Travel Graphics International 8 /10

Travel Graphics International (TGI) makes and distributes illustrated visitor orientation maps. Since 1975, our maps have been the favorite of major corporations and brands in tourism, hospitality, conventions and meetings, universities medical centers, real estate.
At its peak, TGI generated more than USD 1 million from the Hawaii alone, and USD 250,000 revenue from mid-market Minnesota. Our sales models can be duplicated in multiple markets, and TGI has artwork for all major convention cities in the United States.
This family-owned business is currently in a holding pattern, maintaining current clients but not pursuing new business. Challenges include: hiring and managing remote salesforce and the personal circumstances of the owner.
Our current and past clients include Marriott, Hilton, Embassy Suites, Wyndham, United Airlines, and American Express.
In addition to our printed visitor maps we have proprietary virtual concierge software and web apps that are reliable and more accessible than the services offered by major competitors.
TGI has 3 major revenue streams:
- We provide free, customized maps to hotels or other tourism organisations. We sell advertising spaces inside the maps to the preferred vendors of the client.
- We sell custom maps directly to hospitality and tourism companies that prefer to distribute maps free of advertising.
- We receive a commission on all activity bookings made through our web-based virtual concierge applications.
We are a family-owned company with a proven business model. We are looking for distribution partners to take on sales and distribution for horizontal or vertical markets. We choose this direction for our business rather than directly managing the national sales staff. - Illustrated print maps: These are still a favorite of the travel industry after 40 years in business.
- Original custom maps: For small to medium-sized tourist destinations.
- Interactive maps: Specifically designed for the tourism and hospitality industries, our interactive maps use proprietary software to achieve functionality that conventional online map providers do not have.
- Virtual concierge: Web-based mobile app allows hotels to direct their guest to purchase decisions before they arrive and during their stay. Virtual concierge eases the pain of tourists by providing 24 / 7 access to reliable recommendations for things to see and do. New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, San Antonio, Dallas, San Francisco, Milwaukee, Boston, Denver, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Atlanta, Hawaii, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Orlando, Saint Paul, Washington. Connect with us via SMERGERS and we will guide you through the process, which includes: An initial call, NDAs, financial history and forecasts, sales aptitude assessment, additional Q&A sessions, a day or weekend-long meeting in your chosen geographic market. Depending on the distribution format, roles and responsibilities may include:
- Distributor should sell maps and ads, establish map distribution via hotels, either as free maps supported by advertising or as customized maps paid for by the hotels.
- Advertising and product sales either regionally, nationally or internationally, collect ad materials, invoicing, collections, and bookkeeping via shared system, account management and renewal, help with research to update maps as necessary.
- Obtain necessary technical permissions / information in the case of software sales. Depending on the distribution format, support may include:
- Sales consulting including ad sales consulting for clients.
- Samples, sales kits, mock-ups, and demos, financial consulting, provide a marketing website or subdomain.
- Research and production to keep the maps current, access to all map artwork, printer selection and quality control (if required), branding, reputation, history and goodwill.
- New product development support, access to current software platforms for interactive sales, technical training, technical support to clients, hosting and maintenance support, provide leads generated by corporate website.