Qantas, Australia s national airline, is ending a seven-year exile
from TV in Britain with new advertising designed to appeal to more
upmarket travellers.
29 Oct 1998
| by STEVE BELL
The Mark Warner Leisure Group has appointed Banks Hoggins O Shea to
its pounds 1m advertising account. The agency will be charged with
helping the holiday firm double its bookings over the next five
years.
29 Oct 1998
| by RAYMOND SNODD, media editor of The Time
CNN International is to be the only advertiser on the back of the
Heathrow Express train service. The deal means CNN s branding will also
appear on the reverse of next three million tickets issued.
29 Oct 1998
Richard Finch has been recruited by Headcount Field Marketing as
sales and marketing director. He joins from Scottish Courage where he
was director of sales. Prior to that Finch held a number of finance and
sales positions within Unilever.
23 Oct 1998
| by ALASDAIR REID
The Times and Sunday Times promotion with Easy Jet, which ran from
7 September to 12 October, led to the largest number of commercial
transactions ever carried out on a website in Europe within a 24-hour
period. More than 100,000 flights were sold to 12 UK and European
destinations with 40 per cent...
22 Oct 1998
| by DANNY ROGERS
Eurostar has announced a 20% increase in revenue for the third
quarter of 1998 compared with last year. Managing director Hamish Taylor
said this trend would be boosted by its new ad campaign as well as
short-break package product Eurostar Holidays Direct.
22 Oct 1998
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
Walker Media has scooped the pounds 2m First Choice media planning
and buying account after a three-way pitch.
22 Oct 1998
| by JOANNA WALTERS
When British Airways and Virgin Atlantic declared the latest ticket
bloodbath there was one sound that could be heard above the cheers of
the consumer - the weeping of the accountants. What is a bargain for
travellers is a headache for the airlines - yet they are drawn into a
vicious fares war on their...
16 Oct 1998
| by STEFANO HATFIELD, Editor of Campaign
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