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Heathrow builds trust and intelligence at scale

How Heathrow used connected customer data to improve traveler engagement, recognition, and digital revenue growth.

Heathrow

One of the world’s busiest airports had a goal: to create a more seamless customer experience and boost revenue from the millions of yearly passengers. Heathrow set out to align travel and shopping seamlessly, providing a unified view of each flier for consistent, personalized marketing.

Heathrow Airport's Digital Transformation

The solve

How we helped

Collaborating with Acxiom, Heathrow adopted a platform-centric strategy, implementing Salesforce Data Cloud to create a privacy-complaint customer data foundation accessible to all airport units. Utilizing advanced identity resolution and location tech, they recognized anonymous travelers.



The partnership drove data-driven marketing and decisions, automating CRM, digital, and paid media channels. Embracing Customer Data Platform (CDP) tech, Heathrow secured their future by managing first-party cookies, enhancing identity matching, and prioritizing real-time, personalized services. This showcases how airports can adapt to changing customer expectations, redefining passenger-centricity.

47%

digital revenuegrowth YoY

34%

growth in reactivatedmembers

32%

email engagement improvement

By creating a centralized customer hub and improving data quality across the Salesforce Marketing Stack, Heathrow gained a stronger foundation for personalized traveler engagement, improved customer recognition, and measurable digital revenue growth.

MEENAL VARSANI,

HEAD OF MARKETING & CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT, HEATHROW

“Working with Acxiom and Salesforce, Heathrow now has greater control of our customer data, which can be used to improve business processes and deliver personalized experiences.”

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