09 Feb 2001
| by MediaWeek
New travel sites launch...The rival online networks of The Telegraph and The Guardian have both launched new travel sites. Guardian Unlimited Travel launches officially on Friday, February 16, with Hollinger Telegraph New Media's site, travel.telegraph.co.uk launching the following Monday. The HTNM offer replaces Planet ...
01 Feb 2001
| by Louise Banbury
Priceline.com has revamped its online travel service in an effort to improve its offering and has...LONDON (Brand Republic) - Priceline.com has revamped its online travel service in an effort to improve its offering and has appointed a special advisor for its travel products.
The company, which ...
.com and contributing editor to Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel Magazine, as a special adviser.
The enhancements ...
27 Feb 2001
Deckchair.com, the flight-booking website founded by Bob Geldof KBE, has made a third of its staff redundant and is expected to announce a merger with an unnamed rival within weeks.
02 Feb 2001
The Observer has appointed Jeannette Hyde as travel editor, with Joanne O Connor as her deputy...The Observer has appointed Jeannette Hyde as travel editor, with Joanne O Connor as her deputy. Both have trade backgrounds, Hyde as editor of Travel Trade Gazette Europa and O Connor as features editor of Travel Weekly. Hyde moves from her current role, as The Times commissioning editor, travel ...
14 Feb 2001
| by Anna Clarke
The Online Travel Portal, the planned pan-European website backed by nine airlines, has poached...LONDON (Brand Republic) – The Online Travel Portal, the planned pan-European website backed ...
-born De Santis will focus on the marketing and brand strategy for the Online Travel Portal, which ...
division, Landor Associates.
Online Travel Portal is a joint venture between shareholders Aer Lingus, Air ...
16 Feb 2001
Emap Digital Travel has hired travel specialist Rooster to handle PR for eight travel and tourism...Emap Digital Travel has hired travel specialist Rooster to handle PR for eight travel and tourism websites, including Bargainholidays.com,Escaperoutes.com, and Ferrybooker.com. The account will be overseen by Rooster managing director Henry Hemming.
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12 Feb 2001
TV Travel Group, operator of cable and satellite travel channel TV Travel Shop, could seek a 300m...LONDON (Brand Republic) - TV Travel Group, operator of cable and satellite travel channel TV Travel Shop, could seek a 300m stock market flotation as it prepares to raise money to fund ...
of International Leisure Group which collapsed in 1991 -- began life as the TV Travel Group in April 1997 ...
15 Feb 2001
marketing director of Online Travel Limited, the online travel portal backed by British Airways....Beenz.com s chief marketing officer Nicolas De Santis has left the web currency company to become marketing director of Online Travel Limited, the online travel portal backed by British Airways.
De ...
will handle advertising across Europe. Online Travel has hired Wolff Olins to develop a name and brand ...
05 Feb 2001
to targeted air travellers and exhibition and conference visitors....LONDON (Brand Republic) - Pizza Express has announced pre-tax profits up by almost a third to 19.5m and revealed its plans to targeted air travellers and exhibition and conference visitors.
The firm, which has 256 restaurants nationwide, is opening 30 new outlets for the fifth year running ...