ITB 2012 Journalist Journalist Dr. Volker Mehnert Mr. Kurt J. Ohlhoff Wiesenweg 22 D-65812 Bad Soden Rosmarinweg 4 D-30916 Isernhagen 011-49-6196-561362 011-49-5136-892089 011-49-40-7940729 011-49-5136-892091 Mehnert888@aol.com mail@kurtohlhoff.de www.kurtohlhoff.de ITB12: Met with Dr. Mehnert. He planned a trip at ITB 2011, but never happened. He would like to come to the region soon. Says his time is limited. 2012 he will have a strong focus on the Capitol Region. Topics for a potential story and fam tour to our region were discussed -- outdoor adventure/activities, hiking, biking, canoeing, etc., scenic byways. Is thinking a June 2013 trip would be possible. May have ideas for the trip by PowWow 2012. Will contact Janine to discuss options, but please follow up. Send materials packets for him to research. ITB11: German journalist writing mainly for FAZ. In 2004 went to the Buffalo RU and in 2001 went to Wyoming for ski (Jackson). Looking for an activity focused fam to our region. Ideas include hiking and bicycling. We discussed the Hiawatha Trail and Mickelson Trail, zip lines, walk in the trees, climbing Devils Tower and interpretive walk around the base, Top 10 Scenic Drives. Will begin to organize the potential fam through Carola. Mr. Mehnert may combine this fam tour with something else. GER10/09: DIE WELT - This is a German National daily newspaper with a circulation of approx. 264,628 and approximately 670.000 readers. In their Travel supplement in the weekend edition on Saturday October 24, 2009 they published a long article written by Wolfgang Mehnert. It is called Die Praerie und ihr Fluss (The prairie and its river) and talks about the Missouri River flowing through the prairie States also through Montana and South Dakota. The article starts out with a description of a peaceful scene along the mighty river, mentioning the wide-open spaces and the buffalo herds. Wolfgang then tells the reader about the Lewis & Clark expedition, Sitting Bull and the battle of the Little Bighorn as well as the history and the culture of the Native tribes in the area. A last part concentrates on the sights in the region, mentioning the new Casino in Mobridge, the varied wildlife, which can be seen as pronghorn antelope and deer and suggests a tour through the Great Plains as a wonderful experience of the true wild west. In addition our contact details and the German Real America website are provided. Author: Volker Mehnert Publication Date: October 24, 2009 Length: 2/3 page ITB12: Kurt has written a book on the Rocky Mountains that was to be published. The publisher has given the contract back to him. Kurt is thinking of publishing the book online with Kindle or Amazon. He'll add links, color photos and updates. He would like to publish next year when Kindle adds color. ITB06: Met with Mr. Ohlhoff. Works with Cruise America now, so they will most likely provide a camper for his tour to our region in 2007 to update his guidebooks. Will do the entire region and include ND too. He suggests we check out ITB05: Met with Kurt J Ohlhoff, Travel writer/photographer. He is doing an article this year on Lewis and Clark. Send updates and information asap - SD,MT and ID. Buckle Club 04 ITB04 - Met with Mr. Ohlhoff. Lewis and Clark life- in SD twice, remove one listing. Doing Lewis and Clark newspaper articles and contemplating new books on the region. Talking to Guido about campers and to Pacific North West too. Send Indian info along trad. Will pack up press kits on Monday ITB03: Stopped by to say that German publisher has put all USA regional guidebook updates, inluding Ohloff's Rocky Mountain book, on hold until the war is over, but should resume publishing (with promotion) next year. And he's darned mad about it. Working on Lewis and Clark stories and wants to cover Native American angle. 2002 ITB Buckle Club Participant: Kurt Ohlhoff ITB2002: Dropped by and provided new e-mail and web address which is under construction right now. Getting out of the travel guide business except for edits. Writing for magazines and newspapers. Susanne please copy him in on your newsletter e-mails. Hoping to pitch mini guide book on the Rockies to Merian Live. Did one on Hawaii, very nice. He will be updating the Rocky Mountain book but will change titles to something including National Parks. May come out summer of 2003. May have to do it in Fall. Probably begin and end in Denver. Susanne to talk to UA or NW/KLM about reduced or comped airfare. If it works, will request a regional itin and assistance with some accommodations and attractions. No follow up required. Chuck - send guide book. Attended SRU2000: "Caddis Fly" Kurt J. Ohlhoff ITB00: Completed Dumont "Rocky Mountain" book - it's very good. May come to Rocky Mountain region in 2001 to do another book on the region for another publisher. Will let us
Sabine Loeprick Wartburgstrasse 53a 10823 Berlin Journalist Thorsten Freimuth, Owner Vidumstr. 2 D-49492 Westerkappeln AAR Reisen 011-49 30 218 8506 011-49-5404-96080 011-49-5404-960811 Sabine.Loeprick@gmx.de tf@aar-reisen.de www.aar-reisen.de ITB12: Walk-up appointment. Sabine is working for public radio in covering travel programs. She is gathering information and looking for interesting characters, stories, etc. We went over general state info. and topics of interest. Janine please send the WY ranch list. Sabine will be in contact with Janine regarding a potential fam trip. She asked if flights could be comp'd. ITB12: Thorsten came to the 2006 RU. Is attending in 2012 and doing the WY post fam. Thorsten is now owner of AAR Reisen. The company split recently with his colleague taking group tours to another company and Thorsten taking FIT product. Is only offering FIT at this point. Does small escorted 2-6 pax groups for the first time and mainly sightseeing. Is offering SD/WY currently. Marlee gave sample itineraries to consider. Janine please send ID/MT 2011 Mega Fam itinerary for a good example. Follow up with any necessary information. Is planning a post RU fam scheduled for May 6-14 Casper to Chicago with 2-3 days in SD. Interested in Badlands Nat'l Park and a night in Rapid City. Janine will send the complete request to Mathias for coordination. RU12: Thorsten Freimuth to attend GER07/11: Changed their company organization. Thorsten Freimuth is now owner of the AAR Reisen. Werner Michels still handling the group tours but buying all packages through Thorsten Freimuth. Thorsten reported that they have very good bookings lately and a successful 2011 season. Are always open for new festivals - still concentrate mainly on Music topics, but now hope to also feature more tours for hot rod fans (e.g. Route 66) or nature themes. Sent information brochures for his clients. GER02/11: Followed up regarding the "Way out West with Best" group tour they will offer in 2011 including Wyoming, South Dakota parts of Idaho. Sales are going really well - only have approx. 5 spaces left on that tour. Tour is dedicated to Country Music. Generally have extremly good bookings for the US. Also asked about ITB meeting - however, they will not attend the show this year. GER03/10: Talked to Thorsten Freimuth about a group AAR will send to the RMI region this summer. Is still looking for rooms in Cody and Jackson. Asked for contact to Blair Hotels, which we provided. Will have an information evening for this group tour March 6, 2010. Asked for information brochures to hand out to clients. We sent the Real America Guide, detailed state information and decoration. Discussed RMI Roundup and he is very interested but needs to sort out his schedule before being able to make a decision.
