ABTA has kicked off the first phase of its latest Travel with Confidence advertising campaign, designed to support and generate business for members.
This initial phase sees a radio advert hit the airwaves of Heart Digital UK from today for a four-week run. The advert highlights the importance of holidays in creating memories and spending quality time with friends and family – playing on the theme that, even in uncertain times, we all want to have a holiday.
The ad also encourages people to look for the ABTA logo to bring peace of mind when booking their trip. The campaign has been strategically placed on Heart to reach family audiences, with ABTA’s research showing that this one of the demographics most likely to carry on taking holidays despite the cost-of-living crisis.
The second phase of the campaign will go live on Boxing Day and run until the end of February through a video on social media. The video shows a montage of ABTA members’ customers explaining why they are loyal to the ABTA members they book with and the benefits of booking with a member, as well as why their holidays are important to them.
Initially launching on ABTA’s Instagram and Facebook channels, the two-minute video will then be cut for Pinterest and Reddit. It will be backed with a selected advertising spend to appear in consumers’ social media feeds and to reach a wider audience beyond ABTA’s own channels.
Last year’s campaign reached 12.5 million people across the airwaves and over 16 million people across ABTA’s social media channels. It is expected that this year’s will reach similar figures.
ABTA’s annual 'Travel with Confidence' campaign is timed to support the traditional peak holiday booking period and when many ABTA Members are also running their own advertising campaigns. The pre-Christmas radio activity will help reinforce the value of booking with an ABTA member ahead of when the decision is taken about where and how to book.
ABTA is encouraging members to ensure they are using the ABTA logo and the hashtag #WeAreABTAMembers in their marketing and communications to customers to help them benefit from the strong recognition and value of the ABTA brand.
