02 Apr 2012
| by John Owens
Global medical and security services company International SOS has brought in Insight Public...and comms Kai Boschmann. John Lehal, MD of Insight Public Affairs, said the agency had submitted proposals ...
21 Mar 2012
| by John Owens
London Luton Airport has brought in PR and lobbying support as it plans to expand amid a national...on whether to build an airport on the Thames Estuary.
Jim Dickson, head of public affairs at Four ...
Four Communications has been charged with helping the airport s owner Luton Borough Council as it prepares plans to grow capacity within the existing site.
The airport is currently carrying out a public ...
European public relations....and German-speaking markets, as well as acting as the day-to-day PR liaison for Visit St Petersburg ...
Amadeus, the world's largest processor of travel bookings, has undertaken a major international PR...relations in the UK. FTI Consulting had handled comms for the firm's 2010 float in Madrid, but the company ...
, Kwittken will handle day-to-day PR in the UK and the US.
Spanish financial comms specialist Grupo Albion has been retained to handle financial PR in Amadeus' domestic market.
Stuart Brocklehurst, group ...
09 Feb 2012
| by John Owens and Elizabeth Pears
Public trust in TripAdvisor, the world's most-used travel review site, has been hit by a regulator...the ruling will strengthen the confidence of brands and PR professionals to challenge negative reviews: 'Brands and PR agencies will be much more focused in terms of acting as the eyes and ears of brands online ...
Pottinger and Portland.
Travel PR agency Brighter Group MD Steve Dunne said the practice of faking ...
14 May 2012
| by John Owens
Cambridge Airport has appointed Four bgb to handle its PR in the UK after a three-way pitch....-east.
It also comes after Luton Airport called in parent agency Four Communications recently for a public ...
The agency will be providing PR support to the airport for the next three years as it develops passenger air services. This will involve consumer and b2b PR support to the airport as it starts ...
31 Jan 2012
| by Elizabeth Pears
Luxury cruise operator Silversea has drafted in Perowne Charles Communications to help build its...Perowne Charles Communications, founded by Paul Charles and hotel specialist Julia Perowne last year, has won a five-agency pitch for an initial one-year account handling all corporate and consumer PR.
The news comes as cruise ships remain a subject of intense media scrutiny, following ...
, Mischief and Regester Larkin on alert. They cover media relations, public affairs, consumer PR and crisis ...
could be at risk.
BAA director of media and PR Simon Baugh told PRWeek the company was expected ...
with the potential to remain for a further year.
While the majority of consumer PR and media relations activities ...
29 Mar 2012
| by John Owens
The Greek National Tourism Organisation has said that it is open to PR support, following pleas...The UK travel industry is calling on the Greek government to bring in PR support to deal with the country's tarnished image, after the economic crisis and subsequent scenes of rioting.
The travel ...
, which does not have a history of using agencies, told PRWeek that the body was 'not closing the door ...
Global travel company Expedia is on the hunt for a single agency to manage its consumer PR...Travel" communication platform .
Jill Lloyd, senior PR and social comms manager, EMEA, said: We are looking for a PR agency structure that provides the same combination of efficiency, scalability and local ...
for its trade PR (Spider PR in the UK), and We Are Social on its social media strategy. It will also ...