601 Union St., Ste 4200 Seattle, WA United States Other Adventure Travel Trade Association Chris Chesak, VP Business Development 98101 Wilmersdorfer Str.94 D-10629 Berlin Alternativ Tours GmbH Tanja Lindemann, Dr. Ulrich Finke, Ms. Katja Henze, Anna 208 921 5626 011-49(30)212 341910 011-49-302-1234-1927 cchesak@adventuretravel.biz www.adventuretravel.biz ITB12: Met with Chris on Saturday of consumer days. Adventure Travel is a global trade association with in and outbound tour operators who focus on adventure travel. Does several trade promotions and holds the annual Adventure Travel World Conference. Chris will follow up in an email with all of the options. Membership is $1,500 for the year. khenze@alternativ-tours.de tlindemann@alternativ-tours.de www.alternativ-tours.de www.meso-berlin.de ITB12: Met with Katja Henze. She attended Roundup 2006. Looking for 'What's New.' We covered all. NL12/11: lgebert@alternativ-tours.de CC other MegaFam11: Ms. Lydia Gebert PW09: Met with Anna Gorczyca, Product Manager. Meso has opened a new office in Poland last year. Anna deals with Poland only. We presented an overview of the region. Carola please follow up with additional information. GER08/08: Received our suggestions for the multimedia show presenters. Mr. Ulrich Pfaffenberger will produce a show for them and will present it during their two information events 1)Berlin: November 8, 2008 - expect approx. 200 regular clients 2)Leipzig: November 19, 2008 - expect approx. 250 clients Will rent a large room to hold presentations. Multimedia Show will concentrate on the Northwest of the US and involve the RMI states. Meso Reisen will participate in the Consumer Show Leipzig November 19-23, 2008. Plan to attend with a large booth. Will concentrate mainly on the US - as they will be almost the only TO with US offers participating. Are looking for support regarding decoration, information brochures and maybe even staff. Will send posters and Real America Guides (or substitute) for the Leipzig consumer show and also for the information days to distribute. We also discussed other promotional activities during the Fair: Meso mentioned partnering with a catering company to offer baked potatoes or even a line dance group to attend at the booth to attract visitors. Will follow up regarding success of the various events. GER01/08: Also booking agent for Amtrak. Have widespread offers for the US and the RMI region in particular. Discussed the 2007 booking numbers: Had approximately 3000 pax to the US in 2007. Average stay: 14 days. Due to the electronically system can t trace bookings only for RMI region. See a significant increase in bookings to the US for 2008. Asked about meeting at ITB 2008. Mrs. Yvonne Lau, Product Manager at the Leipzig Office will attend Roundup in Casper in 2008. Offered our support for all upcoming projects. Will follow up. GER06/07: Their best-seller currently is Canada - US is a little
Geisbergstrasse 39 D-10777 Berlin Journalist America Journal Mr. Joachim Latka, Ms. Julia Latka, Editor, Sascha Hüsing, Marc Leonhardtstr. 10 D-30175 Hannover America Unlimited Julia Kohlenberg, Timo Kohlenberg, Rainer Hillers, Ms. Marion 011-49(0)30-288 78980 011-49-511-37444750 011-4951137444751 Julia 011-49(0)30-288 7899817 011-49-511-3744770 info@latka.de jlatka@latka.de, jalatke@latka.de www.america-journal.de www.latka.de ITB12: Met with Julia Latka. America Journal is set for their 2012 editorials, but interested in sending some journalists this summer (2012), perhaps the "Doctors" Margit Binke and Peter Kraenzle. Some new themes for a fam trip discussed at the meeting were Cultural, Nature and Culinary. We can suggest additional travel ideas and itineraries. We mentioned that car rental, activities, lodging, itinerary development would be covered and that America Journal would just have to get the journalists to the region and decide where to visit. Julia will talk with the "doctors" and get in touch with Janine. We covered What's New in each state. America Journal is planning a new feature tied to annual events. Janine, please follow up with annual events for each state. Needs images and mentioned specifically something of Sheridan, WY. Discussed America Day, which is a follow up to their America Journal Journey's event last year. It will take place November 9-11 at the Park Hyatt in Hamburg,. We received a flier. Detlef will forward the rates/proposal, etc. to Janine. Please follow up and include in Summit proposals. Rita Greene Bellardo said she was very interested. GER05/11: In their May /June edition 2011 they published a short article about Yellowstone National Park mainly its volcanic activity and the aftermath of a possible outbreak (which however is not predicted in the near future). The article informs about the stretch of hot magma underneath the park in Wyoming, as well as in the surrounding States Idaho and Montana. Author: Editorial Department, Publication Date: May / June 2011, Length: 1/3 page, Circulation: 45,000, Ad value: 2,124.50 USD The long article includes many photos and descriptions about the Crow Reservation in Montana, where every year in August the Crow Nation Fair takes place. Thomas describes the tribal traditions, the history and the day-to-day life nowadays. Emphasis is laid on the description of the wonderful Native clothing and array and the dances. Billings is mentioned as great Gateway to the region and when visiting the Crow Reservation, the Annual Reenactment of the Battle at the Little Bighorn and the Crow Nation Fair (both mentioned as highlights). A separate part at the end of the article describes life and legacy of Joseph Medicine Crow, the first Native to receive the Medal of Freedom. Author: Thomas Jeier / photos by Christian Heeb, Publication Date: May / June 2011, Jk@america-unlimited.de