The document provides style guidelines for a tourism program at Macy's, including:
1. Pieces in the program include a solicitation folder, informational brochure, and two types of savings cards.
2. The informational brochure is a tri-fold with customizable regional images and benefits on the outside columns.
3. There are domestic and international savings cards, both available in narrow and wide formats. The domestic card is valid 1 day while the international card is valid 30 days.
4. Contact information is provided for questions about using the tourism style guide.
2. Welcome to a great shopping experience at
Macys. From Maui to Manhattan to Miami and
beyond here are all the details on a tourism
program that caters to our domestic and
international travelers. On the itinerary a
special 11% Welcome Savings Card thats good
in over 400 Macys locations, a benefits brochure
customized to each region, a warm invitation
to explore the joys of shopping at Macys.
OCTOBER 2004
3. WELCOME SAVINGS PROGRAM
Our goal is to present a comfortable and familiar shopping
experience coasttocoast with a program of savings and benefits
exclusively for international and domestic travelers.
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4. PIECES OVERVIEW
PG 6 COMPLETE SOLICITATION PACKET (OUTSIDE VIEW)
SOLICITATION FOLDER
7 SOLICITATION FOLDER COVER
8 INSIDE SOLICITATION FOLDER
INFO BROCHURE
9 INFORMATIONAL BROCHURE (COVER AND BACKCOVER)
10 INFO BROCHURE (GATEFOLD)
11 INSIDE INFO BROCHURE
SAVINGS CARDS
12 TWO TYPES OF SAVINGS CARDS
13 INSIDE THE DOMESTIC SAVINGS CARD (NARROW)
14 BARCODES
15 BACK OF THE SAVINGS CARD (NARROW AND WIDE)
16 OUTSIDE INTERNATIONAL SAVINGS CARD
17 INSIDE THE INTERNATIONAL WELCOME CARD (WIDE)
PAPER SELECTION & COLOR BREAKDOWN
18 COLOR BREAKDOWN/PAPER WEIGHT/INSIDE VIEW OF
INFORMATION BROCHURE & DOMESTIC SAVINGS PASS
19 CONTACT INFORMATION
5. Essentials
The following guidelines address the look and feel of the
Welcome Savings Program copy, typography, paper selection,
key brand parts, graphics elements, CMYK color breakdown, and what
you will need to build a successful tourism program relevant to your region
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6. PIECES OVERVIEW
COMPLETE SOLICITATION PACKET (OUTSIDE VIEW)
This is an overview of the outside covers, and sizes of the folder,
brochure and savings card.
1. Solicitation Folder 1.
2. Informational Brochure 2.
3. Welcome Savings Card (Narrow) 3.
4. Welcome Savings Card (Wide) 4.
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7. SOLICITATION FOLDER
1. SOLICITATION FOLDER COVER
The outside cover and back consist of a collage of thewelcomewords in different
languages. The cover features the logo in the lower middle portion of the folder.
The folders purpose is to hold the trifold and welcome pieces for tour operators and
travel agents. This is an optional portion of the complete tourism package.
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8. SOLICITATION FOLDER
1. INSIDE THE SOLICITATION FOLDER
This is where the savings program and the informational brochure will be
stored/mailed. Measures 8.75x9.25 with the standard pockets and 2 card slots
die cut to hold for a pair of business cards.
1. Solicitation Brochure
Business card die cuts
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9. INFO BROCHURE
2. INFORMATIONAL BROCHURE (COVER AND BACK COVER)
This brochure is a trifold piece. Its cover should look and read like this. The back cover will
have a list of contact information for each division. The front and back copy should remain
consistent across divisions.
2. Informational Brochure
(Cover and back)
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10. INFO BROCHURE
2. INFO BROCHURE (GATE FOLD)
Here we illustrate the information brochure which explains our Welcome Savings
Program and all its benefits to travel agents and tour operators.
2. Informational Brochure
(Inside)
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11. INFO BROCHURE
2. INSIDE THE INFORMATIONAL BROCHURE
This brochure piece measures 8.5x3.75 closed; opened 8.5x11 in three columns.
