their destination. We have
limited the maximum amount that our County museums receive from TDT at $2 million per year and we assist the
County museums in promoting their major events with media planning and placement assistance.
6. Most Florida counties support private sector museums through capital or marketing grants using both general
revenue and tourist tax funds. Most museums in Florida, both County-owned and privately funded, charge
admission to their facilities, especially for special events and exhibits.
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COMPETITIVE DESTINATIONS IN FLORIDA
• Fort Myers
• Sarasota
• Clearwater/St. Pete
• Palm Beach
• Fort Lauderdale
• Miami
• Florida Keys
Lee County:
LEE COUNTY:
Tourist Tax Collection: $43.4 million
Visitation: 4.9 million
Visitor Spending: $3.2 billion
Marketing Budget: $13 million
Economic Impact: $5+ billion
Messaging: Stay Well. Stay Home.
*2019 report
SARASOTA COUNTY:
Tourist Tax Collection: $23+ million
Visitation: 2,796,580
Visitor Spending: $1.9 billion
Marketing Budget: $7.7 million
Economic Impact: $3.1 billion
Messaging: Sarasota Big Pass
*2019 annual report
Messaging: Stay Well. Stay Home.
*2019 report
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CLEARWATER/ST. PETE:
Tourist Tax Collection: $64.4 million
Visitation: 15,289,425
Visitor Spending: $5.6+ billion
Marketing Budget: $27 million
Economic Impact: $9+ billion
Messaging: Brighter Days Ahead
*2019 calendar year report
Messaging: Sarasota Big Pass
*2019 annual report
Messaging: Stay Well. Stay Home.
*2019 report
PALM BEACH:
Tourist Tax Collection: $54.2+ million
Visitation: $8.2 million
Visitor Spending: $5 billion
Marketing Budget: $4.4 million
Economic Impact: $7.7+ billion
Messaging: Stay + Play
*2019 calendar year report
Messaging: Sarasota Big Pass
*2019 annual report
Messaging: Stay Well. Stay Home.
*2019 report
FORT LAUDERDALE:
Tourist Tax Collection: $86.9 million
Visitation: 14 million
Visitor Spending: $10.6+ billion
Marketing Budget: $5 million
Economic Impact: $37.5 billion
Messaging: Hello Sunny
*2018 Annual Report
Messaging: Stay + Play
*2019 calendar year report
Messaging: Sarasota Big Pass
*2019 annual report
Messaging: Stay Well. Stay Home.
*2019 report
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MIAMI:
Tourist Tax Collection: $31.6+ million
Visitation: 24.2+ million
Visitor Spending: $18+ billion
Marketing Budget:
Economic Impact: $17.9 billion
Messaging: Miami Shines
Messaging: Sarasota Big Pass
*2019 annual report
Messaging: Stay Well. Stay Home.
*2019 report
FLORIDA KEYS:
Tourist Tax Collection: $120 million
Visitation: 5.1+ million
Visitor Spending: $2.4 billion
Marketing Budget: $9.8 million
Economic Impact: $1.8 billion
Messaging: Come as You Are
*2018 Annual Report
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CONSUMER E-SCAPES
OCTOBER
Celebrate the Holidays in Paradise
Families
Stone Crab Season launched October 15th
Stone Crab Festival
SWFL Food and Wine Experience
Events:
Winter Sizzle SWFL Restaurant Week
Celebration of Lights and Snow Falling every 3rd Thursday through
December
Santa Paws at The Venetian Village
Marco Island Annual Christmas Island Style Street Parade
Marco Island Holiday Boat Parade
November is Celebrate the Arts Month
Naples Intl Film Festival
NOVEMBER
Bird Watching, Wildlife, Nature
Festival of the Birds
Night Lights in the Garden
Zoobilee at Naples Zoo - Feasts with the Beasts - fundraiser
Corkscrew Swamp Meditation Sessions
DECEMBER
Culinary Focus
Food Festival season
Events:
Everglades Seafood Festival
Mullet Festival
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Naples Craft Beer Festival
Wellness Weekend
JANUARY
Arts and Culture in Paradise
Sugden Theatre, Marco Island Center for the Arts, Artis Naples, Von Liebig Art Center
Events:
The 41st Annual Naples Art Festival
33 Annual Naples Downtown Art Show on Naples 5th Ave South
For the Love of Art Celebration
239 Film Festival April
FEBRUARY
Fishing
Fishing in the Everglades, the Ten Thousand Islands
Events:
Marco Island Seafood & Music Festival March
MARCH
Health and Wellness in Paradise
Talk about Paddle boarding, beach yoga, golf, spas, hotel wellness offerings and healthy eats
Events:
2021 Minto US OPEN Pickleball Championships April
Possible Triathlon or other 5k event
Happiest and Healthiest City
APRIL
A Taste of Paradise
Great summer specials coming to Paradise
Events:
Summer Sizzle SWFL Restaurant Week
Food festival - Taste of Naples
Summer golf - great deals, tee time availability, etc.
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MAY
Summer Fun for Families - Talk about value season and activities for kids in the summer
Marco Island Center for the Arts Art Classes, Golisano Children’s Museum, Naples Zoo
Events:
Annual Sand Castle Sculpting contest at Golisano Children’s Museum - August
JUNE
Pets in Paradise - Pet friendly hotels, pet friendly dining options, shopping, boating, etc.
Events:
Dogs in the Garden in August– Naples Botanical Gardens
JULY
Watersports in Paradise – Activities on the water – boating, jet skis, kayaking
Events:
Marco Island Boat Show
Pro Watercross Event
Powerboat Nationals Event
AUGUST
Heritage - Collier County Museums and the Smallwood store in the Everglades
Key Marco Cat in Marco Island Historical Museum
Events:
Cattle Drive
SEPTEMBER
Dining in the destination – Food festivals
Events:
The Stone Crab Festival
The Food and Wine Experience
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MEETING E-SCAPES
October – Medical Pharmaceutical planners
Markets: NY, New Jersey, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia,
Houston, Atlanta, Miami, Washington DC, Minneapolis,
Boston, Raleigh-Durham
November – Insurance Planners
Markets: Hartford, Boston, Omaha, Des Moines
December – Association Planners
Markets: Florida, Washington DC, Chicago, NY,
Philadelphia
January – Financial Planners
Markets: NY, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta,
Dallas, Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham, Minneapolis,
Hartford, Vancouver, Toronto
February – Large Corporation/Business Owners
Markets: NY, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta,
Dallas, Houston, Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham,
Minneapolis, Toronto, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Kansas
City, Columbus and Cincinnati
March – Incentive Planners
Markets: NY, NJ, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta,
Dallas, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Pittsburg, Columbus,
Cincinnati, St. Louis
April – Medical Planners
Markets: NY, NJ, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, Florida,
Texas, Washington DC, Milwaukee, Minneapolis,
Indianapolis and Ann Arbor
May – Corporate Meeting Planners
Markets: Corporate meeting planners in the U.S.
June – Incentive Planners
Markets: NY, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta,
Dallas, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Pittsburg, Columbus,
Cincinnati
July - Insurance Planners
Markets: Hartford, Boston, Omaha, Des Moines
August – Large Corporation Board/ Business
Owners
Markets: NY, Chicago, Boston, Washington DC,
Philadelphia, Atlanta, Dallas, Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham,
Minneapolis, Toronto, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Kansas,
Columbus and Cincinnati
September - Financial Planners
Markets: NY, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta,
Dallas, Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham, Minneapolis, Des
Moines, Hartford, Vancouver, Toronto
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APPENDICES
ADVERTISING AND MARKETING BUDGET FY 21
ESTIMATED BUDGET BREAKOUT AMOUNT
Account Service Retainer $400,000.00
Media $3,000,000.00
Creative Production $1,000,000.00
Total Budget $4,400,000.00
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DEPARTMENT BUDGETS
ALL TOURISM PROMOTION FUNDS
FY 21 FY 20 FY 19 FY 18 FY 17 FY 16
FUND 194- ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
Personal Services (Salaries) $1,106,700 $1,017,600 $1,328,900 $1,289,900 $1,050,000 $1,017,500
Operating Expenses $325,400 $275,100 $497,800 $434,600 $436,100 $429,800
Indirect Cost Reimbursements $70,800 $83,500 $82,400 $63,400 $72,600 $54,300
Capital Expense $7,500 $4,000 $9,000 $195,000 $10,000 $4,000
TOTAL OVERHEAD COST $1,510,400 $1,380,200 $1,918,100 $1,982,900 $1,568,700 $1,505,600
Tax Collector Fees (in Fund 184) $0 $0 $0 $0 $52,000 $45,500
Transfer to General Fund- Sports Complex $170,300 $147,000
TOTAL TRANSFERS $170,300 $147,000 $0 $0 $52,000 $45,500
Reserve for Contingencies $43,300 $0 $66,600 $63,100
Reserve- for Attrition -$19,000 $0 -$22,800 -$18,100 -$17,400 -$21,200
TOTAL RESERVES $24,300 $0 $43,800
TOTAL FUND 194 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES $1,705,000 $1,527,200 $1,961,900 $2,027,900 $1,603,300 $1,529,900
FUND 184- MARKETING & PROMOTION
Group Meeting Support $311,500 $311,500 $444,500 $466,000 $300,000 $655,000
Advertising & Promotion & Sponsorships $4,356,600 $4,356,600 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000
Contractual Services $2,303,400 $2,303,400 $2,063,800 $2,356,200 $2,124,300 $2,226,500
Travel Expenses & Trade Show Registrations $224,300 $224,300 $220,000 $595,500 $257,000 $210,100
Promotional & Sponsorships $0 $0 $533,100 $1,361,800 $920,500 $726,400
Sports Event Venue Support $520,900 $520,900 $612,000 $2,030,000 $400,600 $100,000
Insurance & Indirect Costs $136,600 $136,600 $154,400 $0 $8,900 $33,900
Trade Show Registrations $0 $0 $624,200 $0 $351,000 $339,000
Adjusting Entry -$574,500 $92,300
TOTAL MARKETING & PROMOTION EXPENSES $7,278,800 $7,945,600 $9,652,000 $11,809,500 $9,362,300 $9,290,900
Capital Projects- Depot Baggage Car (Project Cancelled) $0 $0 $0 $600,000 $200,000
Tax Collector Fees $198,000 $198,000 $190,400 $189,000 $155,000 $137,600
Indirect Cost Reimbursements $103,600 $107,000 $108,600 $147,800 $90,800 $61,700
Transfer to Fund 194 for Administrative Expenses $1,501,900 $1,600,000 $1,960,000
Transfer to Emergency Reserve Fund 196 $0 $135,000 $233,300 $834,500
Transfer to Capital Projects Fund 758 $0 $0 $50,000 $1,856,600 $6,600,300 $2,500,000
Transfer to Fund 759- Sports Complex Ops Income &
Expenses $470,900 $466,300 $350,000
Reserves -& Transfers $0 $2,506,300 $0 $82,200 $98,000 $509,300
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All Tourism Promotion Funds Continued
TOTAL INDIRECT AND TRANSFERS $2,274,400 $5,012,600 $2,892,300 $3,710,100
TOTAL FUND 184- MARKETING AND PROMOTION $9,553,200 $12,958,200 $12,544,300 $15,519,600 $16,506,400 $12,499,500
FUND 193- MUSEUM GRANTS
Non-County Owned/Operated Museum Grants $300,000 $725,000 $725,000 $625,000 $425,000 $40,000
Tax Collector Fees $10,900 $10,900 $10,700 $10,600 $10,500 $9,300
Indirect Cost Reimbursements $3,600 $3,900 $2,800 $700 $1,800 $700
Transfer to Fund 184 $0 $500,000
Carry forward & Reserves $883,600 $998,800 $1,121,400 $1,517,600 $2,082,400 $1,724,600
TOTAL FUND 193 MUSEUMS $1,198,100 $1,738,600 $1,859,900 $2,653,900 $2,519,700 $1,774,600
FUND 196- EMERGENCY ADVERTISING
Post Disaster Stimulus Advertising $500,100 $0 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $500,000 $1,500,000
Restricted for Unfunded Requests $0 $263,900 $1,764,200
Transfer to 184 $12,500 $10,500 $12,000 $12,000
Indirect Cost Reimbursements $1,100 $1,700 $1,200 $300 $300 $100
Carry Forward- Reserves $685,700 $1,500,000 $0 $0 $0
TOTAL EMERGENCY ADVERTISING RESERVE $1,186,900 $1,501,700 $1,513,700 $1,510,800 $776,200 $3,276,300
TOTAL TOURISM MARKETING & ADMINISTRATIVE
BUDGET $13,643,200 $17,725,700 $17,879,800 $21,712,200 $21,405,600 $19,080,300
FUND 198 COUNTY OWNED MUSEUMS
Operating Budget from TDC Tax $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,217,400 $2,000,000 $2,079,800 $1,857,500
General Fund Expenses $293,800 $475,600
Tax Collector Fees $42,000 $42,000 $40,000 $42,500 $42,500 $38,000
Transfers & Reserves -$1,100 $112,600 $240,500 $469,600 $542,200 $694,600
TOTAL COUNTY MUSEUM OPERATIONS $2,334,700 $2,630,200 $2,497,900 $2,512,100 $2,664,500 $2,590,100
TOTAL ALL TOURISM DIV OVERSIGHT FUNDS $15,977,900 $20,355,900 $20,377,700 $24,224,300 $24,070,100 $21,670,400
TOURISM ADMIN 194 $1,705,000
MARKETING & PROMOTION 184 $9,553,200
MUSEUM GRANTS 193 $1,198,100
COUNTY MUSEUM OPERATING 198 $2,334,700
RESERVES & EMERGENCY ADVERTISING 196 $1,186,900
TOTAL FY 17 TOURIST TAX BUDGET $15,977,900
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GROUP SALES
FY 21
FUND
184/194*
FY 20
FUND
184/194*
FY 19
FUND
184/194*
FY 18
FUND
184/194*
FY 17
FUND
184/194*
FY 16
FUND
184/194*
Promotional Items Group $10,500 $14,000.00 $14,000 $6,000 $5,000 $5,000
Sponsorship of Meeting & Events $40,000 $60,000.00 $90,000 $60,000 $75,000 $65,000
Site Visits $2,000 $3,000.00 $3,000 $6,000 $6,000 $10,000
Trade Show Registrations-Group all $50,000 $80,000.00 $100,000 $90,000 $90,000 $93,000
Trade Show Booth Décor* $500 $2,000.00 $2,000 $2,000 $4,000 $2,000
Sales Dues & Memberships* $44,000 $10,000 $8,000 $2,000
HelmsBriscoe $7,000 $ 7,000.00
Conference Direct $0 $5,000.00
Cvent $25,000 $22,000.00
Maritz $10,000 $10,000.00
FSAE $250 $250.00
PCMA $0 $495.00
ASAE $395 $ 395.00
FICP(MW) $0 $ 395.00
Site (MW) $0 $395.00
Site Chicago Miami local (MW) $0 $100.00
Group Sales Travel $20,000 $30,000.00 $40,000 $50,000 $45,000 $45,000
Brochure Distribution-Video Mailers $500 $10,000.00 $10,000 $500 $500 $1,000
Mileage - Local* $500 $1,000.00 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $700
Shipping to Shows* $1,000 $2,000.00 $2,000 $2,500 $2,500 $2,000
Sales Missions $10,000 $12,000.00 $12,000 $15,000 $25,000 $20,000
Fam Trip Support $10,000 $15,000.00 $15,000 $15,000 $15,000 $20,000
Freelance Art & Video $1,000 $6,000.00 $6,000 $6,000 $6,000 $10,000
Printing of Invitations $0 $500.00 $500 $500 $500 $500
Group Meeting RFP Incentives FY 21 & FY 22 $200,000 $300,000.00 $250,000 $300,000 $300,000 $140,000
Dest. Intl Impact Calculator $5,000 $0 $0 $7,500 $7,500
Midwest Representation $61,500 $61,500.00 $61,500 $50,000
Travel Reimbursements at Events $13,000 $18,000.00 $18,000 $18,000
TOTAL SALES & MARKETING BUDGET $468,145 $661,030.00 $669,000 $640,000 $591,000 $416,200
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$50,000
20000
$50,500
$10,000
$200,000
$10,000
$127,645
GROUP SALES BUDGET
REGISTER- SHOWS TRAVEL- SHOWS & CONF SPONSOR & PROMOS
SALES MISSIONS RFP ENHANCEMENT FAMS & SITES
OPERATING- Expenses- SALES
Group Sales Continued
REGISTER- SHOWS $50,000
TRAVEL- SHOWS & CONF $20,000
SPONSOR & PROMOS $50,500
SALES MISSIONS $10,000
RFP ENHANCEMENT $200,000
FAMS & SITES $10,000
OPERATING- Expenses-SALES $127,645
$468,145
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LEISURE/TRAVEL INDUSTRY SALES
FY 21
FUND
184/19*
FY 20
FUND
184/19*
FY 19
FUND
184/19*
FY 18
FUND
184/19*
FY 17
FUND
184/19*
FY 16
FUND
184/19*
FY 15
FUND
184/19*
Sponsorships &
Promotions
Promotional Items- Leisure $5,000 $5,000 $6,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $4,000
Sponsorship of Meeting &
