Marketing after a crisis | Kristian Sonnier & Mark Romig | #SoMeT15US New Orleans, USA

SoMeT: A New Model for Destination Marketing
SoMeT: A New Model for Destination Marketing Tourism Marketing, Social Media à SoMeT: A New Model for Destination Marketing
Rebuilding New Orleans’ Tourism Industry
After Hurricane Katrina and the BP Oil Spill
Kristian Sonnier
New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau
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Katrina: Unprecedented Challenges
• Take care of staff that had lost everything
• Repair millions of dollars in damaged infrastructure
• Overcome unprecedented brand impairment
• Ensure every client had constant, honest progress
reports
• Rebuild $2 billion in lost business with virtually no
tax base
• Plan the resurgence of $5 billion industry that
employs 85,000 people and creates 35% of the city’s
operating budget
4
Continued Negative Media Exposure
• In New Orleans, Dysfunction Fuels Cycle of Killing -
The New York Times, Feb. 5, 2007
• Murder City USA - Anderson Cooper 360, Feb. 8, 2007
• Post-Katrina Crime Shoots Up - ABCNews.com, June 20, 2007
• New Orleans Death Rates on the Rise - USA Today, June 27, 2007
• Why New Orleans Still Isn’t Safe - Time magazine, Aug. 13, 2007
• Killer Bees Descend on New Orleans - MSNBC.com, Sept. 12, 2007
• Not Another Katrina – The Washington Post, Oct. 24, 2007
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Forever New Orleans Campaign
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Forever New Orleans Campaign
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Forever New Orleans Campaign
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Forever New Orleans Campaign
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Forever New Orleans Campaign
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Forever New Orleans Campaign
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Forever New Orleans Campaign
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Forever New Orleans Campaign
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National Billboard Campaign
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National Billboard Campaign
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Airplane Tray Table Ads
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PR Objectives
Restore the image of New Orleans as a premiere leisure and
convention destination.
• Secure positive media coverage in broadcast, print and online
media
• Influence the way journalists report on New Orleans
• Communicate good news about New Orleans to all audiences
• Help market and promote reasons to visit
• Create marketing toolkits for internal and external clients
• Preserve the New Orleans brand through crisis management,
media coverage analysis, photo/video library, key messages and
more
17
Taking the Show on the Road
• NY, Chicago, DC, London,
Paris, Frankfurt, Los
Angeles, San Francisco and
Dallas
• Positive media coverage
reaching millions of
potential visitors
• Thousands of visitors visit
the streetcar in major
markets
18
Seeing Is Believing
• More than 700
international
journalists hosted in
2007 on customized
trips to dispel myths
19
Positive Media Exposure
• Mardi Gras Has Come Back Big - USA Today, Feb. 26, 2007
• Brad Pitt Says He Misses Living in New Orleans – People magazine,
May 14, 2007
• Sports Revival Progressing New Orleans – USA Today, Sept. 26, 2007
• New Orleans: Alive and Well and Better Than Ever – Corporate & Incentive
Travel magazine, Sept. 2007
• Tourists Return to New Orleans as City Mends - USA Today, Oct. 12, 2007
• Convention-goers’ Big Bucks Return to New Orleans - MSNBC.com,
Oct. 18, 2007
• New Orleans Streetcars Roll Again - CNN.com, Nov. 11, 2007
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Perception Survey
• 80% believe oil will affect Louisiana for at least
two years
• 29% who had plans to visit Louisiana have
cancelled or postponed their trips
• 28% believe that the oil spill is as bad as or worse
than the 2005 hurricanes Katrina and Rita
• 45% are following the story closely
• 48% believe that restaurants that serve Louisiana
seafood put customers at risk
24
BP Oil Spill Challenges
• Acknowledge tragedy while communicating its
geographic distance from New Orleans
• Ease weary customers about yet another booking
objection
• Overcome concerns of air, water and seafood safety
• All while New Orleans was the site of most media
reports
25
Key Messages
• New Orleans is 100 miles inland
• All of the things that visitors enjoy have been
unchanged by the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico
• Seafood is safe and is scrutinized and tested by
more federal agencies than ever before
26
BP Public Relations Tactics
• $1 million plan in 60 days
• Engaged seven agencies, 21-person team of experts
• Satellite Media Tours
• Social Media
• National Media Relations
• Multicultural Campaign
• Video
• Regional PR
• Member Toolkits and Resource Guide
• Katrina 5th
Anniversary
27
BP Ad Campaign
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BP Ad Campaign
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BP Ad Campaign
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Results
• 22 awards in 2014, T&L America’s Favorite City
• Super Bowl 2013, NBA All Star 2008 and 2014
