INDUSTRY TOOLKIT DECEMBER 2020 CAMPAIGN SUMMARY

The Great Escape Interstate Campaign NSW Road Trips Domestic & New Zealand Campaign October – December 2020 November 2020 – June 2021 Destination NSW has launched the next phase of the successful Love NSW campaign, With self-drive holidays being the preferred holiday type amongst domestic travellers, The Great Escape. For many months, travellers have been living behind closed doors Destination NSW is inspiring holiday makers to take the long road and ultimately spend more and restricted by borders, now as each border begins to open around , and stay longer in NSW regional and rural towns by promoting NSW multi-day road trips. advertising will be enticing interstate travellers to “jump the fence” into NSW for their Over seven months, the multi-channel marketing program promoting 28 road trips is next getaway. being rolled out and comprises of: The 12-week campaign has been released state by state within South Australia, South • Digital videos, paid social and search engine marketing leading audiences to East Queensland and Victoria, across television, print, digital homepage takeovers and refreshed itineraries and new mapping technology on visitnsw.com. social media. • Mobile phone marketing via Google, Spotify and TripAdvisor targeting travellers en-route and in-destination to encourage them to spend more whilst on holidays over the summer period. • The Long Road; a 6-part web series, featuring high profile musicians on their favourite NSW Road Trips, will capture the attention of holiday makers when they are planning their year ahead. Ths activity is in market between December 2020 and March 2021. • Influencers and journalists have also been road tripping around NSW and sharing content across Facebook, Instagram and online publishers since July 2020.

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1. Destination NSW has enhanced the Road Trips content on visitnsw.com with new itinerary formats and maps. To ensure your business appears on the maps, please: List your business for free on visitnsw.com List your tourism business — accommodation, tours, food and drink venues, events and visitor attractions — on visitnsw.com by creating a free Get Connected product listing at destinationnsw.com.au/getconnected Link your online booking software Visitnsw.com showcases accommodation and visitor experiences in NSW. Link your online booking software to your Get Connected product listing so users can book directly through visitnsw.com. Find out more about online bookings. 2. Share the campaign on social media Share The Great Escape ad NSW Road Trips social assets (landscape and square format images) across your social media channels, using the campaign hashtags #LoveNSW #NewSouthWales #NSWRoadTrips 3. Use the Road Trip images and messaging We have created online image and video collections for each of the 28 road trips for use in your own marketing. You can also use The Great Escape logo and key messages in your own marketing collateral. CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE IMAGE LIBRARY

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The Great Escape logo has been created to be used across the campaign. We invite you to use this asset to create any marketing collateral for your business when promoting NSW. This can include stickers, badges, posters, email marketing communications or local press ads. Think of this visual asset as a stamp that can be applied to any promotional material.

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1. A Tour of Caves and Fossils 2. Central to Outback NSW

Photography is one of the primary means through which we showcase the beauty of and the range of incredible experiences available throughout the year. Capturing and selecting high quality content that will engage our audiences is of key importance. For ease of use, Destination NSW as curated a selection of images for each of the 28 road trips. These can be accessed by clicking the relevant tile 3. Coast and Country Highlife 4. Coast to Country once you have signed into the Destination NSW Content Library. Not registered? Register for the Destination NSW Content Library by visiting content.destinationnsw.com.au and click Register in the top right corner.

5. Cool Coast to Intrepid Land 6. Darling River Run

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7. Food Lovers Loop 8.

9. Grand Pacific Drive 10. Greater Blue Mountains Drive

11. Heritage Highlights 12. Heritage Towns Contemporary Tastes

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13. High Country to Cruising Coast 14. Kamiliroi Contrasts

15. Kosciuszko 16. Legendary Pacific Coast

17. Mighty Murray Drive 18. North Coast Hinterland Adventure

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19. NSW Food & Wine Trail 20. Rainforest Way

21. Riverina to Snowy Valleys Way 22. Stargazing and Storytelling

23. to Melbourne Coastal Drive 24. Tablelands Food & Wine Trail

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25. The Classic Australian Drive 26. The and Beyond

27. The Long Paddock 28.

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NSW The Great Escape logo and messaging Epic Road Trips. Unlimited Stories. Epic Road Trips. Unlimited Stories. can be used across a diverse range of media The Mighty Murray Drive Central to Outback NSW channels to highlight the range of experiences on offer in NSW across nature, art and culture, history and heritage, accommodation and transport. Here are some creative examples of how partners can use NSW The Great Escape logo. We can also provide you with a suite of images and video assets to utilise in NSW The Great Escape campaign. Please see previous pages for links to curated image collections.

