The Concierge Guide MEDIA KIT The Golden Key Concierge Guide (Print Version) The Golden Key Concierge Guide is an attention-grabbing, leather bound seasonal guide that is used every day by concierges, hotel personnel, guests and others who seek information on local options for arts & culture, children & family activities, dining, entertainment, recreation, shopping, transportation, services and area attractions. The Concierge Guide is easy to use and neatly organized. The guide provides quick access to information allowing concierges and hotel personnel to make recommendations to guests while showing relevant information displayed in the guide. Guests can also utilize the Concierge Guide to review local options and make their own choices. Advertisers have the option of an informative index listing or a full-page display advertisement. The Concierge Guide is distributed free to over 110 select lodging properties, airports, visitor centers, and other high traffic locations as well as by subscription to private residences. ConciergeGuide.com (Online Version) The Golden Key Concierge Guide print edition is accompanied by an online edition, located at www.conciergeguide.com. Advertisers in the printed guide also receive an equivalent-sized index listing in the online edition at no extra charge. The online edition allows the advertiser to have a robust and convenient interaction with concierges, hotel personnel, guests, and others who are looking for local services and activities. In addition to words and pictures, advertisers may include photo galleries, printable PDF files, videos, and links to reviews, special offers, reservations, web sites, and more. Events Calendar (Online) Highlight important events for your company by submitting information for inclusion on the Calendar of Events at ConciergeGuide.com. Discounts & Specials (Online) Offer discounts and specials to Roaring Fork Valley visitors at ConciergeGuide.com. Page 1
Golden Key Upgrades GOLDEN KEY UPGRADES A Taste of Winter/A Taste of Summer Trade Shows A Taste of Summer & A Taste of Winter are semi-annual trade shows that bring Concierge Guide advertisers and guest service professionals (our distribution) together to kick off the season. Arts, dining, recreation, services and shopping vendors display their signature dishes, programs, events and products to key individuals in the travel and tour industry. is a printed brochure and online resource highlighting the season s best arts & recreation offerings. 20,000 brochures are distributed to brochure racks in locations throughout Roaring Fork Valley and to all Golden Key properties for use in reservation confirmations, group packets, concierge letters, in rooms and at check-in. Participating businesses are also featured in online. Clients submit 100 words plus a photo to highlight the season s activities. Kids Corner is a stand-alone section within the and is comprised of children and family-friendly activities. Key Happenings Weekly Email of Area Events Key Happenings is an email to our concierge and guest service professionals as well as Concierge Guide advertisers highlighting several of the events for the week from our online Event Calendar. This HTML email also has a printable version for easy distribution to area visitors. In addition to event listings, both the email and printable versions have a sidebar to promote your special event, offer or service. FROM THE GOLDEN KEY Key Happenings Feb 23-28 www.conciergeguide.com MONDAY FEBRUARY 23 Art exhibition by Teresita Fernández Aspen Art Museum, 590 North Mill Street Aspen, Colorado 81611 Arts & Culture Family sing-a-long & S mores The Westin Snowmass Resort, Snowmass, CO 03:30pm - 04:30pm Children & Families TUESDAY - FEBRUARY 24 Kid s Crafts - Treehouse Kids Adventure Center, 120 Carriage Way, Snowmass Village, CO 81615 03:30pm - 04:30pm Children & Families Gearing Up: Safe & Simple Wheeler/Stallard Museum 620 W. Bleeker Aspen CO 05:30pm - 06:45pm Arts & Culture Great Decisions Series Aspen Institute Koch Building Aspen, CO 07:00pm - 09:00pm Arts & Culture WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 25 Storytelling - Snowmass Ice Age Discovery Center, Snowmass, CO 03:30pm - 04:30pm Children & Families Key News Online Marketing your press releases, news articles and events has never been easier! Submit 200-400 words, a photo or video, and we take care of the rest at conciergeguide.com. Page 2
