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Starwood Hotels & Resorts

Campaign / Design / Animation / Video / Web Development of Your Next Adventure

Starwood Hotels & Resorts called the front desk... at Ruxly, requesting an upgrade to their weekend travel bookings.

Challenged with changing public perception of weekends from "the END of your week" to "the beginning of your next adventure" - we created the first and only digital publication dedicated to weekend travel and inspiration: The SPG Weekend Channel. spgweekends.com The SPG Weekend Channel features tips and inspiration on how to harness those magical 48 hours between workdays.

The original content we developed—articles, videos, infographics, photo essays and city guides — inspired visitors to rely on the site as a primary resource for travel ideas. Guiding navigation toward specific interests, the site curates enough recommended picks to make even a first time city visitor a local. Weekend Waves

Travelers responded in the form of 10,000 incremental bookings, generating more than $4 million in revenue at SPG properties from 1.8 million unique visitors within the first measured period.

Since the platform launched in 2015, it has grown to include many of Starwood’s entities; in fact, it’s so popular among travelers, SPG expanded access internally, leading to projects for LGBT, Canada Day and other initiatives, while Ruxly continues to deliver creative direction, leadership, and fresh feature content.

In extending to other Weekend Channel contributors, we’ve also had the privilege of cultivating thumb-stopping content for many of the Starwood teams; from properties, destinations, regions, and hotel brands - to international stakeholders.

“Nearly 30 percent of Americans report working during the weekends,” said Lori Strasberg, Vice President Field Marketing for Starwood Hotels & Resorts. “It’s time to take back the weekend, and the SPG Weekend Channel inspires our members by providing everything they need to build their ultimate weekend.” < PREVIOUS project