• Record-breaking festival and convention attendance
• 2014: 9.52 million visitors
• 2013: 9.28 million visitors
• 2012: 9.1 million visitors
• 2011: 8.75 million visitors
• 2010: 8.3 million visitors and number one growing destination
in the country
• 2009: 7.5 million visitors
• 2008: 7.6 million visitors
• 2007: 7.1 million visitors
• 2006: 3.7 million visitors
• Pre-K: 8.5 million visitors 32
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Marketing after a crisis | Kristian Sonnier & Mark Romig | #SoMeT15US New Orleans, USA

  • 1. Rebuilding New Orleans’ Tourism Industry After Hurricane Katrina and the BP Oil Spill Kristian Sonnier New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau 1
  • 2. 2
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  • 4. Katrina: Unprecedented Challenges • Take care of staff that had lost everything • Repair millions of dollars in damaged infrastructure • Overcome unprecedented brand impairment • Ensure every client had constant, honest progress reports • Rebuild $2 billion in lost business with virtually no tax base • Plan the resurgence of $5 billion industry that employs 85,000 people and creates 35% of the city’s operating budget 4
  • 5. Continued Negative Media Exposure • In New Orleans, Dysfunction Fuels Cycle of Killing - The New York Times, Feb. 5, 2007 • Murder City USA - Anderson Cooper 360, Feb. 8, 2007 • Post-Katrina Crime Shoots Up - ABCNews.com, June 20, 2007 • New Orleans Death Rates on the Rise - USA Today, June 27, 2007 • Why New Orleans Still Isn’t Safe - Time magazine, Aug. 13, 2007 • Killer Bees Descend on New Orleans - MSNBC.com, Sept. 12, 2007 • Not Another Katrina – The Washington Post, Oct. 24, 2007 5
  • 6. Forever New Orleans Campaign 6
  • 7. Forever New Orleans Campaign 7
  • 8. Forever New Orleans Campaign 8
  • 9. Forever New Orleans Campaign 9
  • 10. Forever New Orleans Campaign 10
  • 11. Forever New Orleans Campaign 11
  • 12. Forever New Orleans Campaign 12
  • 13. Forever New Orleans Campaign 13
  • 17. PR Objectives Restore the image of New Orleans as a premiere leisure and convention destination. • Secure positive media coverage in broadcast, print and online media • Influence the way journalists report on New Orleans • Communicate good news about New Orleans to all audiences • Help market and promote reasons to visit • Create marketing toolkits for internal and external clients • Preserve the New Orleans brand through crisis management, media coverage analysis, photo/video library, key messages and more 17
  • 18. Taking the Show on the Road • NY, Chicago, DC, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Dallas • Positive media coverage reaching millions of potential visitors • Thousands of visitors visit the streetcar in major markets 18
  • 19. Seeing Is Believing • More than 700 international journalists hosted in 2007 on customized trips to dispel myths 19
  • 20. Positive Media Exposure • Mardi Gras Has Come Back Big - USA Today, Feb. 26, 2007 • Brad Pitt Says He Misses Living in New Orleans – People magazine, May 14, 2007 • Sports Revival Progressing New Orleans – USA Today, Sept. 26, 2007 • New Orleans: Alive and Well and Better Than Ever – Corporate & Incentive Travel magazine, Sept. 2007 • Tourists Return to New Orleans as City Mends - USA Today, Oct. 12, 2007 • Convention-goers’ Big Bucks Return to New Orleans - MSNBC.com, Oct. 18, 2007 • New Orleans Streetcars Roll Again - CNN.com, Nov. 11, 2007 20
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  • 24. Perception Survey • 80% believe oil will affect Louisiana for at least two years • 29% who had plans to visit Louisiana have cancelled or postponed their trips • 28% believe that the oil spill is as bad as or worse than the 2005 hurricanes Katrina and Rita • 45% are following the story closely • 48% believe that restaurants that serve Louisiana seafood put customers at risk 24
  • 25. BP Oil Spill Challenges • Acknowledge tragedy while communicating its geographic distance from New Orleans • Ease weary customers about yet another booking objection • Overcome concerns of air, water and seafood safety • All while New Orleans was the site of most media reports 25
  • 26. Key Messages • New Orleans is 100 miles inland • All of the things that visitors enjoy have been unchanged by the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico • Seafood is safe and is scrutinized and tested by more federal agencies than ever before 26
  • 27. BP Public Relations Tactics • $1 million plan in 60 days • Engaged seven agencies, 21-person team of experts • Satellite Media Tours • Social Media • National Media Relations • Multicultural Campaign • Video • Regional PR • Member Toolkits and Resource Guide • Katrina 5th Anniversary 27
  • 31. 31
  • 32. Results • 22 awards in 2014, T&L America’s Favorite City • Super Bowl 2013, NBA All Star 2008 and 2014 • Record-breaking festival and convention attendance • 2014: 9.52 million visitors • 2013: 9.28 million visitors • 2012: 9.1 million visitors • 2011: 8.75 million visitors • 2010: 8.3 million visitors and number one growing destination in the country • 2009: 7.5 million visitors • 2008: 7.6 million visitors • 2007: 7.1 million visitors • 2006: 3.7 million visitors • Pre-K: 8.5 million visitors 32
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