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Lunch Break Holidays

Holiday hypnosis with Virgin Holiday lunch breaks.

McKenna Virgin Holidays main visual

The brief

Bring a taste of a Virgin Holidays escape — and a feeling so great you just have to #FlauntIt — to downtrodden Brits.

The strategy

Unearth a mind trick that delivers the holiday feeling without ever having to leave the British Isles.

The idea

Virgin Holidays in a "Lunch Break" — convincing customers they'd been on a two-week holiday, with the help of Paul McKenna, via hypnotism and hypnotherapy.

The results

Top-tier coverage including the Daily Telegraph (a half page from Harry Wallop), Daily Mirror (a double-page spread and online), Daily Mail, Daily Star and The Sun, plus online coverage on AOL and MSN, among others.

Credits

Client: Virgin Holidays
Agency: Hope and Glory