Deadlines and Distribution - Winter 15-16 Deadlines and Distribution Golden Key Concierge Guide Winter 2015 Production Deadlines Distribution 11/1/15 11/16/15 Concierge Guide 11/16/15 12/14/15 Trade Show A Taste of Winter Thursday December 3, 2015, 5-7 pm, at the Inn at Aspen DEADLINE & DISTRIBUTION Aspen Alpine Property Services Annabelle Inn ACRA -Wheeler Visitors Center ACRA - Parking Garage ACRA - Kiosk Aspen Alps Aspen Golf & Tennis Club/Ute Mountain Sports Aspen Highlands Ticket Office Aspen Meadows Resort Doerr-Hosier Center Aspen Meadows Resort Lobby Aspen Mountain Lodge Aspen Recreation Center (ARC) Aspen Skiing Company Gondola Aspen Signature Properties Aspen Square Atlantic Aviation Blazing Adventures Activity Center Dancing Bear Frias Properties (Galena Street) The Gant Hearthstone House Hotel Aspen Hotel Durant Hotel Jerome Hyatt Grand Aspen Independence Square Inn at Aspen (Wyndham) Innsbruck Aspen Lift One Limelight Little Nell Little Red Ski Haus Molly Gibson Mountain Chalet North of Nell Prospector Residences at The Little Nell ResortQuest (Aspen Lodging Co.) Ritz Carlton Club (Highlands Elkhorn Lodge Ritz Carlton Club (Highlands White River Lodge Silverglo Sky Hotel Snow Queen Lodge Stirling Peak Properties St. Moritz St. Regis 2 nd floor concierge Snowmass Alpine Property Management Anderson Ranch Aspen Skiing Company Snowmass Mall Aspen Skiing Co. Private Lesson Lounge Aspen Skiing Company Two Creeks -2 Sotheby Real Estate Chamonix Crestwood Enclave First Choice Properties Krabloonik Laurelwood/Interlude (2) Mountain Chalet Pokolodi / Snowmass Inn Shadow Brook Condos Snowmass Club Snowmass Club Villas Snowmass Hospitality Snowmass Information Lounge Snowmass Village Depot Visitor s Center Stonebridge Inn Stonebridge Condos The Timbers Timberline Condominiums Top of the Village Treehouse Viceroy Westin Wood Run Wood Run V Holiday Inn Express Rifle/Silt Rifle Jet Center Holiday Inn & Suites Basalt Aspenalt Lodge Best Western Basalt Chamber of Commerce Basalt Mountain Inn Roaring Fork Club Alpine Valley Services Carbondale Avalanche Ranch Aspen Glen Club Carbondale Chamber of Commerce Coldwell Banker Mason Morse Comfort Inn & Suites Days Inn Remax River Valley Ranch Glenwood Springs Best Western Antlers Courtyard by Marriott Glenwood Adventure Company Glenwood Suites Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association Holiday Inn Express Hot Springs Lodge Hotel Colorado Hotel Denver Hotel Glenwood Springs Hampton Inn Ironbridge Quality Inn Ramada Inn Red Mountain Inn Residence Inn by Marriott Eagle/Vail/Beaver Creek Lions Square Lodge Ritz Carlton Club & Residences Ritz Carlton Hotel (Bachelor Gulch) Sonnenalp Vail Marriott Vail Valley Jet Center Page 3
Golden Key Packages Golden Key Packages include the most popular features. (All prices are seasonal) BEST VALUE! GOLDEN KEY PACKAGES Item Concierge Guide (Print) Description Green Circle Blue Square Gold Key 1/3 page index listing (2) Black Diamond 1/2 page index listing (2) Full Page Additional Facing Page Concierge Guide (Online) Taste Trade Show (Summer/Winter) Brochure 1/3 page index listing (2) 1/2 page index listing (2) Half Table Full Table Print + Online Featured Vendor Kids Corner (30-word description, print only) Online Featured Vendor only Key Happenings Weekly Email of Area Events Key News (Online) Events Calendar (Online) Discounts & Specials Listing (Online) 3 Display Banner Ads 6 Display Banner Ads 8 Display Banner Ads Submit press releases, news articles and events with photos and video Submit important calendar events Display exclusive offers online $845 $1,570 $2,630 $3,335 $495 $795 $995 $1,495 40% 50% 60% 55% Page 4
