Qantas, TA and Cummins & Partners lead nominations in inaugural Mumbrella Travel Marketing Awards
Jurors from across the travel industry have pored through close to 100 entries in the inaugural Mumbrella Travel Marketing Awards with Tourism Australia, Qantas and Cummins & Partners among the most shortlisted companies.
The finalists have today been revealed across the nine categories, with the awards recognising the best of travel marketing.
The winners will be announced after the Mumbrella Travel Marketing Summit being held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney on April 5. Tickets can be booked here.
Tourism Australia and Tourism Western Australia have both been shortlisted for Marketing Team of the Year, along with Air New Zealand, APT, Visit Ballarat and The Travel Corporation’s Insight Vacations.
Travel Ad Campaign of the Year meanwhile will be selected from BWM Dentsu for Qantas’ Why We Fly, Cummins & Partners for Tourism Western Australia’s Just Another Day in WA, JimJam for Tourism Tasmania’s Stories Told from the Inside Out, and True for Air New Zealand’s A Better Way to Fly.
Tourism WA’s campaign is also shortlisted for Social Idea of the Year, PR Idea of the Year, Best Media Strategy and Best Use of Native or Content Marketing.
Qantas campaigns have been nominated for Social Idea of the Year and PR Idea of the Year,
while Weber Shandwick has also been shortlisted for Social Idea of the Year and Best Use of Native or Content Marketing.
Expedia and Contiki are up against Tourism Australia for Best Influencer Campaign with Get Lost, The Core Agency, NSW Parks and Wildlife Service and content agency Medium Rare in a four-way fight for Best Website.
The full shortlist:
Social Idea of the Year
- Cover-More Group for Cover-More Travel Insurance – The Hero Story
- Cummins&Partners for Tourism Western Australia – Just Another Day in WA
- Host for Air New Zealand – Summer Wonderland
- Qantas with The Monkeys – Qantas Out of Office Travelogue
- Qantas – Gaynetto
- Weber Shandwick for ACCOR HOTELS – ibis PLAY
PR Idea of the Year
- Cummins&Partners for Tourism Western Australia – Just Another Day in WA
- Frank PR for Travel Insurance Direct – Homesickness Hotline
- Junkee Media & Klick Communications for Contiki – Virtually Unlimited
- Klick Communications for Gold Coast Tourism – #SeeChange
- Tourism Australia with The Cru for Noma Australia
- Qantas with The Monkeys – Qantas Out of Office Travelogue
Best Media Strategy
- Cummins&Partners for Tourism Western Australia- Just Another Day in WA
- Maxus for Jetstar – Jetstar and The Recruit
- OMD Word with Qantas Marketing for Qantas – Qantas 2016 Outbrain Media Strategy
- PHD with True for Air New Zealand – A word from Dave the goose
- Starcom with Clemenger BBDO for Visa – Visa Cross Border
- The Mint Partners with Art Series Hotel Group for Art Series Hotel Group for The Johnson hotel launch – Spring Hill, Brisbane (doors opened October 2016)
Best Use of Native or Content Marketing
- Cummins&Partners for Tourism Western Australia – Just Another Day in WA
- Fairfax Media, Made By Fairfax for South Australian Tourism Commision
- Luxury Escapes – Luxury Escapes, The World’s Best Holidays
- Qantas – Qantas x Tesla Race
- Weber Shandwick for ACCOR HOTELS – ibis PLAY
Best Influencer Campaign
- Expedia ANZ – Follow Your Roots
- Contiki – No Regrets, Europe Launch
- Tourism Australia – Chris Hemsworth, Global Ambassador
- Tourism Australia with The Cru for Noma Australia
Publication of the year
- Medium Rare Content Agency for Qantas – Qantas Magazine
- Junkee Media for Qantas – AWOL
- Weber Shandwick for Accor Hotels – ibis PLAY
- Hardie Grant Media for Jetstar – Jetstar Magazine (Australia)
- IPMG with Australian Traveller for Australian Traveller
Best Website
- Get Lost with Grin Creative -getlostmagazine.com
- Medium Rare Content Agency for Qantas – Qantas Travel Insider
- NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service – Young Adults Campaign (YAC)
- The Core Agency with A-Tech for Cook Islands Tourism Corporation – cookislands.travel
- Weber Shandwick for ACCOR HOTELS – ibis PLAY
Marketing Team of the Year
- Air New Zealand
- APT Travel Group
- Tourism Western Australia
- Insight Vacations
- Tourism Australia
- Visit Ballarat
Ad Campaign of the Year
- BWM Dentsu for Qantas – Why Fly
- Cummins&Partners for Tourism Western Australia – Just Another Day in WA
- JimJam Ideas for Tourism Tasmania – Stories Told from the Inside Out
- True with Plaza Films, Blockhead, Liquid, Nylon, Bryan Brown, Match Photography for Air New Zealand – A Better Way To Fly
