14 Dec 2001
| by MATTHEW COWEN
Britannia Airways is reviewing the contract for its in-flight
title, Skyscene, and has entered discussions with eight publishing
agencies about a pitch for the business.
The review, out of the incumbent customer pub-lisher, The Communications
Team, is believed to have been triggered by...
14 Dec 2001
Hilton International has appointed WWAV Rapp Collins to handle its
through-the-line advertising and media buying task for the UK and
Ireland. The move has resulted in the incumbent, The Morgan Partnership,
being driven into liquidation - the account provided a third of the
agency's income. The...
14 Dec 2001
| by IAN DARBY
D'Arcy London is launching its first work for the Barbados Tourism
Authority.
The account has previously been run from D'Arcy New York but the London
office has created a campaign that seeks to move beyond traditional
holiday advertising of sun, sand and sea images.
Using TV, press...
14 Dec 2001
| by CAMILLA PALMER
Cdp-travissully has launched the 20th execution in its 20-year
campaign for the English Riviera with an ad designed to show the
popularity of the UK resort towns among people in other global tourist
attractions.
The poster shows an Egyptian standing in front of the pyramids holding
up...
07 Dec 2001
| by JEREMY WHITE
The British Tourist Authority has appointed Abbott Mead Vickers
BBDO to its 5 million above-the-line task after a four-way pitch
through COI Communications.
COI has refused to confirm the decision and the body insists that no
formal appointment has taken place. However, industry sources...
07 Dec 2001
| by CAMILLA PALMER
Ken Livingstone, the mayor of London, has recruited celebrities
starring in London stage shows for a poster campaign designed to
encourage people to return to the capital after the attacks on the
US.
The Greater London Authority has briefed Euro RSCG Wnek Gosper to roll
out the campaign...
07 Dec 2001
| by CLARE CONLEY
The decline in the global advertising market is to slow to 1.3 per
cent next year, according to the latest predictions from Zenith
Media.
A recovery in travel, leisure and sport advertising linked to World Cup
soccer and the Winter Olympics 2002, combined with a steady FMCG spend,
will...
07 Dec 2001
| by ROBERT CAMPBELL, executive creative director at Rainey Kelly
Campbell Roalfe/Y&R
I loved the last commercial that St Luke's did for BT. Remember?
The one with the massive amphitheatre full of people.
I thought it was an inspired, simple, powerful metaphor for how the
internet works. One of my favourite ads for a long time.
What a pity these new ads for BT don't...
30 Nov 2001
Stelios Haji-Iannou, the owner of easyJet, plans to publish a range
of magazines targeting his business interests of airlines, car rental,
internet cafes and financial services. - Sunday Express.
23 Nov 2001
| by LUCY AITKEN
Partners BDDH won the Grand Prix for its Transport for London work
at the Account Planning Group awards on 21 November, as well as landing
the gold for best campaign for established service brand. Partners BDDH
lost the Transport for London account to M&C Saatchi in October.
M&C Saatchi's...