North America’s
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Heartland travel showcase • March 7 - 9, 2014 Seagate convention Centre • toledo, OH
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Table of Contents
It is such an honor to, once again, be the Host City for Heartland Travel Showcase! There is so much we want you to learn about our beautiful city, here, along the western shore of Lake Erie. Many of you know us as the “Glass Capital of the World”, with Libbey Glass, OwensIllinois, Inc., Owens Corning, Inc. and many other corporate giants calling Toledo and NW Ohio their home. We are also headquarters for the world famous Jeep and boast the internationally known Tony Packo’s Hungarian Hot Dog, as well as being considered by ornithologists as the “Warbler Capital” of the World!!! The Toledo Museum of Art, the Toledo Zoo and the Toledo Mud Hens are our most popular nationally recognized attractions, joined recently by the very successful Hollywood Casino Toledo. Literally millions of visitors enjoy these major sources of entertainment annually. Groups are welcome in Toledo and we take pride in skillfully assisting crowds. We are affordable, accommodating and generally easy to do business with. Ask any of our Destination Toledo Staff for their personal favorites while you are in town. We want your visit to be the beginning of a long relationship!! Warm regards,
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Making the Most of Heartland 2 Schedule of Events 3 Networking Opportunities 4 Exhibitors by State 7 Directory of Tour Operators 13 Sponsors 17 Exhibit Hall & SeaGate Layout 18 Exhibitors By Booth 19
The Heartland Travel Showcase Task Force and Advisory Council Members Allyson Bussey Jackie Chamberlain Ed Crouch Tammy Czarny Roger Dudley Carol Dupuis Tiffany Gerber Angela Ingerson Mary Kittrell Barb McGuinness Cathy Miller Dennis Otte Debbie Robinson Mary Szymkowiak Scott Witsman Tillie Youngs
Canton-Stark CVB Wayne County CVB Ed & Ted’s Excellent Adventures Lakefront Lines, Inc. Experience Columbus SeaGate Convention Centre Tuscarawas County CVB Champaign County CVB Kosciusko County CVB AAA Massillon-East Central Destination Toledo CVB Blue Lakes Charters & Tours Cambridge/Guernsey County VCB Gahanna CVB Mackinac State Historic Parks 1000 Islands
Heartland Travel Showcase Staff: Richard C. Nachazel, President Destination Toledo
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Janet Johnson, Show Manager Melinda Huntley, Executive Director Beatrice Mitchell, Meeting Planner Assistant Jeremy Myers, Communications/Tour Operator Liaison
I am so pleased that you have made the decision to be a part of North America’s largest regional motorcoach trade show. Over the next few days, you will have the opportunity to meet with leading group tour operators and exhibitors from key markets. This show is designed to optimize your time with top-notch education, quality appointments and time to engage with old and new business acquaintances. But the relationships built in the next two days are just the beginning. The Heartland has amazing group travel experiences, and we’ll continue to connect these opportunities to operators throughout the coming year. This show is just the beginning, but it’s an important step to developing the relationships we all need to get to know what our buyers are needing and our sellers are offering.
We are committed to growing the $39 billion group travel business in this region, and we look forward to helping you do business. After a long, hard winter, we’re all looking forward to spending some quality time with a few hundred of our closest friends and colleagues. So settle in, and enjoy the warmth and charm that stems from the heart of America. Welcome to Heartland Travel Showcase. We’ve been waiting for you! Janet Johnson, Show Manager Heartland Travel Showcase 2014_HTS_Program_Final.indd 1
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Fast Facts about the 2014 Heartland Travel Showcase
Orientation Friday, March 7th Tour Operator Orientation: 2:30-2:55 p.m. – Exhibit Hall C
Making The Most of Heartland
Exhibitor Orientation: 2:40-2:55 p.m. – Hospitality Area
Attendance is required. Learn of additions, cancellations and other details that you will need during the event, as well as how to participate in the Four Minute Meet.
There are 5,991 available appointments. 233 suppliers are here representing the Heartland’s top destinations for group tours. Each booth has an average of 26 appointments. Heartland Travel Showcase ad campaigns ran in Bus Tours Magazine, Serendipity and Group Tour Magazine in 2013
The Power of Group Travel Bootcamp Presented By: Ohio Travel Association
Taming the Email and Info Overload Beast Presented By: American Bus Association
Thursday, March 6th, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Park Inn Ballroom
Friday, March 7th, 1:00 - 2:25 p.m. SeaGate Convention Centre, Room 202-208
Want to learn more about the group tour market? Join this interactive work session that will teach helpful sales techniques, share best practices and group tour trends and assist even seasoned group tour professionals take another look at their group tour marketing strategies. 1-3pm– Group Tour Selling Best Practices Diane Sphar, owner of Ohio Travel Treasures Topics will include: • Getting repeat business and expanding visits • How to follow-up with referrals • The sales process on the tradeshow floor or during a phone call, and how to make the most of a 6-minute appointment or conversation 3-4pm- Turning Conversations Into Sales After the excitement of the show or a sales call is over, how do you turn it into results. Learn about creating follow-up that gets noticed, making sure your site inspections are engaging, customizing group experiences and developing tour experiences that sell. 4-5pm– Latest Trends and Demographics This open forum offers you an opportunity to learn from others as they share their group tour success stories. We’ll talk about specific policies, share information on group trends, generations shifts and the buying cycles of tour planning professionals.