Events $7,500 $15,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000
West Coast FL Coalition
Promotions $15,000 $15,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000
Total Sponsorships &
Promotions $27,500
Registrations
Trade Show Registrations-
Claudia $65,000 $65,000 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Intl Trade Show
Registrations-Jack $40,000 $40,000 $70,000 $63,000 $60,000 $52,000 $50,000
Brochure Distribution $2,000 $3,500 $58,000 $58,000 $55,000 $50,000 $50,000
Trade Show Booth Décor $12,000 $12,000 $55,000 $55,000 $55,000 $50,000 $50,000
Total Registrations $119,000
Travel
Sales Travel- Claudia $25,000 $45,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000
Intl Sales & Conference
Travel- Jack $35,000 $58,000 $45,000 $43,000 $40,000 $35,000 $32,000
Mileage - Local* $500 $700 $3,000 $5,000 $6,000 $2,000 $2,000
Total Travel $60,500
FAM’s & Sales Missions
Sales Missions $10,000 $12,000 $8,000 $7,000 $7,000 $6,000 $4,000
Fam Trip Support $10,000 $25,000 $17,000 $15,000 $15,000 $10,000 $0
Total FAM’s & Sales
Missions $20,000
Operating Expenses
Printing of Invitations $2,500 $10,000 $28,000 $25,000 $24,000 $20,000 $15,000
Freelance Art-Video-
Translations $3,500 $2,000 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500
Shipping to Shows* $5,000 $8,000 $700 $700 $700 $700 $700
Sales Dues & Memberships* $2,000 $2,000 $15,000 $14,000 $12,000 $10,000 $6,000
Total Operating Expenses $13,000
TOTAL SALES &
MARKETING BUDGET $240,000 $318,200 $320,200 $305,200 $294,200 $253,200 $226,200
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Leisure/Travel Industry Sales Continued
REGISTER -SHOWS & CONF
$119,000
TRAVEL - SHOWS & CONF $60,500
SPONSOR/PROMO $27,500
FAM'S & MISSIONS $20,000
OPERATING $13,000
$240,000
$119,000
$60,500
$27,500
$20,000
$13,000
LEISURE& TRAVEL TRADE SALES BUDGET
REGISTER -SHOWS & CONF TRAVEL - SHOWS & CONF SPONSOR/PROMO FAM'S & MISSIONS OPERATING
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SPECIALTY MARKET SALES
FY 21
FUND
184/194*
FY 20
FUND
184/194*
FY 19
FUND
184/194*
Promotional Items $2,000 $2,000 $2,000
Sponsorship of Meeting & Events $3,000 $3,000 $3,000
Trade Show Registrations $12,000 $14,600 $14,300
Trade Show Booth Décor* $2,000 $2,000 $2,000
Sales Dues & Memberships* $1,500 $1,500 $1,500
Specialty Market Sales Travel $10,000 $12,500 $12,500
Mileage - Local* $200 $200 $200
Shipping to Shows* $2,000 $2,000 $2,000
Sales Missions $3,000 $3,000 $3,000
Fam Trip Support $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
Printing of Invitations $1,500 $1,500 $1,500
Freelance Art-Video $2,000 $2,000 $2,000
TOTAL SALES & MARKETING BUDGET $40,200 $45,300 $45,000
REGISTER -SHOWS & CONF $12,000
TRAVEL - SHOWS & CONF $10,200
SPONSOR/PROMO $5,000
FAM'S & MISSIONS $2,500
OPERATING $10,500
$40,200
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Specialty Market Sales Continued
$12,000
$10.200
$5,000
$2,500
$10,500
SPECIALTY MARKET SALES
REGISTER -SHOWS & CONF TRAVEL - SHOWS & CONF SPONSOR/PROMO
FAM'S & MISSIONS OPERATING
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SPORTS MARKETING
FY 21
FUND
184/194*
FY 20
FUND
184/194*
FY 19
FUND
184/194*
FY 18
FUND
184/194*
FY 17
FUND
184/194*
FY 16
FUND
184/194*
FY 15
FUND
184/194*
Media & Web Advertising $100,000 $203,000 $203,000 $555,000 $185,000 $395,000 $25,000
Production $15,000 $15,000 $25,000 $20,000 $20,000 $15,000 $14,000
Web site & Social Media Support $15,000 $25,000 $35,000 $30,000 $30,000 $9,100 $9,100
Interns- Job Bank $0 $0 $15,600 $15,600 $15,600 $0 $54,000
Contract Labor Event Assistance $0 $0 $71,560 $10,000 $71,560 $15,000
Contract/Intern Positions-FBU
Support $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $15,000 $1,000
Travel -Trade Shows &
Conferences $10,000 $30,000 $100,000 $60,000 $60,000 $25,000 $18,450
Memberships * $1,000 $10,000 $8,000 $8,000 $2,300 $2,300
Sports ETA * $1,000
Florida Sports Foundation $2,000
Registrations
SPORTS Conference $0 $2,700
US Sports Congress $0 $4,500
Connect Sports $500 $1,000
NASC CSEE Certification $3,000 $10,000 $20,000 $30,000 $20,000 $15,000 $6,000
Promo Products $10,000 $10,000 $22,000 $20,000 $20,000 $10,000 $1,000
Site Visits $50,000 $100,000 $50,000 $20,000 $20,000 $15,000 $12,000
Bid Fees/Sponsorships $10,000 $50,000 $50,000 $30,000 $30,000 $15,000
Sponsorships $0 $0 $75,000 $200,000 $175,000 $75,000 $100,000
Cat. B Sports Event Grants $0 $3,000 $3,000 $1,600 $1,600 $0 $1,000
Training * $2,500 $10,000 $5,000
Trade Show Décor-Banners $5,000 $5,000 $5,000
Dest. Intl Impact Calculator $2,500 $10,000 $5,000 $4,000 $4,000 $2,000 $3,500
Marketing Banners/Event Signs $50,000 $600,000 $540,000 $345,000 $155,000 $50,000 $36,000
Event Operating Support- Smaller
events $50,000 $45,000 $72,000 $100,000 $100,000
Large Event Sponsorships $600,000
Parks & Rec Support -Overtime $10,000
TOTAL SPORTS MARKETING $936,500 $1,125,200 $1,307,160 $1,449,200 $915,760 $658,400 $283,350
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Sports Marketing Continued
ADVERTISING/PROD/WEBSITE $130,000
REGISTRATIONS $3,500
TRAVEL $10,000
SPONSORSHIPS & BID FEES $10,000
PROMOTIONS/SITES $60,000
EVENT SUPPORT/GRANTS $650,000
PARK OT $10,000
OPERATING EXPENSES $63,000
$936,500
$130,000
$3,500
$10,000
$10,000
$60,000
$650,000
$10,000 $63,000
SPORTS MARKETING
ADVERTISING/PROD/WEBSITE REGISTRATIONS TRAVEL
SPONSORSHIPS & BID FEES PROMOTIONS/SITES EVENT SUPPORT/GRANTS
PARK OT OPERATING EXPENSES
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PUBLIC RELATIONS & COMMUNICATIONS
FY 21
FUND
184/194*
FY 20
FUND
184/194*
FY 1
FUND
184/194*9
FY 18
FUND
184/194*
FY 17
FUND
184/194*
FY 16
FUND
184/194*
FY 15
FUND
184/194*
Contractual Services:
Blueway Website-Miles $0 $0 $0 $10,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000
Media Monitoring Services $14,100 $15,000 $15,000 $15,000 $14,000 $46,000 $46,000
CleanPix * $9,000 $9,000 $9,000 $9,000 $8,700 $8,700 $15,000
E-News Distribution * $0 $0 $0 $3,500 $0 $0 $0
Video, Audio, Still Production $40,000 $50,000 $0 $0 $90,000 $90,000 $90,000
Constant Contact $0 $600 $0 $20,000 $1,000 $4,000 $4,000
TravMedia $5,000 $6,200 $10,000
LHR PR - $172,000 $172,000 $172,000 $190,000 $175,000 $198,000 $198,000
Contractual Sub Total $240,100 $252,800 $206,000 $247,500 $293,700 $351,700 $358,000
Multimedia Production - Video, photos,
other $0 $40,000 $90,000 $90,000 $10,000 $10,000 $6,000
PR Social Media Boosts $15,000 $29,000 $25,000 $15,000 $3,000 $3,000 $1,650
Promotional Products $5,000 $9,200 $10,000 $3,000 $15,000 $5,000 $5,000
Paid Influencer Fees, Freelancers for
Content, PR Support $35,000 $62,000 $50,000 $50,000 $0 $2,000 $2,000
Sponsorships $7,500 $20,000 $20,000 $10,000 $40,000 $38,500 $38,500
Press Release Distribution-Events,
Shows, Newswires $0 $1,825 $1,825 $3,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000
Individual & Group Writer FAM’s $15,000 $40,000 $40,000 $40,000 $35,000 $35,000 $35,000
Travel- Regional/Local $5,000 $7,000 $7,000 $5,000 $35,000
Registrations- Media Missions,
Conferences, Trade Shows $5,000 $30,000 $25,000 $25,000 $0 $0 $0
Printing - PR folders, other $0 $2,000 $2,000 $1,000 $200 $200 $200
Award Submissions $1,500 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
Show & Conference Registrations $14,000 $15,000 $32,000 $4,000 $8,000 $4,000 $4,000
Sub Total Promotional & Travel $103,000 $258,025 $304,825 $248,000 $152,200 $103,700
Memberships *
Ragan Communications Insider $0 $0 $0 $400 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
ATTA $0 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,050 $1,050 $1,050
PRSA - staff memberships $500 $1,050 $1,050 $1,050 $600 $600 $600
Family Travel Association $0 $0 $0 $1,500 $100 $100 $100
SATW $600 $600 $600 $600 $400 $400 $400
NATJA $500 $500 $500
See SW FL $0 $100 $100 $100 $175 $150 $150
FOWA $0 $275 $275 $200 $159 $100 $100
Naples Zoo $0 $159 $159 $159 $415 $395 $395
Social Media Marketing $0
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Public Relations and Communications Continued
HSMAI $415 $415 $415 $415 $125 $125 $125
Misc. Memberships $250 $125 $125 $125 $4,024 $3,920 $3,920
Sub Total Memberships $2,265 $4,224 $4,224 $5,549
Training & Development * $2,000 $4,000 $4,000 $2,000 $5,000 $2,000 $2,000
Subscriptions * $250 $3,000 $3,000 $3,000 $3,000 $3,000 $3,000
Equipment- Video & Photography * $2,000 $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $3,000 $10,000
Sub Total PR Expenses $4,250 $11,000 $11,000 $9,000 $12,000 $8,000
TOTAL PUBLIC RELATIONS $349,615 $526,049 $526,049 $510,049 $457,900 $463,400 $358,000
CONTRACTUAL $240,100
PROMOTIONAL & TRAVEL $103,000
MEMBERSHIPS $2,265
MISC EXPENSES $4,250
$349,615
$240,100
$103,000
$2,265 $4,250
PR & COMMUNICATIONS BUDGET
CONTRACTUAL PROMOTIONAL & TRAVEL MEMBERSHIPS MISC EXPENSES
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FILM OFFICE
FY 21
FUND
184/194*
FY 20
FUND
184/194*
FY 19
FUND
184/194*
FY 18
FUND
184/194*
FY 17
FUND
184/194*
FY 16
FUND
184/194*
FY 15
FUND
184/194*
Registrations $1,000 $12,695 $12,000 $14,250 $17,250 $13,500 $10,395
Promotional Items $200 $200 $300 $200 $300 $300 $300
Sponsored Events $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $250 $500
Mileage* $200 $1,200 $250 $200 $350 $200 $200
Travel - Out of Market $4,300 $13,900 $19,120 $13,900 $16,900 $20,100 $16,500
Cell Phone* $2,750 $2,750 $2,750 $2,750 $2,750 $1,550 $1,550
Office Phone* $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
Office Rent* $9,900 $9,300 $9,600 $9,600 $9,600 $8,400 $8,400
Postage & shipping* $100 $300 $300 $300 $350 $350 $350
Printing $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200
Office Supplies* $300 $640 $620 $400 $400 $400 $400
Dues & Memberships* $3,300 $5,750 $5,750 $5,750 $5,750 $1,500 $1,250
Subscriptions* $512 $612 $612 $612 $612 $612 $592
Advertising $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $1,500 $1,500 $1,125 $1,125
Web Site Maintenance $10,000 $10,000 $10,060 $10,000 $5,000 $10,000 $10,000
Reel Scout® Contract* $6,000 $6,000 $6,000 $6,060 $6,060 $5,060 $5,060
Adobe® software annual* $300
FILM OFFICE TOTALS $42,062 $66,547 $70,562 $66,722 $68,022 $64,547 $57,822
REGISTRATIONS $1,000
TRAVEL $4,300
CONTRACTUAL $6,000
ADVERTISING &
WEBSITE $12,000
SPONSOR/PROMO $200
DUES-MEMBERSHIPS $3,300
OPERATING
EXPENSES $15,262
$42,062
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Film Office Continued
$1,000
$4,300
$6,000
$12,000
200
$3,300
$15,262
FILM OFFICE BUDGET
REGISTRATIONS TRAVEL CONTRACTUAL
ADVERTISING & WEBSITE SPONSOR/PROMO DUES-MEMBERSHIPS
OPERATING EXPENSES
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UK/IRELAND MARKETING
FY 21 FY 20 FY 19 FY 18 FY 17 FY 16 FY 15
Fund 184
OMMAC, LTD
Service Fees $120,000 $120,000 $120,000 $120,000 $120,000 $120,000 $120,000
Travel $9,634 $17,534 $26,399 $26,399 $18,000 $18,630 $16,069
Registration Fees $2,495 $13,005 $8,570 $8,570 $9,000 $8,370 $8,600
Brochure Dist. $3,600 $4,900 $4,900 $4,900 $1,500 $4,800 $4,926
Sponsorships $7,500 $2,500 $500 $500 $5,000 $4,500 $6,100
Promotions & T O Co-ops $34,791 $39,961 $39,631 $39,631 $46,500 $34,880 $41,345
Expenses $1,800 $2,100 $0 $0 $0 $8,820 $2,960
TOTAL UK MARKETING $179,820 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000
Monthly Service Fees $120,000
Travel & Registration Fees $12,129
Brochure Distribution $3,600
Sponsorships $7,500
Promotions & TO Co-Ops $34,791
Expenses $1,800
$179,820
$120,000$12,129
$3,600
$7,500
$34,791
$1,800
UK IRELAND REP MARKETING
Monthly Service Fees Travel & Registration Fees Brochure Distribution
Sponsorships Promotions & TO Co-Ops Misc Expenses
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EUROPEAN MARKETING
FY 21 FY 20 FY 19 FY 18 FY 17 FY 16 FY 15
Fund 184
DiaMonde Marketing, Europe
Service Fee $120,000 $120,000 $120,000 $120,000 $120,000 $102,000 $102,000
Travel for Shows & Trainings $13,500 $18,000 $18,000 $18,000 $42,343 $17,000 $17,000
Marketing, Promotions, PR* $65,700 $73,400 $19,265 $19,265 $52,021 $26,974 $22,700
Tour Operator Co-Ops * $16,840 $50,000 $32,035 $32,035 -$45,000 $45,000 $45,000
PR and Media Events* $900 $2,818 $1,200 $1,200 $8,532 $3,775 $2,531
Trade Show Register* $30,000 $31,770 $0 $0 $2,650 $0 $5,769
Membership Dues* $2,280 $2,040 $0 $0 $2,262 $2,165 $2,000
Marketing & Promo by Diamonde $25,045 $35,553 $2,000 $2,000 $2,791 $3,086 $3,000
Miscellaneous Promotion Expenses $5,000 $11,500 $7,500 $7,500 $14,401
DiaMonde Total $279,265 $345,081 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000
Service Fee $120,000
Marketing & Promos Pd by CVB Directly* $115,720
Marketing & Promos Pd by Diamonde
Directly $30,045
Travel for Shows/Training by Diamonde $13,500
$279,265
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BRAZIL MARKETING – AVIAREPS
FY 21 FY 20 FY 19 FY 18 FY 17 FY 16 FY 15
Fund 184
Service Fee $49,500 $49,500 $49,500 $49,500 $49,500 $49,500 $49,500
Advertising* $5,000 $10,000 $15,000 $15,000 $10,000 $30,000 $50,000
Co-Op Promotions* $5,400 $7,000 $14,000 $14,000 $40,000 $60,000 $50,000
Trainings $8,000 $6,000 $20,000 $20,000 $1,000 $4,000 $10,000
New Collateral* $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $6,000 $10,000
Trade Show Register* $10,000 $12,450 $27,000 $27,000 $15,500 $58,000 $25,000
Fam Tours $3,000 $5,000 $15,000 $15,000 $10,000 $8,000 $15,000
Press Trips $4,800 $22,000 $12,000 $12,000 $21,000
Influencer Trips $3,000 $7,500 $14,000 $14,000 $6,000
Media Events* $700 $3,000 $2,000 $2,000 $3,000 $14,800 $20,000
Sales Missions- Travel $5,000 $3,000 $3,500 $3,500 $3,000 $25,000
Social Media-Zebra* $18,000 $18,000 $18,000 $18,000 $18,000 $30,000
OOP Expenses $1,000 $3,000 $5,000 $5,000 $3,000
TOTAL $118,400 $151,450 $200,000 $200,000 $185,000 $285,300 $229,500
Monthly Service Fee $49,500
Marketing & Media By AVIAREPS Direct $20,800
Marketing & Media by CVB Direct* $47,100
Expenses $1,000
$118,400
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Convention & Visitors Bureau Destination Marketing Plan 2020 - 2021 87
Brazil Marketing Continued
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09/28/2020
COLLIER COUNTY
Collier County Tourist Development Council
Item Number: 10.A
Item Summary: Marketing Partner Report
Meeting Date: 09/28/2020
Prepared by:
Title: – Tourism
Name: Yasmith Yidi
09/21/2020 12:35 PM
Submitted by:
Title: Division Director – Tourism
Name: Jack Wert
09/21/2020 12:35 PM
Approved By:
Review:
Tourism Kelly Green Tourism Division Completed 09/21/2020 12:40 PM
Tourism Jack Wert Director Completed 09/21/2020 2:09 PM
Public Services Department Jennifer Reynolds Additional Reviewer Completed 09/22/2020 9:42 AM
Corporate Business Operations Sean Callahan Executive Director Completed 09/22/2020 11:21 AM
County Attorney's Office Colleen Greene Attorney Review Completed 09/22/2020 11:28 AM
Tourist Development Council Jack Wert Meeting Pending 09/28/2020 9:00 AM
10.A
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Marketing Partner
Reports
September 2020
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Collier County Tourism Research
Presented by:
Research Data Services, Inc.
