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Get to Know Our TTRA Partners

Arrivalist

Arrivalist is the leading location intelligence platform in the Travel industry. The company uses mobile location datasets to provide actionable insights on consumer behavior, competitive share, media effectiveness, and market trends. Over 200 travel marketers, including 100 Cities, 40 US States, and 4 of the top 10 US Theme Parks, use these insights to inform media strategy, operations, and destination development.

Contact Information:

Charles LewisNevo Waintraub

Links to additional information: Daily Travel Index

Destination Analysts

Take your marketing to the next level with Destination Analysts. A market research company providing travel & tourism businesses with powerful information to evolve and perfect their marketing strategy. Our suite of research solutions  helps clients understand their customers and make informed decisions that lead to profitable marketing and advertising initiatives.

Contact Information:

Erin Francis-Cummings, 
President & CEO
Kimberly Vince-Cruz, 
Vice President
David Reichbach, 
Senior Director of
Analytics & Data Security

Links to additional information:

  • Destination Analysts DMO Website Importance Study Preliminary Findings Whitepaper
  • Destination Analysts State Tourism Office Website User Conversion Study Executive Summary
  • Destination-Analysts-DMO-Website-Importance-Study-Preliminary-Findings-Executive-Summary

Why Epsilon? Consumer expectations are rising. The industry is full of shaky promises, fragmentation and complexity. Brands are forced to do more with fewer resources. And as a marketer, you need to reach your brand goals and prove your performance. The status quo won’t work anymore. Marketing solutions need to create more than just campaigns—they must create provable outcomes.

Contact Info:
David Chastain, VP, Travel & Tourism

Links to additional information:

Consumer Sentiment During COVID-19

As partners to leading destinations and brands in the tourism industry for 30 years, Longwoods International is focused on working with clients to meet their research needs and objectives through groundbreaking research, thought-leading insights, and excellent counsel and service.

Contact information:
Andria Godfrey, Vice President

Links to additional information:
National Resident Sentiment
International Travel USA Highlights

MMGY Travel Intelligence is a portfolio of products and services designed to power travel industry decision makers through consumer insights, travel performance data, and audience modeling and segmentation.  We exist to make our clients smarter. We realize every dollar spent on marketing these days must go farther and work harder. So, we invest hundreds of thousands of dollars every year to ensure we capture the absolute best data in the business to guide our clients’ decision making and strategic planning efforts.

Contact Information:
Cheryl Schutz, VP Travel Intelligence

SMARInsights is a full-service, custom research firm. Our team of experienced researchers specializes in travel and tourism and has worked with 28 state and nearly 100 local destination organizations and attractions. We distinguish ourselves by exceeding our clients’ expectations with a combination of high quality, industry-specific marketing consultation, primary research, and analytical expertise at competitive prices. Each client is supported with the services of a senior marketing consultant with destination leadership experience and a project team comprised of research experts that have been with the company for a decade or longer. We bring our experience to the research design and analysis process to ensure that the results are meaningful and actionable.

Contact Information:
Stephanie Brown, Executive Vice President

Links to additional information:

  • Advertising Effectiveness Research Report
  • Integrated Image Research Report
  • Resident Survey Report

STR delivers data that is confidential, accurate and actionable, and our comprehensive solutions empower our clients to strategize and compete within their markets. STR prides itself on the integrity of our data and the honest and transparent relationships we maintain with our clients and each other. We strive to empower our people and provide an enriching workplace by supporting employees’ professional and personal goals, offering opportunities for flexibility and learning, and giving back to the community through philanthropy.

Contact Information:
STR Information

Links to additional information:

  • A Global View of Recovery
  • COVID-19 Impact on hotels and short-term rentals

The team at RRC has been compiling custom data and providing strategic insights for nearly four decades. We’ve evolved into the leading research partner across multiple sectors including: The Ski Industry; Parks and Recreation; Cities and Urban Districts; and Travel and Tourism. We don’t offer canned, “one size fits all” reports. Instead we dive deep into the industry niche of every client to provide analysis and insights that ensure decisions are strategic and on target.

Contact Information: 
Michael A. Simone, Senior Associate

Since 2001, Simpleview has empowered more than 900 destination marketing organizations (DMOs) with customized tools, knowledge and creativity to help tell these destinations’ unique stories. We believe the world’s top cities and smallest towns each have a role to play in promoting travel and tourism, and we’re here to provide solutions that are built for the way your destination marketing works.

Contact Information:
Jason Swick, VP of Strategy & Insights

Links to additional information:

  • Simpleview Industry Resources
  • Demystifying Data: How the Pandemic is Impacting Destination Marketing
  • The State of Fall and Holiday Travel
  • Data and Insights: Pandemic Impact on Destination Marketing and Meeting Sales
  • The Way to Community Recovery: What Does the Data Tell Us?
Near

We help you understand any where

Near aggregates mobile location data from a variety of sources into location insights and other products that guide strategic decisions for organizations of all sizes

Near (UberMedia) has whitepapers on the following topics they’d LOVE to share:

  • Representativeness of data and where bias exists​
  • How data is checked for quality​
  • How common evening/daytime locations are derived​
  • Sample size confidence​
  • Privacy documentation

Please contact Evan Saunders directly to receive the whitepapers. 

Contact Information:
Evan Saunders

Visa Destination Insights provides the tourism industry with unique insights into the geographic breakdown and spending habits of domestic and international visitors.

Key Benefits:

  • Identify your top U.S. domestic and international feeder markets to help better manage and focus your marketing budgets
  • Monitor in-destination spending in categories like dining, hotels/lodging, and retail
  • Analyze year-over-year trends based on spending within your destination
  • Understand seasonal trends and its impacts on travel behavior

Contact Information:
Ethan Melnick

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