Value of the North American Market
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• 68% are holidaymakers
• Long stay
• High spend
• Region friendly
• High users of paid premium accommodation &
visitor services
15% total visitors 21% promotable visitors 26% revenue
2016: On track for 4th Record Year
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Jan-June 2016
+4% Source: NISRA
US Outbound to
Europe +6.8% Source: US Dept. of Commerce
Geographical Breakdown of US Visitors - USA
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MIDWEST
19%
WEST
22%
NEW ENGLAND
8%
SOUTH
25%
MID ATLANTIC
26%
Sources: Failte Ireland Survey of Travellers (SOT)
TNI / NISRA Northern Ireland Passenger Survey (NIPS)
Key Drivers of Growth
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VALUE FOR
MONEY
EFFECTIVE
TARGETED
Marketing
INCREASE
in Air
Access
INVESTMENT
in visitor
experiences
STRONG
Brand
A reminder of who we are targeting
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Investment
ratio: 75%
Investment
ratio: 25%
Where are our best prospects located
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MIDWEST
Social
Energisers
Culturally
Curious
20% 20%
WEST
Social
Energisers
Culturally
Curious
21% 25%
NORTHEAST
Social
Energisers
Culturally
Curious
22% 18%
Social
Energiser
s
Culturally
Curious
37% 38%
Source: 2016 GTI Brand Tracker survey
SOUTH
Social
Energisers
Culturally
Curious
37% 38%
Golf
• TV: NBC Golf Channel:
• Around the Majors and relevant programming
• golfchannel.com and social platforms
• Golf Channel talent Matt Ginella
• Capitalize on Irish Open 2017 and ‘Open
Championship’ 2019
Household
Impressions:
TV: 22M
Digital: 5M
2017 Campaign Summary
Social Energizers Culturally Curious Tactical
Impressions: 28MM Impressions: 50MM Impressions: 65MM
Brand Campaign: 115M impressions Tactical: 28M impressions
Campaign Total: 143M impressions (est.)
Engaging the Consumer via digital television, video, native, display
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Culturally Curious Social Energizers
An Expanding Social Media Footprint
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Followers: 9K Boards: 40
Twitter Followers : 65K
Fans: 1.17m+
Co-operative Marketing with Airlines & Operators
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Airlines Operators
Industry Opportunities USA
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Washington/Atlanta/Boca Raton (Feb)
Chicago/Boston/Austin (Apr)
San Diego/San Francisco/Houston (Nov)
3rd week
added
Henderson NV (May)
Hollywood FL (Jul)
Webinars (10)
Monthly e-zine to 5000 contacts
Three levels
of investment
Stone Mountain Highland Games
Industry Opportunities – Canada
• Consumer Partnership Programme
• Webinar Series
• Groups Workshop – February –
Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and
Toronto
• Trade Communications
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Business Tourism
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• Incentive Live, Las Vegas - Jan (NEW)
• PCMA Convening Leaders, Austin – Jan
• SMU, New York – March
• M&I Forum, Cancun – May
• Meet in Ireland B2B Networking Events (East Coast x 2
and Toronto x 1)
• IMEX, Las Vegas – Oct
• Meet in Ireland e-zines (Quarterly)
Publicity – US & Canada
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•Incoming Media trips
•Online Media Room
•E-zines
•Electronic Press Kits
•Social media
•In market events
Target top
tier media
outlets