Maritz now includes companies that provide marketing research, travel, and performance-improvement services to corporate clients.
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In an age where green travel and eco-focused marketing continue to grow, car rental companies are bolstering their rental fleets with electric and hybrid cars, giving travellers the opportunity to reduce their carbon footprint, save money at the pump and take one of these new-technology vehicles for a spin before perhaps buying one of their own.
It will probably use the money to make acquisitions of firms that do direct-marketing of pharmaceuticals, travel and financial products.
According to a survey of kids 6 to 17 years of age, conducted by Ypartnership, a marketing group focused on travel, leisure and entertainment, , 64% of respondents took at least one vacation with both parents and siblings last year and 19% went with one parent and siblings.
Orbital comprises a portfolio of UK-based logistics and marketing services businesses serving the travel, tourism, education, charity, publishing and healthcare sectors.
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She notes that China has hit an inflection point in labor costs, with increases likely to continue, and she says the company has had to boost sales and marketing expenses to go after the consumer travel market.
Deductions associated with marketing those products would be disallowed, including travel, promotions and gifts.
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Marketing that expensive technology as a replacement for business travel has helped it to grow quickly if only in a few companies.
He has also served as VP of Marketing for both Yapta.com, an online travel website, and WhitePages.com, a privately held Top 50 web and mobile publisher.
This traffic growth, however, requires a significant outlay in online brand marketing: Fees (principally through the purchase of travel-related keywords) to Internet search engines like Google ( GOOG) and Yahoo!
If passed, the requirement would apply to U.S. and foreign carriers with Web sites marketing air transportation to U.S. consumers for travel within, to or from the United States.
Royal Caribbean is building up a training team to teach travel agents in markets such as Beijing and Shanghai and increasing its marketing spend to educate travelers who are fearful of sea sickness.
As an example, last week, I signed the Travel Promotion Act, a law that will establish active promotion and marketing efforts to encourage foreign citizens to come visit the most dynamic cities, the most entertaining destinations, and the most beautiful natural resources in the world.
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Operating income is revenues less player costs, selling, general and marketing expenses, stadium operations, coaches and player development costs and travel.
The results of an annual Gay and Lesbian Travel Survey have just been released, courtesy of the San Francisco-based Community Marketing, Inc.
Perhaps the most interesting facet of the new marketing initiative involves creating custom experiences around food, fashion, entertainment and travel, all of which have a significant social media aspect.
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Vuitton introduced the advertising concept in 2007 as a way to trumpet its travel roots and showcase its perennial monogrammed leather goods as a balance to its fashion-driven marketing and to reach a broader audience.
European firms that sell to other businesses are being hurt too: JC Decaux, an outdoor-advertising company, and WPP, an advertising and marketing conglomerate, have said that SARS is having an effect, thanks to cancelled travel and conferences, though WPP said the effect was difficult to quantify.
"Offering customers the option to improve their boarding position on day of travel is one more way we can offer the travel experience that best fits their needs, " said Kevin Krone, Southwest Airlines vice president of marketing, sales and distribution, in a press release.
One of many marketing campaigns among the nominees, the REI 1440 Project is a soothing, crowdsourced collection of travel photos from outdoorsy types around the world.
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