22 Mar 2001
| by MARK KLEINMAN
Whitbread's Travel Inn division has poached senior Van den Bergh
Foods marketer Gill Baker ...
and spreads for Van den Bergh
since 1998, will take up the role of marketing director for Travel Inn ...
). Whitbread also owns the
Marriott hotel chain.
Baker said her brief was to maintain Travel Inn ...
23 Mar 2001
Reed Business Information's Travel Weekly is looking for an editor
after the shock resignation of Jeremy Skidmore. Skidmore quit last week
after three-and-a-half years at the helm following the decision by two
major advertisers, Airtours and Thompson, to withdraw their accounts in
protest ...
02 Mar 2001
| by CHRIS SCOTT
Fleishman-Hillard has been appointed to handle worldwide promotions
for TQ3 Travel Solutions, a global business travel firm composed of
three existing companies in the corporate travel field.
The firm, which was created by the merger of Maritz Travel Company, TUI
Business Travel and Internet ...
29 Mar 2001
to offer customers two distinct services:
package tours and independent travel.
The company will now operate as First Choice Holidays and First Choice
Independent Travel, each with a new marketing ...
the package travel division, and will be responsible for
brands including First Choice, Unijet, Sunstart ...
01 Mar 2001
| by SHARON GREAVES
travel promotions agency Landround. The commercial reasoning was apparent, but there was confusion ...
has 15 online partners too.
Tailored travel offers
Other exhibitors at the event have leisure and travel offerings to suit different markets. They believe customised promotions and a wide ...
26 Mar 2001
| by Louise Banbury
World Travel Holdings has bought Deckchair.com, the online travel company set up by Bob Geldof KBE...LONDON (Brand Republic) - World Travel Holdings has bought Deckchair.com, the online travel ...
.
Cardiff-based World Travel, which runs the WorldTravelDirect.com consumer web site, floated on the AIM ...
service for travel agents and a corporate travel service.
The merged company will keep the Deckchair ...
30 Mar 2001
| by PAUL MICHAUD
Edited by HOLLY WILLIAMS
BANGKOK: The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has named Ken
Scott as its first director ...
-based magazine Travel Trade Gazette Asia.
He has a 14-year track record as a journalist and travel writer ...
is the recognised authority on Pacific-Asia travel and
tourism, was founded in 1951 and has been based in Thailand ...
15 Mar 2001
Woodside Travel Trust, the travel agency network that owns 120 travel agencies in 80 countries, has...Woodside Travel Trust, the travel agency network that owns 120 travel agencies in 80 countries, has rebranded as Radius with a new logo, through brand consultancy Glazer.
...
22 Mar 2001
| by TANIA MASON
EasyJet's brand of irreverence is evident in its online reaction to
the new passenger charge imposed by Barclays, the current majority owner
of London Luton Airport.
Once a customer selects a flight on the airline's web site, the fare is
broken down to reveal the price of the flight, the...
08 Mar 2001
| by TANIA MASON
Unilever s Van den Bergh Foods is hoping to target commuters at busy railway stations as part of plans to roll out Rocket, its home meal replacement brand.