Today's Idea for the Recreation/Leisure Industry
   

Type of Promotion: Grand Opening
Product(s) Used: Balloons
Method(s) Applied:   Direct Mail
Theme: Grand Opening
       
Cinemark Theaters wanted to promote its grand opening to residents in the surrounding community. To announce the special event, the theater mailed balloons to 3,000 people in the community in advance of the grand opening. Each AdWrap¦ balloon, by The Pioneer(r) Line (asi 78200), featured the Cinemark Theater logo within a shooting stars design that was imprinted four times, thereby "wrapping" the message around the balloon. Included with each balloon was a promotional flier describing the new theater comple x. Recipients were invited to bring the uninflated balloon in for a 50-percent discount on a movie. As customers left the theater after the movie, they could have their balloon helium inflated and sealed with a Clip 'n String¦. Of the 3,000 balloons mailed, 800 recipients brought the balloon in, representing a 26-percent response. The balloons created interest in the new theater complex and served as "walking billboards" when carried out of the theater.

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