Casting a line! North Sea Oceanarium reels them in

Taking an aquatic experience and putting into one’s pocket sounds unlikely. But that’s exactly what the North Sea Oceanarium in northern Jutland is doing with its new mobile phone campaign. Utilizing a unique download wall, the campaign is turning the aquarium into a fascinating digital experience.

The challenge

The North Sea Oceanarium is one of Northern Jutland’s most famous attractions, offering a range of maritime experiences for both children and adults of all ages. The Oceanarium wanted to offer a new digital experience. Creating additional experiences for visitors and giving them something to bring home from their visit, preferably with a viral potential, was also a goal.

The solution

To realize these plans, More Mobile Relations created a solution consisting of a download wall with four Bluetooth zones and a java program for the mobile phone with useful and educational information about the Oceanarium.

When visitors arrive, they first encounter a colorful two-by-four meter download wall. At the download wall visitors can access four different types of content with their mobile phone:

  • Vouchers – e.g. for a museum cap (branding)
  • A Java application with information about the Oceanarium – news, program of the day, special offers, feeding times, opening hours, prices, etc.
  • Three different video clips of seals, eels and turbots
  • Wall papers – pictures of the Ocean Sunfish, the Oceanarium’s landmark symbol, as well as a diver and a shark

So far 47,000 mobile applications have been downloaded from the Bluetooth wall

Visitors simply switch on their mobile phone’s Bluetooth and hold the mobile next to the content they’re interested in downloading. Since the choice is theirs, visitors select what most relevant to them and experience some extra, without the sense of having been spammed with unsolicited information.

Results

The North Sea Oceanarium gets more than 200,000 visitors each year and, after eight months of operation, the Bluetooth download wall has shown the following results:

  • So far 47,000 mobile applications have been downloaded from the Bluetooth wall;
  • The expected number of total downloads for 2008 is estimated at 67,000, the equivalent of a 28% response rate;
  • Every person using the download wall transfers 2.75 applications on average; and
  • This means that approximately 10% of all visitors downloads content and applications to their mobile phones

This was a great success for the North Sea Oceanarium , especially among a younger audience who have embraced the new mobile options, making the visit a both entertaining and educational.

About the North Sea Oceanarium

The idea of an aquarium in the Northern part of Denmark came to life in the mid 1970ies. Today, the North Sea Oceanarium is one of Denmark’s most visited tourist attractions. More than 200.000 people visit the Oceanarium every year of which families and school classes are the most common. In the middle of the Oceanarium lies Northern Europe’s largest aquarium holding 4,5 million liters of water and 2-3000 fish. Apart from the impressive aquarium the North Sea Oceanarium also offers other attractions such a Sealarium, smaller aquariums, feedings and touch-pools.

For more information, please contact:

Denmark: Jan Kyhnau, +4522169700
Sweden: Mathias Roxell, +46706362002
Norway: Torve Indahl, +47 91352299
Finland: Jari Anttonen, +358 50 381 8937

Fact: Casting a line! North Sea Oceanarium reels them in

Customers:
North Sea Oceanarium
Industry:
Entertainment
Country:
Denmark
Year:
2007
Concepts:
Mobile Events
Accompanying media:
Bluetooth, Java application, Mobile content

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