TK@america-unlimited.de www.america-unlimited.de ITB12: Met with Timo and Julia Kohlenberg. Pam met with them at GoWest Summit. Rita covered new flights, BW Cody opening, Heather Falk leaving the Chamber in Jackson to be with the Hampton. Maureen gave a Rapid City Plaza update, Deadwood area new hotel and new hotels in Rapid City along with Buffalo RU dates. Janine please send 200 Black Hills brochures. Nancy covered What's New in Idaho. Mathias met with Barbara and Timo at the ND booth later in the day and discussed some coop opportunities. Barbara: talk to Mathias about 1-2 page ad (coop among the 5 states) featuring rodeos, pow wows and festivals. We can discuss at PowWow. Janine, please follow up. Opportunities for coop with GW Cities/Partners. GER10/11: Rainer contacted us regarding the consumer show in Erfurt where they will participate with a booth. Rainer will also hold a presentation in which he will include the Rocky Mountain States very briefly. We provided him with images and information for the presentation. We also sent him Real America Guides to hand out during the show. MegaFam11: Ms. Marion Graham See America Unlimited Berlin PW11: Met with TImo. Everything is going well. Discussed the recent America Journal Sweepstakes and the consumer list generated from registrations. Timo will send an e-blast to those contacts featuring RMI region product. RMI-US has already sent the list. ITB11: Met with Timo and Julia. Product is selling very well. Does not need anything. We discussed what's new in the region. We mentioned the possibility of Mega Fam or a potential pre/post fam in conjunction with Go West. Timo seemed slightly interested. GER07/10: Personal Meeting at the WTS office July 30, 2010. Development of bookings over the summer was very positive. July only month that was a little slower. Have stopped production of ski catalogue, just want to offer 10 top ski offers online. All other ski destinations will be available upon request. Price is very important - plan is to become the benchmark company for Ski product to the US - best pricevalue. We gave an update on Jackson. emphasized on the popularity of this Ski Resort and will support Timo with information etc. so he will decide to keep it in his product.
Buchberggasse 34 AT-3400 Klosterneuburg Austria amerikareisen.at Mrs. Karin Ochenbauer, Horst Wurm, Mr. Thomas Felver Alte Dorfstrasse 44A D-37120 Bovenden ARGUS REISEN GmbH Mr. Dirk Büttner, Claudia Nagel, Manja Hattwig, Sonja Paul, 011-43-2243-25994 011-49(0)55948049490 (Dirk) 011-49(0)5594930930 (Claudia) 011-43-2243 / 26198 011-49-5594 8049491 karin.ochenbauer@amerikareisen.at office@amerikareisen.at www.amerikareisen.at dirk@argusreisen.de claudia@argusreisen.de www.argusreisen.de ITB12: Met with Karin, Horst and Thomas. Bookings increased after the flier we supported was distributed at several consumer shows. RMI region product is doing well. Is interested in a presentation/slideshow for use at shows. Janine please ask about details of what they're looking for. Gets all product from RMHTs and A4Y. Their fly/drive product is their best offerings and motorcoach is not so good. Ranches not selling very well. They usually build in time on their fly/drives for visitors to visit ranches where the ranch is booked through Argus Reisen. Gave What's New. Thomas wants to come on the Mega Fam. They were the first arrivals at the BC Party. GER11/11: Received first outline for the RMI and ND Flyer. Corrected some mistakes and gave suggestions for alternative photos. Flyer was printed with 4000 circulation and was first distributed during the Salzburg Consumer Show at the Americareisen.at booth. Karin stated that this first show was very successful. GER10/11: Discussed details about the upcoming Flyer project with Karin. Has good photos of almost all RMI highlights, however was in need of good ones of Glacier NP & Craters of the Moon National Monument. Sent requested photos as well as logos and discussed promoted highlights of each state. Flyer will not include bookable product but highlight the region and therefore attract clients to book with Karin and her widespread offers in the RMI States, North Dakota and the Gateway Cities. Also requested RMI German website to be included in the Flyer. Flyer to be printed before November 18, 2011 as then the first consumer show with Americareisen.AT attendence starts. Will follow up, sent pages to RMI for approval etc. MegaFam11: Mr. Thomas Felver GER08/11: Received positive answer from RMI regarding a Flyer for the four RMI States and North Dakota to be produced by Karin Ochenbauer. Flyer to be a general introduction of the RMI States in order to raise interest in our States. A link to online RMI product will also be included. Flyer to be distributed during the Austrian Consumer Shows in early 2012. PW11: Met with Karin & Horst. They attend all consumer shows in Austria. Their flyer as proposed to RMI-US at ITB ITB12: Met with Dirk and Claudia. Claudia will be attending the 2012 Roundup along with the WY Post Fam. She will also be coming in two days earlier to visit North Dakota ranch product. According to Dirk, Barbara Stafford will assist in covering flight costs. Dirk and Claudia report a very good year, with a lot more guests to the RMI region. They have again decided to focus primarily on ranches, more so than the last few years when they were diversifying their product range. Right now they are looking for new ranches and reestablishing old relationships. Dirk mentioned that 4D Guest Ranch in Idaho is hosting a TV crew for three weeks -- 6 kids taught to be cowboys. There will be 21 episodes broadcast on kids public channel and Dirk is assisting with arrangements. We discussed a new product highlighting program that Dirk is putting together featuring sellable product and information