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2015

MEDIA KIT

Print & Digital Media

Education & Relationship Marketing

Interactive & Sales Engagement Platforms

Consumer Engagement

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TABLE OF

CONTENTS

Introduction to travAlliancemedia ...03

Travel Forward ...04

ONLINE & DIGITAL MEDIA SOLUTIONS

TravelPulse.com ...07

TravelPulse.com Content Strategy ...08

TravelPulse.com Display Advertising ...11

TravelPulse.com Newsletter ...12

TravelPulse TV On Location ...13

PRINT MEDIA SOLUTIONS

Vacation Agent Magazine ...14

Agent@Home Magazine ...17

Build a Franchise Position ...20

DIGITAL SALES PLATFORMS

Digital Events ...21

Digital Seminars ...23

Webinars ...24

The Learning Annex ...26

1-2-1 Email Marketing ...27

EDUCATION & RELATIONSHIP

MARKETING

Travel Agent Academy ...28

Travel Agent Academy Affiliate Program ...31

CONSUMER REACH

Agent Studio ...32

ROI

Performance Dashboard ...33

RATES & SPECS

Quarterly At–A–Glance ...34

Special Sections ...38

Show Distribution ...40

2015 Advertising Rate Card ...41

Print Close & Materials Due Dates ...42

Print Media Requirements ...43

Mechanical Specifications ...44

TravelPulse.com Digital Specifications ...45

TravelPulse.com Content Strategy Specs ...46

Sales/Production Team ...47

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We’re travAlliancemedia.

Our team successfully helps leading

travel industry brands, large and small, connect with travel agents – and now consumers. We combine the power of our authoritative brands to provide

engaging premium content to our highly influenced travel agent audience and innovative and integrated marketing solutions to our advertisers. Our diverse portfolio reaches over 95%

of the travel agent market – unmatched by our competitors. As a multi-platform print + digital powerhouse for brands, we deliver superior results. We have the technical

expertise, leadership position, industry knowledge and established relationships to take you or your company/brand farther and faster than anyone else.

James Shillinglaw Editor-in-Chief Lisa Aberman Nick Choo Creative Director Tim Wood Executive Editor Maura Byrne

Director, Custom Solutions

Mike Terkanian Jane Jamison Editorial Director/ Custom Publishing Patrick Capel Theresa Masek Editor-in-Chief Mark Murphy Founder/CEO, travAlliancemedia

Travel Industry Advocate AS SEEN ON: Shawn Murphy Director of SEO/ Online Media Greg Custer Managing Director, Mexico and Latin America

Courtney Love

Marketing Director

Watch Mark’s Media Appearances now

http://www.markmurphytravels.com/in-the-media.html

Watch Mark Promoting Travel Agents now

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Travel Forward

The right audience, the right platforms, the best ROI.

travAlliancemedia leads the industry with cutting-edge print & digital media, education and relationship marketing, interactive & sales engagement platforms and consumer engagement products that connect leisure travel brands to agents and millions of their customers. We provide a mass-reach platform with unique and relevant content not available anywhere else, including the only products in the industry focused on the home-based and retail leisure markets. Our targeted approach drives agent loyalty, higher yields, and greater lifetime value to help you maximize your marketing investment.

At every level, we create a customized approach with the right balance of strategy and creativity to deliver INNOVATIVE, IMPACTFUL, INTEGRATED and MEASURABLE marketing solutions.

YOUR

BRAND

Business Information

Product Information

Training & Education

Interactive Sales

Platforms

Industry News

& Media

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Reach over 95% of the Travel Agent Market

The leading provider of innovative solutions in the industry today,

Connecting your brand with the travel agents’ information medium of choice.

OUR CORE MEDIA BRANDS

OUR TRAINING & EDUCATION

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Industry Leading Brands with

Maximum Impact

TravelPulse.com

The World’s Leading Trade News

Website with a dedicated newsletter

sent to over 86,000 travel agent

inboxes every morning.

THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE FOR A NEW GENERATION OF TRAVEL PROFESSIONALS

May 2014 Issue No. 114 $8.95 www.agentathome.com

SELLING

UP

HOTELS!

HOW TO GET YOUR CLIENTS TO BUY THE TOP RESORT AND THE BEST ROOM

PLUS: Choosing the Right All-Inclusive A Guide to Top All-Inclusive Resorts Discover the World of Luxury Hotels Special Supplement: Caribbean

PLUS:

Choosing the Right All-Inclusive A Guide to Top All-Inclusive Resorts Discover the World of Luxury Hotels Special Supplement: Caribbean

AAH_May14_CVR.indd 1 5/6/14 11:16 AM

Agent@Home

Magazine

The Definitive Resource on How to Sell,

Market and Run a Successful Home

Based Travel Business; the only

publication of its kind in the industry.

THE MAGAZINE FOR PROFESSIONAL SELLERS OF LEISURE TRAVEL

ISSUE 98 MARCH 2014 $10.95

uxury

uxury

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Y O U R G U I D E T O

Our annual roundup of top luxury travel products and services

TOURS 74 Jerre Fuqua unveils USTOA’s agent initiatives HOTEL LEADER 62 Frank Marrenbach on the Oetker Collection’s “masterpieces”

AT THE HELM 84

Charles Robertson discusses his new Pearl Seas Cruises

VA_Mar14CVR.indd 1 2/21/14 2:47 PM

Vacation Agent

Magazine

Agents sell what they know.

Vacation Agent: The definitive

trade publication travel agents turn

to for what they need to know:

in-depth product knowledge on

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TravelPulse.com

Delivering the news as it happens.

TravelPulse.com is the resource travel agents turn to most for the latest travel news, offers, and vid-eos. With an integrated approach that includes a variety of media elements to drive your market-ing message, TravelPulse.com delivers measurable reach and provides you with actionable results on your trade marketing.

Advertising on TravelPulse.com provides you with a presence in the TravelPulse Daily Newsletter, reaching over 86,000 agents’ inboxes each morn-ing, daily travel agent and consumer advertising Impressions, an overview of your company profes-sionally written by our editorial team, and Travel-Pulse TV original programming.

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TravelPulse.com Content Strategy

Content is at the heart of everything we do.

YOUR

BRAND

Offers & Promotions

Skype Videos

Press Releases

Guaranteed Editorial

Microsite

Blogging

Your brand is alive – it has a personality and a story to

tell. On TravelPulse.com we focus on delivering content that lasts. Let us help you tell your story by combining creativity with content marketing. Through the right mix of guaranteed editorial content and press releases, dynamic video content, offers and promotions and blogging we put content first to make your marketing efforts efficient, effective and impactful.

We’re uniquely positioned to provide you with access to our award winning editorial team. By working with us, you know your content is being produced by industry experts, inspiring conversations and interactions between destinations, suppliers, agents and their customers.

TravelPulse Content

Strategy Programs –

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Content Strategy Inclusions

GUARANTEED

EDITORIAL

Our award winning editors will fa-cilitate conversation about your brand through dedicated editorial posted on TravelPulse.com. These news features, separate from your submitted press releases, are unique pieces of content that will tell your brand’s story.

BLOGGING

Have a voice in telling your story and share what you want to share about your brand with the Travel-Pulse community. Your original blogs will appear in the opinions section of TravelPulse and through-out the site when relevant. Your blog will be shared on our social media channels and will help to in-fluence agents to recommend your brand to their clients.

