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Ancillary Revenue Commission based solutions for DMOs February 2011. Ancillary revenue. Hot item for airlines. Source: IdeaWorks. Ancillary revenue & hotels. Cross selling / upselling Spa, Golf, sea sports, kids clubs, dinners, wine tastings etc. Commission
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Ancillary RevenueCommission based solutions for DMOsFebruary 2011
Hot item for airlines Source: IdeaWorks
Ancillary revenue & hotels • Cross selling / upselling • Spa, Golf, sea sports, kids clubs, dinners, wine tastings etc. • Commission • sightseeing, tickets for events, concerts, theatre etc. • Media
Process of buying travel Dreaming Enthusing RecommendingEvaluating ComparingReviewing Travelling VisitingEnjoying Selecting Planning Booking 2/3 weeks up to 3 months
Process of buying travel Dreaming Enthusing RecommendingEvaluating ComparingReviewing Travelling VisitingEnjoying Selecting Planning Booking When do people book: HotelsAirline Up to several months Up to one month Car rental Sightseeing Dinner reservations
Process of buying travel Dreaming Enthusing RecommendingEvaluating ComparingReviewing Travelling VisitingEnjoying Selecting Planning Booking DMO Core Business
Process of buying travel Dreaming Enthusing RecommendingEvaluating ComparingReviewing Travelling VisitingEnjoying Selecting Planning Booking DMO Full range
Process of buying travel Dreaming Enthusing RecommendingEvaluating ComparingReviewing Travelling VisitingEnjoying Selecting Planning Booking DMO Full range Airlines
Process of buying travel Dreaming Enthusing RecommendingEvaluating ComparingReviewing Travelling VisitingEnjoying Selecting Planning Booking DMO Full range Airlines Conversion rate for third party products between 0.5% and 3%
Travel search: the DMO site In general, how useful are the following types of web sites for researching a possible vacation destination? Rate each web site using a 5 point scale Source: PhoCusWright 2009
Why the DMO site? • Independent • Lot’s of quality content which • is searchable (text, images, videos, blogs etc.) • keeps the (online) conversation going • Closest to suppliers, the setting and the place • Trustworthy • They are official
DMOs: why online booking systems? • Good position to ‘close the deal’ • Market failure • Measure the effectiveness of your marketing • Market intelligence • Dynamic Packaging
DMOs: why cautious with online booking systems? • Provide information, not to make bookings • No commercial culture • Competition • Legal restrictions • Commercial message may disturb the general message • Commercial income? Cuts in public funding
DMOs: sources of income • Fees on sales of bookings • Merchandise shop • Affiliation programmes • Advertisements • Context sensitive Ads • Advertorials that look like editorials • Through newsletters by including some editorial • Sell enhanced entries to tourism suppliers
Ecommerce & DMOs: lessons learnt • Visitbritain • Englandnet established in 2002: the national tourism database • 2004: formal complaint for illegal state aid and unfair competition; • Englandnet was wrapped up and integrated into visitbritain; • Today they do not handle financial transactions or visitor’s personal and financial details • Visitscotland • Established as a PPP in 2002 -> today public again; • it did not promote all accommodation providers; • overestimated industry’s appetite for online booking systems; • High number of visitors, low conversion • High cost leading to negative own capital • Web site: www.reclaimvs.com • Too optimistic business plan
Visitnorway (Q1 2011) / Visitsweden (online)The National Booking Switch DMS Dest system Property Extranet to DMS Property PMS direct connect PMS Direct DMS Dest system Pegasus Switch CRS Hotel group Sub headline Visitnorway.com 10 million visitor Hotel group Sub headline CRS Synxis, Rezidor, Pegasus RezView Flight Low cost carrier CRS CRS Amadeus Flight Flight Regular flight White label Regional DMO OpenJaw Ferry & train Ferry Norwegian Travel Swith And National Booking Train Amadeus Ferry & train Events Sub headline iTicket rezView Local vendor API (DMO, Supplier) Activities Sub headline DMS Dest system
Spain.info Hotel guide
Spain.info Hotel guide
Spain.info and start all over…
Spain.info second window opens…
Spain.info After clicking “book” third window opens…
Spain.info and then the booking page opens in Spanish…
Goturkey.com • Flights & Packages lead to Lovelyturkey • Hotel leads to watchb4go.com
FranceGuide You do not see yet at which provider you are going to book…