on destination. All online. He said for the 4- state region would be ballpark $4,000 USD. Dirk will send a proposal to Janine in the coming 2-3 weeks. Janine please follow up and include proposal in Summit proposals. RU12: Claudia Nagel to attend GER11/11: Received an offer for brochure distribution during the "Pferd & Jagd" (Horse & Hunt) show in Hannover at the booth of the German Argus Reisen. The show will take place December 1 through 4, 2011. In the past years the show has attracted 80,000 interested visitors, as the show focusses on horse culture, cowboy life and hunt topics, the RMI region would fit in very well. Argus Reisen will have a large booth and is offering us to distribute 800 pieces of the (old or new, once arrived already) Real America Guide. The Argus Reisen booth will be staffed with experienced Argus Reisen employees, many of them having been to the RMI region themselves, therefore they can answer questions and give recommendations for travel in the 4 RMI States. Cost for this will be USD 460,00 USD plus shipping cost of approx. 40,00 USD - so a total of 500,00 USD in total. GER08/11: Discussed their winter product for the 2011 season. feel that this winter might be better than the last ones and asked for brochure material to hand out to their clients. Unfortunately we in the German office have only old material (2009/10) and therefore can only provide some new material. Are in need of new Jackson Hole Trail Maps and image brochures, also requested Big Sky information and Trail
Mr. Martin Sanders Oberstrasse 42 D-52382 Niederzier AUSanders Detlef Danitz, Chief Editor Rodezstraße 7 D-96052 Bamberg Journalist belocal GmbH 011-49-2428-951294 011-49-951 9358051 011-49-2428-951293 011-49-951-9358060 martin@ausanders.de d.danitz@belocal.de www.ausanders.de www.belocal.de ITB12: Met with Martin and Uli Edelmann. Uli works in conjunction with AUSanders as a tour operator and creates the brochures. Martin gave us several copies of his RMI region flier that we supported. The flier is available online for download. Looks great! 3 months after production, Martin already had requests from 10 likely visitors and has distributed 300 since printing, in addition to the distribution at the consumer shows in Nov. 2011. Martin is looking forward to Roundup. We covered all What's New info. RU12: Martin Sanders to attend GER12/11: Followed up with Martin and he could report that he successfully received 5 bookings already since our Consumer Events to promote the RMI region. So far it was only the flights they booked (with Icelandair landing in Denver and departing from Seattle), but Martin hopes they will also book product, hotels and activity with him yet. Nevertheless, these are already pax into our region, no matter if they will book hotels etc. through Martin or not! Will stay in contact with Martin and further monitor the development of the new RMI product. Martin would very much like to attend RMI Roundup 2012 again. GER10/11: had forwarded various photos for the design and layout of the RMI Flyer. Martin now informed us he and Uli Edlemann also decided to put a Yellowstone Yellowbus photo on the cover of their 2012 USA / Kanada brochure, which will be released in December 2012. The brochure mainly contains product of German FTI, but also some own tours. Will also list the Xanterra Credit. We forwarded title to RMI and Wyoming for information and offered our further assistance. Discussed details of the planned Consumer nights in Essen and Cologne. Dates planned now are November 23 and 24, 2011. Will attend one evening with a presentation about the RMI States and the Gateway Cities (not Chicago) and North Dakota. Discussed decoration and Give Aways. Martin would like to hand out some stuff, as people really register for it and have to pay money when they don't show up. Asked RMI for Bandanas, which were sent. GER09/11: Followed up regarding possible participation in the event in October. Martin could contract Nova Scotia in Canada as another destination partner and Iceland Air as an airline for the Essen and Cologne consumer events in ITB12: Met with Detlef. One month ago changed website from data based and created new content pictures, events, cities, regions, reports (eg. culinary, history, sports). Send info in German and English. Section called Premiere Cities where they publish 10 articles with photos, videos, etc. Topics include theme parks, wine, events, historic sites. Info. can be sent to Detlef's email. Images require 1000 pixels and more than 8MB jpeg. Will start an English version in one or two months. Send any info. to Janine and she will get it translated and send along to Detlef. Booking though booking. com. YouTube videos are good too. Janine please follow up for more details on exactly what is needed. ITB11: Met with Detlef. belocal is a German online travel platform. Features the 4 states, but without many photos or content. Have approximately 350,000 unique users per month and 1 million page impressions. Do not feature hotels - only destination info. Gave German and English pages. RMI- please send "general info text" for each state and highlights in German language. RMI- please send events with photos and short description. For the future, they plan to adjust program to fit use for i app and ipad. ITB10: German Online Travel portal. ITB Meeting with Mr. Detlef Danitz. BeLocal is a leading online portal enabling cities and regions to promote their destinations and event to wide audience via multiple media channels. - over 6,000 tourism partners promote thier destination on belocal.de. - over 200,000 articles have been published so far. - over 70 countries are online. 400,000 unique visitors 1 million page impressions per month. Users have the opportunity to automatically create their own travel guide by being able to change the information on the websites into a PDF version. If a city is featured with 10 articles it becomes a premium cities: then It would also be possible to place a raffle on the website, free of charge. Mr. Danitz also introduced thier new iphone version - i.belocal.de. Mr. Danitz will send letter in English explaining the system - we included this in our proposal. Also gave Mr. Danitz our 4 State DVD to include. Forward information to the States include in Marketing Proposal. ITB08: Met with Detlef. Offers internet based phone base travel informational resouce. Kind of like Google so the traveler can search for cities, attractions,etc. while traveling. Starts with press kits, which they will use to create the state
