PRWeek podcast: TripAdvisor case shows why brands must engage
10 Feb 2012 | by John Owens
The TripAdvisor ruling has highlighted the increasing need for brands coming under fire to 'get involved with the conversation'.
VisitWales top marketer Roger Pride is leaving the Welsh tourism body to take up the role of managing director at Cardiff & Co, the public-private partnership which promotes Cardiff.
The TripAdvisor ruling has highlighted the increasing need for brands coming under fire to 'get involved with the conversation'.
VisitBritain, the marketing body and UK tourism board, and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) today announced the launch of a £25m global marketing push to boost tourism to the UK over the next four years.
British Airways' latest ad in its "To fly. To serve" campaign will launch on Facebook today (Thursday) followed by Google+, before appearing on TV during Coronation Street.
Flybe, the budget airline, has approached ad agencies regarding its £5 million advertising account, as it looks to bolster its share of a competitive market.
Despite market leadership, the health-club chain is weighed down by debt.
In order to grow, brands require trust. The world's greatest brands are those trusted by their consumers, their employees and manifold other stakeholders.
Public trust in TripAdvisor, the world's most-used travel review site, has been hit by a regulator's ruling that it can no longer claim to have reviews by 'real travellers'. But PR professionals are split about how this will impact on the online management of travel brands' reputations.
Network Rail's director of comms says the Leveson Inquiry is helping to change the way communicators do business. Matt Cartmell reports.
DDB UK has created an app for the Star Alliance network, the airline alliance.