Visit Wales puts real family at heart of campaign
Visit Wales is launching a new campaign under the banner “Proper Holidays” featuring a real family.
The campaign focuses on “real involving experiences” and what Wales offers that differentiates it from other destinations. It pursues the theme by taking a family that had a poor experience holidaying abroad and shows them taking a break in Wales.
The family was recruited via ads on travel websites and in local newspapers. The campaign launches with a partnership between Visit Wales and Trip Advisor. This sees a series of unbranded poll questions on the latter’s homepage designed to start a debate asking “What constitutes a proper holiday?” or “Does a good tan equal a good holiday?”.
The activity has been devised by Wieden & Kennedy and is supported by a direct mail and email campaign by Kitcatt Nohr Alexander Shaw. The latter was recently appointed to the account.
The media planning and buying is being handled by Arena BLM.
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