SKYPE VIDEOS

As visual media, Skype videos will put a face to your product, property or destination, and allow you to per-sonally connect with travel agents. Through dynamic interviews with some of the most respected leaders in the industry today, you can help familiarize clients and prospects with your brand on a much deeper and more intimate level.

PRESS

RELEASES

Need to get the news out? Your Trav-elPulse program guarantees that your key press releases get picked up, in addition to our normal news coverage.

MICROSITE

Finally, we aggregate all of this con-tent on your own microsite; your unique space on TravelPulse.com. Travel agents, and now consumers will have the ability to visit your mi-crosite and become immersed in your brand. You will also own the real estate on that page, including banner advertisments, roadblock-ing your competitiors from appear-ing there.

OFFERS AND

PROMOTIONS

Your offers and promotions will be delivered every morning to over 86,000 travel agents’ inboxes when they start their day reading the Trav-elPulse Daily Newsletter. These offers keep you top of mind when making recommendations to their clients.

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A Content Strategy to Fit Your Needs

With a TravelPulse.com Content Strategy program,

we’ll help guide your content marketing efforts by creating a strategic plan that will tell your story to an audience of agents and consumers eager to hear it. We offer three options to fit your budget and your content needs:

PROGRAM

OPTION A

OPTION B

OPTION C

Price

$5000/mo

$2000/mo

$1000/mo

Editorial

TravelPulse News Features

Up to 12x/year

Up to 6x/year

Up to 2x/year

Press Releases

Guaranteed Placement

Up to 15x/year

Up to 10x/year

Up to 6x/year

Skype Videos

4x/year

2x/year

1x/year

Blogging

Up to 1x/week

Up to 2x/month

Up to 1x/month

Offer Frequency In TP Daily

1x/day

2x/week

2x/month

Additional Offers on TravelPulse.com

Up to 15

Up to 10

Up to 5

Brochures & Videos

10/ea

8/ea

5/ea

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TravelPulse.com Display Advertising

As the travel industry’s undisputed leader in

the digital space, TravelPulse.com offers limitless

opportunities for targeted marketing, providing your brand with high-profile exposure alongside relevant and up-to-the-minute travel industry coverage on the leading travel trade website in the world.

With pages for categories of travel and related news, offers and videos, TravelPulse.com connects leading travel brands with active and engaged travel agents (and now consumers) every day.

CATEGORIES & SECTIONS

»Latest Travel News

»Cruise

»Hotel & Resort

»Destinations & Tourism

»Airlines & Airports + Car Rental & Rail

»Tour Operator + Vacation Packages

»Travel Agent + Host Agency & Consortia

»Features & Advice

»Business Travel + Travel Technology

»People + Entertainment

Create Highly Targeted Digital Media Campaigns with TravelPulse.com.

728x90

300x250

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TravelPulse Daily Newsletter

Display Advertising

86,000 subscribers receiving your news and deals. Daily.

SUBSCRIBER FACTS

» 86,000 TravelPulse Daily Newsletter Subscribers

» 15-20% Open Rate

*PUBLISHERS OWN DATA 2014

Categories & Sections

» Top Stories

» Opinion

» Hotel & Resort

» Tour Operator

» Vacation Package

» Cruise

» Airlines & Airports

» Destination & Tourism

» Car Rental & Rail

» Travel Agent

» Travel Technology

» Host Agency & Consortia

» Business Travel

» People

» Features & Advice

728x90

160x600

180x150

TravelPulse’s Daily Email Newsletter provides you

with a showcase for your product or destination next to relevant content, delivered to 86,000 opted-in travel agent subscribers’ inboxes every morning.

160x600

180x150

TOP NEWS/FEATURED DEALS

Premium Fixed-Position Display Units

Three permanent positions above the fold, paired with Top Stories and Featured Deals. 728x90, 180x150, 160x600 pixel display ad

CATEGORY NEWS/DEALS

Category Fixed-Position Display Units

One position per category, based on availability.

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TravelPulseTV On Location

Bring your product or destination to life.

The wow factor in your marketing. Connect your

brand with customers through an audio-visual experience and add an extra sensory dimension to your marketing campaign. Videos are watched on average 4,000 times per day by travel agents and can be shared through the power of social media with their customers.

Our award winning TravelPulseTV team along with host Mark Murphy will fully capture the essence of your product, property or destination. Leverage Mark Murphy’s national brand, expertise and influence in the travel trade industry today.

Program elements include:

» Filming on location or within our studio

» Distribution via featured broadcastings from TravelPulse.com and other digital platforms

» Promotion (ROS Banners, 1-2-1 Email)

» Post Production

» Editing

Travel Agent Distribution

TravelPulse.com, Agent Studio, TravelTribe.com

Consumer Distribution

Agent Studio, TravelTribe.com, YouTube, promotional emails, custom landing pages, your company’s website.

Additional costs apply. For more information, contact

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Vacation Agent Magazine

The vast majority of revenue for today’s travel

agents comes from selling tours and packages, hotels and resorts and cruises to destinations around the world. Vacation Agent is the only solution to reach the leisure agent segment that focuses on selling your product.

100% EDITORIAL FOCUS ON

LEISURE TRAVEL

Cruises Resorts Tours Destinations

» Print & Digital Distribution

» 26,763 Subscribers (combined)*

» 100% Editorial Focus on Leisure

» Targeted Advertising Opportunities

*

Agents sell what they know. The only trade magazine

focused on how to sell leisure travel.

THE MAGAZINE FOR PROFESSIONAL SELLERS OF LEISURE TRAVEL

ISSUE 99 APRIL 2014 $10.95

for

PROFIT

HOW YOU CAN SELL THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY’S FASTEST GROWING SEGMENT

PLUS: HAWAII | GERMANY | MYANMAR | IRELAND | NORWAY | SCOTLAND

for

PROFIT

HOW YOU CAN

Rivers

CRUISES 40

Eight ways to sell the new Norwegian Getaway TOURS 60 Phil Cappelli continues Insight Vacations’ agent-based strategy

CAESARS’

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TRAVEL AGENTS SELL 2/3 OF ALL

CRUISES, TOURS AND PACKAGES.

Vacation Agent is the only magazine dedicated to the products travel agents sell every day.

THE MAGAZINE FOR PROFESSIONAL SELLERS OF LEISURE TRAVEL

ISSUE 98 MARCH 2014 $10.95

uxury

uxury

L

Y O U R G U I D E T O

Our annual roundup of top luxury travel products and services

TOURS 74 Jerre Fuqua unveils USTOA’s agent initiatives HOTEL LEADER 62 Frank Marrenbach on the Oetker Collection’s “masterpieces”

AT THE HELM 84

Charles Robertson discusses his new Pearl Seas Cruises

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Vacation Agent Magazine

2015 Editorial Calendar

CA TEGOR Y DESTINA TION

FREQ JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC

COVER STORY Selling Cruise Vacations Selling Honey-moon & Romance Vacations Selling Luxury Vacations Selling River Cruises Selling Family Vacations Selling Resort Vacations Selling Vacation Packages Selling Hotels Getting There in Style Selling All-Inclusive Vacations Selling Escorted Tours What’s New to Sell in 2016 Adventure Travel 2X X X All-Inclusives 12X X X X X X X X X X X X X Cruise 12X X X X X X X X X X X X X Family Travel 4X X X X X Groups 12X X X X X X X X X X X X X LGBT Travel 4X X X X X Luxury 12X X X X X X X X X X X X X Rail Travel 2X X X Religious Travel 2X X X Resorts 12X X X X X X X X X X X X X River Cruise 12X X X X X X X X X X X X X Ski 4X X X X X Spas 2X X X Tours 4X X X X X Africa 3X X X X Alaska 12X X X X X X X X X X X X X Asia/South Pacific 2X X X Australia 1X X California 3X X X X Caribbean 12X X X X X X X X X X X X X Central America 3X X X X China 2X X X Egypt 2X X X

