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Klook and Bharti Singh take the scenic route to self-love in new campaign ‘The Best You’
MUMBAI : Travel platform Klook has dropped its newest India campaign ‘The Best You’, starring none other than Bharti Singh but this time, the queen of comedy isn’t chasing laughs. She’s chasing herself.
Marking a major shift in travel storytelling, the digital-first campaign trades holiday clichés for heart. Through Bharti’s personal journey across the UAE, from meditative desert safaris to immersive art installations and the campaign frames travel not as escape, but as emotional restoration. And in doing so, it taps into a growing trend: travellers who aren’t just looking to explore the world, but to rediscover themselves.
“Not many know the journey it took for me to find my place in this industry,” said Singh. “Over the years, I’ve heard countless opinions about how I should live my life. But now, I want to pause, breathe, and do something just for me. Travel gives me that space—to reconnect, to embrace the unknown, and to find joy in the little things that truly touch my heart.”
Shot across soulful, high-sensory backdrops like ‘TeamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi’, the three-part brand film traces her emotional arc through moments of vulnerability, wonder, and lightness. Each episode reframes Bharti as more than an entertainer – she becomes a stand-in for every Indian woman seeking stillness in a loud world.
And the timing couldn’t be better. According to Klook’s Travel Pulse study, two in three millennial and Gen Z Indian travellers now seek transformation over tourist traps. “The Best You” hits that sweet spot of emotion and inspiration — and speaks to a generation that values feeling something over posting something.
“The Best You is more than just a campaign – it’s Klook’s commitment to making travel feel personal, joyful, and emotionally resonant,” said Klook India and Middle East marketing lead, Shivam Tyagi. “Audiences today want travel that reflects who they are and where they are in life. Travel isn’t just about the places we visit, but the emotions we carry back with us: the laughter, the food, the people we meet, and the stories we create along the way. Bharti’s journey is a testament to what’s possible when you take a moment to choose yourself.”
The India leg of the global campaign which debuted with Marie Kondo earlier this year is being amplified via a 500+ creator network across Instagram and YouTube, and is supported by a trailer, episodic rollouts, and behind-the-scenes content.
Because in 2025, it’s not just about ticking off places, it’s about tuning into you.
NATIONAL: Amazon Ads has laid out a sharply tech-led vision for the advertising industry in 2026, arguing that artificial intelligence, streaming TV and creator partnerships will combine to turn brand building into a more precise, performance-driven business.
At the heart of the shift, the company says, is the fusion of AI with Amazon’s vast trove of shopping, browsing and streaming signals, allowing advertisers to move beyond blunt reach metrics to campaigns designed around real customer behaviour.
“The future of advertising is not about reaching more people, but the right people with messages that resonate,” said Amazon Ads India head and vice president Girish Prabhu. “By combining AI with deep customer insights, we help brands move from broadcasting campaigns to having meaningful conversations wherever audiences spend their time.”
One of the biggest changes, according to Amazon Ads, will be the collapse of the wall between media planning and creative development. Retail media, powered by first-party data, is increasingly shaping everything from brand discovery to final purchase, pushing marketers to design campaigns around audience insight rather than internal instinct.
AI is also moving from a support tool to a creative engine. Agentic AI, which automates and accelerates production, is expected to make high-quality creative accessible even to small businesses, compressing weeks of work into hours and giving challengers the ability to compete with larger brands on speed and scale.
Behind the scenes, AI-driven analytics will take on a bigger role in campaign optimisation, identifying patterns, spotting opportunities and recommending actions that would previously have required teams of analysts.
Streaming TV is another big battleground. With India’s video streaming audience now above 600 million and connected TV users at 129.2 million in 2025, advertisers are set to treat streaming not just as a branding channel but as a performance engine, measured increasingly by sales, sign-ups and bookings rather than just reach.
Finally, Amazon Ads sees creators and contextual advertising reshaping how brands tell stories. Creators will act less like influencers and more like long-term partners, while scene-aware ads on streaming platforms will allow brands to insert hyper-relevant offers into the flow of what viewers are watching.
Taken together, Amazon Ads argues, these shifts mark a move towards advertising that is both more human and more measurable, where AI handles the complexity, and creativity does the persuading.
