18 Dec 1997
| by JEREMY BULLMORE
Whitbread Hotels has appointed a new marketing director to head up
its budget hotel brand Travel Inns, ahead of the chain s first brand
building push next year.
12 Dec 1997
| by QUENTIN BELL
Blimey! What a gift. Hacks have charted how the ROH events have
unfolded in terms of acts and scenes and, of course, parallels have
been made with the tragedy and farce of opera plots themselves.
11 Dec 1997
| by AMANDA RICHARDS
The British Council has appointed its first director of corporate
brand development in preparation for a major rebranding.
14 Nov 1997
| by JEMIMAH BAILEY
Cash to cards group De La Rue has appointed Countrywide Porter
Novelli to handle its corporate PR as part of its drive to raise its
profile.
30 Oct 1997
| by DANNY ROGERS
Ladbroke-owned Hilton International and US-based Hilton Hotels have
poached BMW GB s car marketing manager, Simon Oldfield, for the position
of brand communication director. He will work in its newly created joint
marketing team, charged with promoting the Hilton brand globally.
23 Oct 1997
| by WINSTON FLETCHER, chairman of Bozell UK
If the Henley Centre is right, and the future of brands lies in
building trust (see page 21), then brand extensions need to be judged on
different criteria than that of financial success or failure.
23 Oct 1997
| by DAVID RIVETT, managing director of Desi
Apparently, consumers trust Kellogg s Corn Flakes more than the
police or Parliament. Research this week by the Henley Centre has
demonstrated just how influential brands are, and marketers have
discovered over the past 20 years that branding can be applied to almost
anything.
17 Oct 1997
| by EMMA HALL
Britannia Building Society has hired Cowan Kemsley Taylor to create
a branding campaign after a competitive pitch against Mustoe Merriman
Herring Levy.
17 Oct 1997
| by KATE LANGMUIR
Despite two and a half million listeners tuning in every week to
Radio 3, there is a general lack of awareness of the fact that half the
output is live, with more than 600 events recorded or relayed from
around the UK each year. Research among concert goers indicated that 50
per cent did not listen...
16 Oct 1997
| by DANNY ROGERS
Polycell has awarded its pounds 1m advertising account to Publicis
without holding a pitch.