September 2020
August 2020
Presented to:
The Collier County Tourist
Development Council
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Economic Indicators
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Collier Direct Leisure and Hospitality
Employment (Calendar Year)*
Jan.Feb.Mar.Apr.May Jun.Jul.Aug.Sep.Oct.Nov.Dec.
2016 29,000 29,700 29,700 29,000 27,500 25,900 25,000 24,800 24,800 26,300 28,500 29,300
2017 30,300 30,700 31,100 30,400 28,700 27,000 25,800 25,900 23,400 26,700 29,200 30,300
2018 30,700 31,600 31,700 30,400 29,000 27,400 26,400 26,200 26,100 27,800 30,300 31,000
2019 31,700 32,400 32,400 31,700 30,100 28,400 27,600 27,300 27,100 28,600 31,100 31,700
2020 31,400 31,800 31,700 19,900 20,700 22,800 22,700 23,400
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
MonthlyDirect Leisure and Hospitality Employment* SOURCE: Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Labor Market Information, Current Employment Statistic Program
(CES), Collier County Leisure and Hospitality Sector. (April 2018 through December 2019 employment projections revised as of
March 16, 2020 reporting.)
2020
2016201720182019
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Jan.Feb.Mar.Apr.May Jun.Jul.Aug.Sep.Oct.Nov.Dec.
2016 918,929 989,845 1,269,961 900,594 606,833 492,413 484,074 431,729 391,844 550,316 727,634 840,501
2017 892,905 946,079 1,252,124 1,032,783 629,321 528,383 530,428 481,185 327,466 581,317 767,064 873,494
2018 965,981 1,053,817 1,379,728 939,957 668,665 546,159 561,039 501,023 418,256 569,553 810,283 958,717
2019 1,050,093 1,117,409 1,482,239 1,111,558 725,754 586,319 570,977 526,519 460,869 638,922 876,703 1,077,818
2020 1,132,103 1,241,590 861,221 53,379 143,004 237,706 256,418
0
250,000
500,000
750,000
1,000,000
1,250,000
1,500,000
RSW Total Passenger TrafficCY 2016: 8.60 million (+2.8%)
CY 2017: 8.84 million (+2.8%)
CY 2018: 9.37 million (+6.0%)
CY 2019: 10.23 million (+9.1%)
CY 2020 to date: 3.93 million (-40.9%)
Southwest Florida International Airport
(RSW) Passenger Traffic
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Year to Date 2020
January –August
Collier Visitor Profile
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Collier Tourism Metrics
Year to Date 2020 (January –August)
Number of
Visitors
Room Nights
Economic Impact
•950,100
•-29.5%∆
•1,219,400
•-30.4%∆
•$1,116,465,000
•-33.8%∆
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Collier Comp Set
Occupancy ADR RevPAR
2020 % ∆2020 % ∆2020 % ∆
Naples MSA 45.3%-32.3 $255.44 -0.8 $115.76 -32.9
Naples Upscale 49.4%-34.1 $333.76 +0.8 $164.98 -33.5
Miami-Hialeah 48.6%-37.7 $209.73 +4.1 $102.00 -35.1
Florida Keys 58.2%-28.3 $299.40 +4.8 $174.30 -24.8
Ft. Myers 50.5%-30.0 $170.09 -0.1 $85.94 -30.1
Sarasota-Bradenton 51.6%-25.4 $143.24 -2.9 $73.89 -27.5
Clearwater 55.5%-28.6 $147.59 -11.7 $81.91 -37.0
St. Petersburg 52.7%-30.7 $152.55 -9.2 $80.46 -37.1
Palm Beach County 46.7%-36.8 $200.82 +2.9 $93.86 -35.0
Ft. Lauderdale 51.2%-34.1 $147.37 -3.5 $75.45 -36.4
SOURCE: SMITH TRAVEL RESEARCH, INC.
YTD 2020 (January –August)
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Collier Comp Set –Occupancy (%)
SOURCE: SMITH TRAVEL RESEARCH, INC.
YTD 2020 (January –August)
Trans % ∆19-20 Grp % ∆19-20 Total
Naples MSA 33.6%-20.7 11.7%-52.4 45.3%
Miami-Hialeah 33.2%-42.9 10.8%-30.7 48.6%
Florida Keys 51.7%-26.7 6.2%-39.4 58.2%
Ft. Myers 39.8%-29.4 8.1%-42.9 50.5%
Sarasota-Bradenton 42.6%-21.5 8.1%-40.6 51.6%
Clearwater 45.8%-23.2 9.7%-46.1 55.5%
St. Petersburg 43.4%-23.2 8.4%-54.3 52.7%
Palm Beach County 33.4%-36.1 12.6%-37.6 46.7%
Ft. Lauderdale 39.3%-31.7 9.0%-43.2 51.2%
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Collier Comp Set –ADR ($)
Trans % ∆19-20 Grp % ∆19-20 Total
Naples MSA $250.89 -7.2 $269.09 +13.9 $255.44
Miami-Hialeah $211.65 +3.6 $254.08 +17.0 $209.73
Florida Keys $300.07 +4.4 $300.84 +8.1 $299.40
Ft. Myers $174.37 -2.6 $171.17 +17.4 $170.09
Sarasota-Bradenton $147.51 -3.4 $129.45 -3.3 $143.24
Clearwater $148.20 -14.9 $144.73 +0.6 $147.59
St. Petersburg $153.77 -12.5 $150.11 +1.8 $152.55
Palm Beach County $189.97 -4.0 $236.16 +20.5 $200.82
Ft. Lauderdale $143.45 -4.8 $176.07 +2.3 $147.37
SOURCE: SMITH TRAVEL RESEARCH, INC.
YTD 2020 (January –August)
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August 2020
Collier Visitor Profile
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Visitation/Economic Impacts of Tourism
Collier August 2020
Visitors
2020
93,100
2019
112,700
Room Nights
2020
122,400
2019
155,400
Economic
Impact
2020
$80,753,900
2019
$98,949,500
August
%∆
-21.2
%∆
-17.4
%∆
-18.4
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Occupancy/Room Rates
Collier August 2020
Occupancy 61.9%45.6%-26.3
ADR $153.60 $176.56 +14.9
RevPAR $95.10 $80.51 -15.3
2019 2020 % ∆
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Licensed Transient Lodging Units
Licensed Transient Lodging Units 2019 2020 ∆%
Hotel 5,622 6,267 +11.5
Motel 2,019 2,013 -0.3
Apartment/Vacation Rental 2,508 2,857 +13.9
Total Licensed Lodging Units 10,149 11,137 +9.7
Collier August 2020
* Source: Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR)
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RDS Occupancy/ADR
Collier August 2020
Midweek Weekend
Occupancy 33.5%62.8%
ADR $160.64 $195.31
August 2020
* Please note that 62.5% of properties responding provided usable
midweek/weekend breakout data this month.
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Visitor Metrics
Collier’s August visitation originates from the
following primary market segments:
Collier August 2020
August Visitation 2020 Visitor #∆%
Florida 76,156 +40.2
Southeast 5,027 -9.0
Northeast 3,724 -57.6
Midwest 4,283 -60.8
Canada*0 -100.0
Europe*0 -100.0
Other 3,910 -27.7
Total 93,100 -17.4
* August 2020’s Canadian and European visitation
was too small to measure.
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Collier Comp Set
August 2020
Occupancy ADR RevPAR
2020 % ∆2020 % ∆2020 % ∆
Naples MSA 39.6%-22.7 $179.86 +11.5 $71.30 -13.8
Naples Upscale 44.8%-22.2 $237.93 +12.9 $106.70 -12.1
Miami-Hialeah 33.9%-52.5 $109.85 -25.0 $37.29 -64.4
Florida Keys 54.4%-22.9 $222.79 +2.6 $121.14 -20.9
Ft. Myers 42.9%-22.1 $122.95 +6.3 $52.74 -17.3
Sarasota-Bradenton 47.2%-12.1 $113.20 +3.9 $53.39 -8.7
Clearwater 51.2%-23.9 $123.68 -10.5 $63.28 -31.9
St. Petersburg 45.6%-27.9 $125.99 -7.2 $57.47 -33.1
Palm Beach County 38.8%-37.5 $127.23 +5.2 $49.32 -34.3
Ft. Lauderdale 45.3%-35.6 $95.48 -13.6 $43.29 -44.4
SOURCE: SMITH TRAVEL RESEARCH, INC.
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Collier Comp Set –Occupancy (%)
August 2020
SOURCE: SMITH TRAVEL RESEARCH, INC.
Trans % ∆19-20 Grp % ∆19-20 Total
Naples MSA 38.1%-5.1 1.6%-85.8 39.6%
Miami-Hialeah 24.8%-58.7 4.7%-37.2 33.9%
Florida Keys 52.2%-18.5 2.0%-67.2 54.4%
Ft. Myers 40.1%-10.3 1.5%-83.0 42.9%
Sarasota-Bradenton 40.1%-13.3 6.2%+2.8 47.2%
Clearwater 47.8%-18.5 3.3%-60.9 51.2%
St. Petersburg 40.9%-19.0 4.1%-64.4 45.6%
Palm Beach County 30.1%-39.8 8.3%-23.3 38.8%
Ft. Lauderdale 38.6%-31.2 5.2%-47.8 45.3%
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Collier Comp Set –ADR ($)
August 2020
Trans % ∆19-20 Grp % ∆19-20 Total
Naples MSA $181.33 +8.0 $144.33 +4.7 $179.86
Miami-Hialeah $121.16 -19.2 $84.12 -41.0 $109.85
Florida Keys $223.40 +2.7 $216.85 +1.0 $222.79
Ft. Myers $125.83 +3.5 $96.79 +1.3 $122.95
Sarasota-Bradenton $119.46 +9.0 $80.62 -29.6 $113.20
Clearwater $126.77 -10.6 $79.39 -29.5 $123.68
St. Petersburg $129.22 -9.0 $95.27 -15.0 $125.99
Palm Beach County $107.15 -11.2 $203.66 +58.1 $127.23
Ft. Lauderdale $100.29 -10.9 $68.14 -38.1 $95.48
SOURCE: SMITH TRAVEL RESEARCH, INC.
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Party Size/LOS
This August, visitor party size averaged 2.8
travelers who stayed for 3.1 nights in the Naples,
Marco Island, Everglades area (August 2019: 2.7
people; 3.6 nights).
Collier August 2020
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Traveler
Sentiment
Study
Pulse # 17
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TRAVELER SENTIMENT SURVEY
METHODOLOGY
As COVID-19 travel restrictions started to ease in the
beginning of May of 2020,Research Data Services
compiled our global email database of likely Florida
travelers and began implementing a weekly Traveler
Sentiment study designed to understand the opinions,
concerns,and travel likelihood of potential visitors.
In August,we updated the study to better address the
current situation as people start to travel again.
Because we are seeing significant tracking in the
response matrix,we also restructured this research
over a series of bi-weekly pulses.
The results of Pulse 17 are based on 377 surveys
completed from August 31 –September 13,2020.
2
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TRAVELER SENTIMENT SURVEYTRAVELERSENTIMENT SURVEY
READY TO GET OUT AND TRAVEL AGAIN?
27.7
22.1
6.3
23.0
21.7
16.4
30.2
25.0
6.6
19.5
18.0
12.8
0.0
5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
30.0
35.0
I have already taken a trip(s)I currently have a trip booked I don’t have a trip booked, but I
am ready to travel with no
hesitations
I am ready to travel, but feel
some hesitations
I need a little more time to be
ready to travel
I need a lot more time to be
ready to travel
What are your feelings currently: (Multiple Response)
Pulse 16 (8/24-8/30)Pulse 17 (8/31-9/13)
3Q2a
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READY TO GET OUT AND TRAVEL AGAIN? (cont.)
20.9
14.4
8.0
5.7
17.8
20.7
19.1
7.2
4.3
19.2
0.0
5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
I won’t be ready to travel until there is a
proven and widely distributed vaccine
My financial situation does not permit
me to travel currently
My work commitments do not permit
me to travel currently
I have lost interest in traveling I am happier just doing things near me
that do not involve overnight travel right
now
What are your feelings currently: (Multiple Response)
Pulse 16 (8/24-8/30)Pulse 17 (8/31-9/13)
4Q2a
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TRAVELER SENTIMENT SURVEYTRAVELERSENTIMENT SURVEY
WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU WILL BE READY FOR TRAVEL?
As soon as allowed 1 - 30 days 2 - 3 months 4 - 6 months 7 - 11 months 1 year or more Unlikely to travel Don't know
P1-4 (5/4-5/31)13.5 14.6 16.8 14.6 8.7 10.9 0.6 20.2
P5-8 (6/1-6/28)14.0 11.3 19.0 17.2 7.0 8.7 1.2 21.6
P9-12 (6/29-7/26)16.2 8.1 16.9 16.3 7.6 14.4 0.6 20.0
P13 (7/27-8/2)13.3 6.7 17.4 16.0 8.4 13.7 1.2 23.2
P14 (8/3-8/9)16.6 5.7 19.0 14.2 7.7 14.3 0.0 22.6
P15 (8/10-8/16)15.7 7.8 17.1 16.1 7.9 15.6 0.0 19.9
Pulse 16 (8/24-8/30)0.0 17.8 22.2 16.6 16.2 9.7 1.3 16.2
Pulse 17 (8/31-9/13)0.0 25.1 14.1 16.1 12.2 15.8 1.3 15.4
0.0
5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
30.0
How long are you likely to wait before you will travel again?
5Q16r
* Prior to Pulse 16, this question was asked in the context of the length of time a respondent would wait to travel after travel restrictions were eased.
In the revised survey, respondents are asked how long they are likely to wait before they travel again without a qualifier. In this context, the “as
soon as allowed” category was removed from the revised survey.
Pulse 1-15 data are provided here for context only.
