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Visit Maldives begins ambitious marketing campaign with renowned travel group from US
Visit Maldives begins an ambitious
marketing campaign with the renowned ID Travel Group from the US. The campaign will be held from February 2022-
April 2022.
ID Travel Group is a globally renowned,
elite luxury sales and marketing organization with over 37 years of experience,
and sells exclusively to travel advisors. The group is preferred with major
consortia networks such as Virtuoso, Signature Travel Network, Travel Leaders
Group, Altour, Travel Savers, Nest and
the Affluent Traveler Collection. As a luxury boutique B2B wholesaler the
company is very selective with their portfolio and only takes the best of the best, four and
five-star properties. ID invests over
$250,000+ annually in advertising with key consortia partners, targeting a
collective reach of 750,000+ affluent, high net worth consumers of these
partners while the digital database reaches 11,700+ luxury travel advisors
collectively.
Through this campaign visibility for the
destination will be increased for the US market through the globally renowned,
elite luxury sales and marketing organization selling exclusively to travel
advisors. Maldives will be featured in ID Travel Group’s elite brochure
collection, including the award-winning Travelers Collection brochure and
strategic Ultimate Exclusives brochure, mailed to 15,000+ luxury advisors
throughout the US.
This activity is in line with our
strategies to have Greater B2B contact with tour-operators and increase
exposure for the destination in the US market.
Despite the ongoing pandemic, the US
continues to contribute a significant number of tourists to the Maldives
ranking as the 5th top source market with an arrival figure of 54,745 travelers
last year. By January this year, the Maldives had welcomed 5,028 travelers from
the United States. In total, 229,027 travelers have arrived in the Maldives so
far this year.
MMPRC has many dedicated activities to
maintain destination momentum, increase arrivals from the USA throughout the
year. This includes destination trainings, webinars, familiarization trips and
roadshows. MMPRC also plans to hold virtual events for the market through this
year and participate in physical fairs such as ATTA Elevate North American
Conference and USTOA Annual Conference.