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Think Globally... Opportunities for small tourism businesses in the new economy. Stephen Joyce President & CEO Rezgo.com (A Division of Sentias Software Corp.) Deliver Locally
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Selling Globally & Delivering Locally - The Research Behind Rezgo.com

Nov 22, 2014

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Stephen Joyce

This is the presentation I gave at the Creative Lapland Seminar in Rovaniemi, Finland in Apil 2009. The presentation describes the background internal & industry research we used to define our strategy and philosophies in the development of our web 2.0 tour operator software product, Rezgo.com.
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Think Globally...

Opportunities for small tourismbusinesses in the new economy.

Stephen JoycePresident & CEORezgo.com(A Division of Sentias Software Corp.)

Deliver Locally

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è The tour & activity marketè Understanding Suppliersè What suppliers needè Stake your claimè Where does Rezgo fit inè Destination Opportunity

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Of tour & activitysuppliers have websites.* Internal market research

20%

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Of suppliers distributethrough resellers.* Internal market research

5%

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è Too many suppliersè Few products per supplierè Product has little inventoryè No standard systemsè Lack of distribution tech.è Lack of scale

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vs.

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Of supplier capacity is soldon annual basis.* Internal market research

47%

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Average booking valuebased on two guests.* Internal market research

€100

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Number of listed tour,attraction, and activitycompanies in NorthAmerica.* Internal market research

64K

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Current share of onlinetravel market (Leisure andUnmanaged Business)2009.

* PhoCusWright Research

2%

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Why sosmall?

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è Lack of Web Knowledgeè Lack of booking technologiesè Traveler reluctance to book

* PhoCusWright Research

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The market is NOTsmall

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Estimated value of destination tours &activities in North America.

* Internal market research

€18.4 B

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ImprovingLocal economies

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Understandingsuppliers?

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Anatomy of a Supplier

è Single Owner/Operatorè Guide/Outdoor Experienceè No formal business backgroundè Little or no best practicesè Little capital for technology

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Supplierswould rather beout doing whatthey love thansittingbehind a desk.

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è Products are uniqueè Accounting is unique.è Relationships are unique.è Businesses are too complexè Don't need more bookings.

What suppliers say

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è No product structureè No accounting standardsè Sell to whoever they can.è No business intelligence toolsè Can't handle more bookings.

What suppliers mean

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When it comes to running theirbusiness, many are lost in a forest oftheir own creation.

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What suppliersneed

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è Standardized product structure.è Consolidate marketing content.è Proper reportingè Access to best business practices.è Access to distribution.è Simplicity not complexity.

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Tools & knowledgethat enable suppliersto improve theirbusiness and providea better product orservice for visitors.

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Supplier Opportunity

è Sell their services on­line.è Reduce administration costs.è Increase market reach.è Distribute effectively

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Stake yourclaim

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You are the

Long Tail!

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è Regionally specificè Activity specificè Culturally specificè Specialized

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Your suppliers are the ingredientsof your

“Secret sauce”

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Get suppliersengaged

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preparedget1.

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è Set up their companiesè Proper Licensingè Liability Insuranceè Phone, Fax, Email

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on­line NOWget2.

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è Set­up a siteè Secure their domainè Kick start their brandsè Become the expert

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your assetsorganize3.

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è Flickr for photosè Youtube for videosè World 66 / WikiTravelè Wikipediaè Google Knol

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their productsorganize4.

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è Write rich descriptionsè Create a scheduleè Define rules for pricingè Create promotions

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on­line toolsuse5.

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è Blogè Facebook/Beboè T­List / TravelBlogCampè Twitterè Google Maps & Local

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What can on­lineBookings offer?

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è Secure instant bookingè Instant online paymentè Real­time availabilityè Increased distributionè Pay per booking

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So where doesRezgo fit in?

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The GoalBuild a system that gave Mikethe Kayak guide the same (if notbetter) tools then the airlinesand hotels.

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è Scalableè Easy to useè Standards basedè Cost efficientè Play well with others

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But how RezgoWeb 2.0?

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SupplierGenerated

Content

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Single Source Inventory

850+ Suppliers

RMO

DMO

DMC

Retailer

XML API

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Software as a Service

850+Suppliers

è Rich Media supportèGeolocationè XML APIè Mobile Check­inè Access to distributionè Channel Managementè Reduced costs

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Logic Prevails

“The needs of themany outweigh theneeds of the few... orthe one”

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The destinationopportunity

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è Supplier generated contentè Supplier managed productsè Access to the secret sauceè Focus on marketingè Measurement & Analyticsè More relevance for suppliers

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Change that impactseveryone

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è Suppliers increase revenueè Destinations market betterè Agents get access to productè Visitors get more relevant content

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Begin

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W: www.rezgo.comE: [email protected]:  (604) 983­0083