29 Nov 2001
| by DANIEL ROGERS
Airtours' MyTravel rebranding project will be bigger and faster
than previously anticipated, spanning its aircraft and cruise ships and
stretching into new products such as clothing and luggage.
At its annual results on Tuesday, Airtours confirmed that it would
rebrand 1000 shops and 115...
29 Nov 2001
Orient-Express, the luxury travel group, has created a web portal
to bring together all its exclusive travel services under one banner for
the first time. Orient-Express.com links through to microsites for the
company's 27 hotels, six trains, two restaurants and one river cruise
ship. The company...
29 Nov 2001
Air France and the Orient Express are the latest brands to sign up
to Buy and Fly!, the travel reward programme operated by Landround. Buy
and Fly! was launched in May 2000, and features 17 of the world's
airlines. Separately, Diner's Club has launched a promotional campaign
through Buy and...
22 Nov 2001
British European is launching a sub-brand called flybe offering
discounts on the airline's routes from Belfast to London via a web site,
flybe.com. The flybe brand could be extended to all routes if
successful.
22 Nov 2001
First Choice is to restructure its marketing team, resulting in a
number of job losses.
The tour operator is consolidating the marketing departments for its
retail brands, plus its First Choice Holidays division and airline Air
2000, under UK and Ireland marketing director Mike Ryan....
22 Nov 2001
| by MARK KLEINMAN
The government is to begin talks with advertising agencies about a
major marketing push for Travel Line, its flagship project designed to
encourage people to make more use of public transport.
COI Communications is co-ordinating the pitch process on behalf of the
Department of Transport,...
22 Nov 2001
The Turkish tourism ministry is planning a 2m advertising
campaign for the UK next year to counteract an 18% drop in UK visitor
numbers this year. The ministry is currently seeking an advertising
agency to handle its business in the UK, France and Scandinavia, with a
pitch to be held later...
22 Nov 2001
Co-op Travel, part of United Norwest Co-op, is to launch Co-op
Traveller, a customer magazine promoting destinations, which will be
mailed to 30,000 'premier' customers in January. A further 70,000 will
be distributed through Co-op Travel stores in Wales and Northwest
England. Co-op Traveller...
15 Nov 2001
American Airlines is postponing all marketing communications
following the tragedy in Queens, New York, on Monday. A spokesman said
the major confidence-boosting ad campaign it began in the US a month ago
- 'American's Getting Back to Business' - has been put on hold. In
Europe, a trade campaign...
15 Nov 2001
Airtours has appointed Going Places incumbent Clear Marketing to
handle a peak-season ad campaign for the company's retail brands
following a pitch against ConnectPoint, which handles advertising for
Airtours' holiday brands, and BDH/TBWA. Clear Marketing has also picked
up another as-yet-undisclosed...