Every day, tourism professionals are buried deeper and deeper under a neverending stream of e-mail. With no system for controlling the “e-mail beast”, many people spend too much work time spinning their wheels due to receiving too much e-mail, too fast, with no system to process all of it. Learn to take control of your e-mail and information overload at Taming the E-mail Beast, led by Randy Dean, author of the Amazon bestseller of the same name. Learn proven strategies for keeping your inbox efficient and under control, get rid of all those “quick little” e-mails once and for all, and get your account under control and keep it that way! For more than 20 years, Randy Dean has been obsessed with a topic that impacts us all – effective time management. A leading expert in the fields of time management, e-mail management, and personal organization, Randy has trained people in major corporate, academic, and non-profit settings on how to be more effective. A member of the National Speakers Association, he has delivered entertaining and informative programs for Procter & Gamble, Westinghouse Corporation, Delphi Automotive, and The Ohio State University, to name a few.
Glossary of Terms Appointment Book A tour operator’s three-ring binder which can be used to store appointment schedules and destination profiles. FAM Tour Familiarization tours take place before and after Heartland Travel Showcase for tour operators who made advance reservations. Four Minute Meet Exhibitors are invited for a four minute meeting with tour operators with whom they have not already secured scheduled appointments. These four minute appointments will allow attendees to exchange business cards, briefly discuss the destination and identify opportunities for connecting later. Hospitality Area An area in the back of the marketplace floor providing seating and light refreshments during breaks.
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Open Trade Show An open window of time when tour operators can explore the trade show floor and visit with additional exhibitors with whom they do not already have appointments. 8:20 - 8:40 a.m. - Saturday, March 8th 1:10 - 1:25 p.m. - Saturday, March 8th 8:30 - 8:40 a.m. - Sunday, March 9th
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Schedule of Events Event
Location
Thursday, March 6, 2014 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. The Power of Group Travel Bootcamp Park Inn Ballroom Presented by: Ohio Travel Association Friday, March 7, 2014
Schedule of Events
Date & Time
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Registration/Set-up SeaGate Centre 8:00 a.m. -12:30 p.m. Toledo Sightseeing Tour Park Inn Lobby 1:00 - 2:25 p.m. Education Session SeaGate Room 202-208 Presented by: American Bus Association Taming the Email and Info Overload Beast Facilitator: Randy Dean, MBA 2:30 - 2:55 p.m. Tour Operator Orientation Exhibit Hall C 2:40 - 2:55 p.m. Exhibitor Orientation Hospitality Area 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Four Minute Meet Exhibit Hall C 4:00 - 4:30 p.m. Advisory Council Meeting SeaGate Room 213 4:40 p.m. Exhibit Hall Closes 5:00 - 7:30 p.m. Networking Social Park Inn Ballroom Presented by: Ohio Has It! Saturday, March 8, 2014 7:15 - 8:15 a.m. Tour Operator Breakfast SeaGate, Room 202 Presented by: Grove City Visitors & Convention Bureau 8:20 - 8:40 a.m. Open Trade Show Exhibit Hall 8:42 a.m. - Noon Appointments 1-25 Exhibit Hall Noon - 1:05 p.m. Lunch Exhibit Hall C Presented by: Serendipity Media 1:10 - 1:25 p.m. Open Trade Show Exhibit Hall 1:30 - 5:00 p.m. Appointments 26-50 Exhibit Hall 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. Saturday Night Social Fifth Third Field Presented by: Destination Toledo Sunday, March 9, 2014
6:55 - 7:20 a.m. 7:25 - 8:25 a.m. 8:30 - 8:40 a.m. 8:42 a.m. - Noon Noon - 3:00 p.m.
Non-Denominational Worship Service Tour Operator Networking Breakfast Open Trade Show Appointments 51-75 Exhibitor Move-out
SeaGate, Room 207 SeaGate, Room 202 Exhibit Hall Exhibit Hall
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Networking Opportunities
Networking Opportunities
There are numerous networking opportunities at Heartland Travel Showcase this year, including: ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
Four Minute Meet Opening Night Reception Hospitality Area Breaks Open Trade Shows Saturday Night Social
Four Minute Meet Friday, March 7th, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Exhibit Hall C
Networking Social Presented by: Ohio Has It! Friday, March 7th 5:00 -7:30 p.m. Park Inn Ballroom
These Four Minute appointments allow Showcase attendees to exchange business cards and brief introductions, as well as identify opportunities to connect during the Showcase.
