between London and Edinburgh....LONDON (Brand Republic) - Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Rail Group has failed in its bid to take over the east coast mainline between London and Edinburgh. The Shadow Strategic Rail Authority awarded the rail franchise to the line’s current operator, Great North Eastern Railway. Virgin Rail, which ...
LONDON (Brand Republic) - British Airways has left out its major European rivals from a shortlist of potential buyers for Go, its budget airline. According to newspaper reports, BA drew up the shortlist from ... and Lufthansa, which could have competed on some short-haul routes from London to continental Europe ...
LONDON (Brand Republic) – British Airways Holidays and Thomas Cook Holidays are joining forces with a 50:50 venture, which will merge the two holiday businesses. The new operation will be headed up by Simon Laxton, currently managing director of Thomas Cook Holidays, a division of German travel giant C ...
LONDON (Brand Republic) – Fresh from its legal wrangling with Irish discount airline Ryanair, British Airways is facing a damages claim from EasyJet, the Luton-based low-cost operator. EasyJet wants compensation for the alleged subsidy to BA’s own low-cost operator, Go. Previously EasyJet sought a court ...
LONDON (Brand Republic) – William Shatner, the former Star Trek star, is thought to have parted company with Priceline.com, the online retailer which allows consumers to name their own price for airline tickets and hotel rooms. Shatner has acted as the advertising spokesman for Priceline.com since its ...
LONDON (Brand Republic) – United Airlines is to ask its two roster agencies, Fallon Worldwide and Young 100m annual account. Fallon, owned by Publicis, handles the company’s domestic work, while WPP Group-owned Y&R deals with international work. No other agencies are being considered. A spokesman ...
LONDON (Brand Republic) - A US federal judge has dismissed the bulk of a trade secrets lawsuit filed against online bidding company Priceline.com by Marketel International. In 1990, Marketel asked ... stole its business idea and patented it in 1998. The judge ruled that even if Priceline did get its ...
LONDON (Brand Republic) - Online retailer Lastminute.com and internet auction company QXL.com have been dropped from the FTSE Techmark 100 index. The two companies were relegated from the index because of the plunging value of their share price. Also expelled were Easynet, Horizon Technology ...
LONDON (Brand Republic) - Shares in online travel retailer Lastminute.com rose 9% after the company’s full year results exceeded analyst expectations. The rise came against a rise in pre ... that the company is on track to break even in early 2003, analysts said. Lastminute also announced ...
Eurostar has awarded its pounds 15 million pan-European creative account to TBWA/London with a...Eurostar has awarded its pounds 15 million pan-European creative account to TBWA/London with a brief to han-dle a three-year relaunch programme. TBWA and Eurostar have signed a deal that guarantees the agency a pounds 15 million budget each year for the next three years. A substantial figure ...
Welcome to the first incarnation of a new element in Campaign in which we invite experts to burrow beneath the surface of the catch-all that is "digital". Google, Isobar Mobile, JWT London, LBI and MBA share their insights on mobile.
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