Marketing

✈ Iberia offers domestic flights from €24, Europe from €29, the US from €187, Latin America from €232, and Asia from €330. Pre-sale for registered users starts today, with the general sale on January 7th, lasting until January 27th, for travel until June 14th. Air Europa's Time to Fly for 2025 includes domestic flights from €25, Europe from €29, the US from €209, and the Caribbean/Central/South America from €259, plus Baleares/Peninsula from €12 and Canarias/Peninsula from €16. Valid for travel within Spain/Europe until June 12th, long-haul until November 30th, round-trip without checked baggage.

🎄 Iberia, in a social experiment for their Christmas ad, offered four individuals the choice to change their flights home for tickets to dream destinations like Tokyo, New York, and Los Angeles. The participants, under their families' watchful eyes, chose family over the trips. The ad, celebrated for its emotional appeal, highlights the priority of family during the holiday season.

✈ Vueling custom-wrapped an Airbus A320 with Athletic Club de Bilbao's colors, featuring the emblem and images of players Iñaki Williams, Óscar de Marcos, Nico Williams, Daniel Vivian, Oihan Sancet, and Unai Simón. The branded aircraft will transport the team to Istanbul this week for their UEFA Europa League match against Fenerbahçe. The initiative aims to enhance Athletic's brand visibility across Europe.

📎 Smytravel launched Mybitos, its loyalty program designed to incentivize associated agencies and boost sales with exclusive benefits. Agents can attain different user levels: Economy, Business, or First, with accumulated sales increasing the accounting value of Bitos, which can be redeemed for products from Smytravel, Tourmundial, Club de Vacaciones, and transport consolidator Passengy. Agencies can join for free on Smytravel's website and membership is automatic after the first booking post-registration.

📈 Founded in 2017 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Coco Solution grew from a small startup to a leading digital marketing agency with a specialized focus on the tourism sector. The agency now houses five departments and a team of over 20 digital marketing experts. Success stories include a 300% organic traffic increase for Villa Gran Canaria since 2019 and a 158.8% booking increase with a 179% ROAS improvement for another hotel group. Coco Solution emphasizes personalized services, including web and app development, strategic SEO and SEM, social media management, and creative design, supported by its proprietary "Growth Up SEO" methodology and ACAI ecosystem tools.

📣 Google Hotel Ads updated to include real-time rates, images, and user ratings through enriched data from travel feeds. Advertisers can integrate their Hotel Centre with Google Ads, enriching search ad formats, which has led to a 20% increase in click-through rates (CTR) during an internal Google study from May 5-30, 2024. The update aims to provide users with detailed information in the ad, reducing additional clicks and potentially increasing hotel page conversions. Global campaigns are now available, though ad designs are illustrative and subject to Google's control. Potential obstacles for hoteliers include setting up a Hotel Centre account and correctly parameterizing links for tracking.

🏖 Turismo de Canarias launched a new winter campaign at the 45th World Travel Market, targeting tourists who respect the Canary Islands' environment, culture, and society. Presented by Tourism and Employment Councilor Jéssica de León, the campaign focuses on responsible tourism and will run from November to March in the UK, Ireland, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden, and Norway, with a €2.5 million budget funded by the European Regional Development Fund. The strategy also aims to diversify markets and reduce vulnerabilities, increasing the presence in France, Italy, Poland and opening new routes to the US, Hungary, Romania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Croatia, and soon Greece and Serbia.

🚀 Ouigo, the SNCF subsidiary, defies Spain's Transport Minister Óscar Puente, who threatened EU legal action over their commercial practices. The company plans to sell 10,000 tickets at €1 via its app and website, exclusive to newsletter subscribers. Previously, Ouigo offered a similar deal in April and currently has a base fare of €9 for all routes.

💻 Green Software has partnered with Seres (Grupo Docaposte), a company with over 30 years of national and international experience in advanced technological solutions. They have a wide customer base and align with Green Software's mission to not only provide digital tools but also to offer customized solution consulting to clients.

🎢 Halcón Viajes and B travel offer up to 70% discounts, kids travel free or with major discounts, and financing options with only 50 euros deposit, ensuring customers the best price. Viajes El Corte Inglés' "Crucero Fantástico 2025" campaign promises up to 60% off, up to 300 euros discount for bookings before November 2024 for trips until December 31, 2025, and a 200 euros Google Pixel 9 mobile coupon, with similar booking conditions to Ávoris. Azulmarino provides up to 60% off, up to 350 euros off for bookings before November 30, no cancellation fees, kids deals, onboard credit, and drink packages included.