Recipe-Based Travel Promotions

This Campaign Rewards Travelers for Their Culinary Creations

All Nippon Airways (ANA) recently teamed up with the Japanese National Tourism Organization (JNTO) for a campaign that rewards travelers for creating original recipes. In recently years, many airlines have adopted a gamification model for long and short-term promotions. This campaign adds a creative culinary element to the traditional travel rewards model.

The new ANA campaign asks US residents to put together a recipe that involves their favorite beer. Once contestants have come up with an original recipe, they must submit a photo of their dish and a 500 character description of what they have created. The winner will be rewarded with a trip to Aichi, Japan, which is a city that is renowned for its soy-based craft beer.

Unlike traditional travel promotions, this contest involves a competitive and interactive element that rewards travelers for being creative. As a result, the unique contest gives consumers a different way to connect to airlines and earn rewards.

Gamification Model
Airlines adopting gamification models for long and short-term promotions.
Culinary Travel Rewards
Travel promotions that reward travelers for creating original recipes.
Competitive Interactive Contests
Contests that involve a competitive and interactive element to reward travelers for creativity.

Who This Affects Most

Airlines
Airlines leveraging gamification and interactive contests for travel promotions.
Tourism
Tourism organizations partnering with airlines to offer culinary travel rewards.
Food and Beverage
Food and beverage industry benefiting from recipe-based travel promotions.
SCORE
2.4 out of 10
GENDER
50% Men50% Women
MARKETTop markets: Asia
GENERATION
  • Gen Z
  • Gen Alpha
  • Millennial (primary audience)
  • Gen X (primary audience)
POPULARITY
Popularity 28%
Activity 36%
Freshness 8%

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