Life Well Travelled Hong Kong

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Vendor. Jardine’s Crescent Street Market, Hong Kong.
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Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery (Man Fat Sze). Sha Tin, Hong Kong.
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Victoria Harbour seen from the Avenue of Stars. East Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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Temple Street Hot Pot Vendor. Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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Po Lin Monastery. Lantau Island, Hong Kong.
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Street Vendors. Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.
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Construction. Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.
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Wet Market Vendors. Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.
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Ozone Bar, Ritz-Carlton. West Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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Dry Market. Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.
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Man Mo Temple (文武廟). Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.
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Aberdeen Wholesale Fish Market. Aberdeen, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.
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Subway Musician. Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.
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Star Street Precinct Shop Employee. Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.
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DESCRIPTION

All travel brands share the same problem: They need to promote cities to potential travellers and sell them on how exciting these destinations are to get them to want to go. But how can you truly experience a place if you’re not there? When Cathay Pacific Airways wanted us to promote Hong Kong, we (Cooper, Levy & Partners, LLC – cooperandlevy.com) knew we needed to find a way to solve for this conundrum. So we created something all visitors need: A travel guide. Using an eBook as our platform, we made ours modern and immersive with moving images, sound, branded content, and helpful technological interactions. All built around 17 stories of two first-time visitors. To create content for the book, we went to Hong Kong and for 5 days, shot over 6,000 images. We then launched it in the iTunes store.

For our effort to be considered a success, it needed to generate a 2% lift in online booking revenue as well as increase top-of-mind awareness with both our Millennial and Business Traveller targets. It has. To date, it’s led to an 11% increase in booking revenue over our goal. But equally important, the book has garnered earned media attention from all over the world with many of the images and stories receiving thousands of likes and reposts.

The eBook we created has created a new way for Cathay to go to market. With opportunities to promote key partnerships, new cities, as well as push special rates and offers directly to engaged customers who can book a ticket instantly, it reinvents the travel guide and the rules of travel marketing.

CLIENT

Cathay Pacific Airways Limited

DATE

January/February 2016

TASK

Location based, documentary and editorial photo and video content.
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