18 Dec 2003
| by Ben Carter,
LONDON - Expedia, one of Europe's top three online travel firms, has lost its European marketing director, Beverly Shaw, after less than three weeks in the role.
18 Dec 2003
National Express has appointed E3 Media to develop a microsite, providing the travel operator's airport customers with online booking facilities and travel information. The site is part of a 1m campaign to promote the airport service, which transports passengers to seven UK airports.
18 Dec 2003
IVillage, the web site aimed at women, is launching a press campaign in women's magazines, including She, Cosmopolitan, Red, New Woman and Marie Claire on January 1. Creative, by Team Saatchi, features questions that can be answered on the web site by experts and members of the iVillage community.
18 Dec 2003
Friends Reunited has teamed up with Ask Jeeves to include a branded search engine on its web site. Ask Jeeves has similar agreements with Tesco.net, Streetmap and Lycos.
18 Dec 2003
Virgin Atlantic is launching a dedicated web site to track the progress of adventurer Steve Fosset's solo balloon flight around the world. The site, being developed by Conchango, will launch in February.
18 Dec 2003
| by Ben Carter
The London 2012 Olympic bid company has finalised its list of main marketing suppliers, hiring digital agency Syzygy to launch a campaign portal and Haymarket Customer Publishing to produce a brochure for stakeholders.
18 Dec 2003
The revival of the online advertising sector has continued with the latest figures from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers revealing that it now has a 2% market share and will be worth more than 300m by the end of the year.
18 Dec 2003
| by Ben Carter
Microsoft Xbox has signed deals with third parties to launch branded outdoor gaming networks to boost awareness of its Xbox Live broadband gaming service.
18 Dec 2003
Ofcom is to put a new regulatory structure in place for the wholesale broadband market, which could lead to cheaper high-speed web access.
18 Dec 2003
| by Ben Carter
Expedia, one of Europe's top three online travel firms, has lost its European marketing director, Beverly Shaw, after less than three weeks in the role.