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TRAVELER SENTIMENT SURVEYTRAVELERSENTIMENT SURVEY
CURRENT LEVEL OF TRAVEL READINESS (Pulse 17)
6
Not Ready to Travel:
Red Light (Pulse 16: 33.0%)
Some Indications of Travel Readiness:
Yellow Light (Pulse 16: 31.9%)
Ready to Travel (Next Three Months):
Green Light (Pulse 16: 35.1%)
36.4%
28.9%
34.7%
Q2a/Q16r
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TRAVELER SENTIMENT SURVEYTRAVELERSENTIMENT SURVEY
CHANGES OF PLANS
57.5
17.1
5.5 6.9
41.1
17.1
57.6
20.3
10.7
7.3
31.7
19.3
59.8
20.0
14.1
11.0
27.0
17.2
64.9
21.6
14.4
9.5
21.7
19.3
66.7
15.9
12.3
15.4
28.5
10.5
61.8
20.4 17.7
13.1 15.8 16.0
55.5
17.4
12.7 14.8 13.4
16.8
53.9
16.2
13.8 13.1
16.3 17.6
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
Canceled a trip Rebooked a trip
for a later date
Changed travel to
a closer destination
Was able to take
planned trip
Waiting to see if
can take planned trip
Did not have
trip planned
How has COVID-19 caused you to change travel plans: (Multiple Response)
Pulse 1-4 (5/4-5/31)Pulse 5-8 (6/1-6/28)Pulse 9-12 (6/29-7/19)Pulse 13 (7/27-8/2)
Pulse 14 (8/3-8/9)Pulse 15 (8/10-8/16)Pulse 16 (8/24-8/30)Pulse 17 (8/31-9/13)
11Q2r
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TRAVELER SENTIMENT SURVEYTRAVELERSENTIMENT SURVEY
CHANGES OF PLANS (cont.)
13.5
14.5
9.8
1.3
9.79.7
15.3
8.8
3.4
11.7
0.0
2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
10.0
12.0
14.0
16.0
18.0
Changed travel to a less crowded,
more remote destination
Changed activities planned for trip Made trip shorter Made trip longer Changed mode of transportation
How has COVID-19 caused you to change travel plans: (Multiple Response)
Pulse 16 (8/24-30)Pulse 17 (8/31-9/13)
12Q2r
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TRAVELER SENTIMENT SURVEYTRAVELERSENTIMENT SURVEY
SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED
Trips (% Yes):
Pulse 16
(8/24-8/30)
Pulse 17
(8/31-9/13)
Scheduled 41.4%44.3%
Booked 36.4%44.4%
Scheduled or Booked 47.3%52.4%
Scheduled, but not Booked 10.9%8.0%
Canceled 54.8%51.2%
Taken 39.3%39.2%
None of the Above 15.7%23.7%
13Q3a-d
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TRAVELER SENTIMENT SURVEYTRAVELERSENTIMENT SURVEY
SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED
How many
trips have you:Overall One Trip
Two or
More Trips
Green
Light
Scheduled 44.3%19.2%25.1%78.6%
Booked 44.4%22.7%21.7%75.1%
Canceled 51.2%35.7%15.5%50.7%
Taken 39.2%22.0%17.2%65.8%
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Nearly half (52.4%) of all Pulse
17 respondents report having
either scheduled or booked a
trip since the pandemic
started. (Green Light: 83.6%)
Of those that have scheduled,
some 8.0%say they have not
yet booked their trip.
% of Pulse 17 Respondents
Only 23.7% of Pulse 17 respondents do not report having engaged in
any of these activities.Q3a-d
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TRAVELER SENTIMENT SURVEYTRAVELERSENTIMENT SURVEY
SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED (cont.)
15
52.4%
Scheduled or
Booked a Trip
13.8%
Taken (Not
Canceled)
18.6%
Both
Canceled
and Taken
13.0%
Canceled
and Not
Taken
7.2%
Neither
Canceled or
Taken
Taken a Trip:
32.4%
Not Taken a Trip:
20.2%
47.6%
Have Neither
Scheduled nor
Booked a Trip
4.2%
Taken (Not
Canceled)
2.7%
Both
Canceled
and Taken
17.0%
Canceled
and Not
Taken
23.6%
Neither
Canceled or
Taken
Taken a Trip:
6.6%
Not Taken a Trip:
40.8%
All metrics are percentaged to total
respondents. Please note that statistics
may not add due to rounding.
Pulse 17
Q3a-d
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TRAVELER SENTIMENT SURVEYTRAVELERSENTIMENT SURVEY
POST COVID-19 VACATION EXPERIENCES
16
2.3%4.1%20.2%42.3%31.1%
Q3e
% of Pulse 17 respondents who report having traveled since the pandemic started:
73.4%
Good or Very Good
(Pulse 16: 77.0%)
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TRAVELER SENTIMENT SURVEY
REOPENING TRAJECTORY
17
REOPENING TIMING DRILL DOWN:
% Too Quickly by Key Market Subsets (Compared to Previous Pulse)
33.3% (0.0 pts)
Florida Residents
31.1% (-5.7 pts)
< 46 Years Old
22.9% (-7.2 pts)
Other U.S.
25.0% (-2.4 pts)
46 -64 Years Old
36.9% (+13.8 pts)
International
27.6% (-0.6 pts)
65 + Years Old
26.0% (-0.9 pts)
Collier Visitors *
26.3% (+6.0 pts)
Male
28.6%(-6.2 pts)
Female
6.9% (-3.6 pts)
Green Light **
29.1% (+2.8 pts)
Yellow Light **
46.7% (-7.1 pts)
Red Light **
47.8
30.5
15.5
6.3
42.5
35.1
16.2
6.2
51.8
30.7
12.3
5.2
56.3
24.9
12.5
6.3
53.2
28.1
12.9
5.7
48.8
26.6
18.5
6.1
29.7
38.0
22.9
9.3
27.9
41.3
21.8
9.1
Reopening is Moving:
Too Quickly At the Right Pace Too Slowly Don't Know
P1-4
P5-8
P17
P15
P13
P14
P9-12
P16
* Respondents who have visited the Naples, Marco Island, Everglades area over the past 5
years or are presently interested in visiting.
** An index of respondents’ overall expressed travel readiness.Q5
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TRAVELER SENTIMENT SURVEY
REOPENING PERCEPTIONS
18
REOPENING STATUS DRILL DOWN:
% Mostly Open by Key Market Subsets (Compared to Previous Pulse)
15.4%(-4.9 pts)
Florida Residents
34.9%(+13.8 pts)
< 46 Years Old
24.8%(+3.5 pts)
Other U.S.
13.7%(-11.1 pts)
46 -64 Years Old
17.9%(-5.6 pts)
International
21.6%(+5.1 pts)
65 + Years Old
27.0%(+8.2 pts)
Collier Visitors *
25.4%(+3.2 pts)
Male
19.8%(-0.1 pts)
Female
33.3% (0.0 pts)
Green Light **
18.9% (-5.7 pts)
Yellow Light **
12.4% (+8.1 pts)
Red Light **
21.0
48.3
15.6
15.0
21.5
49.9
15.3
13.3
Things at destinations I am interested in are:
Mostly Open Only Partially Reopened Mostly Closed Don't Know
Pulse 16
Pulse 17
* Respondents who have visited the Naples, Marco Island, Everglades area over the past 5
years or are presently interested in visiting.
** An index of respondents’ overall expressed travel readiness.Q5b
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TRAVELER SENTIMENT SURVEY
ONE WORD
19
When asked what ONE WORD best
describes their feelings about travel
right now,although the majority of
respondents express trepidation,
24.6%use words like “interesting,”
“therapeutic,”“longing,”“normal,”
“pumped,”“happiness,”“now,”and
“inexpensive.”(Pulse 1-4:18.1%;
Pulse 5-8:17.5%;Pulse 9-12:
16.9%;Pulse 13:13.1%;Pulse 14:
15.1%;Pulse 15:17.4%;Pulse 16:
20.7%)
Q6 Pulse 17
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TRAVELER SENTIMENT SURVEYTRAVELERSENTIMENT SURVEY
ONE WORD FLASH BACK: PULSE 1
20
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TRAVELER SENTIMENT SURVEYTRAVELERSENTIMENT SURVEY
FEELINGS OF SAFETY
25.7
38.3
58.3
22.3
23.1
25.8
18.6
21.6
51.3
35.9
23.0
56.0
30.4
40.3
61.0
21.1
23.0
26.6
20.4
20.2
46.6
33.1
18.5
58.7
30.9
40.3
57.8
19.6
22.8
26.6
22.8
18.8
46.3
33.1
19.4
61.6
30.2 34.3
51.5
17.3
24.0
32.8
19.1
23.0
45.7
32.9 29.4
59.6
32.9 35.6
52.8
22.2
29.9
36.0
22.5
16.5
37.2
28.4 24.7
61.3
37.0
44.4
63.3
25.4
29.0
29.2
20.5
27.6
34.0
26.4
16.2
47.0
43.0 48.6
66.0
24.7
18.8
28.3
20.8
26.2
38.2
23.1
13.2
49.1
43.2 48.5
68.3
29.0
20.6
26.7
16.3
22.8
36.1
24.8
15.4
48.2
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Safe (Rating 1 - 2)Rating 3 or D/K Not Safe (Rating 4 - 5)
Dining in a restaurant Shopping (other than essentials)Participating in outdoor recreation Visiting indoor attractions
26Q12
Pulse 1-4 5-8 9-12 13 14 15 16 17 1-4 5-8 9-12 13 14 15 16 17
72.8%77.8%85.6%60.7%
1-4 5-8 9-12 13 14 15 16 17 1-4 5-8 9-12 13 14 15 16 17
Green Light: P17
(% Safe)
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FEELINGS OF SAFETY (cont.)
16.2
52.8 46.8
19.3
16.9
23.5
18.5
15.0
66.9
23.7
34.7
65.7
18.3
55.1
48.0
19.1
16.4
24.0
23.5
17.2
65.4
20.8
28.6
63.7
15.6
47.9
40.3
15.2
13.8
30.1
19.6
12.8
70.6
22.0
40.2
72.0
15.7
41.9 35.5
15.0
17.2
32.0
24.6
14.5
67.1
26.1
39.9
70.5
17.2
44.5 40.6
20.4
16.8
33.0
27.2
17.1
66.1
22.5
32.2
62.5
18.9
51.1
43.5
20.7
18.1
27.5
26.0
16.7
63.0
21.4
30.4
62.6
14.8
55.3 54.1
17.5
20.3
26.1 22.0
19.3
64.9
18.7 23.9
63.1
20.2
59.3 61.6
23.4
21.1
20.6 13.2
16.0
58.7
20.1 25.3
60.6
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Safe (Rating 1 - 2)Rating 3 or D/K Not Safe (Rating 4 - 5)
Attending a sporting event Visiting friends and relatives Going to the beach Going to a theme park
27Q12
44.9%81.1%80.4%45.1%
Pulse 1-4 5-8 9-12 13 14 15 16 17 1-4 5-8 9-12 13 14 15 16 17 1-4 5-8 9-12 13 14 15 16 17 1-4 5-8 9-12 13 14 15 16 17
Green Light: P17
(% Safe)
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FEELINGS OF SAFETY (cont.)
8.1
77.5
22.0
10.3
12.2
14.3
23.3
14.6
79.7
8.2
54.7
75.1
9.7
78.1
20.2
10.4
9.1
15.3
22.7
14.7
81.2
6.6
57.1
74.9
9.8
76.3
20.0
10.7
9.3
15.4
18.4
12.3
80.8
8.3
61.6
77.0
9.6
66.3
15.6 10.0
9.2
23.4
22.0
12.0
81.2
10.4
62.4
78.0
11.9
75.1
24.9
15.2
11.2
17.2
21.0
11.2
76.9
7.7
54.0
73.6
7.1
79.0
19.0
10.7
14.3
12.7
19.9
15.2
78.7
8.4
61.1
74.0
11.2
83.8
22.6 15.5
9.9
9.8
23.4
14.4
78.8
6.3
54.0
70.1
14.3
81.1
27.8
18.1
13.3
11.3
24.1
18.5
72.4
7.5
48.1
63.5
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Safe (Rating 1 - 2)Rating 3 or D/K Not Safe (Rating 4 - 5)
Going on a cruise Traveling by car Taking a domestic flight Traveling internationally
28Q12
27.4%96.5%56.4%38.5%
Pulse 1-4 5-8 9-12 13 14 15 16 17 1-4 5-8 9-12 13 14 15 16 17 1-4 5-8 9-12 13 14 15 16 17 1-4 5-8 9-12 13 14 15 16 17
Green Light:P17
(% Safe)
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FEELINGS OF SAFETY (cont.)
12.0
21.4
34.316.1
25.6
24.5
71.9
53.0
41.2
11.6
20.2
31.214.6
28.1
31.6
73.7
51.6
37.2
11.9
19.7
28.611.5
22.5
27.4
76.7
57.8
44.0
11.4 18.2
29.113.4
24.9
27.3
75.2
56.9
43.6
14.0 21.0
30.1
12.8
20.9
27.1
73.2
58.1
42.7
13.5
24.2 30.3
13.1
22.0
23.2
73.4
53.9 46.5
12.8
23.2
42.414.0
31.0
27.3
73.2
45.8
30.3
17.8
30.9
42.313.4
25.3
26.3
68.9
43.8
31.5
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Safe (Rating 1 - 2)Rating 3 or D/K Not Safe (Rating 4 - 5)
Attending a conference/convention Traveling to a new destination Traveling to a destination
you have visited before
29Q12
Pulse 1-4 5-8 9-12 13 14 15 16 17 1-4 5-8 9-12 13 14 15 16 17
41.0%66.2%77.6%
1-4 5-8 9-12 13 14 15 16 17
Green Light: P17
(% Safe)
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TRAVELER SENTIMENT SURVEYTRAVELERSENTIMENT SURVEY
SIGNS THAT IS SAFE TO TRAVEL
69.2
64.6
54.1
N/A
39.3
67.4
61.3
56.6
N/A
36.9
72.0
56.9 56.4
N/A
34.5
74.8
60.0 61.6
N/A
34.6
70.6
58.9
66.4
N/A
31.1
56.6
52.9
58.2
N/A
34.9
67.3
59.4 55.2
50.5
42.3
59.1
56.2
53.0 50.8 48.5
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
A vaccine being found Things reopening with
no increase in cases
Slowing spread of COVID-19 worldwide Destination is less
crowded/more socially distanced
Cancellation/refund policies
What would persuade you it is safe to book a trip?(Multiple Response)
Pulse 1-4 (5/4-5/31)Pulse 5-8 (6/1-6/28)Pulse 9-12 (6/29-7/19)Pulse 13 (7/27-8/2)
Pulse 14 (8/3-8/9)Pulse 15 (8/10-8/16)Pulse 16 (8/24-8/30)Pulse 17 (8/31-9/13)
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SIGNS THAT IS SAFE TO TRAVEL (cont.)
55.1
25.7
N/A
39.6
N/A
53.8
30.0
N/A
32.0
N/A45.3
27.0
N/A
30.3
N/A
44.3
28.7
N/A
29.7
N/A41.0
31.8
N/A
33.8 N/A
41.8
23.0
N/A
31.8 N/A
43.1 43.8
30.2
35.6
26.3
41.0
37.0 36.0
31.7 30.1
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
New measures to make travel safer The number of coronavirus cases at your
destination
Destination offers more outdoor
attractions and activities
Travel restrictions being eased Access to a test that shows
you have antibodies
What would persuade you it is safe to book a trip?(Multiple Response)
Pulse 1-4 (5/4-5/31)Pulse 5-8 (6/1-6/28)Pulse 9-12 (6/29-7/19)Pulse 13 (7/27-8/2)
Pulse 14 (8/3-8/9)Pulse 15 (8/10-8/16)Pulse 16 (8/24-8/30)Pulse 17 (8/31-9/13)
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SIGNS THAT IS SAFE TO TRAVEL (cont.)
38.8
24.8
N/A
44.2
35.9
24.4
N/A
42.2
36.9
21.4
N/A
38.2
33.4
20.0
N/A
47.5
32.8
22.3
N/A
45.0
30.1
20.2
N/A
34.5
30.9 29.1 27.0 26.5
29.3 28.0 26.7
23.0
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
A sustained 14 day decline in
the number of new cases
Health screenings at resorts Assurances that staff at resorts, restaurants,
and attractions are vaccinated
CDC reducing risk
advisory levels
What would persuade you it is safe to book a trip?(Multiple Response)
Pulse 1-4 (5/4-5/31)Pulse 5-8 (6/1-6/28)Pulse 9-12 (6/29-7/19)Pulse 13 (7/27-8/2)
Pulse 14 (8/3-8/9)Pulse 15 (8/10-8/16)Pulse 16 (8/24-8/30)Pulse 17 (8/31-9/13)
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TRAVELER SENTIMENT SURVEY
LIKELIHOOD OF VISITING
FLORIDA DESTINATIONS?
