30 Nov 2001
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - Virgin Atlantic has launched an advertising campaign touching on the sensitive subject of airline safety in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US.
29 Nov 2001
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - No-frills airline Ryanair has lodged a formal complaint to EU competition commissioner Mario Monti about German rival Lufthansa, in response to its legal victory barring a series of Ryanair advertisements that compared prices of flights.
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...
27 Nov 2001
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - Travel company Airtours today unveiled plans to rebrand as MyTravel Group, as it also announced it is to shed 1,600 jobs.
26 Nov 2001
| by Sylvia Westall,
LONDON - Multimap, the world maps website, has beaten low-cost airline Go's site and lastminute.com to the number one spot in the UK's top 10 travel websites, according to a Hitwise survey.
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...
23 Nov 2001
The Government will enter talks with agencies about a 3
million marketing push for Travel Line, its project aiming to encourage
more people to make use of public transport. COI Communications is
co-ordinating the pitch process. - Marketing.
23 Nov 2001
Anybody who has been stuck in the fume-filled gridlock that passes
for the Birmingham stretch of the M6 might be forgiven for casting
aspersions on the city's bid to become Europe's culture capital in 2008.
So good luck to Trevor Beattie as he sets out to help fulfill his home
city's grand ambition....