Inver Grove Heights, MN - Travel Tags, Inc. has been recognized for excellence by the International Card Manufacturers Association (ICMA), a global trade association for card manufacturers, personalizers, issuers and suppliers, at the 2016 Elan Awards for Card Manufacturing Excellence.
Jeffrey Barnhart, ICMA founder and executive director, revealed the winners at a festive carnival themed evening reception and dinner held April 6 at Universal's Loews Royal Pacific Resort in Orlando, Florida, during the 26th Annual ICMA EXPO.
TTi participated in the Loyalty, Promotional and Gift Cards category, wining both Finalist spots for the Cabela's Shooting Clay Lenticular card, manufactured for Cabela's, and the Starbucks Special Edition Kona Heritage Card, manufactured for Starbucks Coffee Company.
Cabela's was interested in a lenticular card for their gift card offering and approached an expert in the field. Travel Tags' Creative Team was able to enhance Cabela's artwork and make it lenticular-ready with multiple motion and depth effects. For this particular card, the lenticular print features an up/down multiphase effect, flipping between three stages of a person shooting a clay disc mid-air.
This special-edition Kona Heritage Card is made with recycled burlap coffee bags and features a design of the original Pike Place, celebrating the birthplace of Starbucks Coffee Company. This one-of-a-kind Kona paper is the result of converting post-consumer waste into a whole new element. It is estimated that more than 10 million burlap bags of coffee are traded globally, providing thousands of tons of burlap for repurposing into products like this paper. In each card, a slight rough texture can be felt with noticeable pieces of jute, or paper fibers. The card features beautiful gold foil stamping, informing the recipient of its unique elements. In addition, the top layer has been debossed in register to the printing, highlighting the Pike Place storefront.
In the global arena of world-class cards, the ICMA Elan Awards for Card Manufacturing Excellence celebrates the pinnacle of design innovation, security, and technical achievements in the industry by leading manufacturers from around the globe. "We're proud to be recognized in conjunction with the pretigious brands we work with. It's our mission to engage with clients to not only provide them with a product but to create growth for their brands through innovative solutions," says Jeff Horst, Creative Director for TTi.
Click here for a complete list of winners and finalists of the 2016 Elan Awards. Congratulations to all for their achievement!
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KATY LASEE | MARKETING DEPT.
651 554 8533
KRLasee@traveltags.com
Inver Grove Heights, MN - Travel Tags, Inc. received an award for outstanding achievement in the Cards Category in the annual Star of Excellence Awards, a five-state printing competition hosted by the Printing Industry Midwest, the region’s trade association for the printing, communication and graphic arts industry.
Competing against entries from printing and graphic arts firms throughout the Midwest, TTi received a Certificate of Merit. The company’s winning submission was a TTi branded holiday card sent to customers and vendors during the Winter season. The tri-fold piece is a whimsical and friendly nod to the infamous Yeti and his winter friends. Internal die cuts help frame the scene of blue sky and snowcapped mountains, with a CR80 affixed inside of the Yeti letting recipients know he's "Getting Yeti for the Holidays!"
“We are very proud of our winning team, said Jeff Horst, Creative Director. “It is an honor to be recognized by the industry as a company that produces top quality, award winning materials.”
PIM President David Radziej agrees, “This was a close competition with a very impressive standard of entries. The judging process was very challenging. Travel Tags, Inc. should be proud of the company’s achievement and the excellent work done by employees.”
The Star of Excellence Awards recognize those responsible for the creation and production of print communications in the Midwest. The competition promotes excellence in print communica¬tions and rewards companies and individuals who produce the best in print media.
For more information about the Printing Industry Midwest and the Star of Excellence Awards, call Lola Fau¬fau at 612.400.6210.
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KATY LASEE | MARKETING DEPT.
651 554 8533
KRLasee@traveltags.com
Green Dot announced that prepaid card users will once again be able to load money onto their cards with a MoneyPak. The MoneyPaks will be available in Kroger and Rite Aid stores starting this month, and will soon show up in a variety of retailers nationwide.
The MoneyPak program was temporarily closed down as a means to enhance security. After a series of Green Dot prepaid card scams, the company shut down the MoneyPak reload option in order to create a “new system for mitigating the potential for misuse of the product,” according to Green Dot’s Chief Executive Steve Streit.
The scammers were finding creative ways to get people to reveal their debit card numbers and PINs, much like they would use for a standard bank debit card. With that information, the scammers could either pull money from the cards or make purchases without the cardholder’s authorization.
MoneyPak cards cost $5.95 to purchase, and can be loaded with $20 to $500. That money can then be loaded onto a Green Dot reloadable MasterCard or Visa through MoneyPak.com.
In addition to using MoneyPak, Green Dot cardholders can add money to their accounts through direct deposit, mobile check deposit, and through a network of merchants that allow users to load at the registers. The money put onto the cards can be used anywhere Visa and MasterCard are accepted.
Source: LowCards.com, April 25, 2016 -- John H. Oldshue
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KATY LASEE | MARKETING DEPT.
651 554 8533
KRLasee@traveltags.com
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