BACKGROUND General Manager CEI Bike Park SLT - Sponsorships BCom - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
BACKGROUND General Manager CEI Bike Park SLT - Sponsorships BCom - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
BACKGROUND General Manager CEI Bike Park SLT - Sponsorships BCom Marketing, University of Alberta Moved to Whistler to ski Started as a volunteer w Crankworx in 2005 Responsible for growing and evolving the Crankworx
BACKGROUND
- General Manager CEI
- Bike Park SLT
- Sponsorships
- BCom – Marketing, University of Alberta
- Moved to Whistler to ski…
- Started as a volunteer w Crankworx in 2005
- Responsible for growing and evolving the Crankworx
brand
- Seek out new Crankworx opportunities
TOPICS
- Building a Brand – WB Consumer Journey
- Concept of Community
- Whistler Mountain Bike Park Communities
- Successes
- Crankworx – Our Ultimate Community
- Crankworx Purpose
- Successes
- Conclusions
CONSUMER DECISION JOURNEY
COMMUNITY….
“ a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself as distinct in some respect from the larger society within which it exists”
- Women’s
Nights / Men’s Nights
- Phat Wednesday
- DFX Race / DFX Club
- Passholders (
Season Pass / Triple Play Cards )
- Partners/Sponsors
- Staff
WMBP COMMUNITIES….
BRIEF HISTORY
- 11 years, 5 years in Colorado, 3 years in Les 2 Alpes
France, and new in 2015 Rotorua , New Zealand
- Borne out of Summer Gravity Festival & Joyride Bike
Festival
- Founded in partnership by the Resort Municipality of
Whistler ( local gov’t), Tourism Whistler & Whistler Blackcomb ( loss guarantee)
STRUCTURE
- GM, Sponsorship Manager, Communications Manager and Logistics Manager
- Executive Producer / Event Consultant (Contractor)
- Sponsorship Sales Team (Endemic / non
- endemic)
- Expo Sales person
- Operations (YR Events staff)
– Operations manager
- Administration (volunteer team, logistics, signage, marketing fulfillment)
- Suppliers: A/V, Production, Timing, Construction (Partner and WMBP)
- Branding/Web Design, Mobile Contractor
- WB: Finance, HR, Patrol, Lift Ops, Maintenance, Legal
EVENT PURPOSE
- S howcase Whistler
- Drive visits
- Non Profit Event
– Funding : sponsorship, expo, registration, RMOW
- 2008 Change in Ownership
- Crankworx Les 2 Alpes / Rotorua
EVENT STAKEHOLDERS
- Whistler Blackcomb
- RMOW
- Local Business
- Partners/Sponsors/Media
- Athletes/Participants
- Fans/Audience
- Exhibitors
- Staff/Volunteers
CRANKWORX WHISTLER 2014
- 135,000 unique visitors
- 346,702
total audience
- Busiest Week Ever in Whistler Mountain Bike Park
- 342,465
webcast views
- 3 ,000,000+ Official VOD views of
- 300+
accredited media
- $ 16 ,045,188 Ad - equivalency PR value
- 11 ,300,000 pre - event media impressions
- $ 1 ,000,000 in pre - event media generated from
media partnerships
ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY
- 2010
Conducted by: Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance
Number of Share Individuals days attended Local 24 % 32,723 6.3 Domestic 48 % 68,124 4.4 International 28 % 38,970 5.5 Total Attendance 100 % 139,817 5.1
ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY
- 2010
Conducted by: Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance Sameday Domestic International Total Package (stay & ride) $0 $344,243 $166,412 $2,010,655 Accomodation $0 $1,942,062 $2,487,996 $4,430,059 Bike Park $56,130 $199,262 $224,200 $479,593 Other Rec & Ent (Spa) $287,659 $570,368 $864,373 $1,722,400 Food & Drink (incl rest, groc, bars) $969,516 $1,929,364 $1,882,904 $4,781,785 Shopping in Whistler ( ) souvenirs, merch $364,900 $827,900 $1,637,653 $2,830,453 Own vehicle $298,579 $284,105 $314,895 $897,580 Other Transport (in Whistler) $80,172 $93,970 $161,830 $335,972 Total $2,056,956 $6,191,275 $9,240,265 $17,488,495
ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY
- 2010
- $ 44 . 9 million of economic activity
- $ 22 . 9 million in Net Econimic Activity (
GDP )
- $ 11 . 3 million occurring in the Whistler
- $ 16 . 7 million in wages and salaries
- $ 22 . 8 million having occurred in the Whistler
- $ 11 . 8 million in tax revenues
- $ 5 . 3 million in federal tax revenues
- $ 4 . 0 million in provincial tax revenues
- $ 2 . 4 million in municipal taxes
- $ 1 . 7 million in municipal taxes in Whistler
CRANKWORX WORLD TOUR 2015
KEY OBJECTIVES:
- Greater opportunities for Content and Distribution
- Leverage the Series
- All Roads Lead to Whistler
CONCLUSIONS
- Invest
- Leverage
- Provide