20 Dec 2001
| by DANIEL ROGERS
TUI UK, formerly Thomson Travel Group, is planning a major
advertising review early next year following the appointment of a top
marketer this week.
The UK's biggest holiday company has named Hugh Edwards as director of
marketing as part of a restructuring that is designed to integrate...
19 Dec 2001
| by Daniel Rogers,
LONDON - TUI UK, formerly Thomson Travel Group, is planning a major advertising review early next year following the appointment of a top marketer this week.
14 Dec 2001
| by IAN DARBY
account that D'Arcy lost
earlier this year.
Danielle McDonald, the account director at D ...
that is truly original."
Art direction and copywriting was by Jon Daniel and Simon Impey. Media
buying ...
13 Dec 2001
| by DANIEL ROGERS
Thomas Cook is backing its branded TV channel, which launched on
Tuesday, with a 2m marketing campaign during January, including
the UK's biggest ever newspaper travel promotion.
The company will promote Thomas Cook TV, now on SkyDigital, via a TV
advertising drive through TBWA/ London,...
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...
09 Nov 2001
: Craig Inglis, marketing director
Brief: Highlight the advantages of business rail travel over cars ...
08 Nov 2001
| by DANIEL ROGERS
"So, how's business Bob?" asked the journalist chirpily. "Shite,"
replied the typically deadpan Sir Bob Geldof, founder and marketing
director of online travel company Deckchair.com.
While the former Boomtown Rat would never claim to speak for the travel
industry, this response, during...
08 Nov 2001
| by DANIEL ROGERS
British Airways' marketing strategy of concentrating on 'premium'
passengers has come under attack as figures out this week showed it was
continuing to lose passengers to low-cost carriers such as Ryanair.
BA reported a 73% fall in second-quarter operating profits and warned of
a "significant...
25 Oct 2001
| by CRAIG SMITH, Editor
Sometimes, being honest with consumers is not the best policy. In
this age of corporate social responsibility, transparency and
stakeholder involvement, that can be a difficult admission to make - let
alone act on. Yet the fact that British train companies are being less
than honest with passengers...
25 Oct 2001
| by MATTHEW ARNOLD
operator is very different," says Virgin Trains marketing director
Craig Ingalls, "so the focus is more ...