Enjoy a BLAST from the past with a 1950’s shindig sponsored by Ohio Has IT! Come out all you cool cats and hip chicks and celebrate with fabulous 50’s-style food and rockin’ refreshments. Jump and jive to a live swing band. Gals, dust off you saddle shoes and guys, slick back your hair. This sock hop is going to be one you won’t want to miss! Come Rock-n-Roll with us at the Friday Night event, where 1950’s dress is encouraged! So get ready to twist and shout and shake it all about at the Heartland Travel Showcase
Saturday Night Social Presented by: Destination Toledo Saturday, March 8th, 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. Fifth Third Field
Tour Operator Breakfast Presented by: Grove City VCB Saturday, March 8 & 9, 7:15-8:15 a.m. Room 202, SeaGate Centre
This session will take place on Friday, immediately following orientation. Tour Operators will be seated at tables in alphabetical order. Primary and Boothshare Exhibitors are invited for a four minute visit with tour operators with whom they do not already have a scheduled appointment.
Ready for summer? We are. Join us indoors on the private suite level at the stadium which is across the street from the SeaGate Convention Centre.
Enjoy dancing with music from Velvet Jones, or listen to a harpist and guitar ensemble or Jazz musicians. Nothing says summer like ballpark food such as ribs, Angus beef burgers, hot dogs, brats, waffles fries with the works, salad, pizza, sundaes, & popcorn. Wear your favorite baseball team attire and jeans.
Tour Operators are invited to attend a breakfast Saturday, before the Showcase.
Nondenominational Worship Service Sunday, March 9th, 6:55 - 7:20 a.m. Room 207, SeaGate Centre Tour Operator Networking Breakfast Sunday, March 9th, 7:25-8:25 a.m. Room 202, SeaGate Centre
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Beverly Carlson BJC Travel
Denny Otte Blue Lakes Charters & Tour
Kathy Kranz, CTIS Blue Lakes Charters & Tour
Bob Neff Bob Neff Tours
Chris LaCivita Breakaway Tours
Charlene Troggio Breakaway Tours
Jenny Serra Brightspark Travel
Michael Guidi Carr's Holidays Inc.
Pam White Choice Travel
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Faith Crandle Coopersville Old Kids
Kathy Hanes Coopersville Old Kids
Sue Biggs Custom Holidays
Cheryl Hammond Custom Holidays
Sue Briggs, CTIS Destinations Plus
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Clare Carter Eagle Rock Tours
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Trish Barbee Treasure Grove Travel
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1428 River Trail Dr Kent, OH 44240
5506 Scottdale Dawson Rd Scottdale, PA 15683
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533 W State St Hastings, MI 49058
21922 Picadilly Cir Novi, MI 48375
P.O. Box 456 Carroll, lA 51401
797 N E Catwaba Rd Port Clinton, OH 43452
6711 Monroe St, Bldg V Sylvania, OH 43560
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797 Burdeck St Schenectady, NY 12306
1885 Wilderness Dr Dewitt, MI 48820
5270 Day Rd Cincinnati, OH 45252
5107 Knollcrest Ct. Hudsonville, MI 49426
2500 Blaine Ave SE Grand Rapids, MI 49507
P.O. Box 761 Pemberville, OH 43450
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1885 Wilderness Dr Dewitt, MI 48820
6543 Middlebelt Rd Garden City, MI 48135
5107 Knollcrest Ct Hudsonville, MI 49426
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7911 Hunters Path Indianapolis, IN 46214
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19551 Gilmer St South Bend, IN 46614
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P.O. Box 612 Rockford, MI 49341
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Grove City offers many unique opportunities for groups to learn a new skill, go behind the scenes and to have amazing experiences that cannot be had anywhere else. Perfectly situated just 10 miles from both Hollywood Casino Columbus and Scioto Downs Racino. Free shuttle available from 8 Grove City lodging proprerites to Scioto Downs Racino. Ask about setting up a FAM tour with Grove City and our gaming partners!
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Kankakee County - See what’s new in 2014! See what’s new in Kankakee County in 2014! Our redesigned website includes a section just for travel groups. See the sample itineraries to enhance your visit and take advantage of all of the wonderful things to see and do in Kankakee County. Our newest publications are designed with group travellers in mind and include activities for a range of participants. Outdoor adventures, cultural activities, family recreation, dining and shopping await you less than an hour south of Chicago. With more than 900 hotel/motel rooms, Kankakee County has the accommodations you need to make your stay comfortable and enjoyable. Kankakee County is an affordable lodging, dining, and entertainment stop for tour groups traveling to or through the Midwest. Kankakee County is located just 50 miles south of Chicago, off of Interstate 57. State routes 45/52, 50 and 17 also run through the area.
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