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The tourist publications division
of Morris Communications provides advertisers with a targeted
vehicle to attract tourist and visitor dollars to their businesses.
At the same time, the varied publications in the
U.S. and abroad assist millions of travelers who seek and select leisure
activities for trip planning as well as after arrival at their destinations.
Understanding the profit potential in the
travel industry and the clear synergy with its existing presence in outdoor
recreation markets, Morris purchased Best Read Guide Franchise Corp. in 1997.
Today's Best Read Guide group in the United States combines both franchisees
and Morris-owned publications. Guides owned by Morris Visitor Publications
were rebranded Where Quick Guides in 2007 while franchisees and books produced
by Morris Publishing Group remained Best Read Guides.
Morris visitor publications contain lodging, dining,
shopping, tourist attraction and event information for each locale, along with maps,
directories, calendars and money-saving coupons. With their liberal inclusion
of stories on interesting people, places and histories of each area, Morris
publications are distinctive in their editorial content and family orientation.
Most of the publications are online, which expands options and convenience for
travelers and advertisers alike.
Where GuestBook, the largest publisher
of upscale travel publications for the major metropolitan areas of the United States.
The company's hardcover city guides are distributed in-room in hundreds of
hotels across the country and reach literally millions of travelers.
The company's Quick Guides,
Maps and Guides and custom publications serve additional
markets within the industry.
In 2007, MVP Europe won the six-year bid to publish
London Planner in conjunction with two British tourist information bodies.
And it launched In London Arabic Edition to target the growing number of Middle Eastern
consumers and business visitors.