Tours
Brand USA Tightens Up its Content Strategy
For the second summer in a row, Brand USA, a public-private organization that promotes international travel to the U.S., sent teams of international travel influencers on content-gathering great American road trips. This year the brand targeted new areas of the country and re-structured the program to generate more consistent content results for its online channels....
Three Lessons from Harley-Davidson’s Global Tour
Harley-Davidson’s Project LiveWire Experience Tour, which last year reached more than 15,000 Americans, has unplugged its electric motorcycles, slipped into its leather jackets and helmets and headed out for a spin through Asia and Europe. The tour, which launched with media and invitation-only consumer rides at Malaysia’s Sepang International Circuit on Feb. 25, will continue...
Khaki-Clad Bus Drives FOX Sports 1 Football Tour
FOX Sports 1 on Aug. 22 kicked off the college football season with a nine-city tour that celebrates first-year Michigan Head Coach Jim Harbaugh —and his signature sweatshirt and khaki pants—with a mobile vehicle wrapped entirely in khaki fabric. The Opening Drive tour promoted the channel’s first broadcast of the football season on Sept. 3,...
Pancake Selfie Tour Helps Holiday Inn Express Go Viral
Holiday Inn Express on Sept. 2 launched the Pancake Selfie Express, a 4,000-mile, nine-city tour that combines free, freshly baked pancakes and selfies to boost awareness on-site and on social media of its free breakfast offerings—specifically, its one-touch pancake machine. The effort ties back to the hotelier’s humorous “Stay Smart” ad campaign, which touts how...