41
FLORIDA VISIT LIKELIHOOD DRILL DOWN:
% More/As Likely by Key Market Subsets (Compared to Previous Pulse)
59.1% (-3.4 pts)
Florida Residents
50.0% (+18.7 pts)
< 46 Years Old
45.3% (+9.3 pts)
Other U.S.
38.8% (+2.5 pts)
46 -64 Years Old
13.1%(-2.3 pts)
International
34.2% (-9.0 pts)
65 + Years Old
48.4% (+3.2 pts)
Collier Visitors *
49.2% (+2.0 pts)
Male
36.7% (+4.4 pts)
Female
72.5%(+16.2 pts)
Green Light **
23.9%(-5.0 pts)
Yellow Light **
23.2%(-2.2 pts)
Red Light **
* Respondents who have visited the Naples, Marco Island, Everglades area over the past 5
years or are presently interested in visiting.
** An index of respondents’ overall expressed travel readiness.Q21
17.5
33.736.4
12.3
15.8
41.5
31.5
11.2
8.9
53.0
25.5
12.5
6.2
56.4
26.6
10.9
9.9
48.6
25.4
16.1
11.2
54.9
24.2
9.6
8.8
50.0
28.6
12.6
14.9
48.5
25.6
10.9
Likelihood of visiting Florida in the wake of
the pandemic:
More Likely Less Likely As Likely Don't Know
P1-4
P5-8
P17
P15
P13
P14
P9-12
P16
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TRAVELER SENTIMENT SURVEYTRAVELERSENTIMENT SURVEY
SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN
25.9% have school aged children at home (Pulse 16: 25.2%)
56.9% home/virtual school (Pulse 16: 64.3%)
63.8% feel schooling virtually
opens up additional travel
opportunities for their family
(Pulse 16: 55.6%)
66.5% would consider
traveling to a destination that
offered educational
experiences (Pulse 16: 53.0%)
43.1% traditional
(Pulse 16: 35.7%)
46Q31-34
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NO ADVERTISING REPORT THIS
MONTH
Paradise Advertising &
Marketing, Inc.
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National Public Relations Update
TDC Meeting
Services conducted from
August 2020
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Media Highlights
LHG PR EFFORTS –August 2020
Media Impressions: 38,190
Media Value: $826
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Sports Destination
August 3, 2020
UMV: 36,300
Media Value: $726
As a result of: Press Release
Media Highlights
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26
Golf Coast Magazine
August 26, 2020
UMV: 1,890
Media Value: $100
As a result of: E-Newsletter
Media Highlights
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COVID-19 Crisis Communications
CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL EDITION,
PARADISE COASTLINES
•Continued bi-weekly newsletters
•LHG and Client conducted Zoom
webinars to substitute for weekly
newsletter.
CORONAVIRUS BI-WEEKLY
CONFERENCE CALLS
•Client, LHG and Paradise
Advertising team participated in bi-
weekly calls to go over any new
updates in destination related to
COVID-19.
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PARTNERING WITH LOCAL INFLUENCERS
•We’ve had a few visits fall through that involved press from
outside the area, so will be focusing on local influencers with
a larger reach for our first visits.
•We’ve received feedback culinary is not a major focus for
hotels right now with dining outposts not operating as
normal.
•Upcoming “visits”
•The Flohemian, Mandy Mizell
•Travlin Mad, Lori Sorrentino
•Sarah Rose Walters, Sarah Rose Walters
Media Visits
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Projects/Media Outreach
PITCHING:
•Fall, outdoor activities
•Stone Crab season
•Everglades National Park
•Golf
•Socially-distant experiences
PRESS RELEASE: GOOD NEWS
ROUND-UP
•LHG developed press release
promoting:
•The Ritz-Carlton, Naples
renovations
•New air service
•Paradise Pledge
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Paradise Advertising
Digital & Social Media
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$300k
TOTAL MEDIA SPEND Last
Month (Aug 1 -31)c
$265.3k
▲170 %Compare: $ 98.3k
$290k
$280k
$270k
$
2
60k
A
u
g
1 4 1 6
1 9
My custom
metric
22 25 2
8
Aug
31
TOTAL MEDIA IMPRESSIONS Last Month (Aug 1-31) c
19.89M
▲151 % Compare:7.92M
20M
1
9
.
5M
19
M
1
8
.
5M
18
M
Aug 1 4 7 10 16
1 9
My custom
metric
22 25 2
8
Aug
31
August saw the continuation of the Phase 2 campaign with the Resilient and Reluctant Traveler media strategy,and our Only Paradise Will Do
messaging.
Display:
The Resilient Traveler segment delivered a strong .25%CTR with the top vendor being Expedia with a .64%followed by Acuity with their
sophisticated travel-intender capabilities delivering a .27%CTR.
The Reluctant Traveler segment delivered a .15% CTR, still strong but as expected a little less than the more eager Resilient Traveler. The top
vendor in this segment is DigDev with the digital banners retargeted to those who received our paid email blast,followed by Conversant and the
Florida newspaper sites both with a .15%CTR.
Video:
Overall,our video was viewed to completion 2.2M times in August.There was a 76.9%VCR.
Two Resilient vendors ran video -Division D and TravelSpike,and the overall Resilient VCR was 80.2%,well above our 68%goal.
Division-D was the top vendor with 81%.
Fro Reluctant there were 2 on top,HULU and Scripps,both our streaming vendors,with a 98.6%VCR.They were followed closely by Samba,the
second screen targeting tactic,with an 85.4%VCR.
Of the Phase 2 banner creative,LGBTQ is currently delivering the top CTR with a .46%CTR,followed by Luxury with a .26%.
Of the Phase 2 video creative,the "Only Paradise Will Do" video is the top performer with a 84%CTR ("Make Up for Everything"is not far behind at
an 81%CTR).
NOTE FROM SEP 10 7:24 PM
Total Clicks Last Month
48,393
TOTAL CLICKS Last Month c DIGITAL MEDIA CTR Last Month c
Last Month
0.24%
Digital Media Performance Sep 15, 2020 at 05:08 AMK
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TOP SOURCES/MEDIUMS Last Month c
Source Last Month Δ
google /organic 39,550 ▼2
8
%
google /cpc 18,720 ▲3
0
%
pinterest.com /referral 7,900 ▼1
1
%
digdev /email 7,490 ▲7
8
%
acuity /display 6,992 ▲5
1
%
(direct) /(none)6658 ▲1
1
%
For the month of August in Analytics we had a
44.37% increase in Users versus the year prior. A
47.78% increase in New Users, 43.39% increase in
Sessions and a 23.71%increase in Pageviews.We
only had a 1.40% decrease in sessions per user
and a 6.49% decrease in Bounce Rate.
Website Campaign Tra c Sep 15, 2020 at 11:31 AMK
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Aug 1 4 7 16 25 28 Aug 31
0
30k
60k
90k
120k
10 13
Impressions (QB)
19 22
Previous (Jul 1 -31)
IMPRESSIONS Last Month (Aug 1 -31)c
1.56M
▲3 ,390% Compare: 0.04M
POST ENGAGEMENT
Last Month (Aug 1 -31)c
713.3k
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25,000
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evious (Jul 1 -31)
In the month of August, we continued running
the Culinary and Evergreen campaigns after
pausing the ads in July due to the Facebook
boycott.
During August, we generated 1.56 million
Impressions and 713,300 Post Engagements.
The CTRs are lower than we'd like, registering at
0.9% for the Evergreen and 0.79% for the
Culinary, just below the 0.9% average. We look
to improve on those CTRs in September as
these campaigns near the end.
LINK CLICKS BY CAMPAIGN
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CCT 0787 Summer Culinary Relaunch Video
Views (23845179521010191)1,288
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CCT 0787 Summer Culinary Relaunch
Video Views (23845179521010191)0.24%
CCT 0766 Summer Evergreen Phase 2
Video Views (23845100418890191)0.18%
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CCT 0787 Summer Culinary Relaunch Tra c
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CCT 0787 Summer Culinary Relaunch Video
Views (23845179521010191)0
CCT 0766 Summer Evergreen Phase 2 Video
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POST COMMENTS BY CAMPAIGN
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NAME IMPR.
LGBTQ 0825 52,300 6.35
Meetings & Sports Planners0807 89,023 1.25
Leisure Golf 0800 270.6k 1.19
Weddings 0803 97,223 0.79
Phase 2 Recovery 0767 1.89M 0.57
Inspirational 0767 0
CONSUMER LEISURE 2020 -0767 0
CAMPAIGNS OVERVIEW
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$0.51
▼7 % Compare: $0.55
3 5 7 9 11 21 23 25 27 29 Aug 31
0
Aug 1
120k
90k
60k
30k
13 15
Impressions
17 19
Previous (Jul 1 -31)
IMPRESSIONS Last Month (Aug 1 -31)c
2.4M
▲56 % Compare:1.54M
7 Aug 31
180
Aug 1
340
500
660
820
CLICKS Last Month (Aug 1 -31)c
19,246
▲30 % Compare:14,852
IMPRESSION HEAT MAP
Last Month (Aug 1 -31)c
Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
No value 34,515 119.7k
2.4M
Total
Phase 2 Recovery..
78.8%
13 19 25
Clicks Previous (Jul 1 -31)
LGBTQ 0825
2.2%
Meetings &Sports..
3.7%
Weddings 0803
4.1%
Leisure Golf 0800
11.3%
IMPRESSION BY CAMPAIGN
Last Month (Aug 1 -31)c
Paid Search -Google Sep 15, 2020 at 01:14 PMK
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TOURIST TAX COLLECTIONS
Collier County Tax Collector
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PARADISECOAST.COM
MONTHLY REPORTING
August 2020
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Traffic by Medium
August 2020
With 122,911 visits, traffic grew 43% YoY and 11% MoM in August, giving it the highest number of visits seen in August to date. This is due in large part to a 78% boost in campaign traffic, which negatively impacted engagement metrics. While all SITs saw a notable MoM boost, all but one were down YoY.
Organic traffic (+4% YoY) was the second-largest medium. Referrals saw a 162% YoY increase, though the vast majority of these stemmed from Pinterest and had a 94% Bounce Rate.
All SITS saw double-digit MoM increases, but the only SIT to go up YoY was Hotel Listings Pageviews. The two largest sources of in-state traffic were Miami-Fort Lauderdale and Tampa-St. Pete. With nearly 42,000 views and a 79% bounce rate, the most-viewed page in August was Explore Naples Safely.
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GOOGLE ANALYTICS
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TOTAL SITE TRAFFIC, PAGEVIEWS & ENGAGEMENT
Performance (YOY)
o Total Visits: 122,911 43%
o Total Unique Visitors: 106,099
44%
o Total Pageviews: 185,613 24%
o Average Time on Site: 1:00 24%
o Overall Bounce Rate (BR): 69%
7%
o Homepage Bounce Rate: 65%
19%
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o Total Visits: 913,635 1%
o Total Unique Visitors: 752,203 0%
o Total Pageviews: 1,471,403 8%
o Average Time on Site: 1:11 10%
o Overall Bounce Rate (BR): 61%
.1%
o Homepage Bounce Rate: 64%
.2%
YEAR-TO-DATE SNAPSHOT
Performance (Year to Date)
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SIGNALS OF INTENT TO TRAVEL (SITS)
o Guide Orders: 404 35%
o E-Guide Views: 117 39%
o E-Newsletter Sign Ups: 207
10%
o Hotel Listing Views: 2,585 34%
o Deals Page Views: 2,110 21%
Goal Completions (YOY)
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BOOK DIRECT PERFORMANCE
o BookDirect Widget Searches: 1,170
1,215
o BookDirect Click-Thrus (Referrals to Properties):809 1,020
o Average Time Spent on Results Page (All Devices): 3.7 min 1.2 min
o Bounce Rate (BR): 12.46%81%
o Search-to-Referral Ratio:
Overall:69%84%
Desktop:125%236%
Mobile:35%38%
Activity & Engagement (YOY)AUGUST 2020 AUGUST 2019
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MOBILE, TOP PAGES & GEO MARKETS
o Mobile Traffic: 72% of total traffic, including tablets
o Most Viewed Pages: (1)Explore Naples Safely page, (2) Homepage, (3) Coronavirus Information
page, (4) Celebrities on Marco Island article, (5) eNewsletter Signup page
o Top State Markets: Florida, Georgia, New York, Texas, Illinois
o Top City Markets:Miami-Ft. Lauderdale,Tampa-St. Pete,Naples-Ft. Myers, Orlando, Atlanta
o International Sites (YOY Comparison):
•GERMAN: Visits (477) down 61%, time on site (1:05) down 42%, BR (69%) up 27%
•PORTUGUESE: Visits (176) down 56%, time on site (2:06) down 22%, BR (65%) up 28%
•SPANISH LANDING PAGE: Pageviews (140) down 25%
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Performance (August only)
o Total Pageviews: 8,531
o Total Unique Pageviews: 7,493
o Entrances: 6,324
o Average Time on Page: 3:36
o Page Bounce Rate (BR): 66%
o Primary Source: Organic (6,649)
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Performance (August only)
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o Total Pageviews: 853
o Total Unique Pageviews: 687
o Entrances:256
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o Average Time on Page: 3:27
o Page Bounce Rate (BR): 52%
o Primary Source: CPC (271)
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SAFE EXPLORATIONS PAGE
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Performance (August only)
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o Total Pageviews: 41,968
o Total Unique Pageviews: 31,657
o Average Time on Page: 1:15
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o Page Bounce Rate (BR): 79%
o Exit Rate: 74%
o Primary Source: Display (26,112)
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ORGANIC TRAFFIC
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ORGANIC TRAFFIC
o Organic was the second largest
source of traffic in August, making
up 33% of all traffic and driving
40,847 visits
o Compared to 39,234 visits in
August 2019, organic traffic was
up 4% YOY
o The organic bounce rate was 52%,
which was the lowest bounce rate
of the four traffic mediums
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PERSONALIZED WEBSITE
CONTENT
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o Total Impressions:54.2K
o Total Clicks: 2.7K
o CTR: 4.66%
PERSONALIZED CONTENT
August Activity
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o Drive Market (FL, GA, SC)
o Impressions: 9,130
o CTR: 1.48%
o Drive Market (ATL )
o Impressions:1,266
o CTR: 1.26%
PERSONALIZED CONTENT
o Local Market
o Impressions:1,291
o CTR: 1.55%
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o NYC
o Impressions: 844
o CTR: 1.42%
o Midwest General
o Impressions:982
o CTR: 2.95%
PERSONALIZED CONTENT
o Northeast General
o Impressions:1,731
o CTR: 1.79%
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o Default/US
o Impressions: 5,489
o CTR: 2%
PERSONALIZED CONTENT
o Fly Market (Chicago)
o Impressions:786
o CTR: 2.93%
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o International –Germany
o Impressions: 67
o CTR: 5.97%
o International –Brazil
o Impressions: 84
o CTR: 5.95%
PERSONALIZED CONTENT
o International –UK
o Impressions: 117
o CTR: 2.56%
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o Impressions:31,548
o Clicks: 1,918
o CTR: 6.08%
PERSONALIZED CONTENT
Fly In: E-News Promo
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PERSONALIZED CONTENT
o Impressions:2,425
o Clicks: 369
o CTR: 15.22%
Fly In: COVID-19 Events
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PERSONALIZED CONTENT
Pages Per Visit
o Didn’t see PC: 1.2
o Saw PC: 3.2 81%
o Clicked PC: 5.5
216%
PC = Personalized Content
Average Time Spent
o Didn’t see PC: 0:35
o Saw PC: 3:10 141%
o Clicked PC: 5:15 299%
Bounce Rate
o Didn’t see PC: 78%
o Saw PC: 30% 53%
o Clicked PC: N/A
August Engagement
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RECOMMENDATIONS & KEY INSIGHTS
●To continue driving organic traffic around high-opportunity keywords, we recommend creating deeper content on narrow topics such as:
SEARCH VOLUME (monthly)CURRENT PAGE RANK
●Nature parks near me 14,800 N/A
●Mercato Naples 2,900 8
●Ten Thousand Islands 2,900 10
●Naples Florida Vacation Rentals 1,300 11
●Naples Florida parks 880 14
●Naples Sunset Cruises 590 19
●Naples Paddleboarding 320 6
●To optimize for engagement and keep content as relevant, timely and valuable as possible, consider:
●Creating feature content around safe/responsible travel and social distancing:
(1) Itinerary: Safe Travels in Paradise, (2) Secluded Beaches, (3) Where to Buy a Mask
●Maintaining COVID-appropriate copy to key landing pages and articles:
(1) Beaches, (2) Outdoors, (3) Boating, (4) Dining, (5) Naples Zoo article
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ON LINE HOTEL BOOKING SERVICES
Book Direct-JackRabbit Systems
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Brazil Social Digital Report
Zebra
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Collier County Museums
No Visitation Reports This Month
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THANK YOU
Questions?