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Vacation Agent Magazine

2015 Editorial Calendar (continued)

FREQ JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC

COVER STORY Selling Cruise Vacations Selling Honey-moon & Romance Vacations Selling Luxury Vacations Selling River Cruises Selling Family Vacations Selling Resort Vacations Selling Vacation Packages Selling Hotels Getting There in Style Selling All-Inclusive Vacations Selling Escorted Tours What’s New to Sell in 2016 Europe 4X X X X X Florida 4X X X X X Germany 2X X X Hawaii 12X X X X X X X X X X X X X India 2X X X Ireland 2X X X Israel 1X X Japan 1X X Korea 2X X X Las Vegas 12X X X X X X X X X X X X X London 1X X Morocco 1X X Mexico 12X X X X X X X X X X X X X New England 1X X New Orleans 4X X X X X New York 2X X X Portugal 1X X South America 3X X X X Spain 1X X Switzerland 2X X X Thailand 2X X X Marketplace 12X X X X X X X X X X X X X

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Agent@Home Magazine

The product and business information home-based agents need to succeed.

Agent@Home magazine is the only

publica-tion written for and distributed exclusively to home based agents, the fastest-growing segment of the travel agent market and also the hardest to reach.

» Only Magazine for At-Home Agents

» Print & Digital Distribution

» 21,817 Subscribers (combined)*

» Targeted Advertising Opportunities

*

THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE FOR A NEW GENERATION OF TRAVEL PROFESSIONALS

February 2014 Issue No. 111 $8.95 www.agentathome.com

PLUS:

Small Ship Cruises

AAH_Feb14cover.indd 1 2/7/14 12:04 PM Agent@Home Magazine is one

of my favorite Industry News Sources. We love the fact that it caters to the Home Based agent, because Cruise Planners is a Home Based Host Agency. It talks directly to our agents, it gives the BEST advice and re-inforces what we preach and teach, you have to be proactive, not reactive. We encourage all of our agents to subscribe!

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Agent@Home Magazine

FREQ JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC

COVER STORY CruisesSelling Developing a Business Plan Selling Tours Choosing the Right Host Agency Selling Hotels & Resorts Selling Groups Selling Family Travel Guide to Training & Education Programs Survey of the Home Agent Market Key Selling Strategies to Build Your Business Latest Home-Based Agent Technology Trends Outlook 2016–What’s

new for the home-based agent market? Adventure Travel 2X X X Cruise 12X X X X X X X X X X X X X Family Travel 4X X X X X Groups 3X X X X LGBT Travel 4X X X X X Luxury Travel 12X X X X X X X X X X X X X Religious Travel 2X X X Resorts 12X X X X X X X X X X X X X River Cruise 12X X X X X X X X X X X X X Ski 4X X X X X Spas 2X X X Tours 12X X X X X X X X X X X X X Africa 3X X X X Alaska 1X X Asia/South Pacific 2X X X Australia 1X X Bermuda 1X X California 3X X X X Canada 2X X X Caribbean 12X X X X X X X X X X X X X Central America 3X X X X China 2X X X Egypt 2X X X Europe 4X X X X X CA TEGOR Y DESTINA TION

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Agent@Home Magazine

FREQ JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC

COVER STORY CruisesSelling Developing a Business Plan Selling Tours Choosing the Right Host Agency Selling Hotels & Resorts Selling Groups Selling Family Travel Guide to Training & Education Programs Survey of the Home Agent Market Key Selling Strategies to Build Your Business Latest Home-Based Agent Technology Trends Outlook 2016! What’s

new for the home-based agent market? Florida 4X X X X X Germany 2X X X Hawaii 12X X X X X X X X X X X X X India 2X X X Ireland 2X X X Israel 1X X Japan 1X X Korea 2X X X Las Vegas 1X X London 1X X Morocco 1X X Mexico 12X X X X X X X X X X X X X New England 1X X New Orleans 4X X X X X New York 1X X Portugal 1X X Spain 1X X Switzerland 2X X X Thailand 2X X X Marketplace 12X X X X X X X X X X X X X DESTINA TION

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Build A Franchise Position

This unique program is offered exclusively by

travAlliancemedia for 2015. Instead of trying to adapt your advertising and marketing strategy to a set schedule, this program allows you to secure a premium position every month next to highly read columns and articles.

Here’s how it works: Franchise opportunities exist within the two leading industry publications Vacation Agent and Agent@Home Magazine. Based on a 12x commitment your ad is anchored next to some of the top columnists in the industry as well as helpful articles from leading travel industry advisors.

Here are just a few columns that are available in 2015.

» President’s Letter

» Editor’s Note

» Travel Barometer

» Working at Home

» Selling Luxury Travel

Make your brand associated and featured within the two leading Travel Trade Magazines while positioning your message to our loyal audience of Travel Advisors.

What we need from you: A preferred relationship where you commit to a 12x advertising program and we secure your space next to relevant content that supports your efforts.

Timing: Act now to ensure you have your choice of premium placement within the industry’s two leading publications.

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Digital Events – Branded

Our online events are a powerful way to

promote your property, product or destination through live, socially driven events. These sales solutions generate social activity around two-day events that include live presentations, real time chats, and downloadable content that engages the audience and precipitates a sense of “happening” and “buzz”.

Leveraging the important connections made on a social media channel and developing them into a large virtual event platform, allows for the agent-supplier, agent-destination relationship to not only be created, but also be nurtured to establish brand loyalty for a lifetime.

Plus, learn more about your attendees than ever before with our comprehensive end of show reporting that will allow you to see who came into your booth, how many brochures were downloaded and how many videos were watched. This allows you to follow up with personalized and event triggered actionable offers to each attendee, a much more targeted strategy than exchanging business cards at a physical event.

March 25–26, 2015

October 28–29, 2015

June 24–25, 2015

February 4–5, 2015 | September 16–17, 2015

Socially driven niche events.

Through travAlliance’s virtual expos we are reaching active and engaged travel agents who not only seek out our re-sorts key selling points, but often have clients they are able to book with us even before the expo wraps up! The cost savings to us on employee time and productivity are added values that fur-ther support the investment in this form of agent outreach.

Bonnie Nicotra

Director of Business Development, Aimbridge Hospitality

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Digital Events – Custom

Custom Events

Engage your audience in a dynamic environment that empowers your content and delivers your brands’ key messages. Present your content through LIVE interaction and rich media presen-tations to a targeted and influential audience: Travel Agents. Get your brand and message in front of the hardest to reach travel agents – the home-based agent.

I am very impressed with

the caliber and number of

agents you reached. We have

been answering a lot of great

questions. travAlliancemedia

is definitely leading the way

on Virtual Events.

SCOTT NISBET

President & CEO Globus family of brands

We Offer: Road Shows | Trade Shows | Sales Kick Off Meetings | Annual Conferences | Internal Training |

Customer Training | Community Building | Partner Events | Virtual Marketplace | Customized Events

The most engaging and interactive way to connect agents with your brand.

