SALEM, Ohio — It’s time for the travel industry to set marketing budgets for next year and plan a successful group sales season.
Planning for group travel starts with building strong relationships with the group travel planners that fill all of the groups that visit you. That relationship building sets the stage for long-lasting group bookings and helps with the all-important word-of-mouth advertising on which groups rely.
To help budget for group sales, here are the top conferences and meetings in group travel:
• Going On Faith Conference: August 4-6 in South Bend, Indiana
• Small Market Meetings Conference: September 27-29 in Little Rock, Arkansas
• Boomers in Groups: October 23-25 in Green Bay, Wisconsin
• AgriTourismWorld Summit: October 23-25 in Green Bay, Wisconsin
• Select Traveler Conference: February 7-9, 2016, in Little Rock, Arkansas
• The African American Travel Conference: April 21-23, 2016, in Cleveland
• TravelTalks Meetings: Held in 40 Cities across America in 2016
You can find information on all these group travel opportunities at www.grouptravelfamily.com.
To build group travel into your marketing plan, call Jennifer Ferguson at 800-628-0993.