Alemannenstr. 4 D-53844 Troisdorf Travel Agency Bike the Best Mrs. Michaela Fischer, Julia Nebo, Peter M. Fischer, Sarah 29991 Cnyn Hills Rd. #1709-531 Lake Elsinore, CA United States Other Blogworld & New Media Expo Patti Hosking, Director of Business Development 92532 011-49-2241-846440 858 309-4747 x 109 011-49-2241-846448 858 430-3491 b.steffens@bikethebest.de m.fischer@bikethebest.de www.bikethebest.de www.bikerzug.de ITB12: Met with Michaela and Peter. They are seeing good FIT requests for the RMI region. They attend many small shows in the biker scene to promote their tours. Are sending Susanne Fuhrmann to RU 2012 and SD Post Fam. Maureen discussed her fam briefly and mentioned that Susanne could do a site tour of the Mineral Palace in Deadwood. Michaela and Peter are moving to the Arizona office permanently in the next two months. Everything will stay the same, they just need to oversee operations in AZ. They have a new 15 night tour starting in Utah and covering all four RMI states. Gave What's New sheets. Janine please follow up and send the following materials -- 200 WY Road Trip, 200 German RAG, 200 SD motorcycle brochure, 200 SD Parks, Monuments and Memorials, 200 region maps, 200 Black Hills maps, 100 YNP/GNP guides (Marlee will need to send), 50 GNP maps, 100 State HWY Maps. Peter is attending the ID motorcycle fam trip planned for September 2012 and will produce many images and articles that we can have access to. RU12: Susanne Fuhrmann to attend GER12/11: Would again like to send someone from their product / sales team to one of our Fam trips to get to know the RMI region better. We sent dates for RMI Roundup and preliminary date range for RMI Mega Fam 2012 and informed about the routing and setting of both. GER03/11: Discussed their current product in our region and learned that clients are especially booking Sturgis this year. Have excellent bookings so far and expect an increase yet. Would like to receive Real America Guide in large number to hand out to their clients. Sent 70 RAGs. ITB11: Met with Michaela and Peter Fischer. Needs 1,000 French RAGs sent for a show in May. Please send ASAP. Mathias Follow up with UK warehouse. Send to location. They have a new Eaglerider location in AZ. Will be authorized Harley tour operator, which is a new development. Carola, please send SD Black Hills maps. GER02/11: Requests map material to send out to clients booking with them. Sent out the requested material. GER10/10: Met with Michaela during the Seeheim Training. Have many tours in the South. Bike the best is part of Goatravel. See good requests for the RMI region and are constantly widening their product. Sarah Romuender, patti@blogworldexpo.com www.blogworldexpo.com ITB12: Met with Patti. TBEX Travel Bloggers Exchange. Has a blogger convention of 600 people twice a year. This spring in Telluride, CO. Could do smaller meeting of specialized topics such as travel, adventure, etc. if we wanted to host.
Nebendahlstraße 16 D-22041 Hamburg Canusa Touristik GmbH Tilo Krause-Düenow, Owner; Annette Kuphal; Ms. Annika Leis; Stadthausbruecke 1-3 D-20355 Hamburg CRD International - North America travelhouse Michael Merkentrup, Ms. Meike Boldt, Mr. Ralf Hieke, Mrs. 011-49-4022725311(Anngret) 011-49-40-22725316 011-49-40-3006160 011-49-40-30061676 011-49-40-22725353-53 011-49-40-30061655 ham@canusa.de anngret.rossol@canusa.de mmerkentrup@crd.de mboldt@crd.de www.canusa.de www.crd.de ITB12: Met with Nicole Haarmann and Anngret Rossol. Jackson was in their November 2011 NL. Will give feedback at PowWow about who is participating in their Bonus Card Program. Can provide 'test access' to the program for new suppliers. We can announce this at RU and/or Governor's Conferences. Gave What's New sheets and covered general new highlights. Owner Tilo Krause Duenow made a skiing trip to JH in Jan. 2012. Mathias spoke with him at the Canusa Party and he said it was absolutely fantastic. Canusa is now going more toward emotional aspects in their product offering. Needs state photos. Now has an introduction page for Rocky Mountain product keying in on emotions. Fly/Drives include 'Taste of the Rockies,' 'Western Flair,' and 'Bisons & Badlands.' Their numbers are up. The entire region, including ND and CO are performing very well. Anngret suggested asking Gary to confirm. Discussed several marketing options. Janine, please follow up for details and costs of a proposal to include in Summit materials. GER01/12: Tilo with his son, to go skiing in Jackson Hole, with very short notice. Requested support by JHMR for rentals and ski passes for the time he is there. He will take care of rental car, airfair and hotel rooms himself. Dates: January 9 through 17, 2012. Would also like to experience a snowmobiling or wildlife watching tour in Grand Teton NP or in/around Jackson. Canusa does offer trips into Yellowstone NP already, so Tilo would like to experience something new, which he then will also consider as new product in the winter 2012/13 brochure. GER11/11: Received the latest Canusa E-Newsletter. In it they also promoted