World Class Associates Placemark Solutions Inc accesses experts from around the globe to deliver "best imaginable" solutions to our clients. Our associates include world-class marketers with a wide variety of specialties.
Our President: Dr Jonathon Day
Jonathon has been involved in the destination development and tourism marketing for over 15 years. In 2001 he established Placemark Solutions, Inc a consulting and marketing company focusing on the specific needs of destination marketers.
During the past 15 years Jonathon has been instrumental in developing marketing strategies that deliver real, long term results for international tourism destinations. He has undertaken successful marketing campaigns for two of the South Pacific’s most successful destinations – New Zealand and Australia’s Great Barrier Reef State, Queensland.
Jonathon holds MBA from UCLA’s Anderson Graduate School of Management and is currently finalizing a doctoral thesis in “Destination Brand Management”. He also holds the Society of Incentive Travel Executives (SITE) CITE – Certified Incentive Travel Executive. In 2000 he was named one of Travel Agents magazine’s “100 Rising Stars”. An award winning marketer, Jonathon has received recognition for work in public relations, brochures development, training video production, travel trade campaigns and international marketing.
He is a past President of Travel & Tourism Marketing Association and a past-trustee of the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International Foundation. He is also on the advisory board of the Journal of Vacation Marketing and is currently an Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine University.
Jonathon lives just outside Los Angeles with his wife Jana and sons, Samuel and Thomas.
Jonathon has been involved in the destination development and tourism marketing for over 15 years. In 2001 he established Placemark Solutions, Inc a consulting and marketing company focusing on the specific needs of destination marketers.