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BOARD OF DIRECTORSMEETING
APRIL 2018
Grow and Diversify the
Tourism Economy
Through Marketing
Grow and Diversify the
Tourism Economy
Through Sales
Enhance Industry
Partner Engagement
Ensure EK’s Brand
Promise is Executed
Ensure Cost Effective
and High Performing
Operation
STRATEGY KEY
PRESIDENT & CEOREPORT
BY THE NUMBERS – PARTNER INVESTMENTS
OCTOBER THRU FEBRUARY FY 17/18
MARCHFY17/18
YTD TOTAL
REVENUE $37,431 $8,890 $46,321
IN-KIND $178,515 $2,798 $181,313
CO-OP
MARKETING$327,563 $267,675 $595,238
FY 17/18 PRIVATE FUNDS $822,872
BY THE NUMBERS – MONTHLY TDT COLLECTIONS
Hotel/ Motel45%
Timeshare4%
Vacation Homes49%
RV Parks/ Campgrounds2%
Hotel/Motel
February TDT Collections ($4.9M vs. $4.3M) increased 14% y/y
BY THE NUMBERS – FY TDT COLLECTIONS
TDT Collections ($23.5M vs. $19.67M) increased 19.33% y/y
RV Parks/Campgrounds,1.1%
Timeshares,3.8%
Vacation Homes,45.3%
Hotels & Motels,49.7%
BY THE NUMBERS – TDT TAX COLLECTION Y/Y
$4,175,545
$4,324,123
$4,966,763
$5,032,259
$4,982,497
$3,509,285
$3,711,778
$4,301,130
$3,781,133
$4,373,774
$5,544,857
$5,147,348
$4,122,188
$4,419,618 $4,973,810
$3,781,765
$3,976,506
$2,000,000
$2,500,000
$3,000,000
$3,500,000
$4,000,000
$4,500,000
$5,000,000
$5,500,000
$6,000,000
OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEPT
2017/18 2016/17 2015/16 2014/15
Source: Osceola County TDC
BY THE NUMBERS – VISITOR PROFILE
INDUSTRY PARTNERRELATIONS
BY THE NUMBERS: INDUSTRY PARTNERS
Out of Business
(as of March 31)
1 Partner
CATEGORY PARTNERS
Places to Stay 225
Things to Do 175
Dining 177
Meeting Services 175
Shopping 30
Sports Facilities 9
Transportation 65
Visitor Services 4
TOTAL 860
BY THE NUMBERS: NEW PARTNERS
NEW PARTNERS
Falcon Charter Bus Orlando Getting Around
Florida Hospital Health
Performance StrategiesMeeting Services
Market Street Diner Dining
Orlando Rent A Villa Places to Stay
ORLANDO CITY SOCCER GAME
EXPLORE KISSIMMEE
INTERNATIONAL &DOMESTIC SALES
BRAND USA 2018 CHINA MISSION
March 17-23
• Four city missions
• Beijing
• Chengdu
• Guangzhou
• Shanghai
• Pre-Mission Sales calls conducted
• Chongqing
• Shenzhen
• Hangzhou & Beijing
• 156 one-on-one appointments
• Four VIP dinners
• One panel discussion
ACTIVE AMERICA CHINA
Atlanta, Georgia
March 25 – 27
Active America China is the only show in North
America 100% dedicated to building inbound
Chinese tourism
• China is the fastest growing inbound tourism
market to USA
• 35 one-on-one appointments
• Chinese delegation (32 from China and three
receptive tour operators)
• Destination presentation
TOUR OPERATOR APPRECIATION
& CANADA SALES CALLS
• Hosted 18 clients in a suite at the PINK concert including tour operators,
airlines, OTA, theme park, and media partners
• Seven sales calls with key tour operators, theme parks and airline accounts
• Planning meeting with VoX in preparation for IPW and new budget year
JACKSONVILLEMILITARY TRAVEL
FAIRS
• Exhibitions at 3 bases
• Naval Station Mayport, FL,
• Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, GA
• Naval Air Station Jacksonville
• Support the on-base travel agencies who sell Kissimmee and are
highly supported by our Industry Partners
ITB BERLIN
March 5-9
• Experience Kissimmee had their own
booth in the Brand USA Pavilion
• Business appointments
• 14 with our German representative
• 18 with our Northern Europe
representative
WINTERCAMPAIGN
RE-CAP
SUMMARY
Launched January 30, 2018 National Plan Your Vacation Day
We make vacations, and we believe in the power of taking vacations
• In-Market: January 30 – March 31, 2018
• Brand Awareness & Drive Demand for Conversion
• Target Markets:
• Charlotte, NC
• Atlanta, GA
• New York
• Chicago, Illinois
• Ohio
• Audience:
• Family Travelers, Teens/Tweens, and Millennials
• Washington, D.C.
