Benjamin Li
Dec 15, 2010

Harbour City launches partnership with Jiepang during Christmas

HONG KONG - Harbour City becomes the first shopping mall in Hong Kong to use Jiepang, a Chinese version of location-based marketing service inspired by Foursquare, in its Xmas marketing initiatives this year.

Harbour City pioneers in using JiePang's location-based marketing initiatives
Harbour City pioneers in using JiePang's location-based marketing initiatives

Jiepang has formed stretgetic partnerships with telco 3 and Harbour City, and deployed the location-base service at the Harbour City Shopping Mall, a Christmas shopping hotspot in Hong Kong, from 13-31 December.

Shoppers and tourists can 'check in' on Jiepang at the 40ft "champagne glasses Xmas tree" outside the main entrance of Harbour Terminal, then collect a badge and redeem food coupons at the Harbour City customer service counter.

According to Karen Tam, senior manager, promotion and advertising of Harbour City Estate, Harbour City is the first shopping mall in Hong Kong to do location-based marketing.

Meanwhile, Facebook will launch its location-based service, Facebook Places, in Hong Kong next year.

Source:
Campaign China

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