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Where relevant, please integrate road trip 30 words 65 words messages into your marketing collateral, website and social media. Below are some examples of Change gears from routine to spontaneity on a road A road trip is the excitement of not knowing what’s the tone and language you can consider when trip. In NSW, we’ve got 28 ideas for epic journeys that around every corner. The thrill of the open road and promoting road trips. criss-cross the state by car. Make NSW your next meeting locals along the way. So wind down the great escape. windows and enjoy the fresh coastal breezes as you leave the city behind. A road trip is more than a great Taglines escape, it’s a story to tell — here are 28 journeys in 40 words NSW to try. • 28 epic road trips, unlimited stories to tell Whether you like to chase waterfalls or wineries, • Epic road trips, unlimited stories. NSW’s 28 road trips offer a journey to suit every 75 words • A road trip is more than a getaway, it’s a story holiday mode. From coastal drives to outback detours to tell... to cruising by the river — hit the road in NSW for an Well, you could jump on plane and fly to your next unforgettable escape. destination — but imagine what you might miss along • 28 NSW road trips, no two are alike the way. Stopping to taste apples straight from the • Every road leads to another NSW adventure tree; eating fish and chips on the beach at sunset; buying local wine and fossicking for retro treasures in a country town. For your next great escape, pack up the car for a memorable NSW road trip. Here are 28 itineraries to add to your wish list.

THE GREAT ESCAPE: INDUSTRY TOOLKIT – DECEMBER 2020 PAGE. 11 Where possible, please include our social media hashtags and handles in your posts SOCIAL Facebook: facebook.com/visitnsw, Instagram: @visitnsw, Twitter: @NewSouthWales

Primary Hashtag Secondary Hashtags MEDIA #LoveNSW #NewSouthWales #NSWRoadTrips #HolidayHereThisYear

Be part of the campaign and spread the word. So that we all share the same voice across the Love NSW campaign, when creating and sharing content through your marketing and social media channels — or encouraging visitors to create user-led content for your NSW tourism business — we ask you to use these key messages and follow the photography guidelines. Photography Tips: 1. Capture a photo in an inspiring NSW location. 2. Share the photo on social media with the hashtag #LoveNSW. Don’t forget to use #NewSouthWales and also tag @VisitNSW. For Sydney use #ilovesydney and also tag @Sydney. For more information on social media, please refer to our guidelines. 3. Encourage your local operators and visitors to do the same.

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For more information on The Great Escape and NSW Road Trips campaigns, please Industry Development contact your Regional Tourism Development Manager: Destination NSW’s NSW First Program includes advice, events and resources to help Destination North Coast NSW Destination Sydney Surrounds South tourism businesses develop, promote and sell their tourism products. The NSW First Mitchell Gunn Jacqui Greaves Quick Tips guides help tourism businesses navigate COVID-19 and include advice about M: 0459 873 973 M: 0459 873 970 staying connected with travellers, media and distribution partners, and opportunities E: [email protected] E: [email protected] to develop new areas of business. Destination Riverina Murray Destination Southern NSW & Destination Antje Klupsch Country and Outback NSW Advice & Support M: 0428 141 762 Sarita Atkins E: [email protected] M: 0459 872 440 Destination NSW will continue to provide tourism operators with the latest E: [email protected] Government and Health advice and support via destinationnsw.com.au Destination Sydney

Surrounds North The latest health advice and guidance about COVID safe business operations and Tenille Jenkins restrictions on travel and public gatherings are available at: M: 0409 461 437 • NSW Government E: [email protected] • Australian Government Visit destinationnsw.com.au/nswfirst to find out how to develop, promote and sell your tourism experience or contact [email protected] for product development • Safe Work Australia - COVID-19 information for workplaces. support and advice.