their ski product to Jackson, Wyoming with two specials offers on it. Package includes one week stay, ski passes, transfers and breakfast at the Best Western Lodge at Jackson Hole and a second one for the Alpenhof Lodge at Teton Village. Booking from now, travel period between December 2011 and April 2012 with special dates excluded from the offer. GER10/11: Canusa will implement QR Codes in their 2012 catalogues. Therefore they needed promotional videos from our RMI destinations. We provided them with the requested material. PW11: Met with Anngret Rossol. They have published a new ITB12: Met with Friedrich Roth. Finished 2011 with plus bookings. January/February is a good booking time. Discussed "Destination of the Month" online promotion. This includes 10-15 images, 2 videos, map, insider views, destination details, several topics of interest, all of which is connected to bookable product. Looks like a good promotion and we could coop with GW Cities and Partners to reduce individual cost. Up to seven boxes (topics) available. Using Facebook, Travelzoo to send visitors to this promotion. Friedrich mentioned it was really popular with other US destinations. The feature would run for one month, but stays online longer. Cost is $8,000 and he mentioned that October- March is the best time to run the campaign. Everyone seemed to like it. Would provide click and booking stats. We provide all media and content, and any translation is included in above mentioned cost. Uses A4Y and Travalco. Janine please follow up with details and include in Summit proposals. GER01/12: Miss Voss participated in the VUSA Seminar in Neuss in October 2011. She received RMI guides and liked them a lot. She now requested South Dakota materials. Sent in larger number. GER11/11: Miss Voss participated in the VUSA Seminar in Neuss in October, where she received a RMI guide with her information materials and liked it a lot. She now requested 100 copies to hand out to customers interested in or traveling to our region, which we sent out. PW11: Met with Friedrich Roth. This company started as Canada travel and now does 55-60% of business to the US, increasing over the last few years. They've seen a 20% increase in motorhome business and seen an increase in one way rentals for motorhomes. Motorhome and fly/drives are their primary business. Discussed marketing proposal for $8,000 for destination of the month on their website, which also includes email to database of 30,000, google marketing, images, video, map, and connected to Facebook. Suggests January through March because March is main booking period, Utah has booked October. RMI- please followup if this proposal is worthwhile. NL03/11: Opened newsletter (mboldt@crd.de) ITB11: Met with Friedrich Roth. Are happy with the 2011 season so far. Could match 2010 in booking. Their tailormade fly/drive programs are very popular. Has done host to
Valhallavägen 52 SE-114 22 Stockholm Sweden Escape Travel Sweden AB Johan Rejhagen, Managing Director Bahnhofstr. 31-33 D-66111 Saarbrücken Travel Agency First Reisebüro Mrs. Kerstin Elberskirch, Managing Director 011-46(0)8 450 38 90 011-49-681-389920 011-46(0)8 450 38 91 011-49-681-3899250 johan.rejhagen@escapetravel.se 6600@firstreisebuero.de, saarbruecken1@first-reisebuero.de www.escapetravel.se www.first24.de, www.first-reisebuero.de/saarbruecken1 ITB12: Met with Johan. Is bringing a tour group in September 2012. Came to our states on a fam in September 2011. ITB11: Met with Johan. Group tour operator. Working with Gary. Did an escorted tour a few years ago out of MSP with Ticket Privatresor. Would like to do something similar with this company. Will sell to a newspaper or magazine. Looking for National Parks, Native American culture, nature, Western culture. Fly into MSP or Chicago, fly out of SLC. Do a MSP to Denver or opposite. Gary suggested Denver, Grand Tetons, YNP, MT, Medora, Black Hills, MSP. Gary has a flydrive that is two weeks, but thinks for a group that might be rushing it. Lower Brule Tribe plus cultural program. Gary will put together a night by night program for him. 14 nights in mid May, June or September. Maureen please provide Clair Green info to Gary. The program would start in Denver, then Cheyenne, Wind River, Jackson, W. Yellowstone, Bozeman, Billings, Little Big Horn Battlefield, Devils Tower, Black Hills, Keystone & Deadwood (2 nights), Lower Brule, Chamberlain, De Smet, MSP, Mall of America. Gary please follow up. ITB12: Met with Kerstin Elberskirch. This was a walk up appointment. Is planning a personal trip to research the region going from Denver > Cheyenne > Black Hills > Buffalo > Sheridan > Cody > YNP. We hope it will help her sell the region. Is looking for information to supplement research she's done online. Janine please follow up with any materials needed. We gave a brief overview of each state. She is looking for insider tips. GER02&03/05: Ms. Ilse Werner of TUI and Wiechmann Tourism Service met with Mrs. Kerstin Elberskirch, Managing Director of German travel agency First Reisebuero in Saarbruecken. Ms. Werner gave her an update on the news and the new catalogue structure of the airtours brochures. For summer 2005 airtours has published 10 brochures including one 356 pages brochure on the USA, Canada and The Caribbean. In regards to their business Ms. Elberskirch stated that their numbers have increased during the last month and the USA - after 3 years of stagnant growth - is again a very popular destination for their clientele. As reasons for this business increase Ms. Elberskrich pointed out the good US$ exchange rate, the very attractive tour operator rates within the catalogue and the consequences of the Tsunami in Asia. Frankfurt office introduced our and offered our assistance for all upcoming projects and will stay in contact.
