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Your Connection to the $18-billion Faith Travel Market

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or centuries, faith-based trips have helped travelers validate faith, grow spiritually and become closer to God. Religious group travel is a powerful economic driver for CVB’s, hotels & resorts, religious-oriented and family attractions and tour companies. Faith travelers participate in pilgrimages, spiritual retreats, fellowship tours & cruises, missions and meetings & conventions – making this a well-rounded, growing marketplace.

Since 2002, we have helped churches plan better tours, retreats and meetings while helping travel suppliers connect with planners through our print and online solutions.

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First in Editorial, First in Circulation ANNUAL HOW-TO RESOURCE

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verflowing with insightful tips, trends in faith travel, best practices from experts in the industry and fresh takes on topics ranging from pilgrimages, missions and retreats, our editorial is second to none. With this knowledge-base, our readership is better prepared to plan a trip to their next destination.

Our annual print publication is delivered in print to 20,000 religious travel planners each January with an additional 40,000 copies distributed via email. With this unbeatable print and online reach your message reaches 20x more qualified buyers than our nearest competitor!

IN PRINT AND DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

REACH CHURCH GROUPS IN PRINT, ONLINE AND EMAIL

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ith our best-in-market distribution platform, you’ll receive the best print, email and online coverage in the market today. Rates start at $1,095.

■ PRINT In January 20,000 churches, travel agents and faith tour operators receive the hard copy of Religious Travel Planning Guide.

■ EMAIL An additional 40,000 receive the planning guide in digital page-flip format as part of the InSite on Religious Travel e-newsletter.

Additional promotional opportunities are available during the year including Site InSpection features and targeted banners.

■ ONLINE Your brand is featured prominently on ReligiousTravelPlanningGuide.com, in both digital page-flip and whenever planners are searching your destination or category.

630-794-0696 • advertising@ptmgroups.com http://ptmgroups.com/religious-group-coverage/

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Web & Email Marketing to Religious Groups

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nSite on Religious Travel is the industry’s go-to e-newsletter! Pastors, directors, administrators, board members, secretaries, managers, from nationwide churches and religious organizations, plus tour operators and travel agents who promote religious travel receive the monthly InSite e-news.

40,000 total distribution.

Expertly written, designed and professionally distributed, it’s your connection to this hard-to-reach audience.

Stay in front of planners with a Site InSpection feature that spotlights your destination’s uniqueness, promotes new tour packages, events and itineraries. Your Site InSpection is featured in one edition of the e-newsletter and year-round on ReligiousTravelPlanningGuide.com.

Brands love our oversized banners and the fact that we don’t stack them like sardines. This preserves the user experience and your click-through ratio.

INSITE ON RELIGIOUS TRAVEL E-NEWSLETTER

SMART, RESPONSIVE DESIGN, SEO-FRIENDLY WEBSITE eligiousTravelPlanningGuide.com is a member-based website where church group leaders find new destinations, discover best-practices, catch up on the latest news and, most importantly, connect with faith-friendly suppliers.

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Hundreds of destination articles, itineraries and supplier profiles make researching a religious journey a cinch.

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RELIGIOUS TRAVEL PLANNING GUIDE PAGE

Online Advertising Opportunities ■ SITE INSPECTION FEATURES Entice religious groups with a professionallywritten content feature showcasing your destination/company and communicate your brand’s position and special group offers.

Includes 1,000 words of custom-written, descriptive SEO copy, photo & video gallery.

Site InSpections are featured on the site and in one edition of the InSite on Religious Travel e-newsletter. .................$1,295.

■ RELIGIOUS ITINERARIES Sometimes church groups need a little more directed inspiration. This is where your religious-focused itineraries come into play. All itineraries are published on ReligiousTravelPlanningGuide.com and TourItineraries.com with select itineraries also featured in the InSite e-newsletter........$995.

SITE INSPECTION FEATURE

■ GEOGRAPHICALLY TARGETED BANNERS As an advertiser, you want your brand in front of buyers when they are prepared to make a decision. This is where geographically targeted banners come in, allowing you to display your brand when buyers are searching for products that match your destination or category. Studies show that geographically targeted ads can increase returns significantly over "blind advertising."..................................................$995.

■ ANNUAL COMPANY PROFILES Even as our entry-level product, profiles still pack a punch. This 300-word descriptive summary of your company/destination includes a logo and contact information, providing members with the background information they need..............................$195.

RELIGIOUS ITINERARY

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Rates & Dates CHOOSE YOUR PRINT AD SIZE FULL SPREAD

FULL PAGE

trim size 16.75 x 10.875

non bleed 7.5 x 10

full bleed 17 x 11.125

full bleed 8.625 x 11.125

1/3 PAGE HALF PAGE HORIZONTAL 7.5 x 5

HALF ISLAND 4.75 x 7.5

DEADLINES Print Ad space: December 15 Ad Materials: December 22

1/3 PAGE 4.75 x 5

1/6 PAGE 2.375 x 4.875

2.375 x 10

Online 38 days prior to publish month 30 days prior to publish month

RELIGIOUS TRAVEL PLANNING GUIDE PRINT AND ONLINE PACKAGE RATES Components/Price

$1,095

$2,195

$3,295

$4,395

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1/3 page

1/2 page

Full page

Company Profile Page

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Linked Logo on your Destination Pages

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Ad Size in Print/Digital Guide

Site InSpection Feature 160-600 Banner on your Destination Pages

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Cover positions, add 15% to full-page rate. Pre-printed inserts from $2,995 A LA CARTE ONLINE ADVERTISING RELIGIOUSTRAVELPLANNINGGUIDE.COM Site InSpection Feature

Annual

$1,295

728-90 Global Header Banner

Annual

$4,595

160-600 Banner on your Destination Pages

Annual

$995

Exclusive Digital Edition Sponsorship

Annual

$3,995

Itinerary 3 Pack

Annual

$995

Video Boost

Annual

$395

Company Profile

Annual

$195

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INSITE E-NEWSLETTER BANNERS Header & Footer Banners 728-90 3 months................................ $1,795 6 months................................ $3,295 12 months.............................. $5,795 Sidebar Banners 160-600 3 months................................ $995 6 months................................ $1,795 12 months.............................. $3,295

ROI Assured

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e’re as serious as you are about ROI – that’s why we track every advertising campaign using our proprietary iTrack lead generation and tracking program. iTrack provides statistical reporting TEAMS • TOURNAMENTS • TRAVEL on your campaign, including leads from interested groups, sent to you via email, and detailed reports on page views and click throughs for your digital components.Take the guesswork out of your marketing campaign with iTrack.

EXTEND YOUR NICHE MARKET PENETRATION

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remier Travel Media publishes periodicals, websites and e-newsletters covering different facets of the worldwide group travel marketplace.

Our product include:

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Each market niche is unique, and so are the solutions we offer to help you promote your products and services. Whether it’s print, online, social media or a combination of all, we help travel suppliers target the right types of groups for their market and budget. Advertisers benefit from our decades spent in the trenches and irreplaceable sector expertise.

Every travel business needs a successful group marketing strategy to compete in today’s marketplace. That strategy begins with Premier Travel Media.

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e embed social media into every campaign. Our advertisers are featured on Facebook while their profile pages include complete Twitter and Facebook integration. We also encourage sharing of all our content by embedding share features into all InSite e-newsletters and website articles.

CONTACT INFORMATION Premier Travel Media Phone: 630.794.0696 Email: advertising@ptmgroups.com Web: http://ptmgroups.com/religious-group-coverage/

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