A Helios & Partners Company
Label
House of Suntory

HIBIKI

OVERVIEW

Changi Airport is one of the world's most saturated travel retail environments, where luxury product offers risk collapsing into commodity noise. For the House of Suntory limited-edition release, showing up on shelves was not enough. The campaign needed to disrupt the traveler journey, shifting consumers from passive observers to purposeful collectors by transforming a whisky bottle into an unmissable encounter with Japanese artistry and craftsmanship.

THE STRATEGY & FUNNEL

We deployed three precision media layers, each assigned a distinct psychological role along the traveler lifecycle:

  • Pre-Trip Engagement: Delivered high-impact video across premium editorial environments to showcase scale, heritage, and bottle craftsmanship during initial travel planning.
  • Institutional Credibility: Leveraged strategic partnerships with The Straits Times to lend national authority, fortifying the edition's rarity and collector legitimacy.
  • Precision Geotargeting: Combined Meta ads with Navigator geo-fencing to close the funnel, intercepting travelers at the exact moment of airport arrival and guiding them directly to the Duty Zero store.

CREATIVE & EXECUTION

The visual identity mirrors Japanese minimalism and natural elements, incorporating warm timber lattices, glowing display cases, and traditional artwork. From high-impact digital screens to a dedicated "Duty Zero" physical pop-up counter, the creative highlights Suntory's master blending heritage (Hibiki, Yamazaki, Hakushu, Toki) through an immersive cultural experience inside the terminal.

KEY RESULTS

3,250

Store Visits

4M

Impressions

-36.7%

Teads CPM vs Benchmark

+69%

CPSV Efficiency