The Information Station™ is a world class digital concierge service with world-class interactive touch-screen technology that is coming to the lobbies of Grand Strand area hotels, campgrounds, and property management offices in the spring of 2012! The Information Station™ will bring many valued features and benefits for Grand Strand area lodging providers and area advertisers by giving our most valued asset, Grand Strand visitors, all the tools they need to find the goods and services they are looking for when they need it. Filling the unmet need of a dynamic high-speed concierge service, the Information Station™ will greatly help to maximize the number of hours our visitors spend around town, increase their number of activities, and maximize the number of dollars spent while on vacation in the Grand Strand. Schedule your appointment with an Information Station™ representative today!
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Enhance Your Location With World Class Interactive Concierge!
The Information Station™ will provide your place of buisness with:
- Revolving and unlimited announcement board to promote your place of business.
- Your business name / logo in the top-left corner of the screen.
- An unlimited jpeg slideshow to showcase the amenities of your location.
- The ability to update your location content as often as you like free of charge.
- The ability to maximize customer retention by integrating your reservation booking engine.
- The ability to maximize other areas of your business by integrating your booking engines for tee-times, fishing charters, etc.
- No company that offers lodging in any capacity will be allowed to advertise on the Information Station™, therefore there will never be an advertiser on the screen in your lobby who competes with your business.[hr_shadow]
Maximize Front Desk Staff Efficiency!
- Eleven tabs that provide information about Grand Strand area merchants in the following categories: Dining, Attractions, Entertainment, Shopping, Golf, Fishing, Nightclubs, Auto Care, Medical, Transportation, and Area Events
- Your guests will be able to… Print and/or scan driving directions to all advertiser locations.
- Print and or scan coupons for all advertiser locations. (print coupons should be available by March 2012)
- View restaurant and dinner theater menus.
- Print boarding passes and view live flight schedule information.
- Locate necessary medical care, auto care, taxi cab service, towing service, etc.[hr_shadow]
Unprecedented Benefits for Local and Area Advertisers!
Actual installations:
Interactive Advertising on the Information Station:
- The most flexible and cost effective advertising format through world class, state-of-the-art, interactive touch-screen technology!
- Advertisers have the freedom and control to update and change coupons as often as needed at no extra cost!
- Maximum value delivered through limited availability per advertiser industry sub-category.
- All advertisers receive “Front Page” exposure within each advertiser sub-category as there will only be ONE screen, nobody gets buried in a stack of pages. (Example: Steakhouses will have their own sub-category as opposed to all restaurants being grouped together)
- Once your sub-category screen is filled, all advertisers who are not on the board will be on the outside looking in from the waiting list.
- Each advertiser will receive a dedicated full page that will deliver your logo, your advertising message, operating hours, address, phone number, driving directions (print / scan), and coupon (print / scan).
- All businesses that serve food (restaurants, dinner theaters, nightclubs, etc) will also have the ability to display a scrollable menu at no extra charge.[hr_shadow]
Become a Feature Advertiser on the Information Station:
- Advertisers who participate within the interactive tabs in the Information Station also have the chance of becoming a feature advertiser on the Information Station.
- Feature ads are not interactive but do receive non-stop exposure on the monitor 24/7/365.
- Feature ads are still visible on the monitor even when the hotel guest is browsing within the interactive advertisements.
- Feature ad spaces are limited to only 15 slots at each hotel and are sold on a first-come / first-served basis.
- Each feature ad runs for 15 seconds on a non-stop, repeating basis.
- Each feature ad repeats once every 3 minutes 45 seconds.
- 16 exposures every hour
- 384 exposures every day
- 11,904 exposures every month (31 day month)
- 140,928 exposures every full calendar year[hr_shadow]
Supports Our Local Business Community!
- The Information Station™ desires to be a full partner with each Chanber of Commerce to help promote and improve the local business community.
- The Area Events tab is a free service provided to each local Chamber of Commerce to promote local and area festivals, events, and announcements throughout the year
WPDE News Channel 15
Local ABC affiliate, WPDE News Channel 15, has partnered with The Information Station™ to provide your guests with the following:
- Live Doppler weather radar (will keep your guests returning to the lobby!)
- 3-Day weather forecast
- News headlines
- Sports headlines
- Daily Tide Schedule
- Date & Time[hr_shadow]