ABSTRACT

Reaching today's consumers is an extremely difficult and expensive task. Since 1988, travel advertisement expenditures in the United States alone have exceeded $1 billion annually (see Figure 7.1). Airlines accounted for $574 million of travel advertising expenditures, followed by

In $ Millions (U.S.)

Airlines

Domestic Destinations

Cruise Lines

International Destinations

Total

Source: Ogilvy and Mather (1996).