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09/28/2020
COLLIER COUNTY
Collier County Tourist Development Council
Item Number: 11.A
Item Summary: Tourism Staff Report
Meeting Date: 09/28/2020
Prepared by:
Title: – Tourism
Name: Yasmith Yidi
09/21/2020 12:27 PM
Submitted by:
Title: Division Director – Tourism
Name: Jack Wert
09/21/2020 12:27 PM
Approved By:
Review:
Tourism Yasmith Yidi Tourism Division Completed 09/21/2020 12:28 PM
Tourism Jack Wert Director Completed 09/21/2020 2:10 PM
Public Services Department Jennifer Reynolds Additional Reviewer Completed 09/22/2020 9:36 AM
Corporate Business Operations Sean Callahan Executive Director Completed 09/22/2020 11:20 AM
County Attorney's Office Colleen Greene Attorney Review Completed 09/22/2020 11:29 AM
Tourist Development Council Jack Wert Meeting Pending 09/28/2020 9:00 AM
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DIRECTOR ACTIVITIES- Jack Wert- August 2020
PERIOD AT A GLANCE 2020
2019
Number of Advocacy Contacts 6
9
Number of Trade Show/Conferences 0 4
Number of Tourism Industry/Inter Div. 8
11
Number of PR Interviews/Communications 15 6
5
Advocacy
• Collier Chapter - Florida Restaurant & Hotel Association Board Meeting
• Collier County Corporate Business Meeting
• Destinations International Advocacy Committee Meetings
• Gulf Coast Regional CVB Conference Call on Coronavirus response plans
• Florida Sports Organizations Conference Call on status of events
• Leadership Collier Class Champions Committee meeting
Trade Shows/Tourism Industry Conferences
• No trade Shows in August due to COVID-19 cancellations
Tourism Industry & Intra-Division Meetings
• Virtual Meetings with Partners on COVID Recovery plan
• Parks & Recreation Sports Weekly Event Review
• Destinations Intl Education Committee Virtual Meetings
• COVID-19 Update Meetings with Brazil, UK and Europe reps on recovery planning
• FGCU Resort & Hospitality Management virtual meetings with Advisory Board and FGCU
Administration
• Arts, Culture & Recreation Task Force meeting to discuss Strategic Plan implementation status
• IT monthly meeting to discuss FY 21 budgeted projects
• Destinations Florida Nominating Committee meeting
Public Relations/Communications
• Media interviews on tourism issues: WINK; NBC-2; ABC-9; Naples News, Bob Harden Radio
• Conference calls with Lou Hammond Group and Paradise Advertising on Coronavirus response plans
• Conference Calls with US Travel Assoc, Florida Restaurant & Lodging Assoc; Destinations International,
Destinations Florida, Brand USA, State ESF -18, Collier Emergency Management on COVID and Tropical
Storms
Promotional Activities/Special Events
• Tourism Industry Annual Marketing Summit to discuss 2021 destination promotion plans
Promotional Activities/Special Events 1
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GROUP MEETING SALES REPORT
Provided by Synergy-Connect Midwest Reps
August 1 - 31, 2020
2019 2020
Number of Meeting Planner Contacts 75 75
Number of RFP leads sent 10 1
Number of Groups booked 1
Total Room Nights/Econ. Impact for Period booked 510 RN
Number of RFP Enhancement (RFPE) Requests
Number of RFPE’s to Contract
Site Visits & FAMS
Number of Shows Attended 3 2 Virtual Shows
RFPs
Event Name Organization Contact State Event Date Total Room
Nights
Specialty Pharmacy 2021 President’s Club United Healthcare Tara Champagne MN July 2021 223
EVENTS ATTENDED
● Due to the pandemic and subsequent stay at home orders, most of the industry in person events were
cancelled or postponed. We have been attending virtual events
● MPI Membership Mondays
● Attended CVB Annual Marketing Summit on 8/19
● August 25 - Completed Cvent certification
● August 25 - IBTM Americas Virtual Summit
● August 25 - 26 - Cvent Connect education and networking
PROSPECTING and OTHER ACTIVITIES
● Entering a new phase of prospecting and getting a pulse on the industry. We will begin sending
planners updates on the destination and which hotels are open.
● Eblasts to approximately current 2500 planners in our database
● Ongoing Email follow up for Cvent RFPs received since January 2020.
● New LinkedIn Connections with Midwest planners and notes.
● Follow up with Prestige Meetings and Maritz. We had presentations scheduled for earlier this year
which were cancelled due to the teams being furloughed. They are not quite ready for us to present
yet. We will continue trying to reschedule, as these are very important accounts.
● Follow up with HB, ConferenceDirect, MotivAction, as well as other third-party planners to find out the
status of their jobs, events, etc. We will continue reaching out to the planners.
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LOOKING AHEAD
● We are working on a new travel and trade show schedule for future shows.
● Planning a new virtual experience for October in the Everglades - speaking with Wooten’s and Ivy House
- date TBD
● Reaching out to hotels for Virtual Tours in September
● GMITE October has been postponed or cancelled - waiting on details, but definitely not happening in
person in October.
● Experient Show rescheduled for November - details TBD
● SITE Young Leader Virtual Conference - September 28-30
● PLANET IMEX October
● SITE NITE - October 12
● MPI Membership Mondays
● MPI Chicago Trivia Night virtual networking event - September
● SITE Midwest Virtual Roadshow - September 16
● Haute Dokimazo Age of Conversation Summit - Education and networking event September 9 (close to
1200 registered)
MARKETING
● Engaging buyers through periodic LinkedIn posts by Shannon
○ Seashell post
■ 202 views
○ Inn on Fifth post
■ 452 views
○ Health & Safety post
■ 364 views
● September Direct Mail campaign - sending Clyde Butcher postcards to meeting planners met at previous
tradeshows and events. This is a nice touch point to remind them we are here!
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TRAVEL INDUSTRY & LEISURE MARKET SALES REPORT
Claudia Cianfero – Travel Industry Sales Manager
August 1 – 31, 2020
PERIOD AT A GLANCE
2019 2020
Number of Travel Agent Contacts
0 177
Number of Tour Operator
Contacts
23 12
Number of FAM’s/Site Visits
0 0
Number Trade Shows Attended 1 0
Sales Mission 0
EVENTS RECAP
•
• August 19, 2020 - CVB Annual Marketing Summit – This is our annual partner meeting where we met at
LaPlaya Beach Resort to brainstorm and work on the FY21 marketing plan. We had our first hybrid
meeting with some attended join through zoom.
•
• August 27, 2020 – Fort Myers/Naples presentation to the Visit USA Argentina travel agent members. It
was a great turnout with 177 agents in attendance. We updated on the safety protocols in place,
Paradise Pledge and presented the destination.
•
Webinars and Meetings:
• ASTA weekly Zoom Meetings: Continued to attend the South Florida Chapter zoom meetings for
updates in South Florida.
•
• Connect weekly Zoom Meetings: Continued to attend the Connect Travel webinars with tour operators
from the United States, Canada and International companies.
• 8/4/2020 – Navigating Leisure Travel Trends and How they are Shaping the Future of Travel
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• 8/4/2020 – Tourism jobs – Inaugural virtual stream in conjunction with La Cita
• 8/4/2020 - GoToWebinar - Cares Act 2 Update
• 8/5/2020 – Zoom meeting: Diamond monthly zoom update
• 8/6/2020 – GoToWebinar - Accelerating Recovery with the Let's Go There Campaign
• 8/6/2020 – Zoom meeting: Visit USA Committee Argentina
• 8/11/2020 –Expedia - Accelerate Recovery through Travel Advertising
• 8/13/2020 - MPI Tampa August Virtual Education- Master Your Crisis Management Playbook like a Pro
• 8/13/2020 – Zoom Meeting – Visit USA Argentina weekly meeting
• 8/14/2020 – Zoom Meeting – Preferred Travel brainstorming ideas on how to work together
• 8/18/2020 – Zoom Meeting- Brand USA Global Marketplace and Travel Week Europe
• 8/18/2020 – Brand USA Covid-19 Research Update
• 8/18/2020 - Luxury Travel Now and Post COVID-19 Pandemic
• 8/24/2020 - 2021 Travel & Adventure Show Update: Florida
• 8/25-26/2020 - IBTM Americas Virtual Summit 2020
• 8/26/2020 - GBAC STAR Health and Safety Preparedness for Destinations - GBAC STAR Health and
Safety Preparedness for Destinations
LATAM Update
• The following webinars have been confirmed by the West Coast Coalition
• Visit USA Uruguay:
• Naples & Ft. Myers 10 SEP 2 pm EST Time
• Tampa y Visit SPC 17 SEP 2 pm EST Time
• Visit Florida Colombia
• Naples Presentation 21 SEP
• Visit Florida México:
• Visit SPC & Naples 23 SEP 12 pm EST Time
• Tampa 30 SEP 12pm EST Time
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PERIOD AT A GLANCE 2019 2020
Number of Travel Agent
0 25
Number of FAM’s/Site
Vi i
1 0
Number of Meeting
Planners
0 12
0 1 0
Number of RFP’s Received
0 38
Specialty Markets
Michelle Pirre - Sales Assistant 8/10/2020-9/10/2020
Specialty Markets
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, all travel and related trade shows were cancelled, so there are no activities to
report.
Webinars and meetings attended
• August 11,2020 – American Traveler Trends Forum
• August 12, 2020 – Meetings Today – The Future of In- Person Events: Safer Event Experience
• August 19, 2020 – CVB Annual Marketing Summit
• August 24, 2020 – 2021 Travel & Adventure Show Update
• August 26, 2020 – How to Hybrid-Plan a safe, engaging Hybrid Event
• September 2, 2020 – Partner Recovery Call
• September 2, 2020 – Group Sales Internal Controls
• September 10, 2020 – Hybrid Revelation Summit
• September 10, 2020 – Train Preferred Travel
Destination Weddings
Prepared all collateral for Destination Wedding Virtual Expo for September 23-24, 2020
Assisting county clerk with Valentine Group Wedding ceremony.
LGBTQ Specialty Market
Assisting Naples Pride with VIP Open House for Community Leaders
set for October 3, 2020, 12pm-4pm.
The CVB will be hosting the President and CEO of the International
Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) who will attend the Pride
Center Open House and tour the destination. Host hotel-LaPlaya
Beach & Golf Resort.
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SPORTS MARKETING-Nikki King
No Activity in August due to COVID-19 cancellations of events. Our September activity report will have some
activity to report.
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PR & COMMUNICATIONS- August Activity
Following is a summary of services conducted by Lou Hammond Group in support of the in house PR
Staff
MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
Sports Destination
August 3, 2020
UMV: 36,300
Media Value: $726
As a result of: Press Release
Golf Coast Magazine
August 26, 2020
UMV: 1,890
Media Value: $100
As a result of: E-Newsletter
Media Impressions: 38,190
Media Value: $826
MEDIA VISITS
Overarching Strategy
With new guidelines and much of the state reopening, LHG and Client have agreed to begin targeting in-
state media (with the exception of south Florida) to welcome to the destination.
Daily Mom, Elena Ollick
Blogger is based in Naples and interested in staycation experience. M. Power began outreach to
coordinate activities, dates for experiences are TBD.
Shop Dandy, Danielle Stackhouse – Pet-friendly, lifestyle
LHG held multiple conversations with Stackhouse about a late August/September visit. Despite multiple
follow-ups, Stackhouse has stopped responding to emails about visit. Trip is postponed.
Bill Cooper – Postponed
Journalist is interested in visiting Everglades City for outdoors-centric coverage, specifically fishing and
fly fishing. Contributes to Outdoor Life, Game and Fish, Cabelas Outfitter Journal, Bass Pro Shops,
Southerntrout.com and has his own radio show on ESPN 107.3 in Missouri. LHG secured
accommodations at Ivey House and began work on itinerary development. Trip is postponed after
Cooper was forced to quarantine following exposure to COVID-19.
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Local Social Media Influencers
LHG and Client identified locally-based social media influencers to partner with in October to help get
the open for business messaging out.
COVID-CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
BI-WEEKLY CALLS
LHG implemented bi-weekly calls to keep entire team abreast of all updates and action items.
STRATEGIC PLAN
LHG has moved into phase two of the strategic three-phase plan. This phase comprises of preparing for a return
to travel and beginning to look at regional/in-state media to invite to the destination.
MEDIA MONITORING
LHG monitoring local and regional Florida media outlets, as well as national outlets reporting on COVID-19
situation and its impact on the state of Florida.
SPECIAL EDITION PARADISE COASTLINES, CORONAVIRUS UPDATES
LHG drafted and deployed bi-weekly special edition of newsletter inclusive of COVID-19 updates, closures and
other relevant news.
LHG distributed Paradise Coastlines e-newsletters: 6/10, 6/25
PROJECTS/MEDIA OUTREACH
ANNUAL MARKETING MEETING – AUGUST 19
C. Topkin, C. Nelson and T. Gallagher, Maria Power and Buzzy Ford participated in all-day planning
meeting via Zoom.
VIRTUAL CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL EDITION, PARADISE COASTLINES
LHG and Client conducted Zoom webinars substitute for weekly newsletter. Agency
participated to share relevant media trends.
PRESS RELEASE: GOOD NEWS ROUND-UP
LHG began research for development of press release.
Connect Sports Magazine
Agency pitched outlet on new sports complex, they are interested in featuring but need images.
LHG outreached to multiple contacts with the complex but has not been able to secure.
SJ Magazine
Coverage pending from Chuck Darrow visit in January, will appear in upcoming September
issue. Agency tracking.
January FAM Participants
LHG followed up with all media seeking updates on coverage and shared update with Client.
Business Insider – Tastemakers of the travel and hospitality industries
Agency submitted Jack Wert for a top tastemaker; tracking for winners to be announced.
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GENERAL PR ACTIVITIES
• Agency participated in conference calls with the client and provided agendas and call
reports on the same.
• Agency updated LHG Instagram, Twitter and Facebook with client releases and positive
news.
• Agency provided client with relevant media clips.
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MONTH/YEAR: AUGUST 2020 PREPARED BY: UK & IRELAND OFFICE
HIGHLIGHT OF THE MONTH:
The UK office delivering key messaging from the CVB:
By creating and distributing a major press release entitled: ‘Only Paradise Will do’
Florida’s Paradise Coast pledges to keep visitors safe and healthy.
After seeking approval for the CVB the release was distributed to all UK & Ireland media and travel
industry. The release highlighted the new campaign dedicated to welcoming visitors back safely. As a
sign of this commitment, local businesses are taking the ‘Paradise Pledge’ to ensure that when future
holidaymakers are ready to return, they continue to enjoy the highest standard of hospitality and
experiences they are accustomed to. It has already been picked up by Irish trade – see below
coverage under PR.
The release included: a quote from Jack Wert; the ‘Only Paradise Will Do’ Video; Paradise Pledge
details & poster and a quote from Oonagh – including the below:
“Safety is crucial for travellers right now, and we wanted to create something that would allow
visitors to feel at little more at ease when they are frequenting businesses in Southwest
Florida,” said Florida’s Paradise Coast CVB Executive Director Jack Wert. “We’re so
proud of our businesses that have already taken the pledge and appreciate their commitment
as we work together to keep our community strong.”
“After months of playing in place, countless meals cooked at home, and endless backyard adventures,
people are likely dreaming of their next getaway - and how to do it safely. When you feel comfortable
enough to travel again, reward yourself with the stunning beaches, wide-open spaces, and
impeccable hospitality Naples, and Marco Island are known for. Because after everything you’ve been
through, only Paradise will do.”
“It’s more important than ever to reconnect families with loved ones, to create treasured
memories and feel safe. Florida’s Paradise Coast provides exactly what UK & Ireland visitors
will be looking for in abundance; plenty of wide open spaces, fresh sea area and miles of
tranquil beaches. This pledge will give tour operators and agents the confidence that not only
are their clients health and safety needs being considered, but to the highest standard.” says
Oonagh McCullagh-Boyle, UK and Ireland Director
UK & IRELAND MARKET UPDATE:
The figures relating to Covid-19 deaths continued to fall during August with only two deaths reported
per day at the end of the month, which has enabled the Government to open up more businesses and
a relaxation of some of the restrictions that were introduced in March.
In terms of law-making, August is usually the quietest month of the year as Members of Parliament
are on their summer recess – not necessarily all holiday but mostly working back in their local
constituencies. So whilst no new laws were passed, a number of rules and regulations came into force
in August, having been passed before the recess.
The Government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (Furlough) started its change in August and
employers were required to pay tax on employee earnings (National Insurance) and also restart
statutory pension payments. This means that even if a furloughed member of staff has not returned
to work, the employer is liable to start paying around 20% (minimum) of their salary in tax and
pension contributions. This move has set fears that unemployment will start to rise more quickly if
employers cannot afford to pay this for staff.
