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Sandra Thomas-Comenole
International Marketing | Behavioral
Economics | Strategy | Negotiation |
Market Research & Analysis
Case Study
Wales Market Entry Strategy
Personal Brand
Accelerated growth from the
Ground-up & turn around
marketing leading to >3x
revenue growth | Lead
motivated, high-performing
Sandra Thomas-Comenole
Case Study
Brand Communications |
Product, Digital, Social Media
& Content Marketing |
SEO/SEM | Lead & Demand
Generation | Email Wales
Automation | PR | Budgets &
Forecasts | Marketing Market Entry
Strategy
Calendars | Project &
Campaign Management |
Customer Journey Mapping |
Partnership Development |
Cross-Functional
Collaboration | Presentation
Delivery | Team Leadership |
Sales Incentives |
Performance Management |
KPI & Market Analytics |
Customer Acquisition &
Retention Sandra Thomas-Comenole
Objective
The tour operator currently sold Wales product but only
as an add-on and only when requested by the clients.
Sandra Thomas-Comenole
Market Research
Initiated market research
and analysis including
primary research and
secondary data analysis to
discover new market entry
opportunities.
Sandra Thomas-Comenole
STRENGTHS
Well-known tour company to the UK | Wales has a lot to offer a wide
variety of clients | Proximity to more popular destinations: Ireland,
Scotland, England.
OPPORTUNITIES new products that combine Wales with our other destinations | Not
many competitors are promoting and/or selling Wales | Offers a new
destination for clients that have traveled to the UK previously.
Low market demand | Other tour operators could follow suit and
THREATS enter the market | Travel agents might not feel comfortable selling a
destination they do not know | Inside sales staff may object to a new
destination.
Strategy - Product Development
Vetted, negotiated and secured contracts with hotels.
Sandra Thomas-Comenole
Strategy - Co-op Marketing
Developed Co-op marketing proposal for the Wales
Tourist Board to secure marketing funds.
Sandra Thomas-Comenole
Strategy - Asset Development
Developed marketing collateral such as a landing page,
print advertisements, flyers, online banner ads,
Facebook banner, email blasts, promotional video, blog
posts, powerpoint and a handy, quick reference travel
guide for travel agents to use as a desk reference.
Sandra Thomas-Comenole
Strategy - Educate
Educated our inside and outside sales staff on Wales as
a destination through collateral creation including a
quick reference travel guide, a promotion video and
webinar content.
Sandra Thomas-Comenole
Strategy - Incentivize
In cooperation with Visit Wales Tourist Board,
incentivized travel agents to book their Wales trips with
the company with the possibility of winning a free
familiarization trip to Wales.
Sandra Thomas-Comenole
High Growth >500% 50%
Wales sales Sales from
OBJECTIVE: To
introduce Wales as a increase new partners
regular destination, to
increase sales to Wales
through co-op
promotions with the
Wales Tourist Board
and to increase all sales 82% 120+
to the UK. UK sales Webinar Views
increase
Sandra Thomas-Comenole
Brand Communications |
Product, Digital, Social
L: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandra-
thomas-comenole-5015226/
E: sandra.thomascomenole@gmail.com