2015 Promo & Activation

THE CLIMATE PORTAL

TitleTHE CLIMATE PORTAL
BrandSWEDAVIA SWEDISH AIRPORTS
Product/ServiceARLANDA AIRPORT
Category A01. Use of Promotional Events & Stunts 
Entrant Company ÅKESTAM HOLST Stockholm, SWEDEN
Advertising Agency ÅKESTAM HOLST Stockholm, SWEDEN
Production Company STUDIO NOC Stockholm, SWEDEN
Production Company 2 STICKY BEAT Stockholm, SWEDEN
Credits
Name Company Position
Andreas Ullenius Åkestam Holst Creative Director
Hanna Björk Åkestam Holst Creative Director
Kalle Åkestam Åkestam Holst Copywriter
Erik Nordenankar Åkestam Holst Art Director
Jacob Stjärne Åkestam Holst Account Director
Fredrik Burman Åkestam Holst Account Director
Mirja Hjelm Åkestam Holst Account Manager
Lisa Adamsson Åkestam Holst Planner
Sara Bellafesta Åkestam Holst Graphic Designer
Johan Eklund Åkestam Holst Digital Producer
Staffan Gille Studio Noc Creative
Erik Rune Studio Noc Creative
Dev Malhotra Studio Noc Account Director
Stefan Wikström Studio Noc Account Manager
Primetec Technical Support
Yvonne Boe  Swedavia Advertiser’s Supervisor

The Brief

Open people’s eyes to airport shopping. How do we reach people who already spent hours packing the perfect bag? And how can we reach people outside the airports?

Campaign Success

We built the world’s first connected weather simulator, where travelers could experience their destination live before even boarding the plane. Three chambers were hooked up to online weather services, and translated the data into our physical world. Each chamber had everything from wind and sun simulations to huge screens playing different films depending on the climate at the destination.

Describe the success of the promotion with both client and consumer including some quantifiable results

The Climate Portal was a colossal hit. Reporters from across the world came to do stories on it, giving the portal a total potential reach of close to to one billion people and an estimated ad value of 150 times the investment. But what mattered most was the 225 000 people who used it to check if they actually had packed the perfect bag.

Explain why the method of promotion was most relevant to the product or service

In dialogue with the passengers at Stockholm Arlanda Airport, we realized early that this idea could solve a way to communicate the wide range of shopping at the airport and connect offers based on the weather at the destination.