United Airlines’ Maggie Schmerin: We’re Turning ‘Connections’ Into Brand Loyalty Moments

ORLANDO, FL — United Airlines uses real-time operational data to hold connecting flights for delayed passengers. The airline, which is about to celebrate its centennial year, does so when the delay won’t impact final arrival times. Travelers worried about a missed connection receive a text with reassuring messages that transform potential stress into brand loyalty […]

 
 

Dentsu’s Cara Lewis: ‘Data Sits on the Throne’ in the Content-Commerce Conversation

AMENIA, NY — Travel has emerged as a bellwether for commerce media for several reasons, chief among them is the ability to connect data and content from 35,000 feet up in the air on down to the ground. That’s how Cara Lewis, chief investment and activation officer at dentsu international, explained the opportunities for the […]

 
 

The Trade Desk’s Jeff Daniel: Our CTV Campaign With Kinective Media Delivered 250,000 New Households for Luxury Brand

A CTV campaign leveraging United Airlines’ commerce media network, Kinective Media, reached over 250,000 net new households and drove 20% of sales for a luxury brand client, The Trade Desk revealed in a recent Beet.TV interview. The campaign demonstrates how The Trade Desk is combining its traditional demand-side platform capabilities with new audience segments from […]

 
 

‘The World’s Most Addressable TV Screen’? United’s Kinective Takes Flight: Richard Nunn

In an age of distraction, many advertisers wish they could tap into a captive audience. Well, there can be few more captive viewers than those on a jet plane. That’s why United Airlines recently launched Kinective Media, billed as the world’s first traveler media network of scale. In-flight Addressability With over 165 million passengers flown in […]

 
 

Like Sponsorships, Content Marketing Requires Connecting With Audiences: Momentum Worldwide’s Weil

LOS ANGELES – If you could hold a mirror to the current world of content marketing it would largely reflect what’s been happening for a long time in sports and entertainment sponsorships. One of the elemental rules is that just borrowing enthusiast audiences doesn’t cut it unless you actually connect with them. “It’s not about […]