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It was also announced this month that the UK is officially in recession with the second consecutive
quarter of decreases in GDP as the UK economy fell 20% in Q2 of 2020. Unsurprisingly, employment
levels also fell to their lowest levels since 2008. However, in spite of this less than optimal economic
news, the Pound Sterling has been strengthening against foreign currencies.
As a result of the lockdown, there is also expected to be a marked change in the way people work
with up to 95% of respondents to a recent government survey saying they would be keen to continue
working from home for part or full time. This reaction has sparked fears that some town centres could
become ‘ghost towns’ unless employees can be persuaded to return to office-based work.
In travel news, travel corridors between the UK and Spain, France, The Netherlands, Switzerland,
Croatia (and others) have been closed meaning 14 days quarantine for all holidaymakers returning to
the UK from these countries. On the flip side, Portugal’s travel corridor was recently reopened leading
to a huge surge in last minute summer holiday bookings to the country. The UK benefited from a
surge in staycation holidays with popular destinations, especially on the coast, between 20%-30% up
in yield. The travel industry continued to shrink with multiple small operators going into
administration, and August also saw the closure of STA Travel which empolyed 500 staff over 50
shops and was the leading tour operator for youth travel. NB: This does not inpact Florida‘s
Paradise Coast as the currently affected small operators and STA are not providers of
travel to our destination.
August saw the introduction of the Government’s hugely popular ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ campaign
whereby visitors to pubs and restaurants enjoyed 50% off their food bill (to a maximum value of £10
per head) for all diners. The month-long scheme was used over 64 million times showing it succeeded
in getting people back into restaurants. However, it remains to be seen what impact this will have on
how many continue to eat out now the campaign has ended.
TRAVEL INDUSTRY OVERVIEW:
Historically a quieter month as people enjoy their pre-booked summer trips, August saw a rise in late
bookings as the UK government established travel corridors in Europe and beyond. These corridors
started as a great success with bookings jumping exponentially, and consensus around the industry
feeling positive, however this was quickly met with confusion and disappointment as the government
closed corridors with little-to-no warning, forcing travellers to self isolate for 14 days upon return. This
in turn created travel chaos, with consumers losing confidence in booking travel, for fear of the
destination being taken off the list with little notice. As a result, operators saw a slow in bookings for
the latter part of August and unanimously agree that it feels the government's stance on closing
destinations with limited notice is largely to blame.
August has also not been without casualties. As businesses are now required to contribute to the
furlough scheme, operators have had to prioritise sales staffing with many undergoing re-structures of
roles. US Airtours cut 40% of their staff, while Scott Dunn, Original Travel, Vacations to America and
Ocean Holidays all re-structured their teams resulting in redundancies across the board.
In USA news, operators have felt largely optimistic that travel will return in 2021, with many reporting
an uptake in enquiries and new bookings. The luxury end of the market is largely driving the new
business and operators are feeling the pent up demand and flight sales, driving demand for new
business. Operators are anticipating a strong 2021, however a large portion of this evidently will be
re-bookings from 2020. As a result, the majority of operators anticipate 2022 to be the year of long
haul travel, with enquiries already on the rise.
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
2020
DATE SPECIAL EVENT LOCATION
September 15 Travel Gossip webinar with Visit Florida UK & Ireland
September Planning continues for upcoming virtual events UK & Ireland
October Visit USA Virtual roadshow UK
October TTG Florida Fest virtual agents event UK & Ireland
MARKETING/SALES/PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES:
Travel Industry Recovery Plan – Covid-19:
We continue to engage with our travel industry partners in the UK & Ireland with a consultative
approach to gain insight on requirements and next steps as information on travel is constantly
changing. Our objective is to support tour operators conversion and to maximize take-up of deferred
or rebooked arrangements from 2020 to 2021 and to ensure the fast-growing demand for incremental
bookings from potential customers currently exiting lockdown and considering securing future travel
plans.
Visit Florida
Reviewed and recommend participation with two upcoming virtual events:
• UK - Travel Gossip webinar – co-op with Visit Florida and other Florida destinations to reach
front line travel agents and tour operator agents.
See below screengrab from Travel Gossip site – NB: Logo & using Image of Marco Island Beach
• TTG Florida Fest with Visit Florida – October 5-9,2020
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Visit USA UK – Virtual UK Roadshow - October 6-7, 2020
We will participate with this new virtual event and it will provide an excellent platform to promote the
destination and encourage agents to participate with our online training – ultimately to encourage
confident for future bookings into Florida Paradise Coast
Facebook Promotion – UK
With the growth of digital communication – we are reviewing the opportunity to promote the key
messaging of ‘Only Paradise Coast Will Do’ and the ‘Paradise Pledge’ via this focused digital arena.
On-line Training
This platform is now complete and we will continue to check its suitability during the soft launch of
the Florida’s Paradise Coast first virtual training programme. The UK & Ireland office will test the
function and usability of the training prior to full launch over the coming months. We will promote the
training during the upcoming webinars and virtual activity.
Agents will be able to order literature via a direct link to the UK mailing office and have full contact
details of the UK & Ireland office for follow up questions. We are planning incentives for agent to
participate including shopping vouchers. As we move forward we aim to include our CVB industry
partners on a monthly basis.
Zoom Meetings and Webinar
In contact with various tour operates and travel industry on weekly basis.
Joined various Webinars:
• CVB – Annual Marketing Summit Webinar X 2
• Travel weekly – Future Travel
Ongoing communications with all segments of the UK & Ireland travel industry. Reaching out to
US Embassy officials to update them on travel to US and how we can assist briefing the decision
makers. All activity to indicate a clear strategy moving forward.
US Airtours /Travelplanners
Continue to approve additional messaging for the already reactivated earlier co-op activity and
promotions. Working on the introduction of incentives for agents to encourage bookings for late 2020
and into 2021.
America As You Like It
Following up on possible activity – aiming for proactive messaging during September to encourage
booking for late 2020 and into 2021.
US Specialist Tour Operators
Ongoing discussions with a number of operators to determine best co-op activity moving forward to
drive visitation into Paradise Coast.
Virgin Atlantic Holidays
The tour operator is ready and waiting to grow the flight operation once US borders open. The airliine
Virgin Atlantic Airlines already has their flight operation into Miami for essential travel and will expand
as soon a possible.
British Airways Holidays & British Airways
British Airways flight programme is also up and running into the US for essential travel and ready to
resume non-essential flights when possible.
Website Enquiries:
OMMAC continue to distribute literature required for UK, Ireland and France via the UK mailing house.
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MEDIA SUMMARY:
Feature trends
This month, newspapers and their online counterparts have continued to focus on staycation holidays
and European destinations on the governments travel corridor list. With the introduction of Portugal to
the list, the UK saw an influx of features promoting travel to the destination, supported by a huge
surge in bookings from UK travellers. Additional key themes running through the nationals included
remote destinations, outdoor activity-led holidays (with a big emphasis on cycling) and no-fly trips.
Across magazines, editorial content is returning to a ‘normal’ schedule with editor requests for news
for upcoming features on winter holidays, ski destinations and looking ahead to 2021 news. With the
potential for long haul holidays opening up, we are also seeing the re-emergence of long-read
destination features.
Publications update
News UK, owned by Murdoch, announced the closure of monthly glossy travel specialist, The Sunday
Times Travel Magazine. The publication will finish with the November issue (on sale in October),
however content will continue across the digital platforms. In addition, BA's inflight magazine High
Life has just announced it will not be available onboard flights for the foreseeable future and will
instead mail publications out to Gold Card holders, as well as stocking BA lounges, thus skewing to
the luxury end of the spectrum. Furthermore, Daily Mail announced the end of their Check in: Special
Edition series after which the publication will return to the usual Check In format.
Following the print hiatus over the summer, TTG announced it is returning to print in September
following an editorial revamp and covering business building tips, sector insight, news analysis and
inspirational features. To provide the travel sector with even further support in September, TTG Media
is also launching the RESTART: Travel Festival. Running over several days the festival will include
panel discussions, training sessions and networking events.
Finally, it was announced this month that three leading executives from publishing giant Hearst UK
will appear at Travel Weekly’s Future of Travel Week event, to discuss consumer trends and habits
since the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic. The speakers will also offer insight into their audiences
and how Hearst is working with the travel industry across its portfolio of brands which include Esquire,
ELLE, Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan and Good Housekeeping. The event, sponsored by Google, will
run from 14-18 September and is free to join.
PUBLIC RELATIONS ACTIVITY:
Proactive Pitching:
• Luxury hotel round-up
• Florida’s Paradise Coast training platform launch
Multi-destination roundups:
• International Dog Day (26 August)
• World Photography Day (19 August)
TravMedia Requests:
• Adventure bubble holidays - Wanderlust
• New luxury offerings - Times Luxx Magazine
• Luxury hotels - The Glossary Magazine
• Hot List, Sunday Times Travel Magazine
• Sustainable news and ideas - Conde Nast Traveller
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Webinars attended
Webinars continued to prove an effective tool for both PR agencies and media to communicate on the
changing media landscape and this month, the team joined 13 in total.
Roxhill 10-minute interviews with:
• Ted Thornhill, Travel Editor - Mail Online
Roxhill Webinar: Everything you need to know about…
• Country & Townhouse with editor, Lucy Cleland
PUBLIC RELATIONS – August 2020 Coverage
DATE PUBLICATION HEADLINE KEY
MESSAGES
JOURNALIST REACH VALUE
05.08.20 visits.ie
Travel trade
website for
industry news
Florida’s
Paradise
Coast
Pledges to
Keep Visitors
Safe and
Healthy
Paradise
Pledge
campaign
launch
Michelle
Barnes
310,000 8,184
14.08.20 Travelbiz.ie
Travel trade
website for
industry news
Florida’s
Paradise
Coast
Pledges to
Keep Visitors
Safe and
Healthy
Paradise
Pledge
campaign
launch
Don Shearer 277,188 7,484
18.08.20 nitravelnews.co
m
Travel trade
blog for
lifestyle and
travel
Ever Dog
Has Its Day
(Internation
al Dog Day
Around the
World)
Dog
friendly
beaches -
Naples Bay
Resort and
Keewaydin
Island
Kirsty
Johnson
212,481 1,718
19.08.20 mdhardingtrave
lphotography.c
om
Consumer blog
for lifestyle and
travel
World
Photography
Day: the
world’s most
beautiful
spots to
capture
Nature,
wildlife,
architectur
e and the
scenery
across the
destination
Michelle
Barnes
100,000 1,450
TOTAL 899,669 $18,836
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PUBLIC RELATIONS COVERAGE HIGHLIGHTS
SOCIAL MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
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MONTHLY SALES & MARKETING
ACTIVITIES
AUGUST 2020
DIAMONDE- EUROPEAN SALES & MARKETING
SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENTS
TOUR OPERATOR ACCOUNTS
Germany
o Flamingo Company Fernreisen GmbH, www.usareisen.de, Doreen Sell, Marketing Director
NAP Marketing
We have successfully secured to be included in the next usa-reisen.de newsletter completely free of cost. The
newsletter is an aspirational newsletter and send to over 60.000 contacts of USA travel interested consumer on
August 27.
Please find the layout of the newsletter here:
https://www.usareisen.de/newsletter/2020/20200818_newsletter_151.html
o DERTOUR GmbH & Co. KG, Product North America, Katja Wagner, Product Manager & Team Leader Hotels USA
NAP Marketing
We have secured and confirmed a webinar with DER Touristik. The webinar will be held at the head office in Frankfurt
in October, together with Katja Wagner, the Product Manager for Florida. We are the only destination partner and
will have 20 dedicated NAP slides to inform the travel agents and present the destination. The approximate number
of participants varies from 50-270. This will be perfect to present the destination and inform the travel agents about
all the security actions that are made, hence the Paradise Pledge. The negotiated cost is 1700 USD.
o America Unlimited GmbH, Timo Kohlenberg, Owner
NAP Marketing
We have successfully secured and confirmed a cross-media marketing campaign with America Unlimited.
America Unlimited has created a Travel Podcast and is currently interviewing the first CVBs (California etc), the
Podcast has a huge focus on insider tips and the destination all the highlights in general, the interviews with the CVBs
will be timeless and informative.
Part of our campaign with America Unlimited will be the production of a Paradise Coast interview podcast episode,
which will be 30-45 min long and held with the CEO Timo Kohlenberg September 23rd, 2020.
The produced Paradise Coast podcast episode will then be promoted as part of the cross-media marketing campaign
with the following actions: a podcast ad campaign on Spotify to lead listeners directly to the NAP episode with an
expected reach of 8.000 listeners; followed by a YouTube ad campaign as the podcast will also be filmed and
uploaded on YouTube here the expected views are 80.000. The episode will also be pushed with a Facebook ad
campaign promoted to 30-45-year old’s and will be complemented by a Facebook content campaign on the America
Unlimited page with over 70.000 followers with posts and stories. On top of that America Unlimited will push the
episode on their Instagram channel with over 11.000 followers also complemented with destination content.
Last but not least, the episode will be featured in the America Unlimited newsletter with over 145.000 contacts.
This campaign is perfect to inspire the consumers and priming them with the urge to travel to Paradise Coast, when
in Florida in 2021.
Timing of the campaign will be Q4 and the total cost are 8.000 USD.
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o CRD Touristik, Pia Hambrock, Head of Product & Operations
NAP Marketing
We have held a conference call with Pia the head of product and operations.
After the company has been acquired by Berlin-based Geoplan Touristik GmbH, CRD is a wholly owned subsidiary
based in Hamburg. Pia reported the last couple of months have been a roller coaster ride and they are looking
forward to a better 2021. With the bankruptcy in April, they had to cancel all the travels for 2020 and the clients
received the refunds from the insurance company, which has the positive side effect of the clients being happy with
CRD as they do not have to run after their money.
They operated with an emergency team for the last months and thankfully since mind August the whole team is back
in the office, with 50% short-work. The whole concentration now is going into 2021 and they slowly will start with
marketing again starting in August, Google ads, social media etc.. Pia also reported that they are receiving requests
for 2021 mainly for Canada at the moment, they are waiting to see if the requests end up in bookings.
After the travel ban lifting is foreseeable, they will start with promotions again.
EVENTS
o virtual Sales Call "große Pause"
Date & Place virtual
Nr of attendees 24
Profile of event Following the image of the E-Academy as a "school format", we developed a concept that
aims at the exchange with TAs instead of frontal trainings/webinars. The "big break" stands
for a "sales call", but virtually due to the current situation.
We invite the TA's in advance by mail. In contrast to a personal visit, up to 10 participants may
participate in the format per slot, ideally using their cam.
Priority 1: find out what information/actions the point of sales/customers need to generate
bookings
Priority 2: Pass on information that we already have in the call.
Priority 3: Stabilize and expand TA's network
Exchange with TA's foreground. What do they need, how can we help to generate bookings?
FREE OF CHARGE
MARKETING
o Marketing Secret Escapes
We have successfully confirmed to release the remains of our Secret Escapes campaign in September.
The message of the campaign will be slightly changed to explain the users, that Secret Escapes wants them to dream
about their next travel to Florida in 2021. The remaining 10 days of the campaign will be released within September
7 -20th. Other partners who are part of the campaign, are Sarasota, Keys, and Fort Lauderdale.
o Facebook fan page
# posts: 12 #fans: 14.534
Please find down below the most successful posts in August:
We have created weeks with a focus, for example "favorite place on Paradise Coast", "general highlights of the
destination":
The outcome was again excellent with lots of posts with a very high reach.
#1 12.08.2020 Naples Pier, reached 5.686 consumer, 369 reactions and 231 likes
#2 06.08.2020 beach, reached 2.199 consumer, 29 reactions and 18 likes
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o NAP newsletter
Prepared and sent out the dedicated NAP newsletter with the focus on culinary highlights of the destination and
sharing some recipes for everybody to cook at home and enjoy, while not being able to travel to Florida, virtually to
2,917 consumers, media contacts and travel agents in DACH on August 19th, 2020.
The opening rate was 18,2 %. 515 opened the newsletter and in total it was opened 802 times. All in all, the results
of this newsletter were a little bit lower than usual, the cause for this can be the vacation time. Please find the link
down below: https://mailchi.mp/diamonde/der-ganze-geschmack-floridas?e=5c0f0bcbf8
MEDIA / PR
o Visit Florida press release
We have submitted press content for the October press release send out by Visit Florida. The content was hidden
gems, of the beaten path experiences at Paradise Coast.
PROJECTS
o NAP E-Academy
We have comprehensively developed the concept for our Paradise Coast E-Academy for travel agents in DACH.