• Boston, MA
• Pittsburgh & Philadelphia, PA
• Detroit, Michigan
MEDIAPLAN
OVERVIEW
• Total Impressions: 139,500,507
• Total Reach: 39,277,303
• Total Frequency: 3.55
• Traffic to EXPERIENCEKISSIMMEE.com saw a 40% lift
YOY during the Winter Campaign dates
• Total Engaged Visits (2 or more page views in a session)
increased by 61% versus the previous time period
• Click-outs to Partner websites increased by 136% versus
the previous time period
• Paid social efforts were the largest driver of these lifts
AWARENESSMost Efficient Awareness Publisher
65,292,535
TOTAL IMPRESSIONS
INTENTMost Efficient Intent Publisher
65,484,173
TOTAL IMPRESSIONS
CONVERSIONMost Efficient Direct Response Publisher
8,723,799
TOTAL IMPRESSIONS
WEBSITE
LANDINGPAGE
VISITATION
Source: Google Analytics. (2018, Jan. 30 – 2018, March 31).
• Entrance Page
• 26.7% of all visitor entrances (1st)
• Pageviews
• 226,881 total
• 14.8% of all pageviews (1st)
• Average Time on Page
• 1:13 (1:21 site average)
• Conversions with Pageview
• 1,382 Email Opt-ins (48.5% of site total)*
• 6,083 Partner Referrals (5.6% of site total)
• 458 “Book Now” Referrals (15.2% of site total)*
• 1,882 Destination Magazine Requests (35.5% of site total)*
HOMEPAGE PROMO ACTIVITY
• Impressions
• 65,403 (100% of homepage views)
• Clicks
• 1,168 total (0.5% of Let’s Go pageviews)
• 1.8% click-through rate (CTR)
• Average Time Page
• 0:46 (1:13 Let's Go average)
• Conversion Contribution*
• 13 Email Opt-ins (0.9% of Let’s Go total)
• 504 Partner Referrals (8.3% of Let’s Go total)
▪ 411 Website Link Referrals (9.4% of Let’s Go
total)
• 39 Destination Magazine Requests (2% of Let’s
Go total)
Source: Google Analytics. (2018, Jan. 30 – 2018, March 31).
SOCIAL MEDIA
PAID SOCIAL
Executive Summary
• Winter campaign ads
• 12M impressions
• + 1.2M engagements
• 18,000 new users liked the Experience Kissimmee
Facebook pages
• Over 500 leads for use in future email campaigns
• High engagement from Latin American and
Spanish audiences
• High performance and engagement from
promoted Pinterest pins
COMMUNICATIONS
DOCTORMIKE
VIDEO: VACATIONS ARE GOOD FOR YOU
YouTube
Experience Kissimmee
• Views: 136K
• Likes: 14
Doctor Mike:
•Views: 22K
•Engagements: 1.8K
•Shares: 94
Experience Kissimmee
•Views: 24K
•Engagements 73
•Shares: 34
Doctor Mike
•Views: 3.6K
•Retweets: 20
•Comments: 11
•Likes: 204
Experience Kissimmee
•Views: 24.8K
•Retweets: 20
•Comments: 7
•Likes: 118
Blog
Experience Kissimmee
•Page Views:
1,336
VIDEO: 7 SHOCKING, PROVEN HEALTH BENEFITS OF VACATION
YouTube
Doctor Mike
• Views: 560,257
• Comments: 485
• Likes: 2.9K
Doctor Mike
• Shares: 53
• Engagements: 1.4K
Experience Kissimmee
• Shares: 30
• Engagements: 165
Doctor Mike
• Retweets: 44
• Comments: 11
• Likes: 307
Experience Kissimmee
• Likes: 6
Blog
Experience Kissimmee
• Page Views: 485
• Average Time on Page: 2:40
147,802
Total Views
225,061
Total Views
63,945
Total Views
15,143
Total Views
EXPERIENCE KISSIMMEE & BUZZFEED
OVERVIEW
333,333
GUARANTEED
VIEWS
(PAID + ORGANIC)
451,951
TOTAL PROGRAM
POSTS VIEWS
36%above
guaranteed
28,581+
TOTAL FACEBOOK
ENGAGEMENTS
3.6K
REFERRALS TO
EXPERIENCE
KISSIMMEE’S WEBSITE
WINTERACTIVATION
ACTIVATION DETAILS
Dates: Feb. 17-19, 2018
Location: King of Prussia Mall –
Philadelphia
Activation Elements:
• 51’ x 36’ Footprint
• 7 Interactive Areas
• RFID-enabled triggers with guest
name personalization
• “Prescription for Wellness”
containing the RFID stickers
Promotional Efforts:
• Event landing page
• Location-based website light box
• Email invitation
• Facebook event page
• Local calendar postings
• Mall media: digital signs, standees,
social media, and mall website
VACATION STATION
9 Bedroom Designs & 3 Game Room Designs
Customized based on consumer survey answers
VACATION STATION
KEY RESULTS
• First time in Philadelphia market
• Approximately 1,800 visited the station
• 93% email opt-ins
• 32% of registrants interested in attractions
• 23% of registrants interested in luxury vacation homes when visiting Kissimmee
• 54% plan to travel with their family – indicating the perception that Kissimmee is
a great family-friendly destination
VACATION STATION ACTIVITY
Sources: Monetate.; Google Analytics. (2018, Feb. 9 – 19).
