HSMAI and Smith Travel Research Partner Again to Offer 'Marketing Plan Databook' for 2006 Revenue Fo
MCLEAN, VA, August 10, 2005. To provide hotels with the competitive intelligence and historical trends required to accurately develop their 2006 marketing strategy, the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) has teamed up once again with Smith Travel Research (STR) to offer the STR Marketing Plan Databook to HSMAI members at a discounted rate. This comprehensive tool provides U.S. hotels with actionable, industry data customized to their local market and competitive set.
"This endeavor was so successful last year, and we are excited about once again partnering with Smith Travel Research to provide their expertise for reliable statistical performance data to those with savvy marketing minds at a greatly reduced rate," states Robert A. Gilbert, CHME, CHA, president and CEO of HSMAI.
"HSMAI is continually looking for information and products to enhance our members' productivity, allowing them to stay competitive and succeed in today's marketplace, and the STR Marketing Plan Databook is an incredibly effective tool so our members can achieve these goals," he added.
Mark Lomanno, president of Smith Travel Research, notes, "We are very pleased to continue this partnership as HSMAI represents the pulse of the sales and marketing community, who depend so heavily upon STR data for their measurement and strategic planning needs. What makes our Databook so unique and effective is that it combines data from multiple sources to provide a comprehensive portrait of a lodging market."
The customized STR Marketing Plan Databook provides:
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Local market competitive analysis
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Presentation-ready charts and graphs to be imported directly into reports and studies
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Local hotel construction pipeline report and airport enplanements
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Trend report data - occupancy trends - rooms sold, revenue, occupancy, RevPAR, and percent change.
The discounted rate is $370 for HSMAI members. To order, contact STR at (615) 338-3510 or e-mail [email protected]. This offer is time sensitive so it is encouraged that hotels place their orders today.
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