{"id":23623,"date":"2017-05-08T12:19:04","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T12:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/?p=23623"},"modified":"2017-05-08T12:19:04","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T12:19:04","slug":"burberry-hot-air-balloon-flies-london-heathrow-t2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/burberry-hot-air-balloon-flies-london-heathrow-t2\/","title":{"rendered":"Burberry hot air balloon flies into London Heathrow T2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Burberry has installed a life-sized hot air balloon above its pop-up store in the departure lounge of Terminal 2 (T2) at London&#8217;s Heathrow Airport.<!--more--><br \/>\nStanding more than 15m (49ft) tall, the Burberry Balloon is inspired by the real-life achievements of air commodore Edward Maitland, who travelled 1,117 miles with fellow balloonists Auguste Gaudron and Charles Turner, from Crystal Palace in London to Russia in 1908, and established the British long-distance record. Maitland wore Burberry gabardine suiting for his historic flight, protecting him from the severe hardships of cold at high altitude.<\/p>\n<p>The installation features dedicated iPads and Burberry post boxes, enabling travellers to create and print their own Burberry postcards. The cards can be personalised with a passenger\u2019s name and travel destination, and feature illustrations. An animated video of the Burberry Balloon and its journey from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/london-heathrow-airport-duty-free-2\/\">Heathrow<\/a> to the chosen destination can be shared on the user\u2019s social media account. The Burberry Balloon will be at Heathrow from May 4 to August 7, 2017, before travelling the next leg of its world tour to a secret destination.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/balloon.jpg\"><img data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/balloon.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/balloon-300x210.jpg 300w\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/balloon.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23624 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\"    sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23624 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/balloon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/balloon.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/balloon-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/bballoon1.jpg\"><img data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/bballoon1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/bballoon1-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/bballoon1-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/bballoon1-680x411.jpg 680w\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/bballoon1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23626 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\"    sizes=\"(max-width: 954px) 100vw, 954px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23626\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/bballoon1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"954\" height=\"577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/bballoon1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/bballoon1-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/bballoon1-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/bballoon1-680x411.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 954px) 100vw, 954px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chris Annetts, retail and service director, London Heathrow, said, \u201cWe are delighted to be working with Burberry on this exciting installation. The balloon will truly wow our passengers and immerse them in the magic of flying even before they reach their destination. With personalised postcards and the most exclusive products, the Burberry Balloon will be a memorable experience long after our passengers arrive home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>See more at <a href=\"https:\/\/us.burberry.com\/stores\/heathrow-airport-terminal2\/\">https:\/\/us.burberry.com\/stores\/heathrow-airport-terminal2\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burberry has installed a life-sized hot air balloon above its pop-up store in the departure lounge of Terminal 2 (T2) at London&#8217;s Heathrow Airport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,477],"tags":[4490,2494,4489],"class_list":["post-23623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-latest-promotions-in-duty-free","tag-burberry-balloon","tag-burberry-duty-free","tag-burberry-heathrow-airport"],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}