28 Nov 2003
The joy of being in a small agency is that we all know each other very well: there is no escape. You share the highs and lows, gossip flies around like bush-fire, you really feel a part of all that is going on. There seems to be no divide in any department, except perhaps this Monday morning: the French...
28 Nov 2003
The Gibraltar Tourist Board has appointed Marcantonio Plus Hobbs to handle its UK advertising account. The newly formed communications consultancy has created a print campaign, which will break later this month, before the 300th anniversary of British Gibraltar.
28 Nov 2003
WCRS has hired Jo Reid from Lowe to work as a board planner on BMW. Reid started her career at Ogilvy Mather before relocating to Bartle Bogle Hegarty, where she worked on Audi, The Mail on Sunday and Air Miles among others.
28 Nov 2003
WINNER
Title: InterContinental Brand Refresh Campaign
Media agency: MPG
Media director: Andrew Morris
Account director: Patrick Ryan
Client: InterContinental Hotels Resorts
Marketing director: Paul Simmons
27 Nov 2003
RCI Europe, the time-share exchange and travel organisation, has appointed former Citibank sales and marketing director Jonathan Mindell as vice-president and group marketing director.
27 Nov 2003
Travelodge has appointed brand consultancy Conran Design Group to create a distinct identity for the budget hotel chain.
27 Nov 2003
| by Daniel Rogers
Australia, still basking in publicity surrounding the Rugby World Cup, is to invest an extra dollars AUS 120m ( 53m) in tourism marketing over the next four years.
27 Nov 2003
| by Ben Carter
Online travel company Expedia is seeking a UK marketing director, following the promotion of Beverly Shaw to the new role of pan-European marketing director at IAC Travel, Expedia's parent company.
27 Nov 2003
| by Daniel Rogers
VisitBritain's England marketing director, Michael Bedingfield, has revealed he is looking for a 30% boost in domestic tourism by 2010.
27 Nov 2003
| by Emily Rogers
New York City has handed Wolff Olins a brief to capture its essence and promote its identity to businesses and consumers globally.