IT S ALL HERE. Your partner in travel since QuestexTravelGroup.com

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1 IT S ALL HERE Your partner in travel since 1930 QuestexTravelGroup.com

2 TRAVEL AGENTS ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN EVER! $83.7 Billion is pushed through the travel agency distribution channel annually. Use of a travel agent increased 79.7% from 2015 to % of travelers who earn $1,000,000+ HHI annually use travel agents. 40% of all international luxury trips are booked via a travel agency. Reach 90% of the US travel agent marketplace, including home-based agents, with the Questex Travel Group!

3 THE QUESTEX TRAVEL GROUP offers the most robust opportunity to reach engaged travel agents and meeting planners via integrated solutions to drive your business forward. IT S ALL HERE!

4 LEISURE MARKET Travel Agent Magazine Travel Agent magazine engages its audience with top editorial content that helps them sell smarter and faster. We ve been around for over 80 years and have perfected the art of educating travel agents. 50,000 * SUBSCRIBERS PRINT + DIGITAL EDITION 75% of readers prefer to read Travel Agent in print! 81 % of readers share Travel Agent s content WITH CLIENTS. 58 % of readers recommended a product/destination/ property to a client BASED ON AN AD they saw in Travel Agent magazine.

5 LEISURE MARKET Travel Agent Central TravelAgentCentral.com is the most visited website in the industry, updated constantly with news and other relevant content that will immediately educate and inform its audience. TravelAgentCentral.com 312,853 AVERAGE MONTHLY PAGE VIEWS ** 155,520 AVERAGE MONTHLY UNIQUE VISITORS ** Travel Industry Exchange Travel Industry Exchange is the #1 event for specialization that will put your brand in front of pre-qualified travel agents who are ready to book business. This incredible event offers suppliers 12 hours of dedicated facetime including one-to-one appointments, inclusion on a panel, multiple networking receptions, and meals. 95 % EVENT SATISFACTION FROM SUPPLIERS 2017 TRAVEL INDUSTRY EXCHANGE POST EVENT SURVEY *2017 Verified Audit Circulation Report **Google analytics June 1, June1, 2018

6 LUXURY MARKET Luxury Travel Advisor Luxury Travel Advisor inspires and informs its incredibly influential audience with specifics on destinations and hotels they won t find anywhere else. We ve raised the bar on providing intel on top advisors who are making a mark in the industry. 15,000+ * SUBSCRIBERS PRINT + DIGITAL EDITION 68% of readers recommended a product/service to a client based on advertising in Luxury Travel Advisor. Consider Luxury Travel Advisor THE AUTHORITY 95 % 84 % on insights into the luxury travel market. of readers share Luxury Travel Advisor s content WITH CLIENTS.

7 LUXURY MARKET LuxuryTravelAdvisor.com LuxuryTravelAdvisor.com is your real-time, luxury travel industry go-to, offering up-to-the-minute breaking news, hotel openings, mergers, new cruise itineraries, supplier offers, luxe blogs, and sales tips. LuxuryTravelAdvisor.com 76,757 AVERAGE MONTHLY PAGE VIEWS ** 32,416 AVERAGE MONTHLY UNIQUE VISITORS ** Luxury Travel Advisor s ULTRA Summit Luxury Travel Advisor s ULTRA Summit is an exclusive, intimate event designed to cultivate collaboration and shape the future of the ever-expanding luxury travel market. 97 % OF SUPPLIERS WISH TO RETURN 2017 LUXURY TRAVEL ADVISOR S ULTRA SUMMIT POST EVENT SURVEY *Publisher s Sworn Statement, February, 2018 **Google analytics June 1, June1, 2018

8 MICE MARKET Global Meeting & Incentive Travel Exchange The only event that brings the largest amount of North American MICE buyers to meet one-to-one with global suppliers in the privacy of a luxury suite. Caribbean Meeting & Incentive Travel Exchange The only event that brings North American MICE buyers to meet one-to-one with Caribbean suppliers in the privacy of a deluxe hotel room. Latin America Meeting & Incentive Travel Exchange The only event that brings global suppliers to meet one-to-one with Latin America-based buyers in the privacy of a deluxe hotel room. The Stadium Series The only event where Northeast regional MICE buyers who place business globally meet one-to-one with global suppliers in private, luxury stadium suites. International Meetings Review The MICE industry s only global resource cultivated from the world s leading publishers, industry events, and associations, to provide meeting planners and incentive buyers with the local information they need to organize business events anywhere in the world. UNIQUE 1:1 meetings IN PRIVATE ROOMS.

