Consulting Services

Matt works with founders and CEO’s to launch new, travel companies, travel verticals-channels and travel products for the leisure travel market.

Matt Zito's clients, resort and hotel partners and strategic corporate alliances are some of the biggest names in the travel industry.

Recent Consulting Projects

CruiseCompete.com- A lead generation company for the travel agent cruise market.

Contract: ongoing

Product: We are developing a dedicated travel deals email product to be sent to CruiseCompete's growing consumer database.

Project: Working directly with the founder to procure travel deals from travel deal distributors to market and sell to CruiseCompete's subscriber base.

*Established a distribution deal with a major travel deal distributor.

Yuupon- A growing daily travel deals consumer direct website, offering highly discounted vacations and hotel deals.

Contract: ongoing

Product: Offering travel deal brokerage services

Project: Offering travel deal brokerage services focusing on bringing Yuupon new merchant deals and distribution partners.

BuyWithMe Destinations- The new travel vertical/channel for the social group buying website BuyWithMe with 1.3 million members, a VC backed start up by Bain Capital and Matrix Partners.

Contract: 6 months

**BuyWithMe was acquired by Gilt City (Gilt Group/Jetsetter) on Nov 1, 2011.

Product: A monthly 7-day flash sale, selling between 8-10 regional, national and Caribbean vacation offers at 50% off to members.

Project: Worked directly with the founder of BuyWithMe on a weekly basis to develop, launch and manage a new travel vertical/channel to sell travel deals to its 1.3 million members.

*Prepared a comprehensive market research and competitive analysis report on BuyWithMe’s top 20 competitors including Living Social, Jetsetter, Snique Away, Travelzoo and Expedia.

*Conducted indepth travel research and participated in the development of a consumer travel survey of the BuyWithMe members to assist in developing the core travel product.

*Travel product development including deal pricing and profit strategy.

*Creation of sales representative training and pitch materials.

*Ongoing coaching and advisement services for the sales representatives.

*Vetted, approved and planned the travel deals for sale in the monthly Destinations travel channel.

*Business development and travel distribution partnership negotiations.

*Travel deal acquisitions and deal flow for the monthly BuyWithMe Destinations travel channel.

SnowTrax- The next generation online ski & snowboard travel company. Backed by parent company Airfare.com a $100 million dollar airfare consolidator.

Contract: 8 months

Product: Customized ski vacation package including airfare, hotel, and lift tickets.

Project: Acquire over 100+ lodging and lift ticket FIT wholesale contracts at major ski resorts in North America. Work directly with staff members to assist in the development of extranet systems for hotel and ski resort partners and manage a weekly ski deal email offering to SnowTrax club subscribers.

*Contracted direct FIT wholesale lodging contracts with over 100 hotels.

*Contracted direct FIT wholesale ski lift ticket contracts with over 50 ski resorts in North America.

*Developed the SnowTrax Club a weekly ski deal offer sent to SnowTrax’s email subscribers.

*Co-managed a $100,000 advertising campaign.

*Represented SnowTrax at the Mountain Travel Symposium in Beaver Creek, Colorado in April 2011.

*Negotiated on a daily basis with Directors of Sales and Directors of Revenue Management at over 150 hotels and ski resorts in North America.

*Worked with the founder on a weekly basis to develop and execute the marketing strategy.

Services for Group Buying, Flash Sale, Private Sale, Daily Deal, Member-only Travel sites

Travel Deals – We can help your deals business get hotel contracts through our network of hotel, resort and lodging partnerships.

Daily Deal Travel Vertical/Channel – We can help your company launch a new daily deal travel vertical or channel.

Services for Hotels, Resorts, Lodging Properties

Sales Distribution – We can help your hotel, resort or lodging property sell travel deals and specials through our network of online travel companies and website partnerships.

Services for Online Travel Companies

Niche Leisure Vacation Packages – We help tour operators launch new travel products in niche travel markets and destinations.

Hotel, Resort Wholesale Contracting – We can help your travel company negotiate and contract directly with hotels and resorts in North America for FIT wholesale and Group lodging pricing.

Ski Travel, Ski Channel, Ski Vacation Packages- We help tour operators and online travel businesses worldwide launch adult and family ski and snowboard travel vacation brands by leveraging our 17 years of experience selling ski travel, representing North America’s most prestigious resorts and ski hotels, earning gross profits of 20%-40% per vacation ski package, even if your travel company is unfamiliar with the ski travel business.

Consulting Services

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