Email marketing firm Silverpop said that as the travel and tourism industry looks toward a recovery -- albeit gradual -- its clients are increasingly turning to interactive marketing, including email, to stand out.
One Silverpop client is fellow agency eBrains, which has a core competency in tourism marketing. EBrains says about 60% of its clients in the industry expect to boost email marketing budgets in 2010 (a similar number to 2009, so increases may be on top of those). EBrains, which lists clients that include the groups behind the "I Heart New York" and "Virginia is For Lovers" campaigns, has employed e-newsletters and targeted special offers to generate interest via inboxes.
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