BAi360
Brighton’s most iconic attraction
50°49′17″N, 000°09′03″W
Overview
Standing 450 feet above Brighton’s West Beach is the impressive Brighton i360 Viewing Tower. Its 360-degree views across Brighton, the South Downs and, on the clearest days, to Beachy Head in the east and the Isle of Wight in the west, have quickly made it an iconic South Coast landmark.
While the attraction has proved extremely popular with visitors from across the UK, BAi360 saw significant room for growth, including from overseas visitors. They asked Navigate to increase the digital reach of the attraction and grow ticket sales.
On paper our task was simple: to build awareness and attract visitors to the award-winning Brighton i360.
Brighton is the 11th most visited city in the UK and BAi360 was keen to tap into the tourist market further and make the attraction a must-see for visitors to the seaside resort.
Our three objectives
Looking near and far for visitors
Our demographic analysis showed the primary audience were the 22 million adults living under two hours away. The analysis also showed this audience had a lot of choice when it came to attractions, so for us, hitting them when they were planning their day trip was key to engaging and exciting them to visit.
Many local residents had already visited the Brighton i360 before, but it was important to encourage them to a return or buy an annual membership. So during the summer holidays, we focused on targeting nearby families.
We also wanted to inspire international tourists staying in London to make the trip to Brighton and witness the incredible views from the giant glass viewing pod.
The audiences we identified are digitally savvy. They use social media for inspiration about what to do and where to go, so we used a multi-channel approach to reach them at the most effective times.
Getting in people’s eye-lines
We created highly engaging social content around two main themes: Brighton’s Best Views and the Brighton i360 Nyetimber Sky Bar – one of the UK’s most unique. We served high-impact ads through social channels and display to grow reach and engage audiences. And by creating lookalike audiences and retargeting, we generated sales from users who had previously engaged but not bought.
Paid search through Google and Bing was key to converting all audiences. We used both to target based on search intent, allowing us to capture day-trippers in their ‘early-consideration phase’, as well as those in Brighton looking for things to do. The PPC performed excellently throughout the campaign, achieved a very high CVR, and contributed to 85% of ticket sales for the digital advertising campaign.
“Navigate has produced impactful content to really engage with our key audiences to drive ticket sales and help us achieve our vision of making BA i360 Brighton’s must-see attraction.”