NOTE: PICTURES MAY CHANGE ACCORDING TO MARKET REGION. The 2 outside columns
could be customized with the 4 or 6 benefits your division offers. Your division is responsible
to write its own copy and photograph its own images. The center portion must remain the
same across all divisions. Copy changes on side areas only.
2. Informational Brochure (Inside)
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12. SAVINGS CARDS
3. TWO TYPES OF SAVINGS CARDS
There are two different types of Savings Cards. They are:
Domestic.
For out-of-state travelers*, must present out-of-state ID. It is valid for one day
only. The front cover says simply Welcome Savings Card.
International.
For travelers from outside the USA. It is valid for 30 days. The front cover says
International Savings Card.
Both savings cards offer 11% off with very few exclusions. Every division is
responsible for acquiring translation into languages relevant to their locations.
There are also two different shaped Welcome Savings Cards. They are:
1. Narrow, fits in hotel brochure stands, a standard business card
envelope, ticket jackets and the Solicitation Folder. Its dimensions are:
H 6.75 x W 3.5 closed.
2. Wide, the same size and shape as a real passport. Its dimensions are:
H 6.25x W 4.125 closed. Recommended for handouts only. Recommended
for handouts only.
* On initial printing, you may version to your
divisions needs, but we will discuss versioning
issues at our New York December meeting.
Domestic Savings Card available Savings Card available in wide
in wide and narrow formats and narrow formats
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13. SAVINGS CARDS
3. INSIDE THE DOMESTIC SAVINGS CARD (NARROW)
Explained here is the difference between the domestic and international
Savings Card Programs.
1. Domestic Savings Card. This savings card is valid for 1 day.
2. International Savings Card. This savings card is valid for 30 days.
One noticeable difference will be on the cover. One will read International, and
the other will not.
General Information that
will read throughout the
Domestic Savings Card.
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14. SAVINGS CARDS
3. THE 11% TOURISM BARCODE
Divisions will create their own barcodes for the saving passes using the following
guidelines. The only variation in the barcode will be the number for the originating
division. The following table definitions should be used when creating the barcode
in order to track usage by division . If additional media type definitions for languages
other then listed are needed, please contact Marie Balbuena .
Keep in mind that all barcodes
are the same, only the originating
divisions change. Please refer to
table definitions on right.
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15. SAVINGS CARD
3. BACK OF THE SAVINGS CARD (NARROW AND WIDE)
Listed here are the aligned exclusions that are required to be in every card
(Domestic and International)
International
Domestic
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Macys stores are located.
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See following page for
barcode information
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be able to scan it and track
divisions & regions, language
and domestic/international
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16. SAVINGS CARD
3. OUTSIDE INTERNATIONAL SAVINGS CARD
Same collage background with the only difference being the cover
reads International Savings Card. Keep in mind that this has an
expiration date of 30 days from date of issue.
International Wide Savings Card.
(Also available in Narrow Format)
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17. SAVINGS CARD
3. INSIDE THE INTERNATIONAL WELCOME CARD (WIDE)
The wide format allows for a die cut savings card that fits into a wallet. Associate
needs to validate date.
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18. BREAKING IT DOWN
COLOR BREAKDOWN/PAPER WEIGHT/INSIDE VIEW OF
INFORMATION BROCHURE & DOMESTIC SAVINGS PASS
Macys Yellow Macys Red
C 0 C 0
M 2 M 100
Y 10 Y 100
CMYK CMYK K 0 K 0
C0 C0
M2 M 100
Y 10 Y 100
K0 K0
Paper weight
Paper weight for the Solicitation folder, Wide (Domestic and International) Savings Card is 100 lb
coated 2 sided with a varnish. The Trifold and Narrow (Domestic and International) Savings Card
is 80 lb coated 2 sided with a varnish.
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19. CONTACT
FOR QUESTIONS OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
If you have a suggestion or a question about how to use the Tourism
Style Guide, please feel free to call or email the contact below:
Name Marie Balbuena
Dept.. Special Events
Division Macys Florida
Phone Number 305.577.2126
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