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Digital Seminars

Time, money, and geography place limits on how many agents your sales people can get in front of. Digital Seminars remove those limitations, allowing you to leverage your best sales talent to deliver rich, interactive presentations to thousands of agents. These seminars utilize a technologically advanced platform that allows you to clone your best sales rep-resentative and syndicate a dynamic and engaging presentation to thousands of agents nationwide. Sim-ply provide us with your best presenter who will de-liver the presentation(s) on camera and we’ll take care of the rest.

Our team of professional writers, designers and pro-ducers create your online virtual seminars in a rich media environment. We combine video, audio, and rich media to communicate your unique sales story. An interactive knowledge base gives agents the abil-ity to ask questions and have those questions an-swered in real time during each seminar.

A Great Value

» 24/7 access to agents anytime, anywhere

» Unlimited live events and on-demand viewing

» Unlimited attendees for an entire year

» Own database of attendees

» Complete reposting of seminar statistics including:

registrants, attendees and duration metrics

A Complete Integrated Marketing Program Digital Seminars provide in-depth training that en-courages sales of your product or destination. Our leveraged network of leading web properties engag-es top selling agents with your brand and drivengag-es reg-istration through numerous channels.

» Email Marketing

» Banner Advertising

» Featured placement on VirtualTravelSeminars.com

» Cross Linking and Promotion

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TravelPulse.com Webinars

Illustrate your story in real-time.

ALL WEBINARS INCLUDE

» Social Media Integration

» Dynamic Content – videos and live polling

with real-time results

» World-class hosting by travel expert

Mark Murphy or our award-winning editors

» TravelPulse.com Brand Association –

the #1 travel trade website in the world and a brand that agents trust

» A promotions package worth over $10,000

that includes emails and display advertising to acquire registrants

» In-depth Reporting – Snapshot summary

of event plus comprehensive reporting on registrants, questions asked, poll results, & resources downloaded.

» On Demand access for 90 days

LEVEL 1: Standard Multi-panelist (up to 3 participants) or Custom Webinar (1 Sponsor) – Our advanced webinar platform allows viewers to experience your brand like no other service. Deliver an interactive presentation to an audience of pre-qualified agents, provide downloadable resources, generate instant polling and results, and participate in a Q&A session.

LEVEL 2: Custom Webinar with Networking Lounge – Take your attendees’ experience to the next level. Upon conclusion of your interactive presentation, the audience will flow into a networking lounge moderated by your sales executives to continue the conversation and generate new leads.

TWO WEBINAR OPTIONS TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS:

travAlliancemedia’s next generation webinar platform allows suppliers and destinations to bring hundreds of travel agents together in a quick, easy, and cost effective way. Best of all, we do all the work coordinating, marketing, preparing for the event and reporting.

NEW FOR 2015: Custom

Webinar Sales Series

When you commit to 6+ custom webinars in 2015, we will create a customized central lo-cation where agents will have 24/7/365 access to your webinar series online. Agents can vis-it this dedicated landing page to attend your live webinars and on demand webinars ar-chived for 12 months.

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2015 Webinar Schedule

*

*Subject to change based on participating suppliers and supplier requested topics/dates.

TOPIC FREQ JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Adventure 2X 18 5 Africa 2X 4 4 All Inclusive 4X 11 10 9 9 Asia 3X 4 3 2 California 2X 17 29 Caribbean 3X 14 7 15 Destination Weddings 2X 28 16 Europe 2X 15 10 Family/Multigenerational 3X 27 12 18 Groups 2X 13 21 Hawaii 3X 18 24 3

Health & Wellness 3X 22 24 16

Honeymoons/Romance 2X 23 22 Las Vegas 2X 29 19 LGBT Travel 2X 25 26 Latin America 2X 1 7 Luxury 4X 11 6 8 2 Mexico 4X 5 20 15 11 River Cruise 4X 21 12 8 14 Ski 2X 30 28 Tours 2X 25 23

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The Learning Annex

The first of its kind in the industry today,

travAlliancemedia has created an online and social environment where agents can get the training and content they need in an easy-to-navigate learning annex. This annex will function as a central portal for all webinars, training, sales tools and content.

With limitations on what a sales team can do geographically, imagine if we could clone your sales representatives and create a virtual resource center that travel agents can visit 24/7/365. Here they will learn more about your brand in order to better sell you to their clients. At the point of sale, these agents are the face of your company. Let us reach the travel agents you otherwise couldn’t due to time, geographic, and monetary restraints.

This learning annex is a fully immersive and interactive experience that allows agents to engage in live chat with each other and executives, watch live or on demand webinars on a variety of topics, learn from rich media training seminars, and download the content they need, when they need it.

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1-2-1 Email Marketing

Start a conversation with the right agent.

Targeted Email Marketing

An email marketing program consists of:

»1 email to the national list OR a targeted list of your choice.

» 1 day of inclusion on the TravelPulse Daily Newsletter (reaches 86,000+ agents).

» Tracking reports from the email and the newsletter via the Supplier Dashboard

» Maximum total of 6 emails sent per day

from travAlliancemedia. No spamming the agents.

Target Your Message – 150 Data Fields to Choose From Including:

» Geography

» Destinations Sold

» Certification or Specialty

» Host Agency/Consortia

Start A Conversation with the Right Agent 100% Opt-In Database

Individual travel agents must register and answer a comprehensive questionnaire that includes up to 150 data points on each agent. Each agent’s profile is entrusted to travAlliancemedia to deliver special offers that are suited to the agent’s personal sales attributes.

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Travel Agent Academy

Education that’s Meaningful, Memorable, Motivational.

Redefining the Agent Training Experience

Developed by the most experienced editors and designers in the travel trade, Travel Agent Academy is the most advanced, interac-tive and effecinterac-tive travel agent training tool in the industry, graduat-ing more than 91,000 unique agents since inception.

Our training programs empower agents, putting them in a better position to sell your brand. More than just a ‘wall of words’ and sim-ple testing, your program creates true product fluency.

We are the only travel trade education provider using a state-of-the-art ‘Learner Management System’ (LMS), dynamic assessments (testing), and cognitive e-learning design theory. Your course chap-ters will be written and designed around our core beliefs:

Meaningful: your chapters are written for real world job realities.

We teach learners how to be successful selling your brand, not rote memorization of facts or simple ‘e-reading’.

Memorable: good training leaves learners with confidence and

con-nection to your destination or product. Our cognitive learner theory approach transforms information into insight.

Motivational: training is only as effective as the actions taken by

learners AFTER their course work is done. Our ‘learning path’ approach takes learners from novice to master of your brand’s sales objectives.

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Travel Agent Academy

Education that’s Meaningful, Memorable, Motivational.

Each training option is individually tailored, utilizing state-of-the-art course author-ing software, rich–media, client-provided video/interactive maps, high-impact im-age formats, avatars and intuitive navigation. Engim-age and motivate distinct audi-ence groups: agents, tour operators and OTA learners.

The result: your agent sales force becomes ‘fluent’ in getting your brand into client conversations.

Yearlong Engagement that drives bookings.

Our Branded Campus option goes beyond a one-time training exercise. We im-merse agents in a year-round sales development environment to build rapport and loyalty with your brand. Trained graduates receive real-time News, Offers, Resources, Videos and Newsletter updates that drive repeat, higher-yield sales.

» A ‘vanity URL’ is provided so you can promote your Campus in all your marketing outreach

» A ‘mobile first’ approach ensures an intuitive, tablet-based user interface

» Access to actionable student databases, allowing you to craft

your relationship around specific sales opportunities (weddings, luxury, families, adventure, etc.)

