3. Trend #1: Augmented Reality
● Interactivity increasing
engagement
● Move from gimmick to tactic
● Big uplift amongst attractions
- especially those with family
audience
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6. Trend #1: Augmented Reality
Our advice?
Use to…
1) AR to add to the customer experience
2) Sway decision making pre purchase.
(otherwise it’s just an expensive gimmick)
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8. Trend #2: Micro Influencers
● Small following <5000
● Niche interests
● Authentic
● High engagement
● ‘Personal’ recommendations
● Everyday consumer
● Think smaller - even nano
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9. Trend #2: Micro Influencers
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Visit Britain - case study
● 18% engagement
● 778 high quality images
● 360 minutes of video
● 1,757,139 Reach
10. Our advice?
● Don’t be afraid to go small… and hyper
local!
● Put together a thorough vetting process
● Know how to brief
● Get an agreement in place
● Know what success looks like for you
● Think long term
Trend #2: Micro Influencers
13. Trend #3: The InstaBOOM
● Highest engagement rate of all
social networks
● Part of Facebook Ads Network
● Ecommerce functionality
● Our prediction: Improved reporting
in 2019
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14. Our advice?
● Post regularly on stories and the feed
● Include in your paid media strategy - not
just as as extension of Facebook!
● Use engaging stories features
● Make use of highlights
● Share (and encourage) UGC
Trend #3: The InstaBOOM
17. Trend #4: TripAdvisor Goes Social
● Relaunched November 2018
● Social focussed feed
● Publishing features opened up
● Shhhh…...Promoted content
coming Q2
● Focus on ‘Trips’
● Advertising is granular
● Create a TA Strategy
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19. Our advice?
● Create content on destination pages
● Create trips on destination pages
● Use targeted promoted content from Q2
● Use reviews as free market research!
● Reply to everything - the good and the
bad
Trend #4: TripAdvisor Goes Social
21. Trend #5: The Microgap
● Under 35s are taking more, shorter
breaks throughout the year
● Looking to enrich their lives… over the
long weekend
● Microgap experiences include: activities,
wellness, volunteering, culture, learning
or new skills
● Higher value experiences opportunity
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25. Trend #6: Getting Active
● People are looking at ways to be more
active - especially families
● Many are looking at ways to destress
and unwind
● Attractions are making use of unused
spaces and off peak times
● Focus on physical and mental health
● Balloons
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27. What does this mean for you?
● Include activities if you have the space
● Put together walking tours or bike tours
with other local attractions
● Mobile and pop up options available -
especially in summer!
● Use in marketing messaging
Trend #6: Getting Active
29. Trend #7: Video… Again
● Video dominates online
content consumption
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90% of
customers
say video
helps make
purchase
decisions
100 million
hours of
video are
watched
daily on
Facebook
Viewers
retain 95%
of a
message
when they
watch it in a
video
Trend #7: Video… Again
31. Our advice?
● Develop hero video content which can be
repurposed for each channel
● Partner up with content creators who can
create unusual and engaging content
● Don’t forget to include vertical video
● Use video in your advertising strategy
Trend #7: Video… Again
33. Trend #8: Upskilling Internally
● Inhouse teams are upskilling
with training, examples:
○ Hero content
○ Google Grant
○ Social Paid Media
○ Email Marketing
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35. Our advice?
● Upskilling can increase value of inhouse
teams
● Make sure that you remain competitive
● Upskill to drive innovation and spot
opportunities
Trend #8: Upskilling Internally
37. Trend #9: Online Vouchers
● Huge uptake over the last
year
● Attractions are using online
vouchers to boost off peak
sales
● Big trend toward experiences
over traditional gifts
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39. Our advice?
● Focus on key gifting periods
● Have offers suited to each audience
● Use a multi channel advertising approach
● Focus your messaging on the value of
gifting an experience
Trend #9: Online Vouchers
41. ● We’re seeing more budget being moved to
digital
● Why? This is where people are spending
most of their time
● Decision makers and influencers are
online - parents, children, friends
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Trend #10: Rebalancing Budgets
42. #DVTrends2019
Trend #10: Rebalancing Budgets
Digital
has a
greater
ROI
Digital
provides
real time
results
Digital
provides
far higher
engagement
43. Our advice?
● Work with experts that understand your
sector
● Focus on the Four C’s
○ Concept
○ Channels
○ Content
○ Connections
Trend #10: Rebalancing Budgets
Needs to be totally focused on how visitor attractions can use this to drive people into the venue.
Old Vic example is nice as this is using a space of theirs to drive engagement and interest, this supports secondary spaces, a younger audience and could convert to visitors. Need to think how else can use - open spaces around the venue, integrated into existing marketing / plans - how would this work on a newsletter - certainly