ICTP welcomes simpleview as most recent sponsor

HALEIWA, Hawaii, USA & BRUSSELS, Belgium – The International Council of Tourism Partners (ICTP) announced that simpleview, inc. has joined as a sponsor.

Chairman of ICTP, Juergen T. Steinmetz, said: “ICTP is very pleased to welcome simpleview, inc. as a sponsor of our growing alliance. Simpleview powers a myriad of products and services, including Destination Travel Network, which has honed its skills working with the nation’s top convention & visitors bureaus, destination marketing organizations, and other notable travel and tourism-related websites resulting in efficient advertising with maximum exposure for advertisers and publishers alike. We are confident simpleview will be a strong asset for our membership.”

Simpleview is an industry leader serving more than 200 Destination Management Organizations across the globe. Its mission is to make its clients more effective in every aspect of their sales, marketing, and reporting. Simpleview builds award-winning websites, implements best-of-breed destination management software (CMS/CRM), and develops interactive marketing programs (SEM) using tools and techniques created specifically for the tourism industry.

With over 20 years of experience, simpleviews’s system is multiplatform and will allow its clients to “write once, publish many,” meaning that one only has to enter data once and it will update all of sites regardless of device type. Through the simpleview system, creating and tracking all sales, marketing, and PR activity is effortless. Its CRM will allow for the capturing of details of all inquiries, whether from visitors, event or meeting planners, (and many more user groups), and link these seamlessly to members and partners. Clients can also configure hundreds of easy-to-read reports through the system for the company, company’s staff, or members and partners.

Please feel free to look at the simpleview website for more destinations at http://www.simpleviewinc.com/our-work/client-list/ and see the destination brands that are working with simpleview. For more information or a demonstration of products, please contact [email protected] .

Aviva Pearson, Director of Business Development, said: “Simpleview is happy to support ICTP in its mission to support and uphold quality in all aspects of destination management and marketing, and green growth. We reflect these same qualities in our own mission of helping destinations implement informative and aspirational web and mobi sites coupled with an award-winning CRM system built specifically for the tourism industry.

“We reduce the need for creating paper-based collateral, and reduce paperwork in the office as our web-based systems are robust and accessible from anywhere there is an Internet connection. We improve and resonate the transmission of marketing messages on the Internet through our Search Engine Marketing Programs.

“We look at our partnership with ICTP as a tandem step together into the future, helping destinations realize their goals of quality and sustainability in destination management.”

ABOUT ICTP

The International Council of Tourism Partners (ICTP) is a grassroots travel and tourism coalition of global destinations committed to quality service and green growth. The ICTP logo represents the strength in collaboration (the block) of many small communities (the lines) committed to sustainable oceans (blue) and land (green).

ICTP engages communities and their stakeholders to share quality and green opportunities including tools and resources, access to funding, education, and marketing support. ICTP advocates sustainable aviation growth, streamlined travel formalities, and fair coherent taxation.

ICTP supports the UN Millennium Development Goals, the UN World Tourism Organization’s Global Code of Ethics for Tourism, and a range of programs that underpin them. The ICTP alliance is represented in Haleiwa, Hawaii, USA; Brussels, Belgium; Bali, Indonesia; and Victoria, Seychelles. ICTP membership is available to qualified destinations free of charge. Academy membership features a prestigious and selected group of destinations.

ICTP has members in Anguilla; Aruba; Bangladesh; Belgium, Belize; Canada; China; Croatia; Ghana; Greece; Grenada; The Gambia, India; Indonesia; Iran; La Reunion (French Indian Ocean); Malaysia; Malawi; Mauritius; Mexico; Morocco; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Northern Mariana Islands, US Pacific Island Territory; Pakistan; Palestine; Rwanda; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Sultanate of Oman; Tajikistan; Tanzania; Trinidad & Tobago; Yemen; Zimbabwe; and from the US: Arizona, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Maine, Missouri, Utah, Virginia, and Washington.

Partner associations include: African Bureau of Conventions; African Chamber of Commerce Dallas/Fort Worth; Africa Travel Association; Alliance for training and research in the field of social and solidarity tourism (ISTO/OITS); Boutique & Lifestyle Lodging Association; Cultural and Environment Conservation Society; DC-Cam (Cambodia); Hawaii Tourism Association; Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management; International Hospitality and Tourism Research Centre(IHTRC); International Institute for Peace Through Tourism (IIPT); International Organization of Electronic Tourism Industry (IOETI); Positive Impact Events, Manchester, UK; RETOSA : Angola- Botswana – DR Congo – Lesotho – Madagascar – Malawi – Mauritius – Mozambique – Namibia – South Africa – Swaziland – Tanzania – Zambia- Zimbabwe; SKAL International; Society for Accessible Travel & Hospitality (SATH); Sustainable Travel International (STI); The Region Initiative, Pakistan; The Travel Partnership Corporation; vzw Reis-en Opleidingscentrum, Gent, Belgium; as well as university and educational institute partners

For more information, go to: www.tourismpartners.org .