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{
"time": "2016-03-08 16:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. David Goldstein",
"fr": "M. David Goldstein"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4244584\" data-originallang=\"en\">To answer that question, the strategy is not to get them to stay longer. It is to get a higher-spending customer, one who may not stay longer but will spend more. This goes to the KPIs, or the way we measure. We're in discussions right now with StatsCan and others to find a better metric for what the customer is actually spending, because the average amount that an American spends here seems artificially low. The type of American visitor we're attracting through this campaign behaves a little more like a business traveller. They spend more per couple on an average day. The type of customer we're looking at in the U.S. spends a little more like a long-haul European or Asian customer. We have the additional benefit that this is a potential repeat customer, four or five times over.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4244585\" data-originallang=\"en\">In the long run, these are much better customers for Canada. With digital technology, we can target them. Four or five years ago, we used fairly broad-based advertising, what they call \u201cspray and prey\u201d, hoping to catch the demographics because of the types of publications we were in. We can now reach out to the customers we want and attract them through the portal to the actual experiences and services and goods that they can buy here in Canada.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4244584\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pour r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 la question, la strat\u00e9gie ne consiste pas \u00e0 les inciter \u00e0 rester plus longtemps, mais plut\u00f4t \u00e0 attirer un consommateur qui d\u00e9pense davantage, sans n\u00e9cessairement passer plus de temps au pays. Cela rejoint nos indicateurs de rendement cl\u00e9s, ou IRC, qui sont notre outil de mesure. Nous discutons actuellement avec Statistique Canada et d'autres dans le but de trouver une meilleure fa\u00e7on de mesurer les d\u00e9penses v\u00e9ritables du consommateur, \u00e9tant donn\u00e9 que la somme moyenne d\u00e9pens\u00e9e par un Am\u00e9ricain chez nous semble artificiellement basse. Le genre de visiteur am\u00e9ricain que nous attirons \u00e0 l'aide de cette campagne se comporte plut\u00f4t comme un voyageur d'affaires. En moyenne, ses d\u00e9penses quotidiennes par couple sont sup\u00e9rieures. Le type de consommateur que nous ciblons aux \u00c9tats-Unis d\u00e9pense plut\u00f4t \u00e0 l'image des visiteurs europ\u00e9ens ou asiatiques, qui ont parcouru de longues distances. L'autre avantage, c'est que ce consommateur pourrait m\u00eame revenir quatre ou cinq fois.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4244585\" data-originallang=\"en\">\u00c0 long terme, ces consommateurs sont bien plus avantageux pour le Canada. Nous pouvons les cibler gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 la technologie num\u00e9rique. Il y a quatre ou cinq ans, nous avons diffus\u00e9 des publicit\u00e9s assez g\u00e9n\u00e9rales, qui ciblent les gens au hasard, dans l'espoir d'atteindre un profil d\u00e9mographique donn\u00e9 gr\u00e2ce au genre de publications dans lesquelles nous apparaissions. Nous pouvons d\u00e9sormais tendre la main aux consommateurs que nous souhaitons attirer gr\u00e2ce au portail qui pr\u00e9sente les exp\u00e9riences, les services et les produits qu'offre le Canada.</p>"
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