empower com Your exclusive meeting information network The Official National Sales Network for the DMO Industry

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1 empower com Your exclusive meeting information network In Partnership With The Official National Sales Network for the DMO Industry Empower Your Staff. Empower Your Organization. Empower Your Marketing.

2 empower empowermint.com - A History of Excellence The Meeting Information Network (MINT) was developed by DMAI in 1948 and today houses a database of more than 40,000 meetings from 20,000 organizations. CVBHotRates. com was developed in 2004 providing dates, rates, and space to 25,000 meeting planners each month. MINT, together with CVBHotRates.com represents a unique collaboration between 200 DMOs. This exclusive DMO network creates the ultimate one-stop-shop for the growing online meeting and convention planning marketplace. Benefits for Planners What We Do One-Stop-Shopping - Find Space, Dates, and Rates in less time than it would take to complete a phone call! Manage one profile With your empowermint.com profile you can power shop at more than 200 top cities and FastTrack your RFP activity online. Find special incentives and offers with zero commissions. Save Money! Benefits for DMO Venue Partners What We Do Generate New Leads When hotel partners NEED the business! Cost Free Advertising Channel. Easily track and respond to DMO leads online. Benefits for DMO s What We Do Brand your destination to planners when they are planning. Generate New Leads When venue partners NEED the business! Track & Report New Business. Add value to membership/stakeholders. Build the DMO Brand. com Your exclusive meeting information network

3 empowermint.com How It Works Using Internet technology, hotel and venue partners Log In to empowermint.com to update their profile including dates, rates, space and special offers. EmpowerMINT. com is aggressively marketed to meeting and event planners searching for new event sites or requesting information from a member DMO. In real time, our member DMOs and venue partners receive the meeting requests and follow-up to provide personal service and custom online proposals. Event planners Log In to track responses and update their profile. Once an event is a confirmed booking the Post Event Report is generated which can then be used by DMO members for future prospecting, qualifications, and verification efforts. The Post Event Report information is also an invaluable tool customers utilize to better negotiate with suppliers.

4 MINT.empowerMINT.com Meeting Information Network The single most important tool for targeting potential business for your destination! Since the mid s, MINT is the hospitality industry s most comprehensive meetings and convention database. The information contained in the MINT database is gathered by over 150 dedicated convention and visitor bureaus, which update MINT daily, and provide detailed meeting profiles. From assembling marketing blitzes to authoring convention center feasibility studies, MINT provides countless research opportunities that translate into vital business. Plus 50% of the meetings in the database have less than 200 rooms on peak nights, making it a valuable resource for your DMO regardless of your size. To see our vision from years ago culminate in this powerful platform we call empowermint.com is extremely exciting. It really creates a unified presence for DMOs and enhances our value to customers, stakeholders and the meetings industry. The power of collaboration and partnership is the cornerstone of every DMO and empowermint.com builds on that foundation. Richard A. Vaughan, CTA, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Metropolitan Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau

5 Featured Destination Profile Find open dates and special incentives for your next meeting or event! Hotel & Venue Partner Profiles Property Overview, Open Dates and Special offers The Meeting Information Network (MINT) has been the cornerstone of DMAI and the DMO industry for over 60 years. Now combined with CVBHotRates.com and as empowermint.com it is in its next generation and is more robust and valuable then ever before! You will be excited at all of the possibilities of this new system! David DuBois, CMP, CAE, President and CEO, Fort Worth Convention & Visitors Bureau

6 Preferred Planner Profile Just like you need a good credit report for a loan, you need an accurate profile to substantiate your RFP. FastTrackRFP Use your empowermint.com profile to FastTrack your next RFP!

7 empowermint.com Network Overview FastTrackRFP powers over 40 DMO sites 70,000 meeting planner profiles Planner Visits 40,000 detailed Post Event Reports 200+ DMO partners 4,500 Venue partners Strategic Partners Thank you for supporting this important DMAI project! Michael D. Gehrisch, President & CEO Donovan Shia, Vice President of Market Intelligence Elaine Rosquist, CMP, Director of MINT

8 empower com Your exclusive meeting information network empowermint COMMITTEE Co-Chairs Destination Jason Fulvi, CDME Pittsburgh Richard Vaughan, CTA Tucson Board Liaison Destination Gregory Edwards Des Moines Member Destination Donna Allen Norfolk Eileen Baranik Las Vegas Cleo Battle Richmond Tom Bennett Sacramento Kelly Brewer Cleveland Kim Brice Shreveport-Bossier Tiffany Chester Washington, DC Vicki Comegys Des Moines Liz Dane Lee County Barbara Dozier Northern Kentucky David DuBois Fort Worth Elliott Ferguson Washington, DC Krista Flanagan Madison Member Loren Gold Mary Kay Hackley Jeff Hewitt Charles Jeffers Bradley Jones Barbara Kirklighter Tom Lang Ken Mompellier Nikki Nicholson Joe Novak Barrie Perks Debora Rivera Tammi Runzler Steve Schell Norwood Smith Karen Staples Dennis Tracy Meg Winchester Destination Raleigh Austin Charlotte Atlanta Rochester Los Angeles Kissimmee Las Cruces New Orleans Overland Park Cincinnati Kissimmee Orlando San Diego Tampa Bay Hartford Little Rock Galveston In Partnership With Donovan Shia V.P. of Marketing Intelligence t: e: Elaine Rosquist, CMP Director of MINT t: e: