Tahiti Tourisme, N.A. Partner Update - February, 2004

ADVERTISING
ECONOMY During January and February, Operation Jump Start '04 ran with six participating Tour Operators receiving rotated calls from ads placed in four West Coast newspapers. Planning is now underway with 7 Tour Operator/Cruiselines to run newspaper ads beginning in February as part of Vacation Values '04. In addition, Islands in the Sun and Radisson Seven Seas Cruises are participating in an an Islands Magazine/MasterCard promotion that will also begin in February.
INDUSTRY NEWS
PUBLIC RELATIONS
PROGRAMS
WEB STATISTICS

Examples of ads placed in January, 2004

Operation Jump Start Update


From December 22, 2003 to February 8, 2004, OJS ’04 generated:

  • 1,752 phone calls
  • Over 11,700 Web click-throughs

Advertising
The advertising campaign for OJS ‘04 ran in four key West Coast newspapers. The program was funded by Tahiti Tourisme and Air Tahiti Nui. Ads ran in the Sunday Travel Section over a four-week period (from January 11 through February 1), in the following newspapers:

  • Los Angeles Times, Readership of 3,461,720
  • San Francisco Chronicle, Readership of 1,301,883
  • Arizona Republic, Readership of 1,304,400
  • Denver Post, Readership of 970,935

The combined weekly readership was 7,038,938 for a total readership of 28,155,752.

In addition to the print advertising efforts, an e-marketing campaign was also conducted to consumers and Travel Agents by blasting targeted e-specials to opt-in databases supplied by Air Tahiti Nui and Tahiti Tourisme, N.A. The e-specials listed the $999 package price, the OJS ‘04 Web 800 telephone number, and an OJS ‘04 banner.

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