Members only benefits. They are the fiber of what makes Southeast Tourism Society unique. Only members of STS receive substantial discounts on advertising, education programs and informative seminars.
In addition, several of our partners wish to make special offers and concessions to Society members. We call it: members helping members.
Escape to the Southeast Annual Consumer Travel Guide - Distribution 125,000 Direct Mail Program (50,000+); Amtrak seatbacks - southern routes; Days Inn & Best Western Hotels Rack Distribution; Consumer and Trade Shows; AAA & American Express Travel Offices and "bound-in" the STS Annual Membership Directory. Escape to the Southeast includes free listings for members representing Accommodations, Associations, Attractions, Convention & Visitors Bureaus, Festivals, Government Offices, State Travel Offices and Transportation. Advertising space available: 404-256-5733
High Impact Video Networking (HIVN) - The cutting-edge video co-op for CVBs, attractions, and state travel offices, is available free to STS members for the first 30 days on the network. Dramatically expand potential viewers of your presentation! 
Simply provide your video (up to 4 minutes long) to R2R Media and you’ll be seen on the STS co-op network of four (4) Web sites - without charge - for the first month. For more information about this breakthrough co-op network (including, your site, www.zoomwa.com, www.southeasttourism.org and www.escapetothesoutheast.com) please watch a short explanatory video at www.southeasttourism.org, and call Kenneth Paul at 678.333.3437. » Learn More.
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simpleview - a multimedia and interactive agency serving over 100 destination marketing organizations since 1991. Call a simpleview representative for a FREE website evaluation, interactive marketing consultation or destination management database demonstration! STS members who commit to simpleview before 2008 will receive 15% off their entire investment purchased by December 31, 2007. Contact simpleview at info@simpleviewinc.com or 520.575.1151 for more details or visit www.simpleviewinc.com for more information.
STS Membership Directory - Distribution 3,000 including STS Members (700+); Tour Operators (1,600); SATW Members; Southeast U.S. Senate & House of Representatives and other Government Officials; PR & Advertising Agencies; Society promotions and recruitment. Listing is free and exclusive to members, and also includes STS consumer magazine, Escape to the Southeast, bound inside. Advertising space is available: 404-256-5733
Travel Advance® - The daily news briefing read by CVBs, state travel offices, leading hotel chains, attractions and other travel suppliers, is available to members of the Southeast Tourism Society at the discounted rate of $575 per year, $120 off the regular rate. To subscribe to TA, or receive a sample copy, e-mail your request to travadv@att.net, or call toll-free at 1-888-858-5024. Ask for the special STS rate.
TravelNewsFast.com - A premier travel media distribution service and online newsroom wants to help promote you to travel writers and editors. STS members will now receive distribution of one press release FREE and a 25% discount on all subsequent postings with this special partnership reaching over 3,000 travel media. TravelNewsFast.com gives you access to one of the largest industry-specific media databases for timely and accurate delivery of your news, while its online newsroom gives your story longer shelf-life. Reach the right media with TravelNewsFast.com's targeted distribution list proven TRAVEL journalists, including major dailies, travel and lifestyle magazines, broadcast, online, and elusive freelance resources. To learn more, visit www.TravelNewsFast.com.
TRIPinfo.com - STS corporate partner TRIPmedia Group, Inc. has given permission to you to link their copyrighted road maps to your web site at no charge. Have a look at their library. It only takes your webmaster a few minutes to add the link. Please be sure and drop a line to info@tripinfo.com to let them know when you have created a link. If you would like to add a map to the library, or be one of the featured destinations on the 34 x 24 inch STS Southern USA road map, click here.
weekendsrus - weekendsRus.com is the only travel website dedicated to bringing weekend travelers to destinations in the southeast. Marketers have the opportunity to upload up to 250 words of copy, streaming video, ten rotating pictures and a hotlink onto their very own page in the weekendsRus.com community. By providing a FREE page for Destinations, Events, Festivals, Restaurants and Attractions, as well as capping monthly costs at a maximum of $250 for lodging establishments, weekendsrus.com offers both a unique and affordable service. If you want to maximize your weekend traffic at little or no cost, go to www.weekendsrus.com and click on GET LISTED to register. Join our growing community.
Where To Go Next - Where To Go Next is a news distribution service via a daily e-mailed newsletter containing summarized travel news releases linked to their full text on
WhereToGoNext.com and in its searchable archives. WTGN has 75,000 readers which include travel consumers, writers, editors and agents. STS members get a 20% discount on distribution of an unlimited number of news releases for a full year. Regularly $350 annually, now only $280 for STS members. Where To Go Next is also offering a $100 per person discount for any STS member who signs up to take one of their Provence Escapes tours next May (
www.ProvenceEscapes.com). Phone or e-mail: 770-998-7800 or
Rich@WhereToGoNext.com.
Cooperative Program
With the STS cooperative program, members can save up to 40% off the rack rate on advertising. Members saved over $1.8 million from open rates in the past year. Publications that offer discounts to STS members:
AAA Going Places * AAA Home & Away * Atlanta Journal-Constitution * Bank Travel Management * Bridal Guide Magazine * Budget Travel * ConventionSouth (Covey Communications) * Cooking with Paula Deen * Endless Vacation * FamilyFun * Food & Wine: SavorTheSouth.Travel * Girlfriend Getaway * Heritage & Cultural Travel 2007 * Madden Preprint Media/STS Fall FS1 *
Madden Preprint Media FSI - STS Spring Program * Madden Preprint Media/STS UK FS1 * Modern Bride * National Geographic Traveler * New York Times - T:Travel * Preservation * Reader's Digest * Reader's Digest - Canadian * Southern Living, Holiday Travel In The Southeast * SportsEvent (Covey Communications) * Travel + Leisure * TRIPinfo.com: Get on the STS Map * weekendsRus.com * Woman's Day * Y'all Magazine
New STS Benefit
Continuing Education Credits - STS Marketing College students may earn a waiver for up to a maximum of three (3) elective classes in Tourism Destination Management Certificate Program offered by The George Washington School of Business, Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management Event and Tourism Professional Education Programs.
- One year of marketing college equals one class wavier
- Two years of marketing college equals two classes waived
- If you have earned your TMP, you will have three classes waived saving you 50% off the cost of a GWU Tourism Destination Management Certificate.
For more in-depth information on how to obtain these Continuing Education Credits, head over to http://www.gwu.edu/~dmp/
Other STS Benefits
Annual Spring & Fall Meetings - Two meetings each year focus on the educational development of members. Held traditionally in March & September.
Southeast Tourism Policy Council - Your voice in Washington. The mission of STPC is to encourage uncommon partnerships between public and private sectors, and advocate for sustainable economic growth and responsible environmental practices.
STS Marketing College - The premier program for the tourism industry in the U.S. provides a superior educational opportunity in a tranquil environment with classes taught by industry leaders and working professionals. Held every summer.
Top 20 Events - STS selects 20 events & festivals per month and sends to over 1,600 media contacts with a combined circulation in the millions. The Top 20 is great way to receive great publicity and recognition for your festival or event. Published quarterly.
Shining Example Awards - The awards honor the "best of the best" in several categories. Nominations open to member organizations only. Held every September.
Questions or care to offer a benefit to STS members? Chuck Bonelli will be happy to take your calls at 404.364.9847.
