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Expedia once again showcases the joy of travel/drudgery of modern life with ‘where’s your somewhere?’ campaign

The travel industry has been one of the sectors most affected by the rise of e-commerce, with customers increasingly doing their booking of flights, hotels, trips, rental cars and transfers online. Expedia, the world’s largest online travel site in terms of booking volumes, is at the forefront of that shift and, as part of its ‘Out There Starts Here’ campaign, it’s created a few good ads for the New Zealand and Australian market. Now it’s launched another one that sees the travel dreams of several characters become a reality. 

Developed by DDB Sydney, the new home of Toby Talbot, the campaign focus of ‘finding your somewhere’ is spearheaded by a TVC directed by Sean Mehan featuring a new version of the famous song, ‘Somewhere over the Rainbow’. The campaign will roll out across all media. 

“At Expedia, we are passionate about helping people get out there and discover – or rediscover – this amazing world we live in,” says Lee-Ann Googan, brand marketing director, Expedia Australia and NZ. “This campaign truly captures the joy of travel … We hope this campaign inspires people that there is no better time to start getting to your ‘somewhere’ with Expedia.”

Talbot believes the central idea of the campaign is really going to resonate with a lot of people.

“We all have a place in the world we desperately want to visit, but life always seems to get in the way (I speak from bitter experience). The TVC in particular really epitomises this, beautifully bringing the whole concept to life.”

Expedia wouldn’t release any specific figures about the New Zealand market or its recent growth (check out the international fourth quarter results here), but, in an effort to expand its customer base and ensure profit growth, it has gone on a buying spree in recent years, picking up Wotif, Trivago, Travelocity (for around $280 million) and Orbitz (for US$1.6 billion last week). 

Credits

Agency: DDB Sydney

Chief Creative Officer:                                               Toby Talbot

Creative Partner:                                                        Noah Regan

Senior Art Director:                                                     Noah Regan

Senior Copywriter:                                                      Trent Christie

Head of Onscreen Production:                                   Brenden Johnson

TV Producer:                                                              Rachel Solomon

Senior Business Director:                                           Lena Dawson

Senior Business Manager:                                          Alex Clark

Senior Graphic Designer:                                           Domenic Bartolo

Client: Expedia

Director of Marketing Australia & New Zealand         Louise Crompton & Lee-Ann Googan

Senior Marketing Manager                                         Vanessa Pearce

Associate Marketing Manager                                    Ashleigh Scanlon

Production:

Production Company:                                                 Soma Films

Director:                                                                      Sean Meehan

Producer:                                                                    Sam McGarry

Post-Production:

Post-Production:                                                         Method Studios

Offline Editor:                                                              Peter Sciberras

Colourist:                                                                     Andrew Clarkson

Online:                                                                         Jay Hawkins

Producer:                                                                    Briohny Aldersea

Music Negotiation:                                                      Elise Lindsay @ Nylon

Music Composition:                                                    Elliot Wheeler @ Turning Studios

Sound Design:                                                            Simon Kane @ SongZu         

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