TUCSON, October 31, 2011 - Businesses, non-profits and individuals that maintain and improve Florida tourism are evaluated annually on the creativity, innovation, production quality and effectiveness of the products and services that they provide. The top three entities in each category are awarded with Flagler awards.

simpleview is proud to announce that Tampa Bay & Company won the Silver Award within the "website" category and the Greater Fort Lauderdale CVB won the Silver Award for the "mobile site" category.  Tampa Bay & Co's award winning website, VisitTampaBay.com, and Greater Fort Lauderdale CVB's award winning mobile site, Mild to Wild GLBT mobile site, were designed in partnership with simpleview.

VisitTampaBay.com	Mild to Wild GLBT mobile site

Congratulations Tampa Bay & Company and Greater Fort Lauderdale CVB on being award-winning DMOs! 

TUCSON, October 31, 2011 - Visit Orlando recently won two awards for their website, VisitOrlando.com, which was developed in partnership with simpleview!

W3 Awards, an annual Web competition judged by visual arts professionals from International Academy of the Visual Arts, honored Visit Orlando with a Silver award for the creative excellence, usability, functionality, navigation and visual design of VisitOrlando.com. 

Web Marketing Association's Web Awards were established in 1997 to set the standard for Website development.  They presented Visit Orlando with an "Outstanding Website" Web Award.

TUCSON, October 31, 2011 - Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau has won a Silver Award in the 2011 W3 Awards competition, for the visitRaleigh iPhone app.

The W³ Awards honors creative excellence on the web and recognizes the creative and marketing professionals behind award-winning sites, marketing programs, and video work created for the web. In honoring outstanding websites, web advertising, web video, & mobile apps, the W³ Awards is the first major web competition to be accessible to the biggest agencies, the smallest firms, and everyone in between.

In its sixth year the W³ Awards received over 3,000 entries from ad agencies, public relations firms, interactive agencies, in-house creative professionals, web designers, graphic designers and web enthusiasts.

Congratulations to the Greater Raleigh CVB on their achievement!

#1 CRM and online marketing partner to U.S. destination marketing organizations teams up with leading meetings industry consulting firm

TUCSON, October 31, 2011 - simpleview President Rich Reasons and GainingEdge CEO Gary Grimmer have announced a new strategic partnership between the companies, both of which are deeply established in the travel promotion, business events, meetings sales and destination marketing industries.

GainingEdge will be representing simpleview and its products and services to travel, tourism and business events organizations outside the United States. simpleview will, in turn, promote GainingEdge to its clients and contacts who might benefit from the company's services.

Complementary Expertise
"As we looked to become more active in the international arena, we were also looking for an exceptional partner whose experience and expertise there would complement our own, and GainingEdge is that company," Reasons said of the new relationship.

Grimmer noted that "Our mission at GainingEdge is to help our clients and the industry to be more successful. simpleview CRM and simpleview's other products and services could be a key part of that equation for many of the organizations we work with."

Global Reach
simpleview currently works with 185+ clients, primarily convention and visitor bureaus in the United States, Canada and abroad. The company's flagship product is simpleview CRM, web-based software for sales, forecasting, reporting, productivity, data management, communications and operations.

GainingEdge (formerly "Gary Grimmer & Company") focuses on the international market, offering consulting, research and management services to help organizations compete more effectively for international meetings, conventions, exhibitions and events.

Representative projects for GainingEdge include a recent rethink of destination marketing in Vancouver, Canada, consulting on the formation of the new Malaysia Convention & Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB) and the management of the BestCities Global Alliance - all three of which use the simpleview CRM system for their meetings and events sales.

International Congress & Convention Association (ICCA)
Both simpleview and GainingEdge attended the 50th ICCA Congress in Leipzig, Germany earlier this month. Grimmer has been manager and moderator of ICCA's annual Association Expert Seminar since 2005. simpleview joined ICCA earlier this year. In 2012 simpleview CRM will be available in multiple languages and will be integrated with the ICCA Association database.

About GainingEdge
GainingEdge is a specialist firm offering a wide range of consulting, research, marketing services and sales support related to the international business events industry, convention and visitor bureaux and convention centres. The company has worked with 15+ organizations on five continents. Prior to founding GainingEdge, CEO Gary Grimmer was CEO of bureaux in Melbourne, Australia and the U.S. cities of Portland, Ore. and Albuquerque, N.M. and was vice president of the Boston, Mass. bureau. He is a former chairman of the International Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus (now DMAI) and in 2007 received the Asia Pacific IMEX Academy Award.

About simpleview
simpleview helps destination marketing organizations (DMOs) succeed on every front, from convention sales to tourism marketing and day-to-day operations. The company offers integrated products and services including the industry's most advanced CRM and CMS platforms, powerful forecasting and reporting tools, dynamic websites, sites for mobile web, search engine optimization and interactive marketing. Founded in 1991, simpleview employs 85+ people with offices in Tucson, Dallas and San Diego serving 185+ domestic and international destination marketing organizations.

