2015 Branded Content & Entertainment

CHECK IN FOR REFUGEES

TitleCHECK IN FOR REFUGEES
BrandMORE THAN SHELTERS
Product/ServiceDOMO
Category A05. Branded Live Experience
Entrant Company THJNK Hamburg, GERMANY
Contributing Company THJNK Hamburg, GERMANY
Contributing Company 2 ACHTUNG! Hamburg, GERMANY
Credits
Name Company Position
Hannah Hofmann Thjnk Account Manager
Armin Jochum Thjnk CCO
Felicitas Tennstedt Thjnk Account Manager
Mirko Kaminski achtung! CCO
Stephanie Schrenk achtung! Account Manager
Patrick Matthiensen Thjnk Creative Director
Ralph Teichmann Thjnk Agency Producer
Leif Johannsen Thjnk Creative Director
Susanne Nagel Thjnk Art Buyer
Hugo Gstrein Thjnk Art Director
Tanja Braune Thjnk Art Buyer
Rilana von Werne Thjnk Art Director
Pixel Galaxie Pixel Galaxie Production Company
Moritz Schäfer Thjnk Copywriter
Emir Haveric Emir Haveric Photographer
Sebastian Plum Thjnk Copywriter
VERONICA BALLART LILJA VERONICA BALLART LILJA Illustration
Justus Düsenberg Thjnk Graphic Designer
Jana Wallossek achtung! Trainee
Hannah Hofmann Thjnk Account Manager
Sonja Pösel Vast Forward/Bildpunktmobilisierung GmbH Programmer
Felicitas Tennstedt Thjnk Account Manager
Stephanie Schrenk achtung! Account Manager
Ralph Teichmann Thjnk Agency Producer
Susanne Nagel Thjnk Art Buyer
Tanja Braune Thjnk Art Buyer
Pixel Galaxie Pixel Galaxie Production Company
Emir Haveric Emir Haveric Photographer
VERONICA BALLART LILJA VERONICA BALLART LILJA Illustration
Jana Wallossek achtung! Trainee
Sonja Pösel Vast Forward/Bildpunktmobilisierung GmbH Programmer

The Campaign

"The social design firm MORE THAN SHELTERS has created a new type of refugee tent: DOMO. Up to five times more durable than conventional refugee tents, it can be adapted to both the local climate and the sociocultural needs of the people living in it. How can we get DOMO tents to refugees all over the world? The idea: CHECK IN FOR REFUGEES. We turn a refugee tent into a hotel: the DOMO Hotel. Every booking becomes a donation to help people in conflict areas – in the shape of DOMO tents. We launched the hotel with PR, a website, a guerrilla marketing campaign in other hotels and banners on hotel reservation sites. And with an opening day as a media event for dozens of journalists and bloggers."

"A breathtaking success: TV channels, radio stations, the press, bloggers and journalists cover the launch of DOMO Hotel and make it one of the nation’s hottest topics. With over225.3 million contacts generated. The result: the DOMO Hotel was quickly booked solid. In fact, the idea became so popular that a wellknown hotel chain integrated our DOMO Hotel into its regular operations. Even two Bundesliga players from the Hamburger SV and FC St. Pauli football clubs set an example by booking a night’s accommodation. In one month we collect more than 860 per day. And DOMO tents were produced. Yet the greatest success of all is that the first ones are already being used in Nepal."

"CHECK IN FOR REFUGEES. We turn a refugee tent into a hotel: the DOMO Hotel. Every booking becomes a donation to help people in conflict areas – in the shape of DOMO tents. We launched the hotel with PR, a website, a guerrilla marketing campaign in other hotels and banners on hotel reservation sites. And with an opening day as a media event for dozens of journalists and bloggers."