Mr. Thomas Barth Hauptstr 43 D-67734 Katzweiler Travel Agency Globetrotter Touristik Hauser Exkursionen International GmbH Angela Römer - PM America, Jeanette Luenenschloss, Mrs. Spiegelstr. 9 D-81241 München 011-49(0)6301 7913 197 011-49-89-235006031 011-49-89-23500647 011-49(0)6301 7913 199 011-49-89-23 50 06 99 info@globetrotter-touristik.de, tb@globetrotter-touristik.de www.globetrotter-touristik.de angela-roemer@hauser-exkursionen.de info@hauser-exkursionen.de, r-leyendecker@hauserwww.hauser-exkursionen.de ITB12: Met with Thomas. He is looking for something special for honeymooners and unique that others don't offer. Needs to be very special. Janine please follow up. ITB12: Met with Angela. Offers trekking and hiking tours. Average stay is 2-3 weeks. Has one brochure with a Rockies trek -- Bozeman, Idaho Falls, Stanley, Missoula, Whitefish. Has no SD product. Would combine different activities with hiking. Drives between hiking locations. We mentioned "Rails to Trails" as an options and covered general ideas. Follow up with info. Alta Expeditions is doing all of the guiding. Would be happy to receive ideas for new hiking options. Manfred was on the 2006 Mega Fam in ID/WY. Janine, please follow up. GER11/10: Personal visit in Munich and meeting with Manfred Haeupl, Managing Director. Niche tour operator specialzing in outdoor, hiking and adventure tours. Mainly groups. Their USP is that they always send two guides with the groups and feature new itineraries and "undiscovered" destinations than other operators in their niche. Finally can feature more US product as they found a very reliable agency called Alta Expeditons (Canada based), which has a licence to guide in the National Parks. Their best selling destination is still Nepal. Feature two new tours into the RMI region - summer and winter including Montana, Idaho and Wyoming - highlight of course Yellowstone National Park. This is also due to Manfred's participation in the RMI Mega Fam 2007. See US as high now potential destination, felt a lot of resistance from their clients during the Bush years. Want to further divide their product in seperate product lines: general hiking group tours, Mountainbiking, vacation with kids, winter adventure (no downhill skiing). Discussed possibilities for marketing cooperations. Events similar to Columbia Sportswear, Flyer printing also as supplement in high potential magazines, participation in the Hauser annual Roadshow - in cooperation with Globetrotter (outdoor clothing). Will follow up and stay in contact with Manfred. GER07/08:German Trekking. Asked about program in 2009 and possible inclusion of the RMI region. Unfortunately have decided not to include RMI region in 2009. However, definitely keep in mind for 2010, as demand for the US is rising. Canada Tours do not sell at all currently - USA is best seller. Are very interested in Grand Teton NP and Glacier NP, but see great problems regarding guided hiking tours in Nationalparks. Own guides are not allowed, Hauser has to engage Rangers etc. which is not only an organizational
Rohrerstrasse 100 CH-5001 Aarau Switzerland Knecht Reisen Mrs. Daniela Ranalder, Mr. Sascha Dimitriadis, Mr. Rech Urech, Weichertstrasse 20 D-63741 Aschaffenburg Media Main Echo Reiseredaktion Mr. Juergen Overhoff, Travel editor 011-41-62-8347 111 011-41-62-8347101 (Marcel) 011-49-6021 / 396112 011-41-62-8347 100 011-49-6021 /396499 ozeanien@knecht-reisen.ch snow@knecht-reisen.ch kultur@main-echo.de, reise@main-echo.de www.knecht-reisen.ch www.main-netz.de ITB12: Met with Lukas Schultheiss. May be interested in 2012 Mega Fam, but the timing is not so good for him, but may send someone from the office. Is interested in working ranches that are used to handling international clients. Gave What's New sheets. I didn't catch if he was offering the usual proposal for marketing RMI product, so Janine please follow up. GER08/11: Met personally with Lukas Schultheiss. 2011 was again a very good season for them and they could defend their status as leading US specialist on the Swiss Market. Generally feel that the fall vacation is very important for the Swiss traveler, which takes place 2-3 weeks during October. Will re-launch their website in November 2011, will then feature more information for clients and their 23 travel agencies throughout Switzerland. At that point also will celebrate their 50th birthday with a large event and again invited our destinations to participate. Have several sponsorship packages but also a "light version" with only brochure distribution. Await not only their regular clients and all travel agents, but also Swiss celebrities. Will also introduce their new logo at this event. Are generally happy with sales in the RMI region. Feel that Yellowstone NP is a big draw. Would like to include the promotional pages again and promote the RMI region online (Bronze package), but understand if there is not enough budget this year. GER05/11: It is the second-best end of year business result ever in the company s history. Knecht reported a remarkably strong growth in the sector of overseas travels. CEO is particularly happy about the development of USA/Canada as a travel destination, which made profit for the first time. Business to Oceania, southern Africa and South America was also strong. PW11: Meeting with Kenny Prevost and Lukas Schultheiss. Discussed the promotional pages within their brochure. They have an August deadline for the promo pages. Discussed a PR teaser as well and Lukas will follow up with Carola. Is looking for news releases and what's new in the region. RMI- US follow up with the proposal for promo pages. RU11: Lukas Schultheis GER12/10:Discussed RMI product for 2011 season as they are in the final stages of brochure production. ITB12: Met with Jürgen Overhoff. He has never been to the region and not really familiar with it. Is looking for story ideas and a possible fam trip. We gave a general overview. Janine please follow up and discuss options for fam. GER01/10: German regional newspaper. Circulation: approx. 