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Welcome Aboard
NEW FACES
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| Let’s say a BIG hello to our new hires for the month of January. We are excited to have you with us at MMGY Global! Welcome Will McGauvran, Cara Pace, Alexis Morrow, Rainey Stoll, and welcome back Subha Upadhyayula! |
| Celebrating Karlie Broders joining the Brand-Ops Team, YAY!! |
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First Class
individual + team achievements
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NJF + MMGY provided paid media, PR and website support to Visit KC for KC Restaurant Week in January to lift Kansas City's culinary scene and encourage delivery, takeout and physical reservations at restaurants throughout the destination.
From Dec. 1 to the final Sunday of KCRW, we drove in a record-breaking 515K visits to the website. That officially puts this year’s Restaurant Week as the highest-visited event in the history of the 13-year program.
On top of that, website and mobile app engagement were through the roof. The average user frequented more than 9 pages per visit, which brought in a pageview total of 4.6M impressions. As for the mobile app, we converted more than 8,000 downloads and 140K app visits. Both record-highs.
To no surprise, our primary audience was locals, which accounted for 78% of all website visits. However, we had over 113K website visits come from outside of the KC-Metro, which represents a 26% increase compared to 2020’s, pre-pandemic event.
Thank you to the team’s hard work on this year’s event. From media planning, PR pitches to last-minute website patches, our team worked tirelessly to make sure KCRW went off without a hitch.
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Check out the upcoming research the MMGY Travel Intelligence team will be releasing in 2022. For more information, reach out to Chris Davidson and team.
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Congratulations to the KOA creative team for taking home a Silver Addy Award for the KOA Field Guide Illustration work!
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| We also want to give special recognition to Kasi Yalon's beautiful illustration work. As Brandon Sanders said, "I may be biased, but Kasi deserved a gold on that one. One of the biggest misses by the judges IMO ... really great illustration work. It's a very tough category in KC though," and we couldn't agree more. |
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Fasten Your Seatbelts
birthdays + Anniversaries + Milestones
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| February birthdays |
Happy Birthday!
Tiffany Coppage – 2/3, Jaime Bartow – 2/5, Megan Lagone– 2/6, Lauren Kaufman – 2/8, Keyla Castillo – 2/11, Rwanda Bernardino – 2/13, Blair Konczal – 2/14, Megan Nehme – 2/20, Dave Riley – 2/21, Mackenzie Bromley – 2/22, Olivia Yutzy – 2/23, Brenna Paxton – 2/25, Cataline Gomez – 2/26 |
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| Happy Anniversary! |
| Susan McElheny – 32 years, Brianna Casey – 1 year, Alexis Whitley – 6 years, Katie Briscoe – 13 years, Stewart Colovin – 20 years, Aimee Arnoldi – 4 years, Lauren Flowers – 1 year, Paige Brotherton – 1 year, Shelby Hawkins – 1 year, Jim McCaul – 2 years, Chelsea Staatz – 5 years, Mira Whang – 1 year, Matthew Scotti – 1 year, Erin Setter – 1 year, Dave Fymbo – 3 years |
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| Congratulations to Haley Kirkendoll! |
| Haley and her husband Shayne Rose were married on Jan 6th. |
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| Stewart's 20th Anniversary |
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| Join us in celebrating a milestone with Stewart Colovin as he celebrates his 20th anniversary at MMGY Global. Few have made an impact on the growth of our company as Stewart has over an amazing career of creative and strategic work for clients around the world. Thank you for your steadfast passion and loyalty, Stewart. |
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Travel Itinerary
Access to all business opportunities
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Accessibility Lunch 'n' Learn
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| 12 p.m CT - Hollywood |
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MMGY Global: Case Study Showcase
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| Two teams share recent case studies of how they turned a challenging situation into a MMGY Global success story. |
| 3:00–3:55 p.m. CT |
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| Q2 All Company Meeting |
| The Q2 All Company Meeting has been rescheduled from March 30 to April 6. |
| 10:00-11:30 a.m. CT |
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| Q3 All Company Meeting |
| 10-11:30 CT |
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Frequent Flyer
All things office + Community Happenings
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| Okay now ladies...Yeah! |
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International Women's Day is fast approaching and we want to celebrate with an Instagram Reel! All women are invited to drop in their favorite, vertical solo travel image to this folder. Please drop it into the corresponding office folder to which you work and rename it with your full name and office initials. We can't wait to see where you've been!
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| LA Office Celebrates Chinese New Year |
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The LA office, together with Brandon Billings in the house, had a great Chinese New Year celebration with some interesting flavors of Lay’s potato chips and drinks available only from Asia! The team also enjoyed a Chinese New Year themed bingo game with some Year of Tiger scratchers.
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Sign Up For –
Lunch Roulette! |
If you're interested in getting to know people around the KC office, sign up for Lunch Roulette! You will be placed in a group of 4-6 people on the first Wednesday of the month Culture Crew will provide a pizza lunch and a game to play!
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Prepare for Takeoff
Strategy + Travel Insights
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Forget the Great Resignation,
this is the
Great Re-Evaluation.
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| A redirection movement has been started, with individuals reevaluating what is important to them. We might be hearing this as it relates to career changes, but this trend has a greater impact on how consumers are making other decisions in life. As humans, we crave a sense of belonging, and the last few years have left many feeling discontent with their place in life. According to a recent poll from GWI, 81% of consumers are actively seeking change in 2022 - this rose 8 percentage points in less than a year. This has led to a pretty big shift in the status quo, as consumers are feeling more comfortable with change, and don't want to feel stagnant any longer. |
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Black Women Want to Be Seen in the
Luxury Travel Space
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| Among Black women specifically, a growing movement exists with the intention to normalize Black women’s participation in the luxury space. According to a recent study from Mintel, 50% of Black women age 35 - 54 are interested in treating themselves to a luxury trip compared to 35% overall. Luxury travel brands have the opportunity to acknowledge that Black women belong in this space and offer luxury upgrades and packages that give Black women the change to indulge and treat themselves. |
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The Exit Row
Interesting + Fun + TWICE THE LEG ROOM
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MMGY Global Hosts
KC Ad Club |
MMGY Global hosted KC Ad Club's first networking event of 2022! A big thank you to Brandon Billings, Caroline Adams, and Dani Maslan for presenting!
KC Ad Club offers area professionals an outlet for networking at educational industry events. Sign up under MMGY Global's corporate membership and gain free access to these events! You can learn more about membership benefits and signing up here!
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