» Ongoing tracking tools to monitor and understand agent accomplishment

» Interactive, live consumer lead generation technology (Consumer Connect), connecting your learners with buyers at the point of sale

» “Booking Tracker’ sales reward program, course certification, diploma issuance, post-graduation exit survey and more!

Travel Agent Academy courses have won numerous HSMAI Adrian awards from 2009-2013, recognizing excellence in travel agent education.

Only travAlliancemedia

offers three online

train-ing solutions:

» Learning Campus

» Resource Campus

» Dynamic Campus

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Travel Agent Academy

Education that’s Meaningful, Memorable, Motivational.

Marketing Solutions to Recruit, Engage and Certify the Right Agents

travAlliancemedia leverages its comprehen-sive database of more than 70,000 agents, including detailed sales profile data to clearly address each learner’s business model and sales focus. Your course is seen and utilized by not only agents, but also tour operators, OTA call centers and your company’s staff.

Marketing activities include promotion throughout the travAlliancemedia network, including email blast campaigns (US and Canada), banner ads at TravelPulse.com and Travel Agent Academy, and print ads reaching over 50,000 of our leisure-selling magazine subscribers.

Consumer Connection

Agents who have graduated from your pro-gram are eligible to participate in our Con-sumer Connection solution, an agent locator (widget) installed on your consumer facing site. With a couple of clicks, consumers are able to ask questions to certified course grad-uates. This sales engagement tool is main-tained and updated with no effort from you!

TRAVEL SPECIALIST

Where education is your key to increased sales!

Increase your knowledge. Increase your sales. Enroll today at travelagentacademy.com Agent SpecialistAgent Specialist

www.peruagent.com

Graduating from Travel Agent Academy puts you ahead of the competition and gives you the sales tools you need to succeed. Enroll and graduate from over 30 interactive and dynamic courses that will help you sell more travel. Plus, each course offers amazing benefits such as FAM trip invitations, credits from The Travel Institute, your chance to win prizes and much, much more!

Become a Switzerland Advisor by November 30, 2014 and WIN a trip to Switzerland!

(Flight from SWISS and Swiss Pass included)

Switzerland Advisor

Welcome to the new Switzerland Advisor Program

Switzerland is one of the most popular destinations for North American travelers - in the heart of Europe and with great diversity, four distinct cultures, official languages and cuisines. Switzerland is one of the best destinations for travelers looking for active vacations, unforgettable experiences and unique accommodation.

Graduate Benefits

• Certificate as “Switzerland Advisor” upon graduation • Eligibility to enroll in Switzerland Specialist program, Platinum

level, and become a “Certified Switzerland Specialist” • Leads program on our website myswitzerland.com • Invitation to exclusive events in cities all over the country • 3 CEU credits from The Travel Institute and 9 credits from the Canadian Institute of Travel Counselors*

Enroll in the Switzerland Advisor program today!

Enroll today at travelagentacademy.com

Where education is your key to increased sales!

Featured Courses

Morocco Champion Course, Peru Agent, Jordan Travel, Hyatt Travel, Ecuador Specialist, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Unlimited Budget Specialist Program, Israel Specialist Program, Merlin North America Specialist, Windstar Academy, TravelSafe Specialist, Oasis Specialist Program

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Affiliate Program

The MOST EFFECTIVE and MEASURABLE Promotion of Your Existing Program.

Affiliate Marketing Program

You have a training program? We have more than 70,000 travel professionals looking to learn. Let us market, promote and drive agents to your education program.

Helping you capture highly qualified agents

Join our Affiliate Marketing Program and partner with the most recognized brand in travel training: Travel Agent Academy.

Travel Agent Academy

Travel Agent Academy offers unprecedented exposure to a network of more than 70,000 Agents, including more than 5,000 unique Agent Graduates every month. By becoming an affiliate, you can give them one-click access to your custom training program. Sign up today and watch your enrollment numbers grow.

The Right Agent with the Right Message

Your success depends heavily on an agent’s ability to effectively tell your sales story. Partner with us, and leverage our comprehensive database that includes detailed demographics covering 150 data points to target, recruit, enroll and retain the right agents for your training program. Program components include features on:

» TravelAgentAcademy.com

» Travel Agent Academy Newsletter

» Banner Ad Promotion on TravelPulse.com

» 1-2-1 Email Marketing

Maximize Your ROI

As a Travel Agent Academy Affiliate you will enjoy increased traffic to your site and a surge in enrollment. Plus, you get tracking tools to monitor agent activity.

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Consumer Reach: Agent Studio

Reach millions of travelers when they are ready to buy.

» Your promotions featured on all relevant sites.

» Your entire inventory of itineraries, departures and packages listed.

» Editorial coverage on TravelPulse.com and in Agent@Home and Vacation Agent magazines.

» Advertising campaigns in Agent@Home and Vacation Agent magazines.

» Editorial features written on your company or destination and highlighted across all consumer sites.

» Tracking and measuring of all reads, clicks and views from consumers around the country.

Tremendous exposure at

an unbeatable value.

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Supplier Dashboard

Get a single view of your marketing performance across all channels.

travAlliancemedia provides administrative access to a custom results driven dashboard that gives a 360° view of the performance of your entire trade marketing program. This B2B analytics tool consolidates your data into an easy-to-use, web-based interface allowing you to track the results of your campaign including:

» Offers: Tracks total impressions and clicks for every offer posted on TravelPulse.com

» Editorial: Find out when you have been covered, and how many people have seen and read the coverage

» Videos: Tracks total plays on all videos posted

» Targeted Emails: Your agent messages are tracked with date sent, total deployed, total opened, and total click- throughs. Find out what’s working and tailor your messages accordingly.

» Training Programs: Tracks every agent enrolled and graduated with segmentation information

» Banner Ads: Tracks impressions and clickthroughs for every banner.

» Webinars: Tracks every registrant and all attendees to your webinar(s).

Reporting Made Easy

A detailed reporting schedule can be set to monitor and track the activity level for specific components of your campaign.

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Quarterly At-A-Glance

Vacation Agent Magazine

ISSUE COVERAGE DUE DATES SPECIAL

SECTIONS SPEC. SEC. DUE DATES BONUS SECTIONS BONUS DISTRIBUTION

ISSUE COVERAGE DUE DATES SPECIAL

SECTIONS SPEC. SEC. DUE DATES BONUS SECTIONS BONUS DISTRIBUTION JAN 2015

HOW TO SELL CRUISE VACATIONS

All-Inclusives, Cruises, Family Travel, Groups, Luxury, Resorts, River Cruises, Spas, Tours, Africa, Alaska, Caribbean, Central America, Europe, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Mexico, New Orleans, Marketplace

Ad Close:

DEC 2, 2014

Materials Due:

DEC 9, 2014

Luxury, River Cruises, Ski Vacations, Arizona, Caribbean, New Orleans

Ad Close:

DEC 2, 2014

Materials Due:

DEC 9, 2014

New York Times Travel Show, LA Times Travel Show

FEB 2015

HOW TO SELL HONEYMOON AND ROMANCE

All-Inclusives, Cruises, Groups, LGBT, Resorts, River Cruises, Tours, Alaska, Asia/South Pacific, California, Caribbean, Florida, Hawaii, India, Japan, Korea, Las Vegas, Mexico, Marketplace