90,000. Discussed with Mr. Overhoff interest in a tour through the RMI region. Has been to some of our states years ago and is interested in travelling there again. His schedule for 2010 is already quite filled. Will stay in contact and coordinate possible travel schedule for 2011. Is also very interested regarding the Ski aspect. Knows Jackson Hole, Sun Valley and Big Sky by name, but has not been there yet. If press group tour or similar is planned again, we should keep him in mind.will stay in contact with Mr. Overhoff. GER04/07: Main Echo is a daily regional German Newspaper, distributed around Frankfurt am Main. It has a circulation of 88.607 and has an extended travel section in their weekendinsert. In the middle of April they published a half page article by Oliver Gerhard called Wolfspirsch am gelben Fluss (Wolfstalking near the yellow river). The article talks about the possibility to observe wildlife, especially wolves in Yellowstone National Park. After a short introduction about the history of the Park, Oliver Gerhard takes the reader on an early morning wolf-watching tour, and describes vividly the sighting of not only wolves in the Lamar Valley, but also the encounter with a grizzly. In addition the author gives valuable information about best travel times, climate and tours around the park. Contact details of the German RMI office are provided. Result of Mr. Oliver Gerhard s press trip to the RMI region in 2004 Publication Date: April 21/22, 2007 Number of pages: _ page Circulation: 88.607 Ad value: USD 10,618.15 GER10/06: The daily regional newspaper Main Echo with a circulation of approximately 89.000 published an article by Oliver Gerhard, who visited the RMI Region in 2004. The halfpage article is called Urlaub bei Sitting Bull (Holidays with Sitting Bull) and talks about today s situation and development in the Flathead Indian reservation in Montana. Described in particular is a guided mountain tour the author undertakes through the Mission Mountains to the Mission Falls and the Flathead Lake. Mentioned as well are St. Ignatius Mission and the National Bison Range. The article already describes the
Michael Juhran Am Windmühlenberg 42 D-15711 Königs Wusterhausen Journalist MasterMedia Public Relations Emil-von-Behring-Str. 6 D-60439 Frankfurt Meier's Weltreisen Mrs. Claudia Marx, Product Manager N. America 011-49-3375-290408 011-49-69 9588-1003 011-49-69-9588-3742 (Claudia) 011-49-3375-2169869 011-49-3375-290408 Michael.Juhran@t-online.de Michael.juhran@ctour.de 011-49-69-9588 3746 011-49-69-9588 843742 (Claudia) claudia.marx@meiers-weltreisen.de Nicole.Dieckmann@meiers-weltreisen.de www.meiers-weltreisen.de ITB12: Met with Michael. He is a potential journalist for the 2012 SD Buffalo Roundup. Possibly combine with YNP trip and Black Hills PowWow Rapid City. Janine please follow up. GER01/09: Board Member Travel Writers Club CTOUR. Is currently working on a new publication about the US West. Book will be released in the COMET Verlag. Circulation not known yet. Publication planned for early fall 2009. Book will have approx. 500 pages: 60 % photos and 40% editorial text. Coffeetable book with high gloss photos. Will contain RMI region, Oregon and Washington State, but also the other National parks in the US west (AZ, UT, NV, CA etc). Sent extensive information material about our region as well as photo CDs. Will stay in contact with Mr. Juhran. Might meet at the ITB 2009. GER10/07: German Freelance Journalist. Followed up regarding his experiences in South Dakota. Participated in the Buffalo Roundup 2007. Had been invited through Maureen Droz directly and planning and organization was followed through directly as well. First article in the Leipziger Volkszeitung, daily German newspaper with a circulation of 280.000 will be published end of October 2007. According to Michael more articles will follow. Updated his contact details. Made sure he is on the invitation list for the Buckle Club Party. We will receive the article and include it in the Media Clippings. Will follow up. ITB07: Mr. Juhran stopped by to say hi. Needs to be added to the Buckle Club list. Also want SD Buffalo RU and WY press trip. States send what's new as well. And RMI please add to BC PARTY list! ADDITIONAL LEAD SHEET: Showed SD an article on Buffalo RU in newspaper. Needs new ideas for stories - wants to come back to region, maybe Sept. 2007. Discussed Go Native. States submit new ideas. GER07/05: Samsung SDI, the internal company magazine of company Samsung published an a 1-page article about South Dakota in their July 1 issue. The article is written by Mr. Michael Juhran and talks about the Native American culture, the Buffalo Round Up in Custer State Park, Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse. Publication Date: July 1, 2005 Length of article: 1 page Media Value: na Circulation: na ITB12: Met with Angela Gaza. Is now offering all four states. Everything is going well with plus bookings for the region, especially national parks. Works with New World Travel mostly, but also America 4 You. Majority of the appointment was spent on marketing opportunities. Their NL goes out weekly to 8,000 travel agents, 6,000 VIP clients (VIP means they have traveled with Meier's three consecutive years) and a general NL going out to 11,000 consumers. We have the opportunity to do an ad on the NL driving visitors to bookable product. Angela agreed that she would give us booking numbers before and after a campaign so we can see the effectiveness of advertising. Possibly coop with Partners/GW Cities. Meier's has a section for just hotels in addition to fly/drive options. Looked like many property options in the region. Angela said hotels are selling really well. We covered what's new in each state. Janine please follow up for a complete proposal to be included in Summit materials. GER11/11: Dertour, Meiers Weltreisen and ADAC Reisen look back on their best business year in the company history. They achieved a sales growth of 8% and a turnover of 1.7 billion Euros. GER08/11: Discussed current and future RMI product with Angela Gaza, FIT product Manager with Meier's Weltreisen. Angela informed us that they will expand the RMI product a bit and will feature product of all four RMI States on a double page in the 2012 summer brochure (circulation 800,000 - delivered to approx. 12,000 agencies in, Austria and parts of Eastern Europe). She also offered to include the RMI Logo on this double page, however for this RMI needs to pay support of approx. 2,500.00 USD, which we declined right away. PW11: Met with Tino Swoboda who is the product manager for N. America. The Rocky Mountain Intensive fly/drive was pulled from their catalog because of lack of funding from the RMI states. Has created a new fly/drive featuring WY/SD/MT. Also has a National Parks tour. GER03/11: will organize a travel agent evening in Frankfurt Wednesday May 4, 2011 promoting their Dertour Deluxe product. Together with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts will invite Travel Agencies throughout the western part of to promote the worldwide Four Seasons as well as