Vodafone backs Nectar two years after axing rival
19 Dec 2002 | by RAVI CHANDIRAMANI and MARK KLEINMAN
Vodafone is signing up to the Nectar customer loyalty programme barely two years after it pulled out of rival scheme Air Miles.
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LONDON - Vodafone is signing up to the Nectar customer loyalty programme barely two years after it pulled out of rival scheme Air Miles.
Vodafone is signing up to the Nectar customer loyalty programme barely two years after it pulled out of rival scheme Air Miles.
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BT is to roll out its remote access broadband service Openzone, after signing deals with Costa Coffee, Hilton Hotels, Jarvis and Thistle Hotels to provide 'access hotspots' for the system.
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Orange has hired former Alta Vista international marketing chief Martin Keogh to be vice-president of operations for its global strategic division, Orange World.