9 E-LEARNING Travel Agent University Travel Agent University (TAU) is the industry s premier e-learning platform, boasting the largest certified member community, and graduating more specialists per year than any other industry education program. Plus it is the only e-learning platform designed specifically for today s busy travel agent. Agents can choose their specialty, complete courses, and earn rewards and exclusive deals while earning accreditation. TravelAgentUniversity.com 90,000+ ACTIVE MEMBERS AND COUNTING * $29,134,887 IN BOOKINGS THROUGH OUR LOYALTY PROGRAM IN 2017 * 89% of graduates anticipate selling more with a supplier as a result of becoming a specialist. 89 % AN AGENT of travel agents consider TAU THE BEST E-LEARNING PLATFORM. GRADUATES EVERY 5 MINUTES *Publisher s Own Data

10 TACTICAL MARKETING Targeted Blasts Our audience is your audience with targeted marketing to opt-in travel agents. marketing drives the recipient to take action on your exclusive message. 70,000 OPT-IN AGENTS WITH TARGETING AVAILABLE The Focus Series The Focus Series is a collection of product immersion supplements offering a surefire way to ensure exposure of your brand to engaged travel agents. Print and digital distribution in Travel Agent magazine and Luxury Travel Advisor Additional online distribution for 12 months via Travel Agent University Matching advertorial with your display ad Combined audience of 100,000 advisors Lead generation RIVER CRUISE SELLING THEMED ITINERARIES Webinars Agents sell what they know and webinars are a powerful tool to promote your product while generating qualified sales leads. Your webinar package puts you in control by delivering a client-produced webinar to our audience of verified, active sellers of travel and delivers a database of both registered agents and agents who attended the webinar. This is a very popular lead generation product. Social Media Engaging, shareable content that enriches the user experience and leads to conversions. Native Advertising Falling under the umbrella of content marketing, native advertising is a form of paid media that fits seamlessly into a user s experience and is more shareable and engaging than traditional digital advertising due to the editorial nature. Bridging the gap between brand publishing and banner advertising, native ads serve as natural, useful, and shareable content to drive your brand forward and to build trust and engagement with travel agents. CARIBBEAN FAMILY TRAVEL World War II Sites Food, Wine and the Arts Christmas Markets 2018

11 TACTICAL MARKETING Newsletters Directly reach thousands of travel professionals who subscribe to the dedicated newsletters for timely news, deals and information pertaining to destinations and products they actively sell. 200,164 NEWSLETTER RECIPIENTS 80 % of travelers who have used a travel agent in the last 10 years, have a FAVORABLE VIEW. Programmatic Advertising = Audience Extension This is a highly analytical and strategic opportunity that gives you the ability to reach agents even after they leave our site, or proactively targets them elsewhere, via any device, on any site, at any time, and any location in real time. MILLENNIALS ARE THE FASTEST GROWING SEGMENT OF TRAVEL AGENCY USERS Sources: MMGY Global s Portrait of the American Traveler 2016; American Express Spending & Saving Tracker; YouGov, The Outlook for Luxury Travelers, August 2016; IPK International, 2017 World/European Luxury Travel Report; Asta s 2017 How America Travels ; Forbes, March 4, 2017; 2018 Travel Agent and Luxury Travel Advisor Reader Surveys; 2017 Verified Audit Circulation Report; Publisher s Sworn Statement February, 2018, Google Analytics, June 2018.

12 CONTACT YOUR SALES REPRESENTATIVE TODAY! EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT Vice President, Executive Director John Henderson Event Director Jill Birkett ADVERTISING Group Sales Director Stephanie Gordon Northeast Kristin Bator Florida and Caribbean Barbara Magro West Coast, Asia, Australia Christopher Coon Midwest and Southeast Andi Washington Hawaii Loren Malenchek EMEA, India, Latin America, Mexico Viveca Caldara LIVE EVENTS MICE Samantha Nicastro ASIA, CANADA, CARIBBEAN, EMEA, MIDWEST/NORTHEAST/WESTERN US, SOUTH PACIFIC, AND CRUISE MICE & Leisure Nathalia Elias CARIBBEAN, FLORIDA, LATIN AMERICA AND MEXICO HABLO ESPAÑOL Leisure Ellen Evers AFRICA, ASIA, AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AMERICA (SANS FL AND MEXICO) QuestexTravelGroup.com