With interactive online live sessions, the goal of this academy is to successfully recruit and educate potential
destination ambassadors.
This will become a trendy way to enhance engagement between NAP and the travel agency community. Timing for
this will be October-November 2020 and in order to call this a success, our aim is to have a minimum of 100 TAs
completing the academy successfully.
Please find the first script attached.
o NAP Conference Call
We have held a conference call with Jack Wert and Claudia Cianfero, to discuss current situation and how to move
forward within our respective markets on August 5th, 2020.
o Virtual Marketing Summit
We successfully participated during the virtual Marketing Summit on August 19th. We have participated during the
Key Market Discussions.
CONSUMER
o Brochure fulfillment: 3 in total
HIGHLIGHTS IN SEPTEMBER 2020
o DiaMonde Instagram dedicated NAP week, September 7-11, 2020
o Podcast production America Unlimited, September 23, 2020
o Visit Florida & CANUSA webinar series, September 24, 2020
o Final Budget Fiscal Year 19/20
o Preparation for E-Learning with DER-Touristik starting October 2020
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GDP will have shrunk in the second quarter as the country felt the full brunt of Covid-19 containment measures.
Retail sales and industrial production plunged at record rates in April, while the unemployment rate rose to its
highest level in over three years in June. However, available data indicates that the slump in activity bottomed
out in April, as both retail sales and industrial output swung to expansion in May amid the gradual easing of
restrictions, and industrial output hit a two-year high in June. Turning to Q3, in July, the manufacturing PMI
logged the best reading on record, while both consumer and business sentiment also strengthened, hinting that
a recovery may be on its way. Meanwhile, in mid-July, the government unveiled the first part of its tax reform
agenda, aiming to lower the overall tax burden, which will merge two federal consumption taxes into a new
single 12% VAT on goods and services.
The economy will shrink markedly this year as the pandemic deals a heavy blow. The external sector will reel
amid the collapse in global demand, while social distancing measures are set to depress household spending and
investment activity. A prolonged health crisis and political tensions further cloud the outlook. Focus Economics
analysts see the economy contracting 6.6% in 2020, which is up 0.1 percentage points from last month’s
estimate, before growing 3.7% in 2021.
Tourism activity grows 28% in two months, but does not restore losses from the pandemic
https://www.mercadoeeventos.com.br/noticias/servicos/atividade-turistica-cresce-28-em-dois-meses-mas-
nao-repoe-perdas-da-pandemia/
The Brazilian carefully resumes the pleasure of traveling
https://veja.abril.com.br/economia/o-brasileiro-retoma-com-cuidado-o-prazer-de-viajar/
WTM Latin America 2020 is cancelled; edition 2021 already has a date
https://www.panrotas.com.br/viagens-corporativas/eventos/2020/08/wtm-latin-america-2020-esta-
cancelada-edicao-2021-ja-tem-data_175918.html
40% of Brazilians intend to travel by August 2021, says survey
https://www.mercadoeeventos.com.br/noticias/hotelaria/40-dos-brasileiros-pretendem-viajar-ate-agosto-de-
2021-diz-pesquisa/
American Airlines resumes operation of GRU-MIA with passengers
https://www.panrotas.com.br/aviacao/empresas/2020/08/american-airlines-retoma-operacao-gru-mia-com-
passageiros_175727.html
American returns to operate five routes and 35 weekly flights to Brazil until December
https://www.mercadoeeventos.com.br/noticias/aviacao/american-volta-a-operar-cinco-rotas-e-35-voos-
semanais-para-o-brasil-ate-dezembro/
Tourism: USA, Spain and France lead ranking of countries that lose the most with the crisis
https://www.mercadoeeventos.com.br/_destaque_/slideshow/turismo-eua-espanha-e-franca-lideram-
ranking-de-paises-que-mais-perdem-com-a-crise/
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Florida lost at least 90% of international visitors
https://www.panrotas.com.br/mercado/destinos/2020/08/florida-perdeu-pelo-menos-90-dos-visitantes-
internacionais_175956.html
Travelers are more likely to book with travel agent
https://www.panrotas.com.br/mercado/pesquisas-e-estatisticas/2020/08/viajantes-estao-mais-propensos-a-
reservar-com-agente-de-viagens_176261.html
Gol Airline plans to expand codeshare routes with American Airlines
https://www.panrotas.com.br/aviacao/parcerias/2020/08/gol-planeja-expandir-rotas-em-codeshare-com-
american-airlines_176197.html
Visit Florida offers virtual attractions during the pandemic
https://www.mercadoeeventos.com.br/_destaque_/destinos-destaque/visit-florida-oferece-atracoes-virtuais-
durante-a-pandemia/
Brand USA defines tools for USA reopening campaign
https://www.panrotas.com.br/coronavirus/superando-o-coronavirus/2020/07/brand-usa-define-ferramentas-
para-campanha-de-reabertura-dos-eua_175503.html
Brazilians restart searching for airline tickets and beaches
https://www.mercadoeeventos.com.br/noticias/servicos/brasileiros-voltam-a-buscar-por-passagens-aereas-
diz-pesquisa/
USA received 2.1 million Brazilians in 2019
https://www.panrotas.com.br/mercado/destinos/2020/07/estados-unidos-receberam-21-milhoes-de-
brasileiros-em-2019_175455.html
CLIA extends suspension of cruises in the USA until October 31
https://www.panrotas.com.br/mercado/cruzeiros/2020/08/clia-estende-suspensao-de-cruzeiros-nos-eua-ate-
31-10_175695.html
Check out the current agenda for the return of international flights to Brazil
https://www.panrotas.com.br/aviacao/empresas/2020/07/confira-a-agenda-da-volta-dos-voos-internacionais-
ao-brasil_175067.html
Brazilians intend to travel in the end of the year
https://www.panrotas.com.br/mercado/pesquisas-e-estatisticas/2020/08/brasileiros-pretendem-viajar-no-
final-do-ano-diz-pesquisa_175688.html
Florida promotes destinations as complements to Orlando and Miami
https://www.panrotas.com.br/destinos/eventos/2020/08/florida-promove-destinos-como-complementos-a-
orlando-e-miami_175787.html
Localiza announces the end of partnership with Hertz
https://m.panrotas.com.br/mercado/locadoras-de-veiculos/2020/08/localiza-anuncia-fim-da-parceria-com-a-
americana-hertz/176006
Still scheduled, FESTURIS will take place between November 5 and 8
https://www.panrotas.com.br/viagens-corporativas/eventos/2020/08/mantida-festuris-2020-ocorre-entre-os-
dias-5-e-8-de-novembro_175924.html
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AVIAREPS sends weekly updates on Brazil’s Covid-19 status.
TRADE
Sales Calls / Meetings
Name Market Company Objective and
Outcome Follow Up
Diogo Racanicchi
diogo.racanicchi@flytour.com.br BR
Flytour
Av. Juruá, 641 - Alphaville
Barueri - SP, 06455-010
They are now with a
50% reduction in the
wages of all
employees. They are
not making new
sales
They still cannot
schedule training
because of the
reduced work
hours.
Thais Machado
thaismachado@visualturismo.com.br BR
Visual
Rua Malie Brenner, 270
São Paulo – SP
Visual is part of the
CVC Corp group and
takes care of luxury
customers.
After our training
are receiving more
quotation.
Ingrid Davidovich
ingrid@newage.tur.br BR
New Age
Av. Angélica, 2318
São Paulo - SP, 01228-904
Their main focus still
are cancellation and
reimbursements.
They hope to start
selling again by
October.
As soon as they
open for training
she will advise us.
Washington Rodrigues Silva
washington.silva@grupobrt.com.br BR
Grupo BRT
R. Pres. Faria, 321 – Centro,
Curitiba – PR, 80020-290
Based on the south
of Brazil, they are an
Operator for middle
class public
Most part of the
employees are still
working in home
office. Sales are
increasing.
Bruno Delfini
brunod@bwtoperadora.com.br BR
BWT Operadora
Av. Presidente Affonso
Camargo, 330
Curitiba - PR, 80060-090
Based on the south
of Brazil. Part of the
employees are
returning to the
office.
Sales are
increasing, in July,
they sold 40% of
pre-pandemic
revenue. Focus on
Tailor Made
Paulo Biondo
paulo.biondo@agaxtur.com.br BR
Agaxtur
Av. Europa, 884
São Paulo – SP, 01449-000
Follow up on our E-
learning Coop. They
are still working in
home office.
They acquired 46
franchises that
were from LATAM
Viagens. “Shopping
de Viagens
Agaxtur” will be in
a virtual format in
September and
October.
Jorge Souza
jorge.souza@orinter.com.br BR
Orinter Tour & Travel
R. da Consolação, 247
São Paulo – SP, 01301-903
Are very much
focused on selling
national trips.
Still working in
home office. Sales
are returning little
by little. Just
reached 50% of
2019 sales.
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Andrea Kubo
andrea.kubo@abreutur.com.br BR
Abreu
Av. Paulista, 1230
São Paulo – SP, 01310-100
Continues focused
on selling and
producing new
products for national
trips.
Still working in
home office.
Continues focused
rescheduling and
marketing Brazil
and Europe.
Jacque Dallal
jacque@behappy.tur.br BR
Be Happy
Alameda dos Aicás, 1306
São Paulo – SP, 04086-003
Specialized in Honey
Moon
They postponed
our training. Trying
to book a session
for September.
Camila Bandeira
camila.bandeira@hurb.com BR
Hurb
Av. João Cabral de Mello
Neto, 400 – Barra da Tijuca
Rio de Janeiro – 22776-090
OTA. They have
started contacting
local hotels for
partnership
Focused on
promotional
packages with air
ticket to fly in 2021
Adriana Fredericce
adriana@diversaturismo.com.br BR
Diversa Turismo
Praça Dom José Gaspar,
134, 10 andar - Consolação
São Paulo - SP, 01047-010
Still working in home
office. Most sales
demand are related
to hotels and some
services like
transfers.
Since June the
demand has
increased with
sales and quotation
request. Positive
improvement,
already sold
Maldives and
national trips.
Maria
maria@flot.com.br BR
Flot
Av. São Luís, 50 - Centro
São Paulo - SP, 01046-926
Launched a facebook
training “Talk Show
com o Guru” where
they invite local
representative to
talk about the
destination and
explain Covid-19
situation.
Still working in
home office. Flot is
working to sell
2021.
Iris Ferreira
iferreira@decolar.com BR
Decolar
Rua Siqueira Bueno, 2009 -
cj 2 - Mooca, São Paulo -
SP, 03172-010
Not authorized to
have training
Still working in
home office. Sales
are returning -
most from national
trips.
Danilo Brito
danilosao@europlus.com.br BR
Europlus
R. 7 de Abril, 386
São Paulo - SP, 01044-908
Still working in home
office.
They recovered
about 25% of pre-
Covid revenue.
Focusing on
international sales
for 2021.
Dayana Mendes
gprodutos@frt.tur.br BR
FRT
Av. Brasil, 1345 4º Andar
Foz do Iguaçu - PR
Tour operator based
in the Southern
region of Brazil.
Still working in
home office. Sales
improving little by
little.
Carolina Pereira
carolpereira@ttoperadora.com.br BR TT Operadora
Av. Santo Amaro, 4644
TT Operadora has an
agency which is the
Still working in
home office. Focus
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São Paulo - SP, 04702-000 travel agency of the
Lufthansa Group.
on Europe and Asia
destination.
Sonia Maschietto
sonia@gsptravel.com.br BR
GSP Travel
Av. Brig Faria Lima, 1912
São Paulo/SP, 01451-907
Agency with 51 years
in the market
specializing in Tailor
Made. #VipYourself
concept
They are still in
little demand due
to the pandemic.
Currently selling
more Brazil and
Maldives. Return in
September to
schedule training.
Volkan Güzey
volkan@fuiviagens.com.br RJ
Fui Viagens
Av. Nossa Senhora de
Copacabana, 1183 - Cob 2
Rio de Janeiro - RJ
In the market for the
last 12 years, it´s
located in RJ and
specialized in selling
packages.
Sells USA
destination
through circuits or
tailor made. I´m
tryng to schedule
training.
Training
Name of Company Market Number of Staff
Trained Training Follow Up
BRT BR 35
BRT is based in the
south region of
Brazil.
The training was
done for their staff +
travel agents.
Hurb BR 31
One of the biggest
OTA for hotels in
Brazil. 03 Training
Sessions for their
sales team
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Embarque Turismo BR 08
Tour Operator in São
Paulo specialized in
Orlando.
Promotions (Joint Marketing Activities – JMA’s)
Tour
Operator
Name
Market Description – Coop Actions Launch/Start Status
Agaxtur BR
E-learning platform online Coop
Train at least 100 travel agents to complete de
Specialist badge from Brand USA- Discovery
program.
Start-1st July
End- 05th
September
107 travel agents
completed the course.
Shows / Sales Missions / FAM Trips (Media and Trade) / Other
Name Market Description Date Status
No Activity this month due to COVID-19
Update KPIs of agents trained FY 19/20
KPIs (19/20 FY) Updated
Educated Travel Agents 3,500 annual
Training session Prime tour– 40
Brand USA Roadshow – 460
US Day by BWT date TBC – 320
Florida Day by Orinter – 200
Training session Ribeirão Preto
by Ancoradouro – 60
Training Session Abreutur - 20
Training Session Blumenau by Orinter – 40
Training Session Joinville by BWT – 35
Sales Mission Orinter & BWT – 100
Sales mission Curitiba – 50
Training session with BWT – 150
Orinter USA Day– 240
Training Session Casa do agente/Diversa Turismo -72
Orinter Road Show– 90
Cia Marítima Webinar- 95
BWT Youtube Live Session- 128
Aport Turismo-02
Training Session agents from the Country Side of SP- 04
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Training Session Trend Operadora- 96
Training Session Country Side of SP-35
Training Diversa Turismo- 95
Training Prime Tour- 17
Training Europlus- 300
Training Visual 180
Training Visit Florida and partners- 84
Mais Viagens-57
Training Hurb-31
Training BRT- 35
Training Embarque turismo- 08
E-learning Campaign with Agaxtur- 107 agents
Brand USA- Discovery program E-learning platform
Total agents that completed the Specialist badge from
Set 2019- Set 2020 ( Excluding Agaxtur campaign)
143 agents
Total so far 3.294 agents trained
Newsletter sent to 5,540 travel agents from our data base
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PUBLIC RELATIONS
Media Meetings – emails & calls
Name Publication/Media Market Objective & Meeting Notes
Fernanda Lela Cia Trip BR
E-mail exchanges regarding the current
situation and reopening of business
phases in Paradise Coast
Mari Vidigal Ideias na Mala BR
E-mail exchanges regarding the current
situation and reopening of business
phases in Paradise Coast
Rafael Leick Viaja Bi BR
E-mail exchanges regarding the current
situation and the reopening of business
phases in Paradise Coast
Mari Campos Freelancer BR
E-mail exchanges regarding the
reopening of business phases in Paradise
Coast
Results
• Brasilturis| https://brasilturis.com.br/florida-connection-acontece-na-proxima-terca-feira-8-
confira/
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Description
Media Subject Date Copies/
Pageviews/Impressions
Brasilturis Florida Connection is set up for
September 8th 09-01 180,000
Next Steps Trade & PR
• Book Training with Travel agencies from North East, North and Central Brazil
• Follow up plan. Review all tour operators/ travel agencies that we have trained, talk about next steps,
how they see the market for 2020-2021. Stimulate them on making packages to stimulate sales for
2021.
• Promote the reopening of travel and tourism related business
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SOCIAL MEDIA OVERVIEW
Zebra keeps producing content and managing Paradise Coast official account profile on Facebook and
Instagram. AVIAREPS oversee the projects and posts.
Facebook Paradise Coast
Facebook address is www.facebook.com/paradisecoastbr = 25,252 fans on the page.
Promoting Marco Island Hospitality
Promoting Father’s Day in Brazil
Promoting Nature
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Instagram Paradise Coast
Instagram address is https://www.instagram.com/paradisecoastbr/= 2,237 followers
Promoting Nature
Promoting Father’s Day
Promoting Everglades
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09/28/2020
COLLIER COUNTY
Collier County Tourist Development Council
Item Number: 13.A
Item Summary: Next Meeting Date - October 26, 2020
Meeting Date: 09/28/2020
Prepared by:
Title: Tourist Development Tax Coordinator – Tourism
Name: Kelly Green
09/23/2020 8:32 AM
Submitted by:
Title: Division Director – Tourism
Name: Jack Wert
09/23/2020 8:32 AM
Approved By:
Review:
Tourism Kelly Green Tourism Division Completed 09/23/2020 8:33 AM
Tourist Development Council Jack Wert Meeting Pending 09/28/2020 9:00 AM
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