Singapore Airlines' (SIA) integrated marketing campaign to promote
its Chicago services attracted more than 350,000 entries for an online
competition.
The campaign, run on AOL Time Warner's online, print and broadcast units
included an SIA micro site, which featured the online contest, two
advertorial inserts dubbed "Chicago City Guides" in the print titles,
and an SIA TVC running on CNN International.
The micro site also features an online version of the Chicago City
guide.
In addition, it offers links to travel information and a Chicago PDA
Download, which allow visitors to download a guide and map to
Chicago.
The company also used audio and video features to build on the blues
appeal of Chicago to promote its service to the US city. SIA also bought
banner ads on time.com and cnn.com. The campaign was driven by Time,
Fortune, Asiaweek and CNN International through media planning agency
CIA. It ran online until last month, and won the best integrated
campaign at the Revolution Awards.