Gold
John Smith’s travel diaries/Single business
Agency: Proximity, Portugal
Client: ANA – Airports of Portugal
In these tough economic times, many airline companies are looking to eliminate routes that aren’t a priority in order to cut costs. ANA Airports of Portugal, needed a way to remind them that Lisbon is a highly regarded tourism destination that was listed by the New York Times as the No. 2 tourism destination in the world. This would hopefully prevent any airlines from dropping the capital of Portugal from its route. Proximity Portugal developed a direct mail campaign titled “John Smith’s travel diaries” that showcased what airline route planners need to know about Lisbon, such as that 75% of the people who travel to the city are repeat visitors and that its cultural offerings are so diversified, it’s impossible to get to know Lisbon in a single trip. In addition, 90% of visitors recommend Lisbon and 80% state that it exceeded their expectations. In order to demonstrate these facts, the agency mailed out a fictitious tourist’s travel diaries on consecutive days to route planners at various airlines. The completely handwritten diaries depicted different trips to Lisbon made over several years. On the last day, the route planners received a letter explaining why the author of the diaries keeps coming back to Lisbon. None of the targeted airlines closed its Lisbon route in 2009.
Creative Director
Nuno Duarte
Creative Supervisors
Marco Barrento, Jose Castelo
Copywriter
Pedro Neves
Art Director
Rute Sousa
FINALISTS
Elusive breeds
Agency
DDB
Client
The Financial Times
ECD: Guy Bradbury
Airpoints relaunch
Agency
AIM Proximity
Client
Air New Zealand
CD: Dave King
Boy band
Agency
BMF
Client
Commonwealth Bank
CD: Dylan Taylor
Turd polisher
Agency
Draftfcb, New Zealand
Client
Oktobor
ECD: James Mok
Welcome pack
Agency
Lowe, Sydney
Client
Aussie
CD: Chris Hunter
Pedigree sticks pack
Agency
OgilvyOne, Lisboa
Client
Agility Care
CD: Jorge Coelho
Recession greeting cards
Agency
M&C Saatchi
Client
Repco
CD: Steve Crawford