Ad Close:

JAN 6, 2015

Materials Due:

JAN 13, 2015

Australia, Florida, Israel, Las Vegas, Small Ship Cruising, Central America, Oaxaca State Desk Reference

Ad Close:

JAN 6, 2015

Materials Due:

JAN 13, 2015

Car Rentals, Travel Insurance

MAR 2015

HOW TO SELL LUXURY VACATIONS

All-Inclusives, Cruises, Family Travel, Groups, Rail Travel, Resorts, River Cruises, Tours, Alaska, Caribbean, China, Egypt, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Morocco, Mexico, New York, South America, Marketplace

Ad Close:

FEB 3, 2015

Materials Due:

FEB 10, 2015

The Travvy Awards, California, Canada, Mexico, New York, Sun Triangle Desk Reference

Ad Close:

FEB 3, 2015

Materials Due:

FEB 10, 2015

Consortia, Rail Travel Tianguis Turistico 2015

JAN 2015

GUIDE TO SELLING CRUISES

Branson, Cruises, Family Travel, Groups, Resorts, River Cruises, Spas, Tours, Africa, Caribbean, Central America, Europe, Hawaii, Mexico, New Orleans, Marketplace

Ad Close:

DEC 9, 2014

Materials Due:

DEC 16, 2014

Luxury, River Cruises, Ski Vacations, Arizona, Caribbean, New Orleans

Ad Close:

DEC 2, 2014

Materials Due:

DEC 9, 2014

New York Times Travel Show, LA Times Travel Show

FEB 2015

DEVELOPING A BUSINESS PLAN

Cruises, LGBT, Resorts, River Cruises, Tours, Alaska, Asia/South Pacific, California, Caribbean, Florida, Hawaii, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Marketplace

Ad Close:

JAN 20, 2015

Materials Due:

JAN 27, 2015

Australia, Florida, Israel, Las Vegas, Small Ship Cruising, Central America, Oaxaca State Desk Reference

Ad Close:

JAN 6, 2015

Materials Due:

JAN 13, 2015

Car Rentals, Travel Insurance

MAR 2015

SELLING TOURS

Branson, Cruises, Family Travel, Resorts, River Cruises, Tours, Caribbean, China, Egypt, Hawaii, Florida, Morocco, Mexico, South America, Marketplace

Ad Close:

FEB 17, 2015

Materials Due:

FEB 24, 2015

The Travvy Awards, California, Canada, Mexico, New York, Sun Triangle Desk Reference

Ad Close:

FEB 3, 2015

Materials Due:

FEB 10, 2015

Consortia, Rail Travel Tianguis Turistico 2015

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Quarterly At-A-Glance

ISSUE COVERAGE DUE DATES SPECIAL

SECTIONS SPEC. SEC. DUE DATES BONUS SECTIONS BONUS DISTRIBUTION APR 2015

CHOOSING THE RIGHT HOST

Cruises, Groups, Resorts, River Cruises, Tours, Africa, Bermuda, Caribbean, Europe, Hawaii, Las Vegas, London, New Orleans, Marketplace

Ad Close:

MAR 17, 2015

Materials Due:

MAR 24, 2015

River Cruises, Europe, Hawaii, Alaska, Guanajuato State Desk Reference, Summer in the Mountains

Ad Close:

MAR 3, 2015

Materials Due:

MAR 10, 2015

Technology cruise3sixty Expo

MAY 2015

SELLING HOTELS & RESORTS

Adventure Travel, Cruises, LGBT, Religious Travel, Resorts, River Cruises, Tours, Caribbean, Hawaii, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Marketplace

Ad Close:

APR 21, 2015

Materials Due:

APR 28, 2015

Branson, Caribbean, California, Eco & Adventure Travel, Peru Desk Reference Ad Close: APR 7, 2015 Materials Due: APR 14, 2015 Car Rentals JUN 2015 SELLING GROUPS

Branson, Cruises, Family Travel, Resorts, River Cruises, Tours, California, Canada, Caribbean, Europe, Germany, Hawaii, Ireland, Mexico, New Orleans, Marketplace

Ad Close:

MAY 19, 2015

Materials Due:

MAY 26, 2015

All-Inclusives, China, Family Travel, California, Mexico, Ecuador Desk Reference Ad Close: MAY 5, 2015 Materials Due: MAY 12, 2015 Consortia, Air Consolidators

ISSUE COVERAGE DUE DATES SPECIAL

SECTIONS SPEC. SEC. DUE DATES BONUS SECTIONS BONUS DISTRIBUTION APR 2015

SELLING RIVER CRUISES

All-Inclusives, Cruises, Groups, Resorts, River Cruises, Tours, Africa, Alaska, Bermuda, Caribbean, Europe, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Mexico, New Orleans, Marketplace

Ad Close:

MAR 3, 2015

Materials Due:

MAR 10, 2015

River Cruises, Europe, Hawaii, Alaska, Guanajuato State Desk Reference, Summer in the Mountains

Ad Close:

MAR 3, 2015

Materials Due:

MAR 10, 2015

Technology cruise3sixty Expo

MAY 2015

SELLING FAMILY VACATIONS

Adventure Travel, All-Inclusives, Cruises, Groups, LGBT, Religious Travel, Resorts, River Cruises, Tours, Alaska, Canada, Caribbean, Florida, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Marketplace

Ad Close:

APR 7, 2015

Materials Due:

APR 14, 2015

Caribbean, Branson, California, Eco & Adventure Travel, Peru Desk Reference Ad Close: APR 7, 2015 Materials Due: APR 14, 2015 Car Rentals JUN 2015

SELLING RESORT VACATIONS

All-Inclusives, Cruises, Family Travel, Groups, Resorts, River Cruises, Tours, Alaska, Canada, California, Caribbean, Europe, Germany, Hawaii, Ireland, Las Vegas, Mexico, Marketplace

Ad Close:

MAY 5, 2015

Materials Due:

MAY 12, 2015

All-Inclusives, Family Travel, China, Mexico, California, Ecuador Desk Reference Ad Close: MAY 5, 2015 Materials Due: MAY 12, 2015 Consortia, Air Consolidators

Vacation Agent Magazine

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Quarterly At-A-Glance

ISSUE COVERAGE DUE DATES SPECIAL

SECTIONS SPEC. SEC. DUE DATES BONUS SECTIONS BONUS DISTRIBUTION JUL 2015

SELLING FAMILY TRAVEL

Cruises, Resorts, River Cruises, Tours, California, Canada, Caribbean, Hawaii, New England, New York, Portugal, Marketplace

Ad Close:

JUN 23, 2015

Materials Due:

JUN 30, 2015

Branson, Pacific Asia, New England, Chiapas State Desk Reference

Ad Close:

JUN 2, 2015

Materials Due:

JUN 9, 2015

Car Rentals, Travel Insurance

AUG 2015

GUIDE TO TRAINING AND EDUCATION

Cruises, Resorts, River Cruises, Tours, Caribbean, Hawaii, South America, Marketplace

Ad Close:

JUL 21, 2015

Materials Due:

JUL 28, 2015

The 2015-2016 Luxury Report, Africa, Bermuda, Britain, Caribbean, Las Vegas, Pacific Northwest, Puebla Desk Reference Ad Close: JUL 7, 2015 Materials Due: JUL 14, 2015 Consortia SEP 2015