• Lightbox Impressions
• 10,686 (78.9% of target users)
• Event Pageviews
• 1,711 (5.5% of target total)
• Average Time Page
• 2:22 (1:19 target average)
• Conversion Contribution
• 13 Facebook Event Referrals (0.8% conversion rate)
SOCIALMEDIA
• Facebook Live
• 13,330 people reached
• Organic Facebook Posts
• 31,173 people reached
• 264 likes
• 33 comments
• 34 shares
• 927 Facebook page likes
• Website
• Over 400% growth in social referrals
from Philadelphia
• 30% increase in organic traffic to
the website from Philadelphia
SOCIAL MEDIA
• Instagram Story
• Impressions: 271,246
• Replies: 379
• Taps
• @experiencekissimmee:250
• King of Prussia Mall:723
• Instagram Post
• Impressions: 1,358,737
• Profile Visits: 10,606
• Website Clicks: 87
• Likes: 129,857
• Comments: 1,085 • Snapchat Filter
• 12.8K swipes
• 2.5K views • 262 uses
DIGITAL MARKETING
DATA COLLECTION
General Data Protection Regulation
• EU regulation protecting personal data of
all EU data subjects taking effect May 25,
2018
• Experience Kissimmee applying
principles and practices on global scale,
not just EU visitors
• Steps toward compliance include:
• Continual consumer data controller
and processor audit
• Privacy policy updates
• Internal procedure and policy
updates
• Consent and privacy management
experience development
Source: n/a
MEETING SALES
MEETING SALES SUCCESS
March 2018
March 2018
Leads Sent Requested Rooms Leads Sent
124 93,883 4% Decrease
Fiscal YTD
Leads Booked Contracted Rooms Leads Booked
57 17,674 38% Increase
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Gaylord Palms Resort and
Convention Center
4,845 Total Room Nights
Lighthouse Chapel HJC
Partners Conference 2018
Omni Orlando Resort at
ChampionsGate
2,809 Total Room Nights
2019 NENA 9-1-1 Standards and Best Practice
Embassy Suites by
Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista South
940 Total Room Nights
SALES ACTIVITIES
EnVision 2018
March 14-16, 2018, Detroit, MI
22 one-on-one appointments
3 RFP’s; 6,191 potential total room nights (2019-2024)
650 attendees; 270 Experient, 380 Industry partners
2018 Showcase
March 6-8, 2018, Roanoke, VA
20 one-on-one appointments
5 RFP’s; 4,785 potential total room nights
250 attendees; 80 planners
Annual Partner Meeting
March 24-29, 2018, Los Angeles, CA
200 + CD Associates; 600 + Partners
Met with 50 CD Associates
72% of CD events: 25-499 attendees
SALES ACTIVITIES
8 ConferenceDirect Associates & Clients
4 Partners
Client Appreciation Event
March 23, 2018
COMMUNITYRELATIONS
EXPERIENCE KISSIMMEE CARES
Wild Flower Project
Shingle Creek Regional Park
• Experience Kissimmee Cares’ 3rd project of FY 17-18
• EK staff planted 1,700 wild flowers
• Beautification project in partnership with Osceola
County Parks & Land Development
• Donation & staff time value = $9,750
• Your Military Reunion Connection – Lake Co, IL – April 3-18, 2018
• EK Nordic Sales Mission – April 16-20, 2018
• ASAE Xperience Design Project – Washington DC – April 19-20, 2018
• Arabian Travel Show – Dubai April 22-26, 2018
• FSAE Sponsored Event – Tallahassee, FL – April 26, 2018
• HelmsBriscoe ABC – Orlando, FL – April 30-May 2, 2018
• WTM Brazil – April 30 - May 4, 2018
• African American Travel Conference (Family Reunions) – St Charles, IL – April 30-
May 2, 2018
• IPW – Denver, CO May 20-24, 2018
• National Travel & Tourism Week – May 6-12, 2018
• Kissimmee Cares Golf Tournament – May 9, 2018
• EK Mexico Sales Mission – June 4-8, 2018
KEYUPCOMING EVENTS
THANK YOU