Rate Card & Ordering All prices are seasonal RATE CARD Golden Key Packages Green Circle Package...$845 value! $495 Blue Square Package...$1,570 value! $795 Gold Key Package...$2,630 value! $995 Black Diamond Package... $3,335 value! $1,495 Freestyle Offering Golden Key Concierge Guide & ConciergeGuide.com 1/3-page Index listing... x $295 = $ 1/2-page Index listing... x $395 = $ Full-page ad (includes 1/3-page index listing)... x $650 = $ Additional facing page... x $295 = $ Includes: Online Discounts & Specials Listing and Events Calendar priority Upgrades: Available with purchase of any Golden Key Package or Freestyle Offering A Taste of Summer /A Taste of Winter Trade Shows One full-size Exhibition Table...$ 150 One 1/2-size Exhibition Table...$ 75 Non-Advertisers - Subject to Space Availability...$ 395 Print & Online...$ 650 Online......$ 395 Kids Corner Print.....$ 175 Key News Online Press releases, news articles, and events with a photo or video are posted online at ConciergeGuide.com. Membership fee includes all submissions for 6 months... $ 375 Section: Arts & Culture _ Children & Families Dining & Entertainment Recreation Services Shopping Transportation Business Name: Business Address: City: ST ZIP email: Phone: Credit Card Payment: Name on Card: Billing Address: City: ST ZIP Card Number: Card Type: Visa MC Exp. Date: CCV: Total $ Printed Name: Signature: Date: Minimum 50% deposit is required with signed order form. Please mail completed form along with payment to the address below. Final payment is due on date of production. Past due balances are assessed 1.5% per month (18% per year). Page 5
Production PRODUCTION Submission E-mail submissions (Under 20MB only): production@conciergeguide.com Dropbox submissions: send your dropbox link to: production@conciergeguide.com FTP submissions (20MB): ftp.conciergeguide.com, username: goldkey@conciergeguide.com, password: concierge Photo Specs Photographs need to be in digital format. The digital file must be at least 8 wide, at a resolution of at least 300 dpi, at 100% actual size and should be saved in EPS or Tiff formats or as High Resolution JPEG. All photos should be color-corrected, cleaned and ready for print. If you supply RGB images, we will convert them to CMYK for print, which may result in a slight color variance. Images may be cropped to fit available space. Please clear photo rights and production usage fees. Any charges associated with photo use fees and production fees are the sole responsibility of advertisers. The pre-season brochure includes all production. Clients submit 100-150 words of copy for the brochure and a photo. See Photo Specs above. Concierge Guide (Print and Online) Business indexes include contact information (name, address, phone, fax, email, web site) plus a description. Photos may be added at no additional cost (see Photo Specs). Updates are posted free throughout the year. The Golden Key reserves the right to edit any text over the specified maximum or that has grammatical errors without notice to the client. Concierge Guide 1/3 Page Listings: 75-125 Words, 1/2 Page Listings: 150-200 Words. Listings are published in the Concierge Guide and are displayed on ConciergeGuide.com in the Concierge Guide Section. Please include your category of choice. Concierge Guide Display Pages Please follow these guidelines to ensure accurate reproduction of your display pages: PDF/X Required All files are to be submitted as PDF/x1a compliant files. Page Size 8.5x11" vertical format pages may have full bleed (1/4") or a white border. 3-Hole Clearance Books are 3-hole punched. For 2-Page spreads, allow 5/8" clear area (containing no text) on the inside margin. For Single Page ads, allow 5/8 clear area on BOTH sides. Fonts Embed all fonts. Colors Convert all spot colors to CMYK. All RGB images must be converted to CMYK. Naming Name your files with your company name. Minimum Resolution PDFs should be no less than 300 dpi at actual size. All PDFs not supplied as PDF/X1a may be rasterized at 400 dpi. Maximum Resolution No files should be over 400 dpi and file size should not exceed 20 MB. Key Happenings Key Happenings Advertisements include a low resolution version for viewing on screen, and a high resolution PDF for printing. Ad size for print is 2.25 wide by 2.75 tall at 300 ppi. (675 x 825 pixels). Print ad will be resized for the email version (184 x 225 pixels). We suggest a simple photo, high contrast text and very basic information. Key News Online Key News Online includes 200-400 words and an image. See Photo Specs above. Discounts and Specials Discounts and Specials includes your Name, your Discount Name, an image, a 50-75 word description, and a space for any necessary disclaimer text. Page 6