SURVEY OF HOME AGENT MARKET

Branson, Cruises, Family Travel, LGBT, Resorts, River Cruises, Ski, Tours, Africa, Caribbean, Central America, Europe, India, Korea, Marketplace

Ad Close:

AUG 18, 2015

Materials Due:

AUG 25, 2015

Official Destination Weddings & Honeymoons Directory, Uncorked, California, River Cruises, Ski Vacation, Vallarta-Nayarit Desk Reference

Ad Close: AUG 4, 2015 Materials Due: AUG 11, 2015 Homeport Cruise Directory, Technology ASTA

ISSUE COVERAGE DUE DATES SPECIAL

SECTIONS SPEC. SEC. DUE DATES BONUS SECTIONS BONUS DISTRIBUTION JUL 2015

SELLING VACATION PACKAGES

All-Inclusives, Cruises, Groups, Resorts, River Cruises, Tours, Alaska, California, Caribbean, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Luxury, Mexico, New England, New Orleans, New York, Portugal, Marketplace

Ad Close:

JUN 2, 2015

Materials Due:

JUN 9, 2015

Branson, Pacific Asia, New England, Chiapas State Desk Reference

Ad Close:

JUN 2, 2015

Materials Due:

JUN 9, 2015

Car Rentals, Car Insurance

AUG 2015

SELLING HOTELS

All-Inclusives, Cruises, Groups, Rail Travel, Resorts, River Cruises, Tours, Alaska, Caribean, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Mexico, South America, Marketplace

Ad Close:

JUL 7, 2015

Materials Due:

JUL 14, 2015

The 2015-2016 Luxury Report, Africa, Bermuda, Britain, Caribbean, Las Vegas, Pacific Northwest, Puebla Desk Reference Ad Close: JUL 7, 2015 Materials Due: JUL 14, 2015 Consortia SEP 2015

GETTING THERE IN STYLE

All-Inclusives, Cruises, Family Travel, Groups, LGBT, Resorts, River Cruises, Ski, Tours, Africa, Alaska, Caribbean, Central America, China, Europe, India, Korea, Las Vegas, Mexico, Marketplace

Ad Close:

AUG 4, 2015

Materials Due:

AUG 11, 2015

Official Destination Weddings & Honeymoons Directory, Uncorked, California, River Cruises, Ski Vacation, Vallarta-Nayarit Desk Reference Ad Close: AUG 4, 2015 Materials Due: AUG 11, 2015 Homeport Cruise Directory, Technology ASTA

Vacation Agent Magazine

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ISSUE COVERAGE DUE DATES SPECIAL SECTIONS SPEC. SEC. DUE DATES BONUS SECTIONS BONUS DISTRIBUTION OCT 2015

KEY SELLING STRATEGIES TO BUILD YOUR BUSINESS

Cruises, Religious Travel, Resorts, River Cruises, Ski, Spas, Tours, Asia/South Pacific, Caribbean, China, Florida, Hawaii, Israel, South America, Marketplace

Ad Close:

SEP 15, 2015

Materials Due:

SEP 22, 2015

Little Black Book , Luxury, Ski Vacations, Riviera Maya Desk Reference, Rail Travel, Chile Desk Reference, LGBT Tourism

Ad Close: SEP 1, 2015 Materials Due: SEP 8, 2015 Car Rentals NOV 2015

LATEST HOME-BASED AGENT TECHNOLOGY TRENDS

Cruises, Groups, Resorts, River Cruises, Ski, Tours, Caribbean, Central America, Egypt, Hawaii, Ireland, Mexico, New Orleans, Switzerland, Marketplace

Ad Close:

OCT 20, 2015

Materials Due:

OCT 27, 2015

Caribbean, Europe, Definitive Guide to Ocean and River Cruising, Ski Vacations, Isla Cozumel Desk Reference Ad Close: OCT 6, 2015 Materials Due: OCT 13, 2015 Air Consolidators DEC 2015

OUTLOOK 2016 – WHAT’S NEW FOR THE HOME-BASED AGENT MARKET?

Adventure Travel, Cruises, Resorts, River Cruises, Ski, Tours, Australia, Caribbean, Florida, Germany, Hawaii, LGBT, Thailand, Marketplace

Ad Close:

NOV 17, 2015

Materials Due:

NOV 24, 2015

River Cruises, Health & Wellness, Cancun, Puerto Morelos

Ad Close: NOV 3, 2015 Materials Due: NOV 10, 2015 Consortia, Travel’s Power 50 USTOA

Quarterly At-A-Glance

ISSUE COVERAGE DUE DATES SPECIAL

SECTIONS SPEC. SEC. DUE DATES BONUS SECTIONS BONUS DISTRIBUTION OCT 2015

SELLING ALL-INCLUSIVE VACATIONS

All-Inclusives, Cruises, Groups, Luxury, Religious Travel, Resorts, River Cruises, Ski, Spas, Tours, Alaska, Asia/South Pacific, Caribbean, China, Florida, Hawaii, Israel, Las Vegas, London, Mexico, South America, Marketplace

Ad Close:

SEP 1, 2015

Materials Due:

SEP 8, 2015

Little Black Book , Luxury, Ski Vacations, Riviera Maya Desk Reference, Rail Travel, Hawaii, Chile Desk Reference, LGBT Tourism

Ad Close: SEP 1, 2015 Materials Due: SEP 8, 2015 Car Rentals NOV 2015

SELLING ESCORTED TOURS

All-Inclusives, Cruises, Groups, Resorts, River Cruises, Ski, Spas, Tours, Alaska, Caribbean, Central America, China, Egypt, Hawaii, Ireland, Las Vegas, Mexico, New Orleans, Switzerland, Marketplace

Ad Close:

OCT 6, 2015

Materials Due:

OCT 13, 2015

Caribbean, Europe, Mexico, Definitive Guide to Ocean and River Cruising, Ski Vacations, Isla Cozumel Desk Reference Ad Close: OCT 6, 2015 Materials Due: OCT 13, 2015 Air Consolidators DEC 2015

WHAT’S NEW TO SELL IN 2016

Adventure Travel, All-Inclusives, Cruises, Groups, Resorts, River Cruises, Ski, Tours, Alaska, Australia, Caribbean, Florida, Germany, Hawaii, Las Vegas, LGBT Mexico, Thailand, Marketplace

Ad Close:

NOV 3, 2015

Materials Due:

NOV 10, 2015

River Cruises, Health & Wellness, Cancun, Puerto Morelos

Ad Close: NOV 3, 2015 Materials Due: NOV 10, 2015 Consortia, Travel’s Power 50 USTOA

Vacation Agent Magazine

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Special Sections

FREQ JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC

INDUSTRY FOCUSED

The Travvy Awards 1X X

Little Black Book 1X X

PRODUCT

All-Inclusives 1X X

Culinary & WIne (Uncorked) 1X X

Official Destination Weddings &

Honeymoons Directory 1X X

Family Travel 2X X X

Health & Wellness 1X X

LGBT Tourism 1x X

The 2015-2016 Luxury Report 1X X

Luxury 2X X X

River Cruises 4X X X X X

Definitive Guide to Ocean and

River Cruising 1X X

Ski Vacations 4X X X X X

Summer in the Mountains 1X X

DESTINATION Africa 1X X Alaska 1X X Arizona 1X X Australia 1X X Bermuda 1X X Branson 2X X X Britain 1X X California 4X X X X X Canada 1X X Caribbean 4X X X X X

