Marriott

The Challenge

Since 2017, Marriott Hotels began to transform its properties across the globe to attract the ever-changing traveller and their evolving needs, but this was only communicated by way of standard hotel news. In order to move beyond this and to drive brand association with inspiration we needed to create a campaign that would excite and appeal to both business and leisure travellers.

With Marriott Hotels traditionally using its own corporate spokespeople to communicate the brand ethos of providing an environment in which guests can be inspired and stimulated, we needed to elevate and showcase what Marriott Hotels now stood for, taking them beyond travel pages by generating coverage in consumer lifestyle press.

the solution

Through a thorough understanding of Mariott’s target audience ‘The Inventive Class’, we identified this ambitious and driven group were keen to pursue and nurture their passions outside of the traditional 9 til 5, with 30% looking to turn them into businesses. As a result we created ‘Marriott in Focus’, a campaign that brought together some of the UK’s brightest minds to offer inspirational panel events and an exclusive podcast series that would appeal to budding entrepreneurs and ambitious consumers. The campaign, now in its third year has evolved into a larger brand activation to celebrate and support the brand’s latest positioning of ‘Travel Brilliantly’.