Media Contact:
Cara Frank
Director of Marketing & Communications, simpleview Inc.
(520) 575-1151
cfrank@simpleviewinc.com

Tucson, October 31, 2011 - simpleview proudly presents an update of VisitChesapeake.com that captures the unique historic, natural and adventurous feel of Chesapeake, Va.

An aged and denim overlay on the background picture and widgets speak of Chesapeake's rustic  history.  Brightly colored widgets and a picture of a landscape as the background beckon site visitors to experience all that Chesapeake has to offer. The unique main image navigator states "CHOOSE YOUR ESCAPE ROUTE," acting as a gateway (just like Chesapeake) to many different activities such as outdoors adventures, dining, shopping, and more. The site shows that a visit to Chesapeake makes life easy, with great accommodations, good food and incredible service.

Chesapeake's user-friendly website makes life easy too! Additional functionality is gained with itinerary module, newsletter sign-up, special offers, an events widget and links to flickr and twitter. Making it even easier for visitors to plan and share their next trip to Chesapeake, Va.
Come experience Chesapeake, Va. you owe it to yourself!

Before	After

"Tourism in the Richmond region generated $1.75 billion in visitor spending, supported 19,840 jobs and provided $52 million in taxes in 2010, according to the Richmond Metropolitan Convention & Visitors Bureau."

NEWS ARTICLE: TimesDispatch.com

"Broward's plan to draw tourists next year includes more money for advertising and more sites geared to mobile devices."

NEWS ARTICLE: MiamiHerald.com

TUCSON, October 13, 2011 - simpleview was presented the Copper Cactus Best Place to Work award at a dinner celebrating outstanding businesses in Tucson and Southern Arizona on Oct. 12, 2011. simpleview was among 11 finalists for the Best Place to Work award. Nearly 400 businesses had been nominated for the three categories of Copper Cactus honors, which included awards for community service and for business growth.

For simpleview, the award comes on the heels of being named for the fifth year in a row to the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing privately held U.S. companies. simpleview was ranked #20 in the travel industry in 2011 and earned a place on Inc.'s Honor Roll: a group of only 514 companies nationwide that have made the Inc. 5000 list every year since its creation in 2007.

Building on Relationships
"We have always worked to make simpleview a company that people genuinely want to be a part of, and that goes not just for our clients, but for employees, too," said Ryan George, simpleview CEO and one of the company's founders. "We've built our business on relationships, and if employees aren't happy, those relationships fail. Making simpleview a great place to work isn't just the right thing to do, it's also good business."

 

Culture, Benefits & Employee Development
In their entry for the award, simpleview managers cited the company's culture, employee advancement programs, outstanding benefits and shared decision-making among several factors that make simpleview a great place to work.

For example, all full-time employees get more than four weeks of paid time off each year, and in addition to standard benefits, simpleview offers employees assistance with the down payment for a first-home purchase. Also, each year, simpleview's Personal Education Development program awards all employees points that they can "spend" on training, travel to conferences and other professional development.

About simpleview
simpleview helps destination marketing organizations (DMOs) succeed on every front, from convention sales to tourism marketing and day-to-day operations. The company offers integrated products and services including the industry's most advanced CRM and CMS platforms, powerful forecasting and reporting tools, dynamic websites, sites for mobile web, search engine optimization and interactive marketing. Founded in 1991, simpleview employs 85+ people with offices in Tucson, Dallas and San Diego serving 185+ domestic and international destination marketing organizations.

About the Copper Cactus Awards
The Wells Fargo Copper Cactus Awards are presented annually. Only businesses owned and operated in Southern Arizona with less than 250 employees are eligible for the awards. Contenders must be profitable and must have been in business at least two years.

Media Contact:
Cara Frank
Director of Marketing & Communications, simpleview Inc.
(520) 575-1151
cfrank@simpleviewinc.com

Tucson, October 12, 2011 - Macon-Bibb County Convention and Visitors Bureau, one of simpleview's oldest CVB clients, underwent a mega launch with a new website design, upgrades to their content management system (simpleview CMS) and also upgraded to the newest customer relationship management platform, simpleview CRM 3.0.

Macon left the design entirely up to simpleview, trusting their website to be in good hands. As a result, maconga.org was completely refurbished, resulting in a classy, modern finish. The bold colors and variety of widget shapes and layers all add to the allure of this design.

Macon's homepage features a large slideshow with a slight, aged finish on each photo's edge to add to the historical touch. The client can control and add the slides through their CMS header module. Macon also has a custom feature to control their Seasonal Events button giving them the ability to highlight specific events with an image, text and link.

Additional modules of the new website include a Media section with news releases, story ideas, trivia, statistics and local media outlet listings as well as trivia about Macon. The site includes a new Photo and Video Tours application that enables members of the media to download high-resolution images from Macon. It also features an Advanced Itinerary Builder - perfect for building your getaway - and special offers.

Experience the southern hospitality that makes Macon, Georgia the "Song and Soul of the South" at  www.maconga.org