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Special Sections

FREQ JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC

DESTINATION

Central America 1X X

China 1X X

Eco & Adventure Travel 1X X

Europe 2X X X Florida 1X X Hawaii 2X X X Israel 1X X Las Vegas 2X X X Mexico 3X X X X New England 1X X New Orleans 1X X New York 1X X Pacific Asia 1X X Pacific Northwest 1X X Rail Travel 1X X

Small Ship Cruising 1X X

DESK REFERENCE Cancun/Puerto Morelos 1X X Chile 1X X Isla Cozumel 1X X Ecuador 1X X Peru 1X X Riviera Maya 1X X Sun-Triangle 1X X Vallarta-Nayarit 1X X

NEW: Puebla State 1X X

NEW: Oaxaca State 1X X

NEW: Guanajuato State 1X X

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Bonus Show Distribution

DATE SHOW ISSUE

January 23 – January 25 New York Times Travel Show January

March 23 – March 26 Tianguis Turistico 2015 March

April 22 – April 26 cruise3sixty April

August 29 - September 1 ASTA August

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2015 Advertising Rate Card

AD SIZE 1X 3X 6X 9X 12X Spread $27,475 $24,674 $23,763 $22,101 $20,533 Full Page $13,738 $12,782 $11,881 $11,049 $10,277 1/2 Page $8,381 $7,794 $7,250 $6,473 $6,272 1/3 Page $6,451 $6,000 $5,583 $5,191 $4,826 1/4 Page $5,633 $4,681 $4,353 $4,048 $3,766 AD SIZE 1X 3X 6X 9X 12X 1/4 Page $1,856 $1,671 $1,578 $1,532 $1,443 1/8 Page $1,114 $1,005 $948 $918 $862 AD SIZE 1X 3X 6X 9X 12X 1/4 Page $1,295 $1,180 $1,097 $1,052 $1,022 1/8 Page $774 $707 $659 $632 $615

VACATION AGENT RATE CARD

MARKETPLACE RATE CARD MARKETPLACE RATE CARD

AD SIZE 1X 3X 6X 9X 12X Spread $19,890 $18,498 $17,202 $16,000 $14,878 Full Page $10,829 $10,069 $9,366 $8,712 $8,102 1/2 Page $6,604 $6,144 $5,710 $5,313 $4,942 1/3 Page $5,154 $4,791 $4,456 $4,146 $3,854 1/4 Page $4,108 $3,739 $3,474 $3,231 $3,006

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Print Close & Materials Due Dates

ISSUE AD CLOSE MATERIALS

DUE JAN 2015 12/2/14 12/9/14 FEB 2015 1/6/15 1/13/15 MAR 2015 2/3/15 2/10/15 APR 2015 3/3/15 3/10/15 MAY 2015 4/7/15 4/14/15 JUN 2015 5/5/15 5/12/15 JUL 2015 6/2/15 6/9/15 AUG 2015 7/7/15 7/14/15 SEP 2015 8/4/15 8/11/15 OCT 2015 9/1/15 9/8/15 NOV 2015 10/6/15 10/13/15 DEC 2015 11/3/15 11/10/15

ISSUE AD CLOSE MATERIALS

DUE JAN 2015 12/9/14 12/16/14 FEB 2015 1/20/15 1/27/15 MAR 2015 2/17/15 2/24/15 APR 2015 3/17/15 3/24/15 MAY 2015 4/21/15 4/28/15 JUN 2015 5/19/15 5/26/15 JUL 2015 6/23/15 6/30/15 AUG 2015 7/21/15 7/28/15 SEP 2015 8/18/15 8/25/15 OCT 2015 9/15/15 9/22/15 NOV 2015 10/20/15 10/27/15 DEC 2015 11/17/15 11/24/15

VACATION AGENT MAGAZINE AGENT@HOME MAGAZINE SPECIAL SECTIONS

ISSUE AD CLOSE MATERIALS

DUE JAN 2015 12/2/14 12/9/14 FEB 2015 1/6/15 1/13/15 MAR 2015 2/3/15 2/10/15 APR 2015 3/3/15 3/10/15 MAY 2015 4/7/15 4/14/15 JUN 2015 5/5/15 5/12/15 JUL 2015 6/2/15 6/9/15 AUG 2015 7/7/15 7/14/15 SEP 2015 8/4/15 8/11/15 OCT 2015 9/1/15 9/8/15 NOV 2015 10/6/15 10/13/15 DEC 2015 11/3/15 11/10/15

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Print Media Requirements

Materials Due: Artwork must be submitted according to the schedule in the editorial calendars. Limited extensions are available and may be granted by our production department upon request. Cover wrap art must be submitted at least two days in advance of the posted due dates.

Acceptable File Format: Ads must be submitted as a PDF/x-1a (Acrobat 4, v 1.3) file formatted for process (CMYK) printing. Native files will not be accepted and AA services are not offered. PDF preset/job options files are available for download on our advertising portal (www.ads.travalliance.com). The PDF preset files may be used to export your PDFs to spec with Adobe products such as InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat. Quark users may save their ads as a postscript file (from the print menu) and then use Adobe Distiller with the job options file to create a PDF. When preparing files, please make sure all crop marks and color bars are offset by 18pt.

Sending Files: All PDFs must be uploaded to travAlliancemedia’s advertising portal: www.ads.

travalliance.com. In the interest of the environment,

we no longer accept materials on CD. Should you have technical difficulties uploading to the website, please contact production@travalliance.com or call 856.505.1404 and we will assist you. You will be

required to register for access, and your account will maintain all ads you have submitted for publication in Vacation Agent and Agent@Home for 90 days. Revisions and pickups should be processed through the website.

Proofing: Information on proof submission may be found on www.ads.travalliance.com. Upon upload of your PDF to the ad portal, you will receive a preflight report and low-res proof of your ad. During the upload process, you may elect to waive a proof or submit a SWOP-certified proof directly to our printer, Fry Communications. Only a SWOP-certified proof can be used to guarantee the accuracy of the reproduction; without it, make-goods will not be offered. For more information about a SWOP-certified proof, go to www.

swop.org/certification/certmfg.asp.

Custom Services: For information about our custom services, please contact your regional salesperson listed on the last page of this media kit.

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Mechanical Specifications

Cover Wrap, Spread, Full Page & Fractional Placements

COVER WRAP

Live Area: 7.625” x 10.125 Trim: 8.375” x 10.875” Bleed: 8.625” x 11.125”

FULL PAGE SPREAD

Live Area: 16” x 10.125” Trim: 8.375” x 10.875” Bleed: 17” x 11.125”

HALF PAGE SPREAD

Live Area: 16” x 5” Trim: 8.375” x 5.375” Bleed: 17” x 5.5” FULL PAGE Live Area: 7.625” x 10.125” Trim: 8.375” x 10.875” Bleed: 8.625” x 11.125”

Please adhere to the following specifications to ensure the best representation of your artwork. Vacation Agent and Agent@Home are saddle-bound publications, printed on 50# coated text with a 100# coated text cover that is UV coated. The trim size for both publications

is 8.375” x 10.875” (21.2725cm x 27.6225cm) with a bleed size of 8.625” x 11.125” (21.9075cm x 28.5750cm). Live copy refers to any critical type or image. To contact the production department, please email

production@travalliance.com or call 856.505.1404.

HALF PAGE HORIZONTAL

Non-bleed: 7.625” x 5”

1/3 PAGE HORIZONTAL

Non-bleed: 7.625” x 3.25”

1/4 PAGE HORIZONTAL

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