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AIRBNB / SANDA

Belong Somewhere New.

Growth Marketing / Digital Experience / Content / Activation

The places we remember aren’t always defined by where we stayed.

They’re defined by the people we met, the neighbourhoods we explored and the experiences that made somewhere unfamiliar feel like home.

Belong Somewhere New connects destination storytelling, customer discovery and experience-led marketing around that simple human truth.

01 / THE CHALLENGE

From a place to stay to a sense of place.

Connecting inspiration, discovery and digital customer journeys in a competitive travel market. The challenge was to bring the emotional appeal of a destination into the practical experience of finding the right stay.

Trees with pink blossoms line a sunny city street

02 / THE APPROACH

Inspiration with a clear next step.

We brought together audience insight, destination content, customer journey strategy, growth marketing and experience design. Connecting what makes a place meaningful with how people discover and explore it.

A small black house with a lot of windows

03 / THE WORK

Every place has a story.

people standing near blue and white food stall during daytime
a living room filled with furniture and a chandelier

01

Destination storytelling

The Local Edit, A Place to Remember and The People Who Make the Place organised neighbourhood, property and community stories into an editorial direction.

02

Discovery & digital journeys

Marketing thinking connected audience insight, search, destination-led content and landing-page direction across inspiration, exploration and consideration.

03

Experience & activation

Our experience direction brought local discovery, neighbourhood guides and place-based storytelling into the wider marketing journey.

Two hikers with backpacks walking along a trail toward snow-capped mountains

04 / THE OUTCOME

A more connected sense of discovery.

Our direction connected distinctive stays, local stories and digital discovery in one experience-led marketing framework. The focus was to make the character of a destination part of the journey, not just its backdrop.

CONTINUE EXPLORING

Beyond the Journey.