28 Nov 1996
Spare a thought for Martin Kirkup, UK sales and marketing director of Le
Shuttle. Only two weeks into the job he faces a mammoth crisis
management task.
28 Nov 1996
1996 has not been a good year for the nervous traveller. More air
disasters have happened than ever before, and last week the Channel
Tunnel caught fire. It was hardly reassuring to hear an ex-director of
Eurotunnel saying that the company had budgeted for one fire a year, and
that therefore we were...
28 Nov 1996
| by HARRIET MARSH
The fire in the Channel Tunnel, which has stopped cross-Channel
passenger service Eurostar in its tracks and cost it millions of pounds,
has at least saved the rail operator from embarrassment after a
promotional offer with The Times spiralled out of control.
28 Nov 1996
Diners Club is returning to above-the-line advertising after a gap of
more than five years with a pounds 500,000 press campaign promoting its
link-up with British Airways and Air Miles.
28 Nov 1996
| by JULIAN LEE
Last week s fire in the Channel Tunnel could threaten to undo two years
marketing effort by Eurotunnel, writes Julian Lee
28 Nov 1996
It is, of course, tragic that Channel Tunnel passengers have recently
been deprived of that feeling so eloquently summed up by Eric Cantona in
the Eurostar commercial: Does a caged bird sing as sweetly as one which
is free? Unfortunately, thanks to Cantona there are far fewer birds
flying free in...
28 Nov 1996
Charge card Diners Club International is hunting for a PR agency to help
it woo more business travellers.
28 Nov 1996
One of Wales s biggest PR accounts - the Cardiff Bay Development
Corporation - is up for grabs after the company submitted the business
for tender last week.
28 Nov 1996
Brian Basham, a former PR adviser to British Airways, came under attack
in the